Last Scoop episode of 2025. My colleagues @francoisf24.bsky.social, @cnorristrent.bsky.social, and Leela Jacinto⁩ chose their top news stories of 2025. An impossible task but we did our best. #F24 #Gaza #Ukraine #India #Pakistan #HavanaSyndrome www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRpl...

Good to join @whilderbrandt.bsky.social to discuss how France & Saudi Arabia made ending Gaza War & the TSS the chief themes of #UNGA80; Macron roundtable with ALLMEP & I/P civil society; & how POTUS can transform trajectory of events on Mon with Bibi meeting www.france24.com/en/video/202...

Jimmy Kimmel returned but America’s battle over free speech is continues. Conor Fitzpatrick from The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression provides analysis about the challenges facing US media. #F24 f24.my/BScp

More than 60 actions taken by President Trump during his first month in office bear the fingerprints of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for overhauling the federal government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Two artists, one catastrophic war … Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman on Israel-Gaza and the ceasefire – cartoon

Right-wing media are launching attacks on the federal judges that have blocked Trump's executive orders:

This “NATO transcript” is fake and I’m sad to see people repost it. I’m reporting it and blocking the account that originally posted it. Always worth checking your sources before you repost stuff that conveniently affirms all your political feelings, whatever side you’re on.

Undocumented immigrants with no other criminal record have been transferred to Guantanamo. Access to lawyers, denied. Their families kept in the dark. Why were they taken from the U.S. and moved to a prison designed for terrorists? Unclear. Evidence suggests it might be because of their tattoos.

Some US media avoided using the term ethnic cleansing in regards to Trump’s Gaza plan. Was this prudence or folly? Meanwhile certain French media appeared glossed over humanitarian and legal concerns to explore Gaza’s tourism potential. We discuss on this edition of Scoop. youtu.be/EY2CoAwv2fM?...