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[00:00:01] Camaret, to be seen on France
[00:00:03] 24.
[00:00:07] Hello everyone and thank you for being here on France 24, we will spend the next
[00:00:11] hours together on the front page of this edition, Kramatorsk under Russian
[00:00:15] bombs, on site, civilians living in the eastern part of the city have been ordered
[00:00:18] to evacuate. For its part, Moscow says it intercepted more
[00:00:22] than 600 Ukrainian drones during the night.
[00:00:26] Already more than 1700 dead,
[00:00:28] the emergency, the Minister of the Ebola epidemic continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the head of the
[00:00:32] World Health Organization was on site, he is now calling for
[00:00:36] intensifying the response, and then
[00:00:39] international criticism, he is supported internally in the eye of the
[00:00:42] storm, after several controversies, the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino
[00:00:46] wants to turn the page, he apologized yesterday for
[00:00:49] his mistakes,
[00:00:52] he said.
[00:01:06] Gianni Infantino at the head of the Kiev region on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, Kramatorsk therefore these last hours Russia
[00:01:10] continues to pound Ukraine which today no longer has the means to shoot down the
[00:01:14] missiles of its enemy. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president
[00:01:18] asked his allies yesterday for emergency aid. Warning,
[00:01:21] some images may be difficult to view. They are commented on by Alice
[00:01:25] Brog.
[00:01:28] After more than 20 hours of searching. Ukrainian rescuers
[00:01:31] extract a lifeless body from the rubble, a civilian killed
[00:01:35] in a Russian strike that occurred the day before on this building in
[00:01:38] Kramatorsk. Faced with the multiplication of Russian attacks, the
[00:01:42] authorities of this city in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine
[00:01:46] ordered on Wednesday evening the evacuation of about 500
[00:01:49] children and their families who were still
[00:01:51] our history and valuing living in the city. In the
[00:01:54] it and Kiev region too, the attacks are increasingly numerous and deadly. Along this
[00:01:58] railway line, the railways...
[00:02:01] so I'm here. to really be next to
[00:02:01] geography or remoteness of the
[00:02:22] was still going on, I didn't dare to look around me, then there were explosions, structures collapsing and a lot of smoke,
[00:02:26] there's a station nearby. And
[00:02:28] then I saw people covered in blood
[00:02:32] running in the street. According to the Ukrainian Air Force,
[00:02:36] Russia fired 115 long-range drones and 28 missiles on the night of Tuesday to
[00:02:40] great anecdote, actually on the day of
[00:02:41] labor, the French state gave them Wednesday, but only 98 drones could be neutralized. Ukrainian
[00:02:45] anti-aircraft defenses failed to intercept any of the
[00:02:48] missiles. A weakening attributed by President Zelensky to
[00:02:52] delays in deliveries of missile interceptors compared to
[00:02:58] of the island's 2025. receive about three times fewer ballistic
[00:03:02] missiles to defend our state, this situation is
[00:03:05] mainly linked to the war,
[00:03:08] or as it is now fair to say, to hostilities and wars in the
[00:03:12] Middle East.
[00:03:15] Last week, Volodymyr Zelensky
[00:03:19] A large part of distribution, again went to
[00:03:20] import-export and Washington to convince Donald Trump to deliver Patriot
[00:03:22] missiles, the only ones capable of intercepting the most advanced
[00:03:26] Russian missiles, but according to the Financial Times, Trump refused
[00:03:30] this request due to the shortage of Patriots in US
[00:03:33] stocks since the beginning of the war in the
[00:03:35] Middle East.
[00:03:38] And I add that Russia, for its part, says it shot down 605 Ukrainian
[00:03:42] drones overnight, an announcement from the Ministry of
[00:03:45] Defense in Moscow.
[00:03:48] They were killed by an
[00:03:51] town hall, which is right next to explosive device. Two Israeli soldiers died in Lebanon. This is
[00:03:53] a first in 1 month. In the wake of this, the Israeli army
[00:03:57] carried out retaliatory strikes, killing one person. Details
[00:04:01] with Romain Michelot:
[00:04:04] the sky of Lebanon, once again crossed by Israeli
[00:04:08] flares. Here, in the south of the country, the army has resumed its
[00:04:11] bombardments and clashes with Hezbollah.
