Foot: Mbappé blessé à un genou, coup dur pour le Real Madrid

Coup dur pour le Real Madrid: son attaquant star français Kylian Mbappé, victime d’une entorse du genou gauche, sera absent au moins trois semaines, ont indiqué mercredi à l’AFP une source proche du joueur et le club espagnol dans un communiqué. L’actuel meilleur buteur de Liga (18 buts) souffre d’une entorse du genou gauche, a précisé le Real Madrid dans son communiqué, ajoutant que son état serait réévalué prochainement. Il souffre du ligament externe du genou, selon une source proche du joueur.Le Real ne précise pas quand il s’est blessé mais Mbappé a participé à un entraînement collectif mardi.Le capitaine des Bleus, qui a passé une IRM mercredi, devrait rater plusieurs matches du Championnat d’Espagne, mais aussi la Supercoupe d’Espagne du 7 au 11 janvier en Arabie saoudite et probablement la rencontre contre son ancien club, Monaco, en Ligue des champions le 20 janvier.Sacré Soulier d’Or européen et meilleur buteur de Liga la saison dernière avec 31 réalisations, le N.10 a enchaîné les matches depuis le début de la saison avec le Real Madrid, qui se repose sur lui offensivement ces dernières semaines. Le 20 décembre, il a égalé le record de Cristiano Ronaldo (2013) avec un 59e but inscrit en 2025. Cette blessure est son premier gros coup dur de la saison.- Sauveur -En tout, Mbappé, auteur d’un début de saison exceptionnel, a désormais inscrit 73 buts en 83 matches sous le maillot blanc, encore à quelques années lumières du Portugais, meilleur buteur de l’histoire du Real avec un bilan affolant de 450 réalisations en 438 rencontres.Cette saison, il a été le sauveur à de nombreuses de reprises avec ses 18 buts (4 passes décisives) en 17 journées de Liga et va donc manquer fortement au Real qu’il porte sur ses épaules. C’est aussi une mauvaise nouvelle pour Xabi Alonso. Dans une situation délicate et sur un fil d’un limogeage il y a quelques semaines, l’entraineur – à la tête d’un Real fébrile collectivement – va donc devoir trouver des solutions offensives. Avant la reprise, le club merengue est deuxième de Liga, à quatre points du leader, le FC Barcelone. Et en Ligue des champions, le Real pointe à la septième place du classement.Sans sa superstar, l’ex-milieu de terrain du Real, de Liverpool et du Bayern va pouvoir relancer Rodrygo, qui a peu joué cette saison (deux buts toutes compétitions confondues). C’est le moment aussi pour Vinicius, qui traverse aussi une mauvaise passe, de porter les Merengues, sachant que le jeune Brésilien Endrick a été prêté à Lyon.Il doit déjà faire sans plusieurs joueurs, notamment l’attaquant Brahim Diaz qui est actuellement à la CAN avec le Maroc, mais aussi d’autres cadres comme Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao, Trent Alexander-Arnold et Federico Valverde.Ce repos forcé pourrait en revanche permettre à l’attaquant des Bleus de souffler un peu, dans la perspective du Mondial en Amérique du nord l’été prochain.

