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[00:00:08] Hello everyone, Thursday, August 6, 6 AM, Paris
[00:00:11] time. Glad to be back with you for the headlines. Here are the main
[00:00:16] to the Financial Times, news stories. In Germany, an
[00:00:18] Trump refused this request anti-terrorist investigation after the discovery yesterday of an explosive drone at Lepsich airport.
[00:00:22] Berlin denounces a new dimension of threat, with suspicions
[00:00:25] pointing towards Russia. Evacuation ordered
[00:00:29] in Kramatorsk. Hundreds of families are forced to
[00:00:32] flee the city, which is under attack by the Russian army. More
[00:00:36] than 500 children are expected to leave their homes. And after
[00:00:40] Moscow's bloody offensive yesterday, Volodymyr Zelensky
[00:00:43] is calling on his allies for emergency aid. Then, the FIFA
[00:00:46] apologies. After trying to privatize the World Cup, the world
[00:00:50] football body shows contrition, while still supporting its
[00:00:53] "The Fabric of Existence," highly contested boss, Gianni
[00:00:55] is the name of the first major Infantino.
[00:00:57] Berlin
[00:01:07] of history and the fragility
[00:01:11] is on high alert after the discovery of a drone laden with explosives
[00:01:15] at Lepsich airport. An anti-terrorist investigation has been opened.
[00:01:20] beautiful title, "The Fabric Yesterday, the device was defused on the tarmac and a disaster
[00:01:22] was narrowly avoided. A second object hit a plane,
[00:01:26] causing minor damage. The Russian lead is being considered, and Berlin
[00:01:30] denounces a new dimension of threat. Mario Meyer
[00:01:34] reports. A robot
[00:01:37] deminer inspects the tarmac of Lepsich airport in the middle
[00:01:41] of the night. An explosive-laden drone has just been spotted
[00:01:45] just a few meters from these Antonov Airlines planes, a Ukrainian
[00:01:49] freight company. Shortly after, a DHL
[00:01:52] aircraft collides in mid-air with a flying object. The plane
[00:01:57] patients were allowed to temporarily had just been diverted following the
[00:02:07] is false and bears the signature
[00:02:31] Why is this incident so worrying? Lepsich airport is a key
[00:02:35] logistics hub for NATO. It allows the transport of material
[00:02:38] and civilians to Ukraine, which Berlin has actively supported
[00:02:42] since the beginning of the Russian invasion. According
[00:02:46] to the Ukrainian ambassador in Germany, the responsibility
[00:02:49] for this incident undoubtedly lies with Moscow. Berlin
[00:02:53] mentions the possible involvement of foreign powers. An anti-terrorist
[00:02:56] investigation has been opened.
[00:03:01] Meanwhile, in Ukraine, in
[00:03:05] for this variant of the Kramatorsk, hundreds of families are being asked to evacuate following the intensification of Russian
[00:03:08] attacks in this large city in the Donetsk region.
[00:03:11] 525 children will have to leave everything, according
[00:03:15] to the authorities. And President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling
[00:03:19] for emergency aid from his
[00:03:21] of Aden, as part of the blockade allies, because Ukraine no longer has the means to shoot down Russian missiles. Alice Broga
[00:03:25] reports.
[00:03:27] After more than 20 hours of searching, Ukrainian rescuers
[00:03:31] pull a lifeless body from the rubble. A civilian killed
[00:03:35] in a Russian strike that occurred the day before on this building
[00:03:38] in Kramatorsk. Faced with the increase in Russian attacks,
[00:03:41] the authorities of this city in the Donetsk region in eastern
[00:03:45] Ukraine ordered Wednesday evening the evacuation of approximately
[00:03:48] 500 children and their families who were still living in the city.
[00:03:52] In the Kiev region too, attacks are becoming more and
[00:03:56] more numerous and deadly. Along this railway line, railway workers
[00:04:07] to envisage a future outside
[00:04:30] does man's insatiable desire I saw people covered in blood running in the street.
