Новости за 17.12.2025

In tonight's edition, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they've agreed to conditionally withdraw from the strategic Congolese town of Uvira. Also, the Uvira offensive in eastern DRC triggered tens of thousands of people to flee into neighbouring Burundi. And a new report by the World Meteorological Organization found temperatures in North Africa were their hottest on record in 2024.

The European Union has proposed changes to a 2023 law that effectively banned the sale of new internal combustion engine cars from 2035.  Instead of cutting CO2 emissions by 100% from 2021 levels, carmakers would be required to reduce them by 90%, meaning a small-scale production of petrol or hybrid cars could continue. The auto industry and some member states have been lobbying hard to get the rules relaxed in the face of slow market growth for EVs.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday added Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Syria as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders to a full travel ban. The decision to include Syria, a country Trump has moved to rehabilitate internationally, came days after three US nationals were killed in an attack in the central town of Palmyra.

As France battles an outbreak of lumpy skin disease among livestock, some farmers are protesting government measures such as the culling of entire herds. Online, videos claiming to support them have gone viral… but some are AI-generated. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we take a closer look at how a Russian-linked influence network, known as Storm-1516, is amplifying misleading narratives around real-life protests.

"We're going to continue to operate Warner Bros. studios independently and release the movies traditionally in cinema," he said during an event in the French capital, while admitting his past comments on theatrical distribution "now confuse people". Previously, Sarandos had suggested that the cinema experience was outdated, surpassed by the convenience of streaming. The Netflix boss was being interviewed by Maxime Saada, head of France's Canal+ media group, in a Paris theatre that was presenting Canal+'s projects for 2026. Читать дальше...

The episode highlights how chatbots often deliver confident yet false responses during fast-developing news events, fueling information chaos as online platforms scale back human fact-checking and content moderation. The attack during a Jewish festival on Sunday in the beach suburb of Sydney was one of Australia's worst mass shootings, leaving 15 people dead and dozens wounded. Among the falsehoods Grok circulated was its repeated misidentification of Ahmed al Ahmed, who was widely hailed as a... Читать дальше...

The issue relates to the site in Livigno in the Italian Alps which will host snowboard and freestyle skiing events. "In recent days, there has been a technical problem with the water supply system (for the snow cannons)," organisers told AFP. "In 72 hours, we immediately resolved the issue and testing is currently underway to restart the system, and we will resume snow production in the coming days." To be able to cover the Livigno Snowpark with snow and create the features, jumps, and halfpipes for the snowboard and freestyle skiing events... Читать дальше...

At the finish after her record-extending World Cup win, Shiffrin said she was not sure why things were going so well. "I'm just pushing. Not asking questions," she said, adding she wanted to "lock in this feeling". Under floodlights, the American, who won the last race last season and has won every slalom this season, compiled a combined time of 1 minute 42.50 seconds, a colossal 1.55sec ahead of Camille Rast of Switzerland with German Emma Aicher narrowly third. It was the 22-year-old German's... Читать дальше...

Mark Chavez, 55, had admitted one count of conspiracy to supply the drug, which the actor was buying for up to $2,000 a vial in the weeks before his 2023 death in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home. Chavez, who ran a ketamine infusion clinic near San Diego, was ordered to be confined at home for eight months. He must also perform 300 hours of community service. The disgraced medic wrote a fraudulent prescription to obtain ketamine -- an anesthetic that is also used in depression therapy, but can... Читать дальше...

Jenny Kwan, an opposition lawmaker with Canada's left-wing New Democratic Party, told AFP that one MP, Iqra Khalid of Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party, was "pushed multiple times" by an Israeli border officer. The lawmakers were on a trip sponsored by Canadian-Muslim Vote, a charity group. Israel's embassy in Canada told AFP in a statement that the charity receives funding from Islamic Relief Canada, a subsidiary of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), which has been "listed as a terror entity... Читать дальше...

Shares of the big drugmaker fell sharply after it projected a dip in full-year adjusted profits per share on roughly flat revenues. Pfizer expects 2026 revenues of between $59.5 billion and $62.5 billion, compared with $62 billion in 2025. The pharma giant last month completed an acquisition of biotech firm Metsera, deepening its portfolio of products in the fast-growing market for weight loss drugs. Pfizer has also identified oncology as a major growth area, while Chief Executive Albert Bourla... Читать дальше...