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[00:00:00] "I can't go home because if the police find me, they'll
[00:00:02] arrest me.
[00:00:08] I arrived in Bossasso after several days on the road. I came
[00:00:11] from Ethiopia.
[00:00:15] I was looking for work, and apparently you can find it in this
[00:00:17] country.
[00:00:20] I went to a mosque every Friday, and after
[00:00:23] several weeks, a Yemeni man came to see me to ask if I
[00:00:27] wanted to join an organization to..." defend a
[00:00:30] strong Islam. This man entrusted
[00:00:34] me with packages to take to different neighborhoods. I wasn't allowed to open them,
[00:00:38] but I knew what was inside: they were weapons.
[00:00:42] Then one day, I was told that I had to leave Bossasso, that I was
[00:00:46] going to go into the mountains, and that's when I really understood who I was
[00:00:49] dealing with. This man was from the Islamic
[00:00:51] State.
[00:00:56] There were many foreigners, there were Syrians, Turks,
[00:00:59] Moroccans. They gave me a weapon and taught me how to
[00:01:02] use it. Several times I had to shoot at soldiers.
[00:01:06] One day, one of the leaders selected me and told me, "You're going to drive a
[00:01:10] car and you're going to have to blow it up at an army checkpoint." That's
[00:01:13] when I realized that I couldn't stay any longer, and I managed to escape.
[00:01:17] Today, do you still believe in the Islamic
[00:01:20] State's program? I don't
[00:01:24] know.
[00:01:29] it requires honesty, Its presence in Somalia is a ticking
[00:01:31] Rigor and time bomb. It's impossible to know if he won't
[00:01:35] take up arms again one day.
[00:01:38] Like him, many recruits are foreigners.
[00:01:42] So the police are now investigating all migrants.
[00:01:51] images taken on the ground, researchers from
[00:02:36] If the investigations reveal nothing, they will be
[00:02:38] released.
[00:02:40] Inspector Adan coordinates the tracking of Daesh
[00:02:43] operatives.
[00:02:51] But the Islamic State has become a master of
[00:02:54] dissimulation.
[00:02:58] of natural gas emitted during
[00:03:07] official speech that resonates with
[00:03:15] the ceremony to appease the members of
[00:03:25] will attack one of the last ISIS
[00:03:38] it well, you can use it in
[00:04:03] There are funds that completely escape state
[00:04:05] control,
[00:04:09] in Somalia, telecommunication companies.
[00:04:17] military eliminated 25 members of the
[00:04:30] significant, our editorial team has not mean the end of
[00:04:33] According to local authorities, the Somali faction supplies the various
[00:04:37] branches of ISIS across the world.
[00:04:41] It has gained considerable importance in a few
[00:04:43] years.
[00:04:46] We're going to take a tour of the Bossasso checkpoint, it's a roadblock
[00:04:51] in Israel among part of outside the city on the road to the capital
[00:04:52] Mogadishu.
[00:05:05] Peace be upon you. City
[00:05:08] of something.
[00:05:16] We are looking for ammunition, explosives leaving the
[00:05:20] city, medical supplies.
[00:05:42] We found many things passing through, transported in large
[00:05:46] trucks, hidden in fruits and
[00:05:49] vegetables.
[00:05:55] Thanks to this barrier, we found a lot
[00:05:57] of weapons.
[00:06:01] For a year, all roads leaving Bossasso have been controlled in this
[00:06:05] way. Fighters are no longer supposed to
[00:06:08] receive material.
[00:06:42] They can buy that anywhere, it's made in China.
[00:07:02] Other bombs might be hidden, but the soldiers still have to
[00:07:05] take this
[00:07:06] path.
[00:07:11] That day, the...
[00:08:12] So it is in everyone's interest to fight them. We need
[00:08:15] air support, means of transport, we need
[00:08:19] weapons. We need equipment for our demining
[00:08:22] teams. We tell the world to be careful of them, we must help all
[00:08:26] those for whom they are a problem and us here too.