[00:04:33] According to the Ukrainian army, Russia fired 115 long-range
[00:04:37] drones and 28 missiles overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday,
[00:04:41] but only 98 drones could be neutralized. Ukrainian
[00:04:45] anti-aircraft defenses failed to intercept any missiles.
[00:04:49] This weakening is attributed by President Zelensky to delays
[00:04:52] in the delivery of missile interceptors compared
[00:04:55] to 2025.
[00:05:00] about three times fewer anti-ballistic missiles to defend our
[00:05:03] state. This situation is mainly linked to the
[00:05:05] war, or as it is now fair to say,
[00:05:09] to hostilities and wars in the Middle East.
[00:05:15] Last week, Volodymyr Zelensky went to Washington again
[00:05:18] to convince Donald Trump to deliver Patriot missiles
[00:05:22] to him, the only ones capable of intercepting the most powerful
[00:05:25] Russian missiles. But according
[00:05:30] due to the shortage of Patriots in American stocks since
[00:05:34] the beginning of the war in the Middle East.
[00:05:37] The war waged by Russia is also being fought on the Internet. In
[00:05:41] France, suspicions of Moscow's interference hang over the presidential
[00:05:45] pre-campaign. Raphaël Glucksmann, a potential candidate, claims
[00:05:48] to be the target of an operation attributed to a pro-Russian
[00:05:51] network. The same goes for former Prime Minister Gabriel
[00:05:54] Attal, and a few weeks ago, Edouard Philippe also
[00:05:58] declared himself a victim. Explanations from our colleagues
[00:06:01] at France 2. Is this a foretaste of the
[00:06:05] presidential campaign? Disinformation operations target declared
[00:06:08] candidates, Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal, or potentially
[00:06:14] the leader of Place Publique. A website and a video created
[00:06:18] with artificial intelligence implicate his partner Léa Salamé,
[00:06:21] presenter of the 8 PM news on France
[00:06:24] 2. She is accused of having tried to bribe
[00:06:27] the media in exchange for the publication of articles aimed
[00:06:31] at giving a positive image of her husband. Everything
[00:06:35] is false, fabricated from scratch. The site
[00:06:38] and the video use the codes of a real online media,
[00:06:41] Blast. According to the government, the manipulation
[00:06:44] is orchestrated by the Russian secret services. Raphael
[00:06:47] Glucksmann has long denounced this interference.
[00:06:50] The goal for the Russians is to create
[00:06:53] chaos in our country and to achieve the electoral
[00:06:57] victory of pro-Russian political forces.
[00:07:00] On July 21, the Horizon candidate
[00:07:04] Edouard Philippe was also targeted. This video
[00:07:07] falsely claims that he would be suffering
[00:07:11] from a disease.
[00:07:13] recently received a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
[00:07:16] Again, everything
[00:07:20] of Russia. The candidate's entourage fears other manipulations
[00:07:23] during the campaign. A country
[00:07:27] like Russia that will want to weaken all those who,
[00:07:30] rightly so, consider that Vladimir Putin is an aggressor
[00:07:34] who has violated international law. So yes, we should expect
[00:07:37] something violent. Russia is accused by several candidates
[00:07:41] of wanting to influence the vote of voters in France.
[00:07:45] Better punishing interference is the objective of the Elysée
[00:07:48] and Matignon. A bill will be examined in the Senate
[00:07:52] next September.
[00:07:55] This cry of alarm now from the head of the World
[00:07:59] Health Organization yesterday visiting the Democratic Republic
[00:08:02] of Congo. He calls for stepping up the response because the Ebola
[00:08:06] epidemic is spreading faster than previous ones. 3,874
[00:08:09] cases are confirmed, including 1,751 deaths.
[00:08:12] As a reminder, for now, there is no vaccine or treatment
[00:08:17] epidemic.
