At least 20 killed in suspected Islamist attacks on villages in central Mali Some 20 people were killed and others were wounded in attacks carried out by suspected jihadists in six villages in central Mali on Friday. Grain silos were burned and members of the local population fled, authorities reported. 
https://www.france24.com/en/af....rica/20241221-at-lea

Car attack on German Christmas market: Scholz condemns 'terrible, insane' act Germans on Saturday mourned the victims and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people, including a small child, and wounding at least 200 others.
https://www.france24.com/en/vi....deo/20241221-germany

France's most powerful nuclear reactor comes on stream after 12-year delay The Flamanville 3 EPR nuclear reactor, France's most powerful to date, finally began providing electricity to French homes on Saturday after a plethora of technical setbacks led to a 12-year delay and a four-fold increase in the project's overall cost.
https://www.france24.com/en/li....ve-news/20241221-fra

Suspect behind German Christmas market attack 'Islamophobic', authorities say The Saudi suspect behind the deadly car attack on a Christmas market in Germany is believed to be “Islamophobic”, the interior minister said Saturday. The 50-year-old doctor, now under arrest, said German authorities had not done enough to fight the “Islamism of Europe” and had also voiced support for the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party.
https://www.france24.com/en/eu....rope/20241221-suspec

What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack Germany on Saturday was still in shock and struggling to understand the suspect behind the attack in the city of Magdeburg.
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