[00:04:13] Hesbollah.
[00:04:17] Congo. The head of the In response to a blatant violation of the ceasefire by Hezbollah,
[00:04:20] the Israeli army began to carry out targeted strikes in southern
[00:04:23] Lebanon. At least one person died on the Lebanese side, two
[00:04:27] Israeli soldiers were killed in an
[00:04:29] storm after several controversies, the president of explosion. A first in more than a month, sporadic but
[00:04:32] recurrent clashes despite a security agreement that came into force
[00:04:36] at the end of June. Israel occupies a so-called security zone
[00:04:39] in southern Lebanon of about ten kilometers
[00:04:42] near the border, but the inhabitants of towns and villages north of
[00:04:46] this zone can officially return home. In fact,
[00:04:50] this resumption of clashes and evacuation orders complicates
[00:04:54] this process according to the UN. This new order
[00:04:57] comes as displaced families have returned home in southern
[00:05:00] Lebanon in recent
[00:05:03] wanted to take us to the north of weeks, the situation remains fragile and residents
[00:05:05] remain uncertain. Demolition operations, bombings
[00:05:09] and other military activities damage homes.
[00:05:12] agricultural and civilian infrastructure. These
[00:05:15] clashes are taking place in the midst of negotiations held in Rome
[00:05:19] under the aegis of the United States. They concern the deployment of the Lebanese
[00:05:22] army in pilot zones evacuated by Israel. But they
[00:05:26] involve the disarmament of Hezbollah, which the Shiite
[00:05:29] group has so far refused. Since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hezbollah,
[00:05:33] at least 4300 people in Lebanon and 38 Israeli
[00:05:36] soldiers have died, according
[00:05:38] to the.
[00:05:41] In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola epidemic
[00:05:44] continues to escalate, with already over 1700 deaths there.
[00:05:48] On a visit to the country since yesterday, the head of the WHO calls for
[00:05:52] intensifying the response. According to him, frontline
[00:05:56] personnel must also be better protected. We take stock with Romain
[00:05:58] Michelot. Care operations and
[00:06:02] disinfection, here everything is real or almost, these
[00:06:06] doctors are still in training in this center near Nairobi in
[00:06:09] Kenya, 200 of them have already been prepared to face the Ebola
[00:06:13] epidemic.
[00:06:16] We organize this training for 3 days and give them contextual
[00:06:20] information on the epidemic, how to manage Ebola patients, how to
[00:06:23] protect themselves as health personnel before, during and after this
[00:06:27] epidemic.
[00:06:30] The objective is therefore for these health professionals to become
[00:06:33] operational very quickly. 40% of the doctors trained here
[00:06:37] are sent there, to the Democratic Republic of Congo,
[00:06:40] where the 17th Ebola epidemic is raging. In mid-May, the
[00:06:44] first case was detected in Ituri province in the northeast of the
[00:06:48] country. Since then, contaminations have multiplied in
[00:06:51] four other provinces. Nearly 4000 cases have been confirmed
[00:06:55] and over 1800 people have died. The number of cases of this
[00:06:58] new Ebola variant, the Bundibugyo strain, is already higher
[00:07:02] than during the last epidemic in the country between 2018 and
[00:07:06] 2020. The WHO, whose director went on site this
[00:07:10] Wednesday, calls to intensify the... medical
[00:07:12] response in the city of Bouna, capital of Ituri
[00:07:16] and epicenter of the epidemic, the largest Ebola detection and
[00:07:20] treatment center has just been built. We have over
[00:07:23] 300 staff who will work in this center
[00:07:27] and we count on the community to
[00:07:30] be able to accelerate the process of identifying
[00:07:33] cases. At the same time, efforts to create an effective
[00:07:37] vaccine against this new variant continue. In late July,
[00:07:41] a British volunteer received the first dose of a vaccine
[00:07:44] developed at Oxford, others are in the testing phase elsewhere in the world, but
[00:07:48] none have yet been
[00:07:49] validated.
[00:07:53] Barely elected, he is already calling for rallies in Michigan where the progressive
[00:07:57] Abdul El Sayed wins the Democratic nomination.
