News Headlines - 08 December 2016

▽Pope Francis compares fake news consumption to eating faeces | The Guardian

Pope Francis has lambasted media organisations that focus on scandals and smears and promote fake news as a means of discrediting people in public life. Spreading disinformation was “probably the greatest damage that the media can do”, the pontiff told the Belgian Catholic weekly Tertio. It is a sin to defame people, he added.

▽Children's online junk food ads banned by industry - BBC News

Online ads for food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar aimed at children are to be banned under new rules from advertisers.
The Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP) said its restrictions would also apply to all other media where under-16s made up a quarter of the audience.

▽Get a KFC candle and make your room smell like fried chicken

In the unlikely event that you have, this news may be of interest: the chicken conglomerate has created a scented candle, so you can spice up any room of your choosing with a burst of KFC-scented goodness.

▽Belgian prince under fire after hitting out at politicians 'bugging' him | The Guardian

The Belgian king’s younger brother faces a dressing down from the country’s prime minister after demanding that politicians and the royal family “stop bugging” him over claims his business ventures are losing money.

▽Duterte drug war: Manila's brutal nightshift - BBC News

Raffy Lerma is a photo-journalist documenting the nightly killings in the Philippines' government's war on drugs.