[00:08:30] The minister informed them of a new phase of the offensive. In
[00:08:33] a few days, American commandos
[00:08:37] bases with them. How are you? Did you prepare
[00:08:41] dinner? Potatoes,
[00:08:44] terre,
[00:08:47] that makes us strong, it's good food, rich in
[00:08:50] protein, the mountain diet.
[00:08:54] His team is waiting for their food, these are freedom
[00:08:57] fighters, the men who will free the
[00:09:00] country.
[00:09:06] We have been here for a year, we are convinced that this is our
[00:09:09] land, that we have liberated it. And that we will never
[00:09:13] leave it. Some have died, some have been
[00:09:17] wounded, but for those who remain, we are ready to die and be wounded for
[00:09:20] this cause. We are
[00:09:23] ready.
[00:09:26] A few days later, the
[00:09:29] Islamic State during the joint operation with the
[00:09:32] Americans.
[00:09:35] The noose is tightening on Daesh in Somalia, but a
[00:09:38] military victory will the...
[00:10:09] Several videos like these were filmed at the end of January and beginning
[00:10:12] of February in southern Syria.
[00:10:15] Syrian farmers claim that Israeli planes like
[00:10:19] this one sprayed herbicide products on their
[00:10:22] crops. These planes all have...
[00:11:12] Israeli planes carried out a comprehensive herbicide spraying
[00:11:16] operation on February
[00:11:18] 5, 2026. Yellowing
[00:11:22] of crops began on February 7.
[00:11:25] Crop death began.
[00:11:28] Personally, I lost 75 dirhams of crops
[00:11:32] that were cultivated with wheat. And farmers and people are
[00:11:35] demanding from me the price of the seeds and the cultivation, and the crop
[00:11:38] was sprayed by the Israeli occupation. Israeli authorities
[00:11:42] have not commented on the matter and have not responded to our
[00:11:45] requests. Comparable spraying operations have been
[00:11:49] reported in southern Lebanon. For some analysts, these sprayings
[00:11:53] could be aimed at preventing vegetation growth so that it does not serve
[00:11:56] as a shelter for armed groups. Others believe that Israel is trying
[00:12:00] to extend its control over cross-border
[00:12:02] areas. On the Syrian side, satellite images
[00:12:06] allow us to visualize affected areas, for example near the
[00:12:10] village of Kodena. By
[00:12:12] comparing satellite images and
[00:12:16] the NGO Paxford Piece were able to assess the affected area in
[00:12:19] Syria.
[00:12:25] before the week before there was sprayed and with the week after it was sprayed
[00:12:29] and we could follow this line of affected
[00:12:31] vegetation for roughly 55 kilometers from
[00:12:35] the south to the north in the Golan Heights.
[00:12:38] A rough estimate is between six and 10 square kilometers of
[00:12:42] area was sprayed with herbicides which is roughly twice the
[00:12:46] size of Central Park in New York to compare it with. What Israel
[00:12:49] effectively has been doing is creating a dead zone on the borders with Syria and
[00:12:53] Lebanon allegedly for.
[00:13:00] Here is Venezuela seen by satellite at night. In
[00:13:04] the northwest, the bright spots correspond to several large cities including
[00:13:07] the capital Caracas, but to the east, this
[00:13:11] large bright spot shows something else: it is the
[00:13:14] light emitted by gas flaring in the state
[00:13:18] of Monagas. Flaring is the burning
[00:13:23] oil extraction, but without valorizing it.
[00:13:27] This gas is therefore wasted and this represents a loss of income
[00:13:31] for Venezuela, in addition to being a harmful practice for
[00:13:34] the environment and health. This situation is mainly explained by a
[00:13:38] lack of investment in equipment, according to a former PDVSA
[00:13:41] employee, the Venezuelan state oil company. He
[00:13:45] had to leave it in 2003 during an unprecedented
[00:13:48] wave of layoffs. What happens is that the gas when it comes out with the oil
[00:13:51] needs some equipment to.