Israel to ban 37 aid groups operating in Gaza

Israel plans to ban 37 aid organisations from operating in Gaza from Thursday unless they hand over detailed information on their Palestinian staff, despite mounting criticism from the United Nations and the European Union.Several NGOs have told AFP the new rules will have a major impact on food and medical shipments to Gaza, and humanitarian groups warn there is already not enough aid to cover the devastated territory’s needs.Israel’s deadline for NGOs to provide the details expires at midnight on Wednesday.”They refuse to provide lists of their Palestinian employees because they know, just as we know, that some of them are involved in terrorism or linked to Hamas,” spokesman for the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, Gilad Zwick, told AFP, naming 37 NGOs that had so far failed to meet the new requirements.”I highly doubt that what they haven’t done for 10 months, they will suddenly do in less than 12 hours,” Zwick said. “We certainly won’t accept any cooperation that is just for show, simply to get an extension.”For its part, Hamas, the armed Palestinian group which still controls part of Gaza, branded the Israeli decision “criminal behaviour” and urged the United Nations and broader international community to condemn it.  Israel says the new regulation aims to prevent bodies it accuses of supporting terrorism from operating in the Palestinian territories. A fragile ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since October, following a deadly war waged by Israel in response to Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023. On Tuesday, Israel specified that “acts of de-legitimising Israel” or denial of events surrounding Hamas’s October 7 attack would be “grounds for licence withdrawal”.Israel has singled out international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), alleging that it had two employees who were members of Palestinian militant groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas.”We continue to seek reassurances and clarity over a concerning request to share a staff list, which may be in violation of Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law and of our humanitarian principles,” MSF said, urging Israel to allow it to operate.”We will be exploring all possible avenues to alter the outcomes of this decision.”Apart from MSF, some of the 37 NGOs to be hit with the ban are the Norwegian Refugee Council, World Vision International, CARE and Oxfam, according to the list given by Zwick.- ‘Guarantee access’ -On Wednesday, United Nations rights chief Volker Turk described Israel’s decision as “outrageous”, calling on states to urgently insist Israel shift course.”Such arbitrary suspensions make an already intolerable situation even worse for the people of Gaza,” he said.The European Union warned that Israel’s decision would block “life-saving” assistance from reaching Gazans.”The EU has been clear: the NGO registration law cannot be implemented in its current form,” EU humanitarian chief Hadja Lahbib posted on X.UN Palestinian refugee agency chief Philippe Lazzarini said the move sets a “dangerous precedent”.”Failing to push back against attempts to control the work of aid organisations will further undermine the basic humanitarian principles of neutrality, independence, impartiality and humanity underpinning aid work across the world,” he said on X.UNRWA itself has faced the ire of Israeli authorities since last year, with Lazzarini declared persona non grata by Israel.Israel had accused UNRWA of providing cover for Hamas militants, claiming that some of the agency’s employees took part in the October 7, 2023 attack.A series of investigations found some “neutrality-related issues” at UNRWA, the agency says, but insists Israel had not provided evidence for its headline allegation.On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of 10 countries, including France and the United Kingdom, had already urged Israel to “guarantee access” to aid in the Gaza Strip, where they said the humanitarian situation remains “catastrophic”. In a territory with 2.2 million inhabitants, “1.3 million people still require urgent shelter support”, the ministers of Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland said.While a deal for a ceasefire that started on October 10 stipulated the entry of 600 trucks per day, only 100 to 300 are carrying humanitarian aid, aid groups say.COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, said last week that on average 4,200 aid trucks enter Gaza weekly, which corresponds to around 600 daily.Israel’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Idit Rosenzweig-Abu, said that 104 aid organisations had filed for registration according to the new guidelines.Nine were rejected, while 37 did not complete the procedures, she said on X, insisting the registration process “intended to prevent the exploitation of aid by Hamas”.

La ministre déléguée à l’Intérieur critique la naturalisation de George Clooney

Ce n’est “pas le bon message qui est envoyé” par la naturalisation de George Clooney, a estimé mercredi Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, ministre déléguée à l’Intérieur, qui veut examiner “l’entièreté de la procédure”.”Moi, que George Clooney demande la naturalisation, je peux en être très fière”, a déclaré la ministre déléguée sur Franceinfo, tout en soulignant qu’il fallait “faire attention au message qu’on peut envoyer”.”Ce n’est pas le bon message qui est envoyé”, a-t-elle jugé.Evoquant un “sujet d’équité”, qui est “absolument essentiel”, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne a dit comprendre le sentiment de “deux poids deux mesures” chez certains Français, alors que l’acteur de 64 ans admettait début décembre sur RTL être “toujours aussi mauvais” en français malgré “400 jours de cours”.La ministre a précisé qu'”à titre personnel”, elle comprenait “l’appréciation de certains Français sur ce sujet du deux poids deux mesures”.La situation de George Clooney et de son épouse Amal Alamuddin Clooney “répond aux conditions fixées par la loi” pour une naturalisation, a déclaré de son côté le ministère français des Affaires étrangères, rappelant l’article 21-21 du code civil.Celui-ci stipule que “la nationalité française peut être conférée par naturalisation, sur proposition du ministre des Affaires étrangères, à tout étranger francophone qui en fait la demande et qui contribue par son action émérite au rayonnement de la France et à la prospérité de ses relations économiques internationales”.- “Place de premier rang” -Les époux Clooney “justifient d’une résidence permanente en France, dans le Var” et “contribuent par leur action émérite à l’influence internationale et au rayonnement culturel de la France”, a détaillé le ministère, en soulignant la “place de premier rang” occupée par George Clooney “dans l’industrie cinématographique à l’échelle mondiale”, qui “ne peut que contribuer au maintien et à la promotion de la place de la France dans ce secteur économique essentiel”.Quant à Amal Alamuddin Clooney, “avocate de renom”, elle “collabore régulièrement avec des institutions universitaires et des organisations internationales installées en France”, a ajouté le ministère.Les époux Clooney “ont suivi une procédure rigoureuse allant entre autres des enquêtes sécuritaires, aux entretiens réglementaires de naturalisation en préfecture en passant par l’acquittement des timbres fiscaux”, a poursuivi le Quai d’Orsay.A partir du 1er janvier, le niveau de français exigé pour les étrangers souhaitant notamment acquérir la nationalité française sera plus élevé. En vertu de la dernière loi immigration, ils devront notamment avoir obtenu un diplôme de niveau avancé (B2), exigé par exemple pour rentrer dans une université. Ils devront en outre avoir réussi un examen civique dans le cadre du Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR).L’acteur, son épouse et leurs jumeaux âgés de huit ans ont obtenu la nationalité française par un décret publié samedi au Journal officiel.Quelque 48.800 personnes ont acquis la nationalité française par décret en 2024, selon les derniers chiffres du ministère de l’Intérieur.Le couple star, dont la naturalisation a été révélée par Paris Match, réside une partie de l’année dans sa bastide de Brignoles (Var), acquise en 2021.Même si la famille Clooney ne passe pas tout son temps dans le sud de la France, ce domaine est “l’endroit le plus heureux pour nous”, avait assuré l’acteur, récompensé par un Oscar pour “Syriana” (2005).Le réalisateur Jim Jarmusch, son compatriote, avait de son côté annoncé vendredi sur France Inter son intention de faire une demande pour obtenir la nationalité française. “Je voudrais avoir un autre endroit où je puisse m’évader des Etats-Unis”, avait-il dit, en notant son attrait pour “la culture française”.

