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[00:00:07] going to
[00:00:10] take a look at the news together, and in the news, we are, we
[00:00:14] will be live from Cali, the 3rd largest city in Colombia, for
[00:00:18] the inauguration ceremony of Abelardo de la Espriella. You can
[00:00:21] see him in these images, he is the new president of the country.
[00:00:26] cow farmer has lost 33,000 liters of This ceremony has just begun and he wants to embody a break with the past. It
[00:00:29] starts now. The choice of this city and not Bogota, the
[00:00:33] capital, to take office, a symbolic choice,
[00:00:35] you will see it in a moment.
[00:00:39] Spain is putting its threats into action. Travelers from
[00:00:42] Italy will be subjected to controls upon their arrival on Spanish
[00:00:46] soil. Madrid had issued an ultimatum to Rome, which
[00:00:49] has been applying these same controls to Spanish citizens since the migratory
[00:00:53] crisis of Ceuta. And
[00:00:56] then, drones to fight forest
[00:00:58] law and the army's atrocities ended in fires. This is Turkey's new asset. They allow fires to be detected
[00:01:01] earlier and thus accelerate
[00:01:04] the intervention of firefighters.
[00:01:20] And you will see in a moment these images that are reaching us live from Cali
[00:01:24] in Colombia. It is right now that the
[00:01:29] mobilized and are working tirelessly. The inauguration ceremony of Abelardo de la Espriella is taking
[00:01:31] place, the new president elected on June 21st. He is taking office
[00:01:35] today. He chose Cali, the third largest city in the country, for
[00:01:38] his inauguration and not Bogota. This is very
[00:01:41] symbolic. This city is one of the strongholds of armed groups
[00:01:45] involved in drug trafficking, as explained by Hugo Carten,
[00:01:49] a specialist in Colombia. Uh,
[00:01:52] the symbolic scope of the choice is quite, it's quite
[00:01:56] vast since Abelardo de la Espriella had
[00:02:00] campaigned by criticizing Bogota-centrism, so the
[00:02:03] fact that political power was concentrated in the capital
[00:02:06] Bogota, he wanted to govern in the regions. He also
[00:02:10] said he wanted to restore order in the regions. How he
[00:02:13] intends to do it, he has been quite clear, it was
[00:02:16] said in the subject you just broadcast, by
[00:02:20] force with the army, by
[00:02:22] deploying soldiers everywhere, and you saw it well, it is
[00:02:26] In April, the army intervened alongside also a way to show his strength to go to Cali,
[00:02:30] where he had problems with armed groups, to go there with thousands of soldiers
[00:02:34] and to be inaugurated there. What must be said about this is that he is therefore an
[00:02:37] extreme right-wing figure who has surpassed an extreme right that
[00:02:41] already existed in Colombia, which had been in the majority for 20 years, the one that
[00:02:44] is called in a somewhat improper way, that of the Democratic Center
[00:02:47] so of the Democratic Center, and even if there are
[00:02:51] changes between these political formations, we can expect them to govern
[00:02:54] together and in reality the majority in
[00:02:57] Congress that he will be able to rely on is still relatively comfortable
[00:03:01] for him, so he should still have sufficient
[00:03:04] support. Spain is putting its threats
[00:03:08] into action tonight. Travelers from Italy
[00:03:11] will be subjected to controls upon their arrival on Spanish
[00:03:14] soil. Madrid had issued an ultimatum to Rome, which
[00:03:18] has been applying these same controls to Spanish citizens
[00:03:21] since the migratory crisis of Ceuta. Let's take a look right
[00:03:25] now with Loïc
[00:03:26] Chalavon.
[00:03:29] In front of this police station, dozens of unaccompanied minors are waiting
[00:03:33] their turn to be identified and placed in a
[00:03:36] reception center. These young adolescents have been living on the streets for several
[00:03:40] days, in more than
[00:03:42] precarious conditions.
[00:03:44] They have eaten, washed themselves as best they could, and asked people for help.
[00:03:48] Some gave them €1, others bread. That's how they get
[00:03:52] by day by day. The mayor of
[00:03:54] Ceuta indicates that more than 1,100 unaccompanied minors are in
[00:03:58] the enclave. The Spanish state affirms that it is doing everything possible
[00:04:02] to take care of these minors and manage the few thousand migrants who are still
[00:04:06] in Ceuta, according to figures from the Spanish Ministry of the
[00:04:08] Interior. On the diplomatic front, the spat continues
[00:04:12] between Spain and Italy. The Spanish Ministry of Interior announced
[00:04:16] that border controls will begin Saturday at midnight for travelers from
[00:04:20] Italy. A measure that follows a statement published earlier in the
[00:04:24] day, in which the Spanish government threatened to apply retaliatory
[00:04:28] measures against Rome if it did not reverse its
[00:04:31] decision. On July 31st, Italian Prime
[00:04:34] Minister Giorgia Meloni had announced the suspension of free
[00:04:37] movement with Spain and the reinforcement of controls at land
[00:04:41] borders. Italy has indicated that it will maintain these measures at
[00:04:44] least until August 15th.