[00:08:01] He is breaking with his party's line on Israel and he embodies the
[00:08:04] new face of the American left, elements of
[00:08:07] a portrait with Jules Boateau.
[00:08:10] He wants to embody the Democratic renewal, Abdul El
[00:08:14] Sayed, son of Egyptian immigrants, will represent
[00:08:17] the party in Michigan for a Senate seat after his victory in the
[00:08:20] primary.
[00:08:22] primaire.
[00:08:25] I want to express my gratitude for being able to participate in this beautiful
[00:08:28] democracy. My family immigrated from a place where there is no
[00:08:32] democracy, you simply cannot run, as the great Muhammad
[00:08:36] Ali would say, we shook the
[00:08:38] world.
[00:08:42] and especially the Democratic party with a disruptive political line
[00:08:45] against the centrist candidate Aillie
[00:08:48] Stevens, former advisor to Barack Obama, Abdul El Sayed
[00:08:52] campaigned against the influence of big donors and pro-Israel
[00:08:56] organizations in American politics.
[00:08:59] Supported by so-called progressive figures like Bernie
[00:09:02] Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio Cortes, he now wants
[00:09:06] to prove that a radical voice in the Democratic party can block
[00:09:09] the Republican MAGA Donald Trump.
[00:09:12] he seemed to be happy with this result, great news for the
[00:09:16] Republican party, the communist loser Elsayet who
[00:09:19] hates Jews and Israel won the Democratic primary,
[00:09:23] the crazy proposals of the democratic idiots will get even
[00:09:26] worse, but before facing Donald Trump's
[00:09:29] candidate, Abdul El Sayed will have to unite his own
[00:09:33] party. The end of the primary was marked by personal
[00:09:36] attacks and a frontal opposition on the question of support for
[00:09:40] Israel. After the announcement of his victory. the
[00:09:43] now Democratic candidate immediately called for
[00:09:46] unity.
[00:09:49] The heatwave situation here in France this morning, six departments
[00:09:52] in the southeast of the country and Corsica are still on orange alert
[00:09:56] with strong heat that has been affecting agricultural
[00:10:00] production for several weeks, which is now in great difficulty. Yesterday, the
[00:10:04] French government announced an emergency plan to help them. We
[00:10:07] will see this with Erwanne Droujak. Here we can clearly see
[00:10:11] that the soil is extremely dry. In this market gardener's farm,
[00:10:14] soils reduced to dust and completely dried
[00:10:18] out cauliflowers, unsellable, you see, normally the
[00:10:21] foliage in normal times, it should be greener.
[00:10:25] because of the drought, Richard could lose more than 60% of his
[00:10:28] cauliflower plants and it's not the only vegetable to suffer from the heat on his
[00:10:32] farm, his red onion production for example could be divided by
[00:10:36] two. If things do not
[00:10:40] improve in the coming
[00:10:43] weeks, it will be more than complicated. Like
[00:10:46] Richard, many farmers are directly suffering the consequences of the
[00:10:50] recent heatwaves. Faced with
[00:10:53] Agriculture announced a plan to support farmers
[00:10:57] in difficulty with several measures to help their cash flow, such as
[00:11:00] taking over social contributions, as well as
[00:11:04] simplification and derogation schemes, aid that
[00:11:08] will be allocated on a case-by-case basis according to needs. The prefects must
[00:11:12] also appoint drought references to establish a precise diagnosis
[00:11:15] and adapt this aid according to the territories. In France,
[00:11:19] 98 departments are affected by drought,
[00:11:22] 57 are placed in a crisis situation.
[00:11:26] This question now in the news, what future for
[00:11:31] FIFA, as you know, he is weakened by several
[00:11:34] controversies, yesterday the boss of world football apologized
[00:11:38] for his mistakes, he says, he can now count on the full support
[00:11:42] of his management, internal support while more and more
[00:11:45] federations are calling for his departure, explanation Alice
[00:11:48] Broga. Leaving the African headquarters of
[00:11:51] FIFA in Salé, Morocco, its president Johnny.
[00:11:55] hopes to turn the page on the controversies, under fire from
[00:11:58] critics for having unilaterally set up a project to sell part of FIFA's
[00:12:01] commercial rights, he leaves with the full support of his
[00:12:05] executive committee. This one however presented his
[00:12:08] apologies to the member countries for the errors
[00:12:10] committed.