Sydney falls silent before fireworks bring in 2026

New Year celebrations took on a sombre tone in Sydney as revellers held a minute of silence for victims of the Bondi Beach shooting before fireworks lit up the harbour city at the stroke of midnight.People around the world toasted the end of 2025, bidding farewell to one of the hottest years on record, packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine.Heavily armed police patrolled among hundreds of thousands of people lining the Sydney shore barely two weeks after a father and son allegedly opened fire on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting for almost 30 years.Parties paused for a minute of silence an hour before midnight Wednesday, with the famed Sydney Harbour Bridge bathed in white light to symbolise peace.”Right now, the joy that we usually feel at the start of a new year is tempered by the sadness of the old,” Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a video message.At midnight, nine tonnes of fireworks were set off to welcome the New Year.”The fireworks have always been on my bucket list and I’m so happy to be here,” said Susana Suisuikli, an English tourist.  Pacific nations including Kiribati and New Zealand were the first to see in 2026, with Seoul and Tokyo following Sydney in celebrations that will stretch to glitzy New York and the Hogmanay festival on the chilly streets of Scotland.More than two million people are expected to pack Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for what authorities have called the world’s biggest New Year’s Eve party.In Hong Kong, a major New Year fireworks display planned for Victoria Harbour was cancelled to pay homage to 161 people killed in a fire in November that engulfed several apartment blocks.- Truce and tariffs -For many it has been a year of stress and excitement, even without the wars that have claimed tens of thousands of lives.Labubu dolls became a worldwide craze in 2025, thieves plundered the Louvre in a daring heist, and K-pop heartthrobs BTS made their long-awaited return.The world lost pioneering zoologist Jane Goodall, the Vatican chose a new pope and the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk laid bare America’s deep political divisions.Donald Trump returned as US president in January, launching a tariff blitz that sent global markets into meltdown.Trump used his Truth Social platform to lash out at his sliding approval ratings ahead of midterm elections to be held in November.”Isn’t it nice to have a STRONG BORDER, No Inflation, a powerful Military, and great Economy??? Happy New Year!” he wrote.Many expect tough times to continue in 2026.”The economic situation is also very dire, and I’m afraid I’ll be left without income,” said Ines Rodriguez, 50, a merchant in Mexico City.After two years of war that left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins, US pressure helped land a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in October.No-one is sure how long the break in hostilities will hold, with each side accusing the other of flagrant violations.”We bid farewell to 2025 with deep sorrow and grief,” said Gaza City resident Shireen Al-Kayali. “We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror.”World leaders including China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin exchanged New Year greetings.Xi said he was “ready to maintain close exchanges with Putin to jointly push for continuous new progress in bilateral ties”, state news agency Xinhua said.The war in Ukraine — sparked by Russia’s invasion in February 2022 — is grinding towards its fourth anniversary with no ceasefire in sight despite a renewed burst of diplomacy.- Sports, space and AI -The coming 12 months promise to be full of sports, space and questions over artificial intelligence.NASA’s Artemis II mission, backed by tech titan Elon Musk, will launch a crewed spacecraft to circle the moon during a 10-day flight, more than 50 years since the last Apollo lunar mission.After years of unbridled enthusiasm, AI is facing scrutiny and nervous investors are questioning whether the boom might now resemble a market bubble.Athletes will gather in Italy in February for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.And for a few weeks in June and July, 48 nations will dispute the biggest football World Cup in history in the United States, Mexico and Canada. It could be a last chance to see the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the global stage.

