Forecast: A look ahead to what 2025 has in store

Mariamne EVERETT

1 January 2025 at 1:59 am·1-min read

Donald and Melania Trump at the White House, the WWII victory parade down the Champs-Élysées in 1945 and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are shown in this composite illustration.

From Donald Trump’s return to the White House to marking 80 years since the end of World War II and 250 years since Jane Austen's birth, FRANCE 24 looks ahead to what the year 2025 may have to offer.

Trump sworn in as president

After surviving two assassination attempts during his successful 2024 campaign, Donald Trump, 78, will become the oldest person to be sworn into the US presidency on January 20.

Trump will also be the first US president to be a convicted felon after he was found guilty in May 2024 of 34 counts related to falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments made to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels.

Trump will also become only the second US president to serve non-consecutive terms in more than a century.

German elections

Countries around the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in 1945 throughout the year.

Gabon is an oil-rich member of OPEC+ with one of the highest per-capita GDPs in Africa.

Women’s Rugby World Cup

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Trump sworn in as president

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