Paramount challenges Netflix with $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

08/12/2025 15:27 France 24

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, hoping to outbid Netflix just days after the streaming giant reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the storied Hollywood studios.

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To attract investment, build institutions, Syria must demonstrate 'the State is there for everybody'

As celebrations kicked off marking the first anniversary on Monday of the ousting of former President Bashar Assad’s regime, Syrians are still struggling to heal after the dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule and a 14-year civil war that killed an estimated half-million people, displaced millions...

08/12/2025 15:05 France 24

War in Ukraine: IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus

The UN nuclear watchdog has said that the protective structure surrounding the exploded reactor at Chernobyl can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, after a Russian drone strike earlier this year....

08/12/2025 14:40 France 24

'Every Syrian should have the right to visit Syria, to feel its freedom & to recognise its problems'

08/12/2025 14:06 France 24

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One year ago, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad fled the country aboard a Russian military aircraft. Twelve months later, the country continues to grapple with the aftermath of more than a decade of conflict. The city of Homs was central to the Syrian revolution. But now, it appears trapped in a vicio...

08/12/2025 12:40 France 24

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08/12/2025 11:54 France 24

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China exported over $1 trillion worth of goods more than it imported for January through November, a record amount that is increasingly seen as untenable by the country's Western trading partners. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. faces regulatory hu...

08/12/2025 10:51 France 24

War in Ukraine: Attacks continue despite diplomacy with the US

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08/12/2025 10:47 France 24

A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal and find stability

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08/12/2025 10:33 France 24

Missing Ukrainians: Researchers use DNA to identify recovered bodies

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08/12/2025 10:05 France 24

Live: Zelensky meets European allies in London amid mounting US pressure for peace deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets the leaders of Britain, France and Germany in London on Monday, ahead of talks with EU and NATO leaders in Brussels later in the day. The latest round of talks comes after US President Donald Trump accused Zelensky of not reading the US proposal to end t...

08/12/2025 06:33 France 24

Syria marks one year since Assad's toppling with festivities and military parades

As Syria marks the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow on Monday, the war-scarred nation finds itself celebrating a dramatic political shift even as it struggles with deep fractures, sporadic violence and the daunting task of rebuilding after more than a decade of conflict....

08/12/2025 06:04 France 24

UN blasts world's 'apathy' as it launches 2026 aid appeal

The United Nations on Monday decried global “apathy” as it launched a 2026 humanitarian appeal. UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher condemned a world where “politicians boast of cutting aid” even as brutality, mass killings, and sexual violence escalate, warning that life-and-death choices a...

08/12/2025 05:11 France 24

Trump says Zelensky ‘isn’t ready’ to approve US peace plan to end Russia-Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was “a little bit disappointed” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had not engaged with a US proposal to end the war with Russia, after days of talks ended without a breakthrough though Kyiv pledged to pursue further negotiations....

08/12/2025 01:49 France 24

The week in pictures: Trump first winner of FIFA Peace Prize, Pope in Lebanon, Sri Lanka Floods

US President Donald Trump named first winner of FIFA Peace Prize, Pope Leo XIV's three-day visit to Lebanon, Vladimir Putin's state visit to India, and the floods that affected nearly 1,600 people in several Asian countries. FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking images....

07/12/2025 13:16 France 24

Ukraine's recruitment effort expands to women amid Russian invasion

Struggling to recruit new soldiers as Russia presses on with its large-scale invasion, Ukraine has expanded its recruitment campaign among women. Here is a look at some of the women, once working in all types of professions, and now deployed on the battlefield. Story by Shirli Sitbon....

07/12/2025 11:22 France 24

Russia unleashes massive drone attack on central Ukraine, as peace talks stall

Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “substantive phone call” with American officials engaged in talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida, aimed at ending the nearly 4-year war. Sto...

07/12/2025 10:51 France 24

Gaza mediators Qatar and Egypt call for next steps of the truce

Qatar and Egypt, guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilisation force as the necessary next steps in fully implementing the fragile agreement. The measures were spelt out in the US- and UN-backed peace p...