[00:13:55] take it, to store it, clean it, separate the liquids
[00:13:58] from the gases, etc. If you manage to collect
[00:14:03] industries, in homes, you also
[00:14:07] use it to inject it into oil wells because that increases
[00:14:11] the pressure of the well. After we left the company in
[00:14:14] 2003, the company began to decline
[00:14:17] technically, they did not make investments in collecting the gas. In
[00:14:21] fact, if you cannot process it, you have to burn it.
[00:14:25] The problems now are that there is very little information about Venezuelan oil, it
[00:14:28] could be that 50% is being
[00:14:32] burned.
[00:14:35] And if the gas has to be burned, it's because otherwise there's a risk
[00:14:38] of explosion. If we consider the total volume of gas burned,
[00:14:42] Venezuela is the 5th country in terms of flaring, but it is the
[00:14:45] 2nd in the world in volume of gas flared per barrel of oil
[00:14:49] extracted. In the Venezuelan state of Monagas where
[00:14:52] flaring is particularly
[00:14:55] identified more than 40 flares in 2025, like
[00:14:59] this one.
[00:15:02] Our observer visited Maturín, the capital of this
[00:15:05] state. The noise made by the flare is characteristic, it is a
[00:15:09] blowtorch. Imagine the sound of a 2-meter
[00:15:13] diameter
[00:15:13] burner.
[00:15:17] In the daytime, what you see are just the flames,
[00:15:21] but at night there's a yellow glow in the sky, and those are
[00:15:24] the ones that are 30 km from
[00:15:28] here. What you're seeing from afar is a controlled fire, but it is a fire that you're seeing in
[00:15:32] the sky. After the removal of Nicolas Maduro in early January, the
[00:15:35] Venezuelan government approved a reform of its hydrocarbons
[00:15:39] law and the United States lifted a number of
[00:15:42] sanctions. This could allow for the modernization of the
[00:15:45] sector and a reduction in flaring. In
[00:15:48] 2024, global flaring is estimated to have generated 389
[00:15:52] million tons of CO2 equivalent. Beyond the climate impact, the
[00:15:55] health of residents can be affected. There is, among other things,
[00:15:59] an increased risk of respiratory
[00:16:00] pathologies.
[00:16:04] If you have witnessed a situation, if you have
[00:16:07] images, please send them to us, especially on our
[00:16:11] WhatsApp number. All our contacts are on screen. See you soon!
[00:16:37] Notes that have rarely resonated within the confines of this
[00:16:41] cemetery to oneself. The Congolese anthem rings out in
[00:16:44] homage to this man who died more than a century ago after being
[00:16:48] exhibited at the 1894 World's
[00:16:50] Fair organized in the Flemish city.
[00:16:54] 144 Congolese from the Independent State of Congo were exhibited
[00:16:58] to the public. They had to show their daily
[00:17:01] lives and their traditions and customs to visitors in what is today
[00:17:05] recognized as a practice.
[00:17:11] At the time, we didn't talk about human zoos, but about African
[00:17:14] villages, a term that masks a much more
[00:17:18] brutal reality: Congolese brought by force to Belgium, exposed to
[00:17:21] the public gaze in precarious conditions. Among them,
[00:17:25] dozens would end up contracting diseases, seven would not
[00:17:29] survive.
[00:17:30] Victims finally recognized by this
[00:17:34] ceremony. Supported by the
[00:17:38] Congolese community, but which the city of Antwerp took a long time to
[00:17:41] accept. Ladies and
[00:17:45] gentlemen, unfortunately, the way
[00:17:48] they were treated and depicted was not unique in
[00:17:51] Europe. Elsewhere at World's
[00:17:54] Fairs, these villages were used for
[00:17:58] colonial propaganda, dehumanizing and
[00:18:01] racist purposes.
[00:18:05] There is no other description for this...
[00:18:09] The Congo pavilion at the 1894
[00:18:11] exhibition
[00:18:14] is one of the dark pages in our city's
[00:18:16] history.
[00:18:19] A recognition welcomed by the Congolese side.
