World

The bombings

US launches Operation Hawkeye to eliminate ISIS in Syria: "70 targets hit."

Retaliation for the December 13 attack on US forces in Palmyra. Trump: "All terrorists have been warned."

Russia

Ukraine, Putin: "We are advancing, while the enemy is retreating."

The Kremlin leader held a marathon press conference: "Peace? The ball is in Kiev and its allies' court."

La Presidente del Consiglio, Giorgia Meloni, arriva all'Europa Building per partecipare al Consiglio europeo, Bruxells, 18 dicembre 2025. ANSA/ UFFICIO STAMPA ++FOTO DIFFUSA DALL'UFFICIO STAMPA - USARE SOLO PER ILLUSTRARE OGGI LA NOTIZIA INDICATA NEL TITOLO - NON ARCHIVIARE FOTO NON IN VENDITA - DA USARE SOLO PER FINI GIORNALISTICI - NPK+++

Brussels

EU agrees to jointly finance €90 billion loan to Kiev, with Russian assets no longer being used.

Merz and Von der Leyen's line fails to pass, but the European Council finds a solution to support Ukraine: the agreement was reached overnight after a very long negotiation.

high voltage

"Russian soldiers have crossed the border into Estonia": a video also emerges.

The Tallinn government's complaint: "Illegal crossing." German tabloid Bild publishes the images.

the summit

Russian assets at the EU Council, Tusk: "Money today or blood tomorrow." Zelensky: "Moscow is guilty."

The Polish Prime Minister: "This isn't about the future of Ukraine, but of Europe as a whole." But there's no unanimity among the countries.

Trump durante il discorso all'America (Ansa)

The speech

Trump to the nation: "Eleven months ago, I inherited a disaster; now the country is rising again."

The president did not spare criticism of the Biden administration

Mourning

Peter Arnett, Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam Reporter, Dies

Face of CNN, he was 91 years old

Alessandra Moretti (ANSA/ ANGELO CARCONI)

Strasbourg

The European Parliament revokes the immunity of Alessandra Moretti (Democratic Party).

The vote is part of the investigation into the so-called "Qatargate"

(FILES) US actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner attend the 46th Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2023. US director Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle Reiner were found dead at their southern California mansion, CNN and NBC reported on December 14, 2025. Los Angeles police said in a media conference on Sunday evening they would not yet publicly confirm the identities of the two people found dead at the residence of the "When Harry Met Sally" director, and were not interviewing any suspects. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

USA

Nick Reiner and the murder of his parents: first the argument at the Christmas party, then the pool of blood in the hotel room

The son of the beloved actor and director had checked in at 4 a.m. to a hotel in Santa Monica.

the war

Moscow: "No to the Christmas truce, yes to an agreement, but without compromising on the territories." Zelensky: "Referendum in Donbass."

The Kremlin rejects the idea of a NATO force in Ukraine and reiterates: "We will not make concessions in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, and Crimea."