07/12/2025 10:49 France 24

Syria: Tourism struggles to return to the UNESCO site of Palmyra

One year after the fall of Bashar Al Assad's regime in Syria, the residents of Palmyra are hoping for a return of tourists. After 13 years of war, the Bashar al Assad regime collapsed to the hands of rebel forces a year ago. While the country remains deeply divided, there is hope that the guns will...

07/12/2025 10:02 France 24

Live: Russia pounds Ukraine's Kremenchuk as US-hosted peace talks wrap up

Russia launched a major overnight attack on the industrial Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, striking key water and heating infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. The assault came as a Ukrainian delegation had wrapped up three days of talks with US President Donald Trump’s advisers in Fl...

07/12/2025 06:30 France 24

Russia hammers Ukraine's energy infrastructure as Florida peace talks continue

Moscow hammered Ukraine's energy infrastructure with a massive drone and missile barrage overnight into Saturday as US officials continued to hold talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida on ending the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a "substantive phone call" with the U...

06/12/2025 21:47 France 24

Hollywood unions alarmed by Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal

Hollywood unions and theatre owners sounded the alarm on Friday over Netflix's proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the deal passes regulatory review. Details and analysis with Michael Way...

06/12/2025 13:23 France 24

Syrians celebrate as one year anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall approaches

In Syria, as the anniversary of former president Bashar al-Assad's fall approaches, people have already started celebrating. Al-Assad held power for 24 years and his family ruled for over 50. Over their rule, the family was responsible for human rights violations and war crimes, including the use o...

06/12/2025 10:41 France 24

US threatens withdrawal from NATO if Europe doesn't take defense lead by 2027

The United States is warning its NATO allies that Europe must take on more of its own defence, and fast. According to an exclusive Reuters report, the Pentagon has set an ambitious 2027 deadline for European nations to assume most of the alliance’s conventional military capabilities, a shift that...

06/12/2025 10:00 France 24

Gaza truce incomplete without 'full withdrawal' by Israel, Qatar PM says

Qatar’s prime minister warned Saturday that the nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip cannot be considered complete until Israeli forces fully withdraw under a peace plan backed by Washington and the UN. ...

06/12/2025 08:46 France 24

Live: Macron will meet Ukraine, German and UK leaders in London Monday

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet leaders from Ukraine, Germany and the UK in London on Monday to take stock of the ongoing US-mediated peace negotiations, the French president said on social media. Macron condemned Moscow’s overnight drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, saying that Rus...

06/12/2025 06:17 France 24

Hearings in absentia 'conceivable' for Putin and Netanyahu, ICC says

Hearings in absentia could be possible for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the deputy prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said on Friday. Both leaders have been issued arrest warrants by the international tribunal....

05/12/2025 20:33 France 24

Liberty, equality, invincibility: Cultural highlights of France's Ukraine Season

France's Ukraine Season (December 1, 2025-March 31, 2026) is an invitation to “travel” to a country which is fighting for its freedom while creating new cultural horizons. More than 50 cultural events will take place during the festival in 20 cities across France. ...

05/12/2025 20:17 France 24

'You can't build peace just with Russia': Ex-EU Commissioner Moscovici on US-led Ukraine talks

With France going through major government instability and facing an alarmingly high public debt, and with Europe struggling to find its diplomatic feet as the US pursues talks to end the war in Ukraine, we speak to a seasoned political figure at the French and European level. Pierre Moscovici is t...

05/12/2025 17:04 France 24

Diplomacy to end Ukraine war gets bogged down: Europe's leadership vacuum?

A ceasefire in Ukraine remains a distant prospect, to say nothing of an actual peace settlement. US diplomatic efforts in Moscow have become bogged down, with no compromise in sight on the fundamental issues, especially the territorial ones. Meanwhile, the EU seems to be relegated to a relatively m...

05/12/2025 16:53 France 24

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros studio, HBO Max for $72 billion

Streaming giant Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros studios and its streaming business for $72 billion, the two American companies announced in a statement on Friday. This acquisition would bring two of the industry’s biggest players in film and TV under one roof....

05/12/2025 16:45 France 24

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