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Videos on social media have emerged showing dozens of Palestinian men stripped, blindfolded and detained by the Israeli army in Gaza. Where were these images filmed? Do they show Hamas suspects or civilians? We tell you what we know in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday as countries engaged in shuttle diplomacy to bridge deep international divisions over how to deal with fossil fuels in the summit's final text.

After India's Supreme Court backed the Indian government's 2019 decision to remove constitutional privileges in Kashmir, uncertainty prevails on what the future holds for people of the region.

Ukraine's top general Valery Zaluzhny recently identified five areas that the country’s armed forces need to work on in order to regain an edge over the Russians. Two of them involve drones: the drones themselves, and the techniques for jamming them. Big and small, in the air, on land and in the sea, unmanned vehicles are absolutely central to this war, and the technology is evolving rapidly.

While the world's attention is focused on Israel's devastating war in Gaza, violence is also taking place every day in the occupied West Bank. Our senior reporter Roméo Langlois has been to West Bank villages that are regularly the scene of raids by extremist Jewish settlers against Palestinians. Since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, this violence has escalated, sometimes with deadly consequences.

We take the political temperature in the summit room with our guest, and discuss some regional and Bulgarian developments as well – notably Sofia's efforts to join the Schengen free travel area, which is currently under negotiation between Bulgaria, Romania, Austria and the European Commission.

The discovery could lead to better treatment of "underdiagnosed and undertreated" forms of severe pregnancy sickness.

Skilled Afghan workers are in short supply in Pakistan as the country continues its clampdown on illegal migrants. Farmers and mine owners are now paying the price.

With Christmas just around the corner, we take a closer look at what's driving trends this holiday season. Corks will be popping, but maybe not as many as in the past few years. We discuss the state of France's champagne sector with Faustine Konrat, a small champagne producer in the region.

Venezuela has claimed sovereignty over Guyana's oil-rich Essequibo region. Locals and officials in the capital Georgetown told DW how anxious they are.

In a dramatic twist, Ukraine and Moldova got the OK to start EU membership talks after days of hardballing from Hungary. Viktor Orban, however, held up a deal on €50 billion of financing for Kyiv.