[00:12:12] It was agreed that it was in no way the intention to exclude the FIFA
[00:12:16] council and the FIFA member associations from the process and that it
[00:12:20] should have been handled differently.
[00:12:24] Last week. Leaks in the press had revealed Janny
[00:12:27] Infantino's project to create a new entity responsible for organizing FIFA
[00:12:31] competitions and selling 20% of them to private
[00:12:34] investors. Faced with a strong outcry, the project was
[00:12:38] abandoned on Friday without silencing his detractors. Several
[00:12:41] football bodies, such as the powerful European federation UEFA,
[00:12:45] have indicated that they have lost confidence in Jeanny Infantino. Criticism
[00:12:49] to which political voices
[00:12:51] are now added.
[00:12:53] FIFA has its own procedures to make this kind of decision, but for
[00:12:57] my part, I no longer trust Mr. Infantino after what happened,
[00:13:01] but Gianni Infantino benefits from the support of several federations,
[00:13:05] especially in Africa and the Middle East, thanks to which he
[00:13:08] hopes to avoid the convocation of an extraordinary congress to replace
[00:13:11] him. He also hopes to be re-elected for a fourth
[00:13:14] term at the next March congress. His opponents, such as
[00:13:17] UEFA and the Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean
[00:13:21] football, have until November 10th
[00:13:25] to find another
[00:13:26] candidate.
[00:13:30] Football always, he was one of the attractions of the last World Cup,
[00:13:33] the Cape Verdean goalkeeper Vozinha arrived in
[00:13:36] Chile where he signed for the Colocolo club,
[00:13:40] an extraordinary presentation in line with his new
[00:13:43] popularity with his jersey arriving by
[00:13:47] paraglider on the pitch, we will leave you with these images, we will meet again in
[00:13:50] 15 minutes for a new
[00:13:51] news report.
[00:14:02] that's really unfair I want to stay
[00:14:05] here, I wish to stay here and I can't
[00:14:09] actually, I'm forced to
[00:14:11] leave, to go to a country where I have never
[00:14:15] stayed lived,
[00:14:18] welcome to Martinique, one of the four French territories of the Antilles
[00:14:22] in the Caribbean Sea, the beaches...
[00:14:25] the turquoise water, the breathtaking landscapes, many would say it's
[00:14:28] paradise, but for those born here, the reality
[00:14:32] is different,
[00:14:34] because this paradise, thousands of Martinicans leave it every
[00:14:38] year without knowing when they will see it again, so we
[00:14:42] went to Martinique to see why this island is
[00:14:45] emptying and why those who leave have so much trouble
[00:14:48] coming back.
[00:14:59] So there you have it, and we really are a duo,
[00:15:03] we do a lot of things together, this is Emmanuel, she's 18 years old, she's
[00:15:07] studying law and lives with her mother Miriam, there you have it,
[00:15:10] she's a young woman, Emmanuel is very attached to her island, she
[00:15:14] was born and grew up in Martinique more than 7000 km from mainland
[00:15:18] France or "France tout court" as it's called
[00:15:21] here, you can feel that she's not yet ready to leave. mainland France
[00:15:25] so why? Well, actually
[00:15:28] I feel, I have all my family here almost, the family I'm closest to is
[00:15:32] in Martinique, for example, if I want to go see my grandmother, well
[00:15:36] I'll go see her. we talk, we laugh, we have
[00:15:40] good food from home, but as I explain to her at
[00:15:43] the same time, many young people have no choice, who also have these same
[00:15:46] values, this love for family, for
[00:15:50] well, but unfortunately they are forced to
[00:15:52] leave, I can do my bachelor's
[00:15:56] here, the master's, it depends on the specialization
[00:15:59] I choose for the master's, but if I choose one that happens
[00:16:03] here, I can, but at some point I'll have to go to
[00:16:07] law school and there isn't one in Martinique, I don't think there's
[00:16:11] one in Guadeloupe and you have to go to mainland France, I find it
[00:16:14] unfair not to be able to do
[00:16:18] everything here, did you put the salt in, yes mom, I did,
[00:16:21] injustice, it's a word that comes up often in the mouths of the Martinicans we
