Новости за 16.12.2025

The Bondi Beach attack came close to a deadly attack on US troops, with President Donald Trump blaming the Islamic state. For FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr, the Islamic State group's propaganda is maybe more audible to those who resent Syria's new authorities, a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Hundreds of teenagers, often estranged from their families, have been ensnared by violent drug gangs in Marseille, France's second-largest city. After being recruited through social media from across the country to act as look-outs or street corner dealers, they soon find themselves trapped. Authorities in the southern port city have struggled to stem the flow of young people into gangs where they are exploited and abused, a pattern that emerged shortly before Covid. "We often see minors who have been severely beaten... Читать дальше...

The award-winning director of a new film that delves into the seedy world of sexual predators and paedophilia has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the ethics of making it. David Osit is a three-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary film director. His latest project is the film "Predators", which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The film lifts the lid on "To Catch a Predator", an American television segment of 20 years ago that set traps for sexual predators. We spoke to him in Perspective.

French cattle farmers are battling an outbreak of lumpy skin disease. New measures were announced on December 15, but tensions remain high as farmers protest against the systematic culling of affected herds. The anger adds to already existing discontent over the Mercosur deal, which is close to being finalised.

The French government is rushing to get a budget by the end of the year, and one key vote is that of the social security budget, with the French Parliament is to vote on December 16. Although the bill is expected to pass, it does not mean Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is certain to secure next year's budget, which lawmakers will be voting on later in the month. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan tells us more about what's going on, from France's National Assembly.

The demographics of France are undergoing a major shift. For the first year since the end of World War Two, there were more deaths than births. The change is happening sooner than expected and can have long-term effects on the French economy. But how can this birth decline be explained? Our journalists take a look.

But the 31-year-old claimed manager Ruben Amorim still had him in his plans and that convinced him to stay at Old Trafford. "My passion and empathy for the club were the same, but there comes a point where money becomes more important to them than you," Fernandes told Canal 11, a channel owned by the Portuguese Football Federation, on Monday. "The club wanted me to leave. I said it to the directors and I think they didn't have the courage to make that decision because the coach wanted me. "But if I had said I wanted to leave... Читать дальше...

French farmers are protesting the systematic cull of cattle as herds face the spread of nodular dermatitis, or lumpy skin disease. The disease is classified as a category-A disease by the EU's animal health law, which implies that if one cow gets stick, the entire herd must be killed. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin looks into the contested measures.

Affinity Partners, a Miami-based firm associated with Jared Kushner, confirmed to AFP that it is pulling out of the planned project, which has been mired in corruption allegations and public opposition for months. "Because meaningful projects should unite rather than divide, and out of respect for the people of Serbia and the City of Belgrade, we are withdrawing our application and stepping aside at this time," the statement, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, said. The announcement came... Читать дальше...

People have been coming to Bondi Beach to pay their respects to the 15 victims of Sunday's terror attacks. It was Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years, after the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. The country's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the father and son behind the antisemitic attacks were likely driven by Islamic state ideology.

On December 16, the Paris labour court ruled on the long-running dispute between Kylian Mbappé and his former club, PSG. It ordered PSG to pay over 60 million euros to the player in unpaid wages and bonuses. Both sides were claiming astronomical sums from the other following their tumultuous split in the summer of 2024. Mbappe argued that he was sidelined by PSG and made to train with players the club were trying to offload after refusing to agree a new contract.

Paul Doyle, the driver who ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans celebrating their team's Premier League championship, injuring 134 people, was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years and six months in prison for the "horror and devastation" caused by his fit of road rage.

A number of videos and images created by artificial intelligence that claim to accurately depict ancient Rome have been circulating online. However, these images are far from historically accurate, says one historian.

In this edition of Entre Nous we meet an illustrator, interpreter, comic book author and historian of typography. He's put all of those things together in a series of delightful books that make perfect gifts for the holidays or just about any time. David Rault tells us about his new book that's out now in French and is called "Couleurs", or "Colours".

Benin on Tuesday jailed around 30 people, most of whom were soldiers, linked to an attempt to oust President Patrice Talon, legal sources said. The attempted coup was defeated by loyalist army forces with the help of the Nigerian air force and French special forces.

A Paris labour court on Tuesday ordered Paris Saint-Germain football club to pay former player Kylian Mbappé 60 million euros ($70.6 million) in unpaid salary and bonuses, bringing a partial end to one of the most acrimonious disputes in French football.

A French court handed ex-rebel leader Roger Lumbala a 30-year jail term on December 15 over complicity in crimes against humanity during the Second Congo War in what activists hailed a "historic" verdict. He was found guilty of being the mastermind of atrocities including rape and torture in the country from 2002 to 2003. according to rights groups, the verdict is the first such conviction by a national court under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Police in the United States have released a new video of the suspect in the shooting of December 13 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Two students were killed and seven injured in the shooting, which took place during exams. There have been more than 390 mass shootings in the United States in 2025, resulting in more than 400 deaths.

A father and son were driven by "Islamic State ideology" when they fired on crowds at Bondi Beach in one of Australia's deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on December 16. As they investigate, authorities are also facing mounting questions over whether they could have acted earlier to foil the attack. FRANCE 24's Irris Makler has more details on the matter, from Sydney.

Following the murder of studio director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Reiner on December 14, tribute has been pouring in from actors, directors and politicians, all expressing their shock and sympathy. In the meantime, US President Donald Trump came under fire from his own party after his suggested without proof that the director had brought on his own murder by criticising Trump.

Ford is abandoning top EV models like the F-150 Lightning as weak demand and hostile policies from the Trump administration weigh on sales. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: the EU prepares to water down its own upcoming ban on sales of new internal combustion vehicles, while France tries to support its own EV battery sector.

International shipping accounts for 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. But a new path is emerging: starting in 2026, sailing cargo ships will set off from France to the United States, some flying the French flag. The big question is whether this innovation can succeed in convincing industry giants. Our France 2 colleagues report.

Green's name, in the first set of players in the auction in Abu Dhabi, triggered a bidding war with former champions Kolkata Knight Riders finally signing him for the 2026 edition. The big money for Green surpassed the previous overseas record of 247.5 million rupees paid by Kolkata in the 2024 auction for Mitchell Starc. But due to conversion fluctuations between rupees and US dollars -- with India's rupee falling to a record low of over 90 to the greenback this month -- Starc's value at the time was higher in dollars. Читать дальше...

Sweden, like the rest of the Nordic countries, is accustomed to long, dark winters, with shorter days and longer nights due to their northern location. But this December has been exceptionally gloomy and overcast in Stockholm, meteorologist Viktor Bergman at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) told AFP. "So far in December -- the month isn't over yet -- there's been only a half-hour of sunlight," he said. "We've had unstable low pressure systems with mild and humid weather, and that brings lots of clouds. Читать дальше...

At least 200,000 people have been displaced following a new offensive by the M23 in eastern DR Congo early December. One thousand found refuge in Rwanda. The neighbouring country is also accused of backing the rebel group. FRANCE 24's correspondent in the region, Juliette Montilly, spoke to some of them.