[00:08:22] In the Middle East, the Houthi rebels of Yemen, supported by
[00:08:26] Iran, declare that they have attacked two Saudi oil tankers
[00:08:30] in the Red Sea and the Gulf
[00:08:34] they announced against the Saudi fleet. These are the 8th
[00:08:37] and 9th vessels targeted since the announcement of the blockade
[00:08:41] at the end of July against the Riyadh fleet, according to the
[00:08:44] figures communicated by the rebels. For its part, Iran indicated
[00:08:48] yesterday that it had found an agreement with Oman on a new transit
[00:08:52] route for ships in the Strait of Hormuz, of which they are
[00:08:55] both riparian and which is at the heart of tensions with the
[00:08:59] United States. The two countries are therefore working on a joint
[00:09:03] declaration, provided that the third parties do not also
[00:09:07] hinder the process. Mario Meyer
[00:09:10] In the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:09:12] Iran positions itself as the master of the game and tightens
[00:09:16] its control over its strategic areas. According
[00:09:19] to Iranian diplomacy, an agreement concluded with Oman
[00:09:23] would allow the opening of a new maritime route, viable according
[00:09:26] to it, for 2 to 4 months. The geographical coordinates of the
[00:09:29] route envisaged by the two parties have been approved. Relations
[00:09:33] between the two countries deteriorated last June
[00:09:36] after the failure of the agreement between Washington and Tehran
[00:09:40] on the reopening of the Strait. Oman
[00:09:43] refused a return to the pre-war situation and only authorized
[00:09:46] one navigation corridor along its coasts, shown here in red.
[00:09:50] Oman then opened an alternative route further south
[00:09:53] in its territorial waters, an initiative that had provoked
[00:09:57] Tehran's anger. While the new route negotiated this time between
[00:10:01] the two countries is not yet known, the draft agreement
[00:10:04] would give Tehran control over the entry of ships into
[00:10:08] the Gulf. A strategic advantage against Washington,
[00:10:11] which for its part affirms that the opening of the Strait is
[00:10:15] imminent. "It could happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. A lot
[00:10:19] of progress has been made. Iran wants an agreement, it doesn't
[00:10:22] want to be hit." Tehran always rejects any negotiation
[00:10:26] with Oman and assures that the discussions held
[00:10:29] with Oman do not at this stage guarantee the security of traffic
[00:10:31] in the Strait.
[00:10:35] In the United States, the far-left candidate wins the Democratic primary
[00:10:38] in Michigan. Abdullah El Sayed, supported by Bernie Sanders,
[00:10:42] emerges victorious from his duel against Aley Stevens, who
[00:10:46] advocated a more centrist line. So, is there a revolution
[00:10:50] within the Democratic Party? Jules Boateau reports.
[00:10:53] He wants to embody the Democratic renewal. Abdul El
[00:10:57] Sayed, son of Egyptian immigrants, will represent
[00:11:00] the party in Michigan for a Senate seat after his primary victory.
[00:11:04] I want
[00:11:06] to express my gratitude for being able to participate
[00:11:10] in this beautiful democracy. My family immigrated from a
[00:11:14] place where there is no democracy. You simply cannot run.
[00:11:17] As the great Muhammad Ali would say, we shook
[00:11:19] the world.
[00:11:22] Shake the world, but especially the Democratic
[00:11:26] Party with a political line of rupture
[00:11:28] against the centrist candidate Aillie Stevens,
[00:11:31] former advisor to Barack Obama. Abdul El Sayed campaigned
[00:11:35] against the influence of big donors and pro-Israel organizations
[00:11:39] in American politics. Supported by so-called
[00:11:42] progressive figures like Bernie Sanders or Alexandria
[00:11:45] Ocasio-Cortez, he now wants to prove that a radical voice
[00:11:49] in the Democratic Party can block the MAGA Republicans.
[00:11:53] Donald Trump himself seemed to rejoice at this result.