[00:16:25] met, especially when it comes to the cost of
[00:16:28] living. We have the other chanfore that comes from here, sometimes
[00:16:32] a pack of six bottles, we find it at
[00:16:35] €4.80. And for... it's water that's made in Martinique, so
[00:16:39] we go out on the crystalline that comes from there where we can
[00:16:42] find a pack of six bottles at €3
[00:16:46] and a detail that has its importance, very few Martinicans drink tap
[00:16:50] water, normally if it's made in Martinique, there's no
[00:16:54] importation and all that, it's in Martinique,
[00:16:57] why is our water more
[00:17:00] expensive, if we want to eat local, if we want to buy local
[00:17:04] fruits and vegetables, they will be more expensive than if... it comes
[00:17:07] from Spain, it comes from Mexico,
[00:17:10] actually we don't understand. Here in Martinique, everything costs
[00:17:14] more than in mainland France, and it's most noticeable on food
[00:17:18] products, prices are on average 40%
[00:17:21] higher, because most products are imported,
[00:17:25] not from neighboring islands or countries, no, most come from
[00:17:28] France or Europe, and on an island, everything that arrives
[00:17:32] depends on boats, delays and
[00:17:34] costs, but the high cost of living cannot be explained solely by the
[00:17:39] island, it is also explained by history and by the very
[00:17:42] structure of the Martinican economy, all the
[00:17:45] large companies in Martinique are often run by
[00:17:49] Békés, the Békés, these are the descendants of slave
[00:17:52] owners who arrived in the Antilles in the 17th
[00:17:55] century. For more than 200 years, the Martinican economy
[00:17:59] was based on plantations and slavery. Thousands
[00:18:02] of Africans were deported to work in the sugar cane plantations, a veritable
[00:18:06] colonial economy was then established until
[00:18:10] 1848 when slavery was abolished, to
[00:18:13] "compensate" the slave owners who found themselves without
[00:18:19] money and land, their fortune grew as
[00:18:23] they exploited these resources and all of this was passed down from generation to
[00:18:26] generation. Today, the Békés represent only 1%
[00:18:30] of the Martinican population, and yet
[00:18:33] they own 80%
[00:18:36] economy. These are the leaders of Martinique,
[00:18:40] the large groups of Martinique, the large groups of
[00:18:43] Biquier who will set the prices, that enriches
[00:18:46] them obviously, that enriches, that enriches, but all
[00:18:50] that money will not fall into the pockets of
[00:18:52] Martinique.
[00:18:57] agri-food is concentrated in the hands of a few
[00:19:00] actors, including the Bernar Rayott group,
[00:19:03] GBH. The company is accused of inflating
[00:19:07] prices by multiplying intermediaries between producers and
[00:19:11] distributors, in a classic supply chain in mainland France,
[00:19:15] there are generally three, in Martinique, there are up to
[00:19:18] 14, and the more intermediaries there are, the
[00:19:22] more expensive it is, in short, all of this revolts the Martinicans who
[00:19:26] have repeatedly risen up against the high cost of living and against the
[00:19:30] Békés, the last time was in
[00:19:32] 2024,
[00:19:37] they say that they steal the riches of Martinique, it's
[00:19:41] really them at the head, they are the bosses and we work for
[00:19:44] them, sometimes there are Martinicans, they
[00:19:47] remember slavery, as if it had
[00:19:51] never changed, and what do you think about that?
[00:19:55] Well, I agree at the same time, our ancestors transmit
[00:19:58] values and memories to
[00:20:01] us and these memories and values teach
[00:20:04] us to really say nothing. Not
[00:20:08] necessarily to revolt, sometimes we don't even know
[00:20:11] why, why we do this, why we don't dare to say things,
[00:20:15] why we don't dare to say that no, it's unacceptable, I
[00:20:19] think that the movement against the high cost of living, that's where it hit
[00:20:23] hard, we said no, it's unacceptable, we can't accept
[00:20:26] that, we are at the same level as everyone, okay,
[00:20:30] Martinicans, we exist, I am
[00:20:33] so annoyed when I see people going up on no having fun and then
[00:20:36] there's not his.