Sydney falls silent before fireworks bring in 2026

New Year celebrations took on a sombre tone in Sydney as revellers held a minute of silence for victims of the Bondi Beach shooting before fireworks lit up the harbour city at the stroke of midnight.People around the world toasted the end of 2025, bidding farewell to one of the hottest years on record, packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine.Heavily armed police patrolled among hundreds of thousands of people lining the Sydney shore barely two weeks after a father and son allegedly opened fire on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting for almost 30 years.Parties paused for a minute of silence an hour before midnight Wednesday, with the famed Sydney Harbour Bridge bathed in white light to symbolise peace.”Right now, the joy that we usually feel at the start of a new year is tempered by the sadness of the old,” Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a video message.At midnight, nine tonnes of fireworks were set off to welcome the New Year.”The fireworks have always been on my bucket list and I’m so happy to be here,” said Susana Suisuikli, an English tourist.  Pacific nations including Kiribati and New Zealand were the first to see in 2026, with Seoul and Tokyo following Sydney in celebrations that will stretch to glitzy New York and the Hogmanay festival on the chilly streets of Scotland.More than two million people are expected to pack Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for what authorities have called the world’s biggest New Year’s Eve party.In Hong Kong, a major New Year fireworks display planned for Victoria Harbour was cancelled to pay homage to 161 people killed in a fire in November that engulfed several apartment blocks.- Truce and tariffs -For many it has been a year of stress and excitement, even without the wars that have claimed tens of thousands of lives.Labubu dolls became a worldwide craze in 2025, thieves plundered the Louvre in a daring heist, and K-pop heartthrobs BTS made their long-awaited return.The world lost pioneering zoologist Jane Goodall, the Vatican chose a new pope and the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk laid bare America’s deep political divisions.Donald Trump returned as US president in January, launching a tariff blitz that sent global markets into meltdown.Trump used his Truth Social platform to lash out at his sliding approval ratings ahead of midterm elections to be held in November.”Isn’t it nice to have a STRONG BORDER, No Inflation, a powerful Military, and great Economy??? Happy New Year!” he wrote.Many expect tough times to continue in 2026.”The economic situation is also very dire, and I’m afraid I’ll be left without income,” said Ines Rodriguez, 50, a merchant in Mexico City.After two years of war that left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins, US pressure helped land a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in October.No-one is sure how long the break in hostilities will hold, with each side accusing the other of flagrant violations.”We bid farewell to 2025 with deep sorrow and grief,” said Gaza City resident Shireen Al-Kayali. “We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror.”World leaders including China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin exchanged New Year greetings.Xi said he was “ready to maintain close exchanges with Putin to jointly push for continuous new progress in bilateral ties”, state news agency Xinhua said.The war in Ukraine — sparked by Russia’s invasion in February 2022 — is grinding towards its fourth anniversary with no ceasefire in sight despite a renewed burst of diplomacy.- Sports, space and AI -The coming 12 months promise to be full of sports, space and questions over artificial intelligence.NASA’s Artemis II mission, backed by tech titan Elon Musk, will launch a crewed spacecraft to circle the moon during a 10-day flight, more than 50 years since the last Apollo lunar mission.After years of unbridled enthusiasm, AI is facing scrutiny and nervous investors are questioning whether the boom might now resemble a market bubble.Athletes will gather in Italy in February for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.And for a few weeks in June and July, 48 nations will dispute the biggest football World Cup in history in the United States, Mexico and Canada. It could be a last chance to see the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the global stage.