[00:11:57] Great news for the Republican Party. The communist
[00:11:59] loser Elsayet, who hates Jews and Israel, won the Democratic
[00:12:03] primary. The crazy proposals of the Democratic idiots
[00:12:06] will only get worse. But before facing Donald Trump's
[00:12:09] candidate, Abdul El Sayed will have to unite his
[00:12:13] own party. The end of the primary was marked
[00:12:16] by personal attacks and a frontal opposition on the
[00:12:19] question of support for Israel. After the announcement
[00:12:23] of his victory, the now Democratic candidate immediately
[00:12:26] called for unity.
[00:12:28] The FIFA
[00:12:31] Gate sequel is perhaps over. After abandoning
[00:12:34] its highly controversial plan to open the body to private
[00:12:37] investors, the International Football Federation's
[00:12:40] leadership held a crisis meeting yesterday. At its
[00:12:44] conclusion, it acknowledged mistakes and offered its
[00:12:47] apologies, but nevertheless confirmed its full support
[00:12:51] for its president, Gianni Infantino. Alice Broga reports.
[00:12:55] Leaving the FIFA African headquarters in Salé, Morocco,
[00:12:58] its president Johnny Infantino hopes to turn the page on
[00:13:01] controversies. Under fire for having single-handedly put
[00:13:05] together a project to sell part of FIFA's commercial
[00:13:08] rights, he leaves with the full support of his executive committee.
[00:13:12] However, the latter apologized to member countries for the errors
[00:13:15] made.
[00:13:18] It was agreed that it was never the intention to exclude
[00:13:21] the FIFA Council and the FIFA member associations from the process,
[00:13:25] and that it should have been handled differently.
[00:13:29] Last week, press leaks revealed Gianni Infantino's
[00:13:33] project to create a new entity responsible for organizing
[00:13:36] FIFA competitions and selling 20% of it to private
[00:13:40] investors. Faced with the outcry, the project was abandoned
[00:13:43] on Friday, but this did not silence his detractors. Several
[00:13:47] football bodies, such as the powerful European federation UEFA,
[00:13:50] indicated that they had lost confidence in Gianni Infantino.
[00:13:54] These criticisms are now joined by political
[00:13:56] voices.
[00:13:59] FIFA has its own procedures for making this kind of decision,
[00:14:03] but for my part, I no longer trust Mr. Infantino after
[00:14:06] what happened. Gianni Infantino benefits
[00:14:10] from the support of several federations, particularly in Africa and
[00:14:13] the Middle East, thanks to which he hopes to avoid the calling
[00:14:16] of an extraordinary congress to replace him. He also
[00:14:20] hopes to be re-elected for a fourth term at the next
[00:14:23] March congress. His opponents, such as UEFA and the Confederation
[00:14:26] of North, Central and Caribbean Football, have until November
[00:14:30] 18 to find
[00:14:31] another candidate.
[00:14:34] And before we leave, we stay
[00:15:24] to be a little paradise.
[00:15:27] The government finally built a hell for thousands of sick
[00:15:31] people like Shinji. When he arrived in this port
[00:15:34] in 1948, escorted by a doctor, he was only 14
[00:15:38] years old.
[00:15:42] Since I arrived here without knowing anything, I was
[00:15:45] rather relaxed at first, but once I arrived,
[00:15:48] everyone told me that I could no longer go home.
[00:15:52] Shinji
[00:15:54] had contracted leprosy a year earlier when his family sent
[00:15:58] him here. He knew nothing about this disease that was
[00:16:01] about to disfigure his face and body by attacking his
[00:16:04] nerves. Once disembarked, the suspected
[00:16:08] patients are locked up for a week in this building
[00:16:11] to be examined.
[00:16:14] At the time, they first proceeded to disinfect
[00:16:17] here because sometimes they arrived with lice, pus
[00:16:21] or skin diseases. So
[00:16:24] there was no one really happy, everyone
[00:16:28] was crying. Even the nurses wore rubber
[00:16:31] boots and masks made of several layers
[00:16:35] of protection.