[00:04:47] Technology at the service of firefighters and drones to
[00:04:51] fight forest fires. This is Turkey's new weapon. By detecting
[00:04:54] fires earlier,
[00:04:57] Four American military officials of they allow emergency teams to intervene more quickly.
[00:05:00] Watch this report by our correspondent Jena Lebrass with Adria
[00:05:03] Rochacutier.
[00:05:08] In this control tower, fires are mainly
[00:05:11] detected by the human eye,
[00:05:15] an essential surveillance task, because when it comes to
[00:05:18] forest fires, every minute counts. In the Mugla
[00:05:21] region, the dominant tree is the red pine, a species very vulnerable to fires.
[00:05:25] We are therefore in an area where the risk of fire is
[00:05:27] high.
[00:05:30] Turkey is now relying on its drone fleet, one of the most
[00:05:33] developed in the world, to strengthen the control of its forests. It
[00:05:37] allows fires to be detected at their first signs and
[00:05:40] to intervene more quickly.
[00:06:12] you can now see the lower part of the screen, the heat source is much better
[00:06:15] detected,
[00:06:20] technology now allows precious time to be gained, but
[00:06:24] on the ground, firefighters remain on the front line against the
[00:06:27] flames.
[00:06:30] Honestly, it's difficult, it's a demanding job. We remain ready to
[00:06:34] intervene at any time. As soon as an alert is given, we leave immediately with
[00:06:38] the teams. Six teams have been
[00:06:41] day after... this fire, Hülküdür takes to the air
[00:06:45] to assess the damage. With increasingly hot
[00:06:49] summers, protecting these forests can sometimes seem like an endless
[00:06:53] task, but this time again, the threat has been
[00:06:56] brought under control.
[00:06:58] And it will be very hot again in France in the coming days, as in
[00:07:01] other European countries. In Austria, Croatia and
[00:07:05] Slovakia, temperature records have been broken,
[00:07:08] up to over 41 degrees in some places, according to Tanadji.
[00:07:15] With drought and repeated heatwaves,
[00:07:18] the Danube's waters are at a historically low level, but
[00:07:21] the river remains nonetheless
[00:07:25] a haven of freshness for these Slovaks
[00:07:28] overwhelmed by the crushing heat in
[00:07:30] Bratislava.
[00:07:37] I'm more irritable, I think it's because of the
[00:07:40] heat.
[00:07:44] What's changed is that during the day, I spend more time at home,
[00:07:48] I try not to go out, I can't go do sports during the day,
[00:07:52] it's very restrictive.
[00:07:55] Slovakia and neighboring Austria recorded this
[00:07:58] week absolute temperature records,
[00:08:01] over 41 degrees in some places. After a particularly
[00:08:05] hot and dry July, residents and shopkeepers
[00:08:09] fear a scorching August as the drought
[00:08:12] has become widespread and the concrete shopping streets are
[00:08:16] shunned by tourists and the few
[00:08:18] passers-by.
[00:08:20] We had a doctor's appointment, that's why we're outside, otherwise
[00:08:24] with this weather I would have stayed home with my
[00:08:27] child.
[00:08:30] In Croatia, they chose to shelter in the heart
[00:08:33] of nature, in the region of Split where the thermometer shows
[00:08:37] over 35°C, these
[00:08:39] tourists take equestrian rides in the middle of...
[00:08:44] We escaped the walls surrounding Split, it's over 40 degrees with
[00:08:48] concrete underfoot, we're enjoying this moment in nature.
[00:08:51] Some forests, like this nature reserve in Serbia, are
[00:08:55] currently ravaged by fires,
[00:08:58] after several days of heatwave and
[00:09:02] drought.
[00:09:05] These repeated heatwaves have a direct impact on
[00:09:07] agriculture. In France, some fruit and vegetable producers
[00:09:11] have lost almost all of their production and prices on the
[00:09:15] stalls have soared. Alexandre Guin, Camille
[00:09:18] Warmser and Mathieu
[00:09:19] Baudouin.
[00:09:22] Fresh fruits and vegetables are making wallets even hotter.
[00:09:26] This father comes regularly to this
[00:09:29] market in Val-de-Marne. He has noticed
[00:09:33] a price increase, so he buys in smaller
[00:09:36] quantities. What I usually spend, I think it has
[00:09:40] increased by a good 5 € between April and
[00:09:43] today. Significant increases, like on tomatoes,
[00:09:46] according to this retired woman, you could buy them for €1 a kilo,
[00:09:50] now it's €2, €2.99.
[00:09:53] Tomatoes, green salad, cucumbers,
[00:09:57] all of that is expensive. Prices are rising and could continue to
[00:10:00] soar due to drought and heatwaves that are ravaging
[00:10:03] crops. In Aveyron, Mélanie Calvