Paris labour court rules PSG must pay over €60m to Mbappé in dispute over unpaid wages

Paris labour court rules PSG must pay over €60m to Mbappé in dispute over unpaid wages

Published on 16/12/2025 – 14:46 GMT+1 A Paris labour court has ruled that the football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) must pay more than €60 million to Kylian Mbappé in a dispute over unpaid wages and bonuses linked to the end of his contract before his 2024 move to Real Madrid. Lawyers argued last month before […]

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Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela

Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela

US President Donald Trump said he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” going into and a out of Venezuela, in a move that seemed designed to furhter target the South American country’s economy and ramp up pressure on its leader Nicolás Maduro. Trump’s escalation comes after US forces seized an oil tanker […]

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Russian drone strike hits Zaporizhzhia apartment block and injures three

Russian drone strike hits Zaporizhzhia apartment block and injures three

Several people were injured when a Russian drone struck a nine-storey residential building in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Tuesday. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported several floors of the building were burned, adding that five people were rescued from the building’s upper floors and three people were receiving treatment for injuries. The attack […]

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Driver who ploughed into crowd at Liverpool football parade jailed for over 21 years

Driver who ploughed into crowd at Liverpool football parade jailed for over 21 years

Published on 16/12/2025 – 15:13 GMT+1 A driver who injured more than 130 people by ploughing his car into a crowd of football fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title in May was jailed for 21-and-a-half years on Tuesday. Paul Doyle, 54, rammed his minivan through a mass of fans in Liverpool on 26 May and […]

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Russia names German broadcaster Deutsche Welle as ‘undesirable organisation’

Russia names German broadcaster Deutsche Welle as ‘undesirable organisation’

By&nbspEuronews Published on 16/12/2025 – 17:57 GMT+1 •Updated 18:20 Russia has labelled Deutsche Welle (DW) an “undesirable organisation”, a move criticised by the German broadcaster and Berlin as an effort to stifle independent journalism. Under a 2015 law, members of “undesirable organisations” that threaten Russia’s constitutional order or national security can be fined or jailed […]

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Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns

Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns

Published on 16/12/2025 – 18:56 GMT+1 More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises and the UN food aid agency warned on Tuesday. Economic woes, recurrent drought, shrinking international aid and an influx of Afghans returning home from […]

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Video. Rome opens new Metro C stations near Colosseum ruins

Video. Rome opens new Metro C stations near Colosseum ruins

Built deep underground, the stations combine modern transport with layers of ancient history uncovered during excavation. Commuters and visitors entering the stop near the amphitheatre can see ceramic vessels, stone wells and the remains of a Roman bath from a first century home, displayed along the platforms. The line has taken nearly two decades to […]

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Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus

Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus

Published on 16/12/2025 – 19:51 GMT+1 Authorities in Lithuania said on Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network that smuggled cigarettes using specially equipped weather balloons from Russia-allied Belarus which have violated the Baltic country’s airspace in recent weeks. Investigators conducted more than 80 searches, seizing cigarettes with Belarusian excise […]

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