[00:18:22] From now on, a monument will remind visitors of the dramatic
[00:18:25] episode. It's something we must
[00:18:29] keep and especially for the history that binds us, that is to say, the DRC and
[00:18:33] Belgium. Today the relationship is at its best.
[00:18:37] It's just time to heal our wounds and together go
[00:18:41] even further. An
[00:18:45] the younger generation, like this influencer who is very popular on
[00:18:49] social networks. She would like
[00:18:53] the Congolese community in
[00:18:54] Belgium. How will this ceremony
[00:18:58] continue to guide
[00:19:02] us, in fact, in the questions we
[00:19:05] have every day as... children of the diaspora, the
[00:19:09] questions about our dual identity, the
[00:19:12] questions about these pains that must be transformed
[00:19:16] into strength and doors for other opportunities.
[00:19:20] An important step for the Congolese
[00:19:23] community, even if many would have wished that the monument would be placed in
[00:19:27] the heart of the city and not in an outlying cemetery.
[00:19:31] Colonial history researcher Georgine Dubuis is one of those who
[00:19:35] advocates for a plaque to be placed here, in front of this
[00:19:38] museum, at the very place where the human zoo had taken place
[00:19:41] 132 years ago.
[00:19:44] To exhibit people as in a human zoo, that must
[00:19:47] be part of what
[00:19:51] people who come here must know. The
[00:19:54] cemetery, in any case, people do not necessarily go to the
[00:19:58] cemetery to know what happened, but here we are still in
[00:20:02] the center of Antwerp, especially as the port city still bears
[00:20:05] the scars of its... heavy colonial history. At
[00:20:09] the time, Antwerp quickly grew rich. The city housed
[00:20:13] the offices of large rubber companies. Antwerp
[00:20:17] is the gateway for all colonial products, both
[00:20:20] rubber, ivory,
[00:20:24] cocoa, coffee,
[00:20:26] tobacco at first and later
[00:20:30] with with mineral
[00:20:34] products, there is diamond, copper...
[00:20:38] Essentially
[00:20:40] a meticulously documented commercial past
[00:20:44] in the city's archives, oilseeds.
[00:20:46] We can see at the end then... a
[00:20:50] kind of list of textiles uh other
[00:20:54] uh products for example, and so
[00:20:57] uh we still see
[00:21:00] already in 1894 there was a wide
[00:21:04] range of products, right, that are already
[00:21:08] made available to the
[00:21:11] Antwerp population and
[00:21:14] that gives them ideas of what they can exploit, since that was the
[00:21:18] purpose of the expo too.
[00:21:20] Very precise details that contrast with the lack
[00:21:23] of information concerning the people exhibited in the human zoo
[00:21:27] apart from the men who went through hospitals, we don't have the
[00:21:30] names of the people, who are they, where exactly do they come
[00:21:34] from, since Congo is vast. When we know that
[00:21:37] they exhibited Bangalas, we know that they exhibited people from
[00:21:41] Kasai, but we know that,
[00:21:44] it's recorded, but what are these people called? We see faces, but
[00:21:48] they are nameless faces. Belgian colonial history is a history of
[00:21:52] nameless people, a question
[00:21:55] that goes far beyond the single case of Antwerp, how many
[00:21:58] other European human zoos are still waiting to give
[00:22:02] a name to a large part of their victims.
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[00:30:14] headlines: will the specter of sectarian violence
[00:30:17] resurface in Syria? A car bomb attack
[00:30:21] in a Christian and Druze suburb of Damascus leaves two
[00:30:24] dead and more than a dozen injured this Thursday, a
[00:30:28] new deadly attack in the Syrian capital within
[00:30:31] a few... a few months. In the headlines, we will
[00:30:35] also discuss this explosive situation in occupied
[00:30:37] West Bank, a new episode of violence by Israeli
[00:30:41] settlers in a Palestinian village, resulting in many
[00:30:45] injured and burnt homes. Violence that
[00:30:48] also causes outrage
[00:30:53] the population, as you will see, and then we will also talk about a man in
[00:30:57] turmoil, Gianni Infantino.