Sydney falls silent before fireworks bring in 2026

New Year celebrations took on a sombre tone in Sydney as revellers held a minute of silence for victims of the Bondi Beach shooting before fireworks lit up the harbour city at the stroke of midnight.People around the world toasted the end of 2025, bidding farewell to one of the hottest years on record, packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine.Heavily armed police patrolled among hundreds of thousands of people lining the Sydney shore barely two weeks after a father and son allegedly opened fire on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting for almost 30 years.Parties paused for a minute of silence an hour before midnight Wednesday, with the famed Sydney Harbour Bridge bathed in white light to symbolise peace.”Right now, the joy that we usually feel at the start of a new year is tempered by the sadness of the old,” Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a video message.At midnight, nine tonnes of fireworks were set off to welcome the New Year.”The fireworks have always been on my bucket list and I’m so happy to be here,” said Susana Suisuikli, an English tourist.  Pacific nations including Kiribati and New Zealand were the first to see in 2026, with Seoul and Tokyo following Sydney in celebrations that will stretch to glitzy New York and the Hogmanay festival on the chilly streets of Scotland.More than two million people are expected to pack Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for what authorities have called the world’s biggest New Year’s Eve party.In Hong Kong, a major New Year fireworks display planned for Victoria Harbour was cancelled to pay homage to 161 people killed in a fire in November that engulfed several apartment blocks.- Truce and tariffs -For many it has been a year of stress and excitement, even without the wars that have claimed tens of thousands of lives.Labubu dolls became a worldwide craze in 2025, thieves plundered the Louvre in a daring heist, and K-pop heartthrobs BTS made their long-awaited return.The world lost pioneering zoologist Jane Goodall, the Vatican chose a new pope and the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk laid bare America’s deep political divisions.Donald Trump returned as US president in January, launching a tariff blitz that sent global markets into meltdown.Trump used his Truth Social platform to lash out at his sliding approval ratings ahead of midterm elections to be held in November.”Isn’t it nice to have a STRONG BORDER, No Inflation, a powerful Military, and great Economy??? Happy New Year!” he wrote.Many expect tough times to continue in 2026.”The economic situation is also very dire, and I’m afraid I’ll be left without income,” said Ines Rodriguez, 50, a merchant in Mexico City.After two years of war that left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins, US pressure helped land a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in October.No-one is sure how long the break in hostilities will hold, with each side accusing the other of flagrant violations.”We bid farewell to 2025 with deep sorrow and grief,” said Gaza City resident Shireen Al-Kayali. “We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror.”World leaders including China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin exchanged New Year greetings.Xi said he was “ready to maintain close exchanges with Putin to jointly push for continuous new progress in bilateral ties”, state news agency Xinhua said.The war in Ukraine — sparked by Russia’s invasion in February 2022 — is grinding towards its fourth anniversary with no ceasefire in sight despite a renewed burst of diplomacy.- Sports, space and AI -The coming 12 months promise to be full of sports, space and questions over artificial intelligence.NASA’s Artemis II mission, backed by tech titan Elon Musk, will launch a crewed spacecraft to circle the moon during a 10-day flight, more than 50 years since the last Apollo lunar mission.After years of unbridled enthusiasm, AI is facing scrutiny and nervous investors are questioning whether the boom might now resemble a market bubble.Athletes will gather in Italy in February for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.And for a few weeks in June and July, 48 nations will dispute the biggest football World Cup in history in the United States, Mexico and Canada. It could be a last chance to see the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the global stage.

Un record de 12 millions de visiteurs pour les monuments nationaux en 2025

Un record de plus de 12 millions de personnes ont visité en 2025 les monuments nationaux, dont les plus fréquentés ont été l’Arc de triomphe et l’abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, a annoncé mercredi le Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN).”Après deux années consécutives de fréquentation supérieure à 11 millions de visiteurs, les monuments nationaux enregistrent un nouveau record de fréquentation en atteignant pour la première fois de leur histoire 12 millions de visiteurs”, s’est félicité le CMN dans un communiqué.Les trois monuments les plus fréquentés ont été l’Arc de triomphe avec 1,85 million de visiteurs, l’abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (1,63 million) et la Sainte-Chapelle (1,33 million). Viennent ensuite le Panthéon, la Conciergerie, le château et les remparts de Carcassonne, l’Hôtel de la Marine et le château d’Angers.Le CMN est également en charge du nouveau parcours de visite des tours de Notre-Dame de Paris, qui ont accueilli 110.000 visiteurs depuis leur réouverture en septembre, six ans après l’incendie de la cathédrale du 15 avril 2019.Le Centre souligne l’intérêt croissant pour les tours et trésors des cathédrales: ceux d’Amiens ont enregistré une hausse de fréquentation de 95%, ceux de Chartres de 74% et ceux de Reims de 43%.Le CMN est l’établissement public chargé de la conservation, la restauration et l’animation de plus de 100 monuments historiques et jardins répartis dans toute la France.