[00:20:39] Oh, I admit it's frustrating because every time they do concerts in Paris, it's already difficult for those in the
[00:20:43] south, but for those in the islands to buy a plane ticket to go see
[00:20:47] the artist. The feeling of being treated
[00:20:51] differently in several aspects of daily life fuels the feeling
[00:20:55] of abandonment and injustice that Martinicans feel towards the French
[00:20:58] state. I believe that we are all French, normally we all have an identity
[00:21:02] card, so we should all have the same chances to succeed and to do the
[00:21:06] job we want. It's true that on an island, it's
[00:21:09] small, there are fewer job opportunities than in mainland France because there are fewer
[00:21:13] companies, that's for sure but it's sad
[00:21:17] anyway that we are always a little bit.
[00:21:21] Here in Martinique, one in four young people is neither employed nor in
[00:21:24] education, nor in training, due to lack of opportunities, and this figure is
[00:21:28] twice as high as in mainland France, so the brain
[00:21:31] drain is inevitable and you just have to look at Emmanuel and her
[00:21:35] friends, there are four of them and they all plan to
[00:21:37] leave. I don't know what I'm going to do really
[00:21:41] after my degree, I don't know if I'm staying, if I'm leaving, but I think
[00:21:45] I'm more likely to leave, but I'm sure of one thing, that I'm going to
[00:21:48] come back, why? because it's home, it's Martinique,
[00:21:52] it's our island, our friends are here, our families are here, our roots are
[00:21:56] here, it's history, it's we are linked to this
[00:21:58] territory,
[00:22:01] these moments will really miss me because it's
[00:22:04] really the essence of our home,
[00:22:08] small sunset, small breeze, we talk, we discuss,
[00:22:12] we laugh, about anything and everything, and these moments, these
[00:22:15] quality moments, I won't have them
[00:22:17] there.
[00:22:23] 45% of overseas high school graduates go to mainland France for their
[00:22:27] studies, and others join them after obtaining their bachelor's degree
[00:22:31] here. This is the path that
[00:22:34] Maeli took, it's a quality of life after
[00:22:37] all, that we don't
[00:22:40] find passionate about history and heritage,
[00:22:44] she found herself in Anger then Montpellier to do her
[00:22:47] master's. I live here
[00:22:51] the beach and the sea, it's something not negligible
[00:22:54] what, and that compared to Angers? Oh
[00:22:57] dear,
[00:22:59] well yes, I miss it a lot already, I had to
[00:23:03] adapt to a new environment, to the
[00:23:06] cold, it's not easy, I really
[00:23:09] left all alone, I didn't know anyone there, and then I
[00:23:13] had to adapt to a new university rhythm which is
[00:23:17] not at all the same as in Martinique, quite... sure
[00:23:20] I felt
[00:23:22] I had the impression of being pushed aside and not fitting in
[00:23:26] actually, but anyway I have a
[00:23:30] the pre-entry I was in the amphitheater and then
[00:23:32] I saw a girl arrive, as soon as I saw her
[00:23:36] I knew she was an Antillean so I I said to myself, "Ah, someone like me
[00:23:40] who knows the same reality as me," and immediately we became
[00:23:43] friends, we never let go. performance,
[00:23:47] was essential for me during my years in France.
[00:23:51] But the difficulties don't stop with the climate or loneliness.
[00:23:54] Financially, being an overseas student is a struggle, if only
[00:23:58] to go home, even if the French state offers a free
[00:24:02] round trip per year, it's often too little for students who are attached to
[00:24:06] their families like Maélie, hello, how
[00:24:09] are you? If we want to go home, it's a
[00:24:13] luxury, yes, absolutely, it's, well, plane tickets
[00:24:17] are about 100 euros a ticket. In short,
[00:24:20] as a student, we're not going to allow ourselves to spend 100 euros on a
[00:24:24] ticket when we need to eat and pay rent.
[00:24:26] loyer
[00:24:30] After 4 years in mainland France, Maélie has the chance to go home and find
[00:24:34] work in Daarley, where she grew up.
[00:24:38] Well, I'm lucky enough to work at the
[00:24:41] the church, so I have that view every day
[00:24:45] and what more could I ask for?