[00:16:52] a containment policy applied throughout Japan thanks to a 1931
[00:16:55] law. The same year, Nagashima Island welcomed
[00:16:58] its first patients. Their belongings were confiscated
[00:17:02] for fear that they too would be contaminated.
[00:17:06] Here you can see what we call internal circulation
[00:17:10] tickets, a special currency whose use was only allowed
[00:17:12] on the island. The main objective was to prevent
[00:17:15] escapes, so even if someone managed to escape from
[00:17:19] here without ordinary money, he could neither take the train
[00:17:22] nor eat.
[00:17:24] 17 years later, real currency was introduced because
[00:17:28] from 1948, a new treatment allowed
[00:17:31] lepers to be cured and some
[00:17:35] leave the island. A fleeting joy, because for these broken
[00:17:39] faces, reunions with their loved ones turned
[00:17:41] into drama.
[00:17:44] When a leper was detected in a house, all members of his
[00:17:47] family were discriminated against. It then
[00:17:50] became very difficult afterwards to accept his
[00:17:53] return.
[00:17:55] Rejected by their families, cured lepers are also forced
[00:17:59] by law to remain living on the island.
[00:18:02] So they build their own society,
[00:18:06] build roads
[00:18:08] or even schools for child
[00:18:10] patients. They create their own
[00:18:14] jobs. Shinji becomes a
[00:18:16] farmer. This is a photo from when I played
[00:18:19] baseball. There are no fields today, but we often played
[00:18:22] games. Shinji is now 91 years old,
[00:18:26] 77 of which he has spent here. He has known
[00:18:30] loneliness, but also laughter and love. His
[00:18:33] wife, now deceased, was also a patient. Like
[00:18:36] thousands of lepers, they were forced into sterilization.
[00:18:40] In 2024, this abusive practice
[00:18:43] was ruled unconstitutional by the Japanese Supreme
[00:18:46] Court, ordering the state to pay up to €8,000
[00:18:50] in compensation per victim. It's
[00:18:53] difficult to say, but I had the impression
[00:18:57] of no longer being a man. Without children,
[00:19:00] Shinji cannot even count on his nephews or nieces.
[00:19:04] His family never fully believed in his recovery.
[00:19:08] This is evidenced by the last call with his mother to visit
[00:19:11] her in the hospital.
[00:19:14] She asked me, "Has your face returned to normal?
[00:19:17] Have your hands healed?" I repeated to her that what I
[00:19:21] had was sequelae. She said, "No, finally, there's no need
[00:19:25] to come, no one should know."
[00:19:28] In 1996, almost 50 years after the appearance
[00:19:32] of the first treatments and long legal battles, Japan finally
[00:19:36] authorized all lepers to leave the country's sanatoriums. A late
[00:19:40] victory. Shinji was then 61 years old. It was impossible
[00:19:45] the island.
[00:19:47] Nagashima still belongs to the state and only former patients
[00:19:51] and a few civil servants are allowed there.
[00:19:53] Here, the needs of former lepers are taken care of by the
[00:19:56] government. A new hospital has even been
[00:19:58] built. It has more doctors than
[00:20:01] patients.
[00:20:05] Shinji goes there several times a
[00:20:37] More than half of the 5,000 patients died on this prison island. For
[00:20:41] many, the deaths are linked to old age or other diseases
[00:20:45] rather than leprosy. They are only 66
[00:20:49] like Shinji who have resigned themselves
[00:20:53] to ending their days here.
[00:30:24] Hello and welcome to Avant Post, the show that seeks
[00:30:28] meaning in the chaos of the world. How far
[00:30:32] to harm his neighbor go? Well,
[00:30:36] as far as the manufacture of autonomous weapons,
[00:30:39] robots that will kill without human intervention.
[00:30:43] To talk about this, I receive Lorde Roussi Rochegonde,
[00:30:47] researcher, director of the Geopolitics of Technology
[00:30:50] Center at Ifri, the French Institute of International
[00:30:53] Relations, and author of a book that has just
[00:30:56] been published by the press.