00:00A pro-Russian hacking group has claimed responsibility for a major cyber attack that halted package deliveries by France's National Postal Service, La Post, in the days leading up to Christmas.
00:13The cyber crime group, known as No Name 057, claimed responsibility for the attack on Wednesday in a case that has now been transferred to French intelligence services.
00:23The group has been accused of other cyber attacks across Europe, including one around the NATO summit in the Netherlands and sensitive French government sites.
00:34On Monday, central computer systems at La Post abruptly shut off in what appeared to be a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack.
00:44Postal workers couldn't track package deliveries, and online payments of the company's banking arm also suffered disruptions.
00:51Representatives of the Postal Service, who delivered over 2.6 billion packages last year and employ some 200,000 people, said the cyber attacks were not fully resolved by Wednesday morning.
01:07The United States have imposed visa bans on former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and four others, accusing them of forcing American social media platforms to censor users.
01:17U.S. authorities described Breton as the mastermind of the DSA, the EU digital sphere rulebook.
01:24Breton responded to the visa ban on eggs by writing Is McCarthy's rich handbag?
01:29The visa bans also targeted members of the German non-profit hate aid, the U.K.-based Global Disinformation Index, as well as the U.S.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate.
01:41The DSA stipulates that major platforms must explain content moderation decisions, and ensure researchers can carry out essential work, such as understanding how much children are exposed to dangerous content.
01:54The DSA has become a rallying point for U.S. conservatives, who see it as a weapon for censorship against right-wing voices, an accusation Brussels denies.
02:04Poland is beginning construction of an anti-drone system on its border with Belarus.
02:11Talking to reporters, Polish Interior Minister Martin Kerwiniski announced that this will be the first anti-drone cluster installed on an observation tower on the border.
02:21An anti-drone cluster is a group of integrated systems mounted together that can detect, track and neutralize hostile drones.
02:28This modern border barrier, equipped with cameras, night vision, and a motion sensor system, ensures a 98% effectiveness rate, Kerwiniski pointed out.
02:39It is called a cluster because several devices and antennas are co-located on a single tower and operate as a single defensive unit.
02:48Kerwiniski, together with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, visited the Border Guard site in Bobrowniki.
02:52Minister Kerwiniski stressed that the Lukashenko regime, supported by Moscow, is waging a hybrid war that includes illegal immigrants and drones against Poland and the European Union.
03:22Newly released Epstein files include emails from 2001 between Ghislaine Maxwell and someone signing as A from Balmoral.
03:36The sender, using an anonymous email, asks Maxwell, rather if new inappropriate friends were found for him.
03:44The emails reference Balmoral's summer camp for the British royal family and the sender's recent departure from the Royal Navy.
03:51This is the eighth batch of over 11,000 files, totaling 30,000 pages, the largest release by the U.S. Justice Department since Friday.
04:00The files include court records, photos, emails, flight logs, videos, and grand jury materials from Epstein's cases and investigations into his death.
04:10The files also include claims that Donald Trump flew on Epstein's jet at least eight times between 1993 and 1996, more than previously reported.
04:21The Justice Department says some documents contain untrue claims against Trump submitted before the 2020 election.
04:27Four men were arrested following an opposition rally in the Albanian capital, Tirana, on Monday.
04:40Protesters had gathered at the office of Prime Minister Edirama to protest against his government, throwing Molotov cocktails at the building.
04:48One of their demands is the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Baluku, who was charged by prosecutors for alleged corruption.
04:56The
05:24The opposition Democratic Party of Albania accused the governing Socialist Party of election
05:34fraud and the erosion of democracy in the country, issues they have been protesting for months.
05:43Libya's military chief of staff died in a plane crash after takeoff from Ankara on Tuesday.
05:49General Mohamed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad was returning back to Libya from high-level defense talks
05:54in the Turkish capital, focused on strengthening the military cooperation between the two countries.
06:01According to Libyan officials, the plane, a Falcon 50-type business jet, experienced a technical malfunction.
06:08Four other officers and three crew members were also on board. No one survived the crash.
06:14Shortly after taking off, the plane requested an emergency landing, notifying air traffic control of an electrical fault.
06:21Turkish air traffic controllers then lost contact with the plane while it was on its emergency landing descent.
06:28The wreckage of the plane was found near village 70 kilometers south of Ankara.
06:33Four prosecutors are investigating the crash, Turkey's justice minister said.
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08:35Syrians celebrate Christmas for the second time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime
08:40on the 8th of December, 2024.
08:43Areas of the Egypt province, which were recently under the control of Ayat Tahrir al-Sham, are
08:49witnessing public celebrations for the first time in years.
08:52In the capital, Damascus, however, the mood is more somber.
08:56The collective silence observed in some districts is largely a tribute to the victims of a church
09:01bombing in late June 2025, which killed over 25 worshippers.
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09:28Some streets have been close to vehicular traffic with the security forces maintaining a high profile.
09:58As the second year without the Assad regime comes to a close, Syria's Christians and their neighbors are proving that while the decorations may be more modest, the hope for a pluralistic future is brighter than it has been in half a century.
10:20For the past two years, as the war in Gaza dragged on, Christmas in Bethlehem has been a somber affair.
10:30This year, Christmas celebrations and visitors are slowly returning to the city, signaling hope about the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
10:38Christmas and religious pilgrims have always been a prime economic engine for Bethlehem.
10:43Bethlehem has been facing hardships since March of 2020 when COVID started, and ever since, it's been up and down, up and down until October the 7th, the war on Gaza and the war on all of the West Bank.
11:01For the families who struggled to keep business afloat during the war, the sight of tourists feels like a relief after years of uncertainty.
11:09In the meantime, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem paid a visit to the Holy Family Parish in Gaza.
11:30A Patriarchate statement said the visit marked the beginning of Christmas celebrations in a community that has lived and continues to live through dark and challenging times.
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