[00:24:48] But her return here turns out to be more
[00:24:50] difficult than expected. It's true that we idealize coming back to our
[00:24:53] home country, when we come back, we have a bit of a disillusion, a little
[00:24:57] frustration, we often have the impression that the country has
[00:25:00] changed, but in reality, it's us who have changed since we are the ones who
[00:25:04] left. When I was there, I used to say, "Ah, I can't wait to come back to
[00:25:07] Martinique," but it's true that here sometimes I want to say, "I would have liked to be
[00:25:11] there." I even visualize my day if I were
[00:25:14] there. When I go shopping, I've gotten into the bad habit of
[00:25:18] comparing prices every time between there and here. In my
[00:25:22] ideal, maybe I would have liked to spend 6 months there and 6 months
[00:25:25] here. Even if the dilemma is complicated,
[00:25:29] Maeline doesn't think long and chooses to
[00:25:31] come back. By 2050, Martinique
[00:25:34] could become the oldest department in France, because the proportion of people
[00:25:38] under 25 on the island is only
[00:25:40] decreasing.
[00:25:44] So for Maélie, returning to her homeland is an opportunity to defend the
[00:25:48] culture and memory of her ancestors. I didn't want to go back anyway. She
[00:25:53] the island, to Saint-Pierre.
[00:25:56] On the morning of May 8, 1902, Mount Pelée erupted,
[00:25:59] causing the death of nearly 28 to 3000 inhabitants
[00:26:03] and destroying, we could
[00:26:07] say, a prosperous urban center, since it was really
[00:26:10] the "little Paris" of the Antilles. It was, we could
[00:26:14] say, the place to
[00:26:17] be. Ah,
[00:26:19] yeah. There were three levels in this
[00:26:23] theater.
[00:26:25] The particularity is that even slaves could attend
[00:26:29] the performances. So yes, but... they weren't next
[00:26:33] to them, so technically they were
[00:26:36] in the "paradise" section, so the "paradise" or the
[00:26:40] "chicken coop," which was the place where you could see the least of the
[00:26:44] finally.
[00:26:47] For me, Saint-Pierre has an important history, and it's also where
[00:26:51] the proclamation of the abolition of
[00:26:54] slavery took place on May 22. With a history
[00:26:58] as vibrant as that of Martinique, transmission is
[00:27:01] essential. Even if, in the end, the new generation
[00:27:05] prefers to transform the wounds of the past into strength to make their
[00:27:08] island grow, we are a people born in pain,
[00:27:12] in suffering, but we are still here, we are resilient, we fight every
[00:27:16] day, and that's why for me it's a source of pride, it's
[00:27:18] beautiful, actually, to think that our ancestors
[00:27:22] fought for us. There are so many things to do, to develop, in any case,
[00:27:26] here in Martinique, regarding our history, and for me it's
[00:27:30] important and... they are not there,
[00:27:33] you have to study there and come back to carry the culture here,
[00:27:36] that's what's important, yes, it's possible to come back, I know it's not
[00:27:40] easy, you have to find
[00:27:44] opportunities, you have to seize opportunities, but yes,
[00:27:48] yes, I encourage coming back
[00:27:50] and carrying
[00:27:54] it, preserving transmitting
[00:27:58] it too.
[00:28:02] Growing up here is therefore growing up between two worlds, between
[00:28:05] the attachment one feels for their island and the necessity of
[00:28:09] leaving it.
[00:28:11] Emmanuel is only 18, her future is not yet written, but like a whole
[00:28:15] generation, she will have to make a choice: to leave
[00:28:19] or to stay and live with what that choice implies.
[00:29:54] Hello everyone and thank you for being here on France 24, we will spend the next
[00:29:58] hours together. Headlining this edition: Kramatorsk under Russian
[00:30:02] bombs. On site, civilians living in the eastern part of the city have been ordered
[00:30:06] to evacuate. For its part, Moscow says it intercepted more
[00:30:10] than 600 Ukrainian drones during the night. Already more than
[00:30:13] 1700 dead, the Ebola epidemic continues to spread in the
[00:30:17] Democratic Republic of the
[00:30:20] World Health Organization was on site, and he is now calling
[00:30:23] for an intensified response. And then,
[00:30:26] criticized internationally, he is supported internally. In the eye of the
[00:30:32] Infantino wants to turn the page. He
[00:30:35] apologized yesterday for, he said, his
[00:30:38] mistakes.