Le président américain Donald Trump a déclaré dimanche 28 décembre être « très proche » d'un accord sur le plan de paix pour l'Ukraine à l'issue d'une rencontre avec son homologue ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky, qu'il recevait en Floride, même si les deux dirigeants ont admis que des points épineux restaient encore à régler.
Le corps sans vie d'une personne a été retrouvé dimanche 28 décembre dans le sud de l'Espagne à la suite de pluies diluviennes qui ont provoqué de fortes inondations, ont annoncé les secours espagnols. Au moins deux personnes sont toujours portées disparues. Le pays reste profondément marqué par les grandes inondations d'octobre 2024 qui avaient causé plus de 230 morts, principalement dans la région de Valence.
Le corps sans vie d'une personne a été retrouvé dimanche 28 décembre dans le sud de l'Espagne à la suite de pluies diluviennes qui ont provoqué de fortes inondations, ont annoncé les secours espagnols. Au moins deux personnes sont toujours portées disparues. Le pays reste profondément marqué par les grandes inondations d'octobre 2024 qui avaient causé plus de 230 morts, principalement dans la région de Valence.
Authorities remove beam placed on Christmas Day to recreate Eisbach wave, which vanished in October
A row over the disappearance of a famous river surfing wave in Munich has escalated after authorities removed a beam inserted over Christmas to recreate the attraction.
The Eisbach wave on a side branch of the Isar River had been a landmark in the Bavarian city since the 1980s but it vanished in October after annual cleanup work along the riverbed.
Online audiences seeking out authentic and passionate voices as antidote to AI-generated content
For years, social media fame has been associated with the red carpet glamour of the Kardashians and Cristiano Ronaldo’s megawatt sporting celebrity, but millions of users globally are increasingly turning their attention to unassuming heroes drawn from everyday life.
TikTok says a range of accounts, from a bird enthusiast to an Italian grandmother and a doubledecker bus fan, have grown in popularity this year as social media users latch on to authentic voices.
US president said ‘thorny’ questions over territory have yet to be resolved and expressed sympathy with Russia not wanting a ceasefire
Donald Trump has said a deal to end the war in Ukraine is “closer than ever” but has admitted that “thorny” questions over the future of the eastern Donbas region have yet to be resolved, after a two-hour meeting on Sunday with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida.
Trump said a draft agreement to end the war was nearly “95% done”. “I really think we are closer than ever with both sides,” he said, adding that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, also wants to “see it happen”.
Brigitte Bardot, who has died at 91, often said that the hounding she received from the world's press in her years as a sex symbol of the 1960s made her identify with hunted and abused animals
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist, has died
Brigitte Bardot, the French actor and singer who became an international sex symbol before turning her back on the film industry and embracing the cause of animal rights activism and far-right politics, has died aged 91.
Paying tribute to Bardot on Sunday, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, wrote on social media that France was mourning “a legend of the century”.
Italy's most active volcano erupted on Saturday, prompting scientists to issue a red Volcano Observatory notice for aviation, signalling a potential risk for aircraft. Despite the alert, authorities said flights continued operating normally at Catania-Fontanarossa airport, adding that no disruption was expected unless ashfall increased
Volunteers and neighbours are restoring the century-old homes as an act of defiance against Russia’s assault
Lesia Danylenko proudly showed off her new front door. Volunteers had nicknamed its elegant transom window the “croissant”, a nod to its curved shape. “I think it’s more of a peacock,” she said, admiring its branch-like details. The restoration project at one of Kyiv’s early 20th-century art nouveau houses was supported by residents, who celebrated with two pavement parties.
It was also an act of resistance against Russia, she explained: “We are trying to live like normal people despite the war. It’s about arranging our life in the best possible way. We’re not afraid of staying in Ukraine. I could have left the country and moved away to Italy or Germany. Instead, I’m here. The new entrance shows our commitment to our homeland.”
Take this hopeful thought into 2026: the tyrants we endure always falter, and their ‘seismic’ upheavals are usually false dawns
For those who lived through the cold war, the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, was an unforgettable moment. The sinister watch towers with their searchlights and armed guards, the minefields in no-man’s land, the notorious Checkpoint Charlie border post, and the Wall itself – all were swept aside in an extraordinary, popular lunge for freedom.
Less than a month later, on 3 December 1989, at a summit in Malta, US president George HW Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared that after more than 40 years, the cold war was over. All agreed it was a historic turning point.
Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator
PM Albin Kurti’s Self-Determination party may struggle to win majority after rival parties refused alliance
Voters in Kosovo are casting ballots in an early parliamentary election in the hope of breaking a political deadlock that has gripped the small Balkan nation for much of this year.
The snap vote was scheduled after the prime minister Albin Kurti’s governing Vetëvendosje, or Self-Determination, party failed to form a government despite winning the most votes in a 9 February election.
Les électeurs kosovars sont appelés aux urnes dimanche 28 décembre pour des élections législatives anticipées. Le petit pays des Balkans espère dégager une majorité claire pour se sortir de la crise politique dans laquelle il est englué depuis dix mois.
Les électeurs kosovars sont appelés aux urnes dimanche 28 décembre pour des élections législatives anticipées. Le petit pays des Balkans espère dégager une majorité claire pour se sortir de la crise politique dans laquelle il est englué depuis dix mois.
Une nouvelle biographie sur Pavel Durov, le mystérieux milliardaire franco-russe, fondateur de la messagerie Telegram, a paru le 15 décembre dernier. Dans Le Populiste, l'auteur et journaliste russe Nikolai Komonov décrit un populiste digital, un leader aux tendances libertariennes de droite, influencé par le darwinisme social et les théories du complot.
Une nouvelle biographie sur Pavel Durov, le mystérieux milliardaire franco-russe, fondateur de la messagerie Telegram, a paru le 15 décembre dernier. Dans Le Populiste, l'auteur et journaliste russe Nikolai Komonov décrit un populiste digital, un leader aux tendances libertariennes de droite, influencé par le darwinisme social et les théories du complot.
As young men face new rules forcing them to indicate their readiness to serve, the Bundeswehr drums up support at a trade show
Sitting in the cramped interior of a Panzerhaubitze 2000 armoured vehicle, Tom, 20, hangs on every word coming from Achim, an officer with the German military, as he breathlessly talks students through the workings of “the most modern tank in the world”.
“What damage would you expect its ammunition to inflict?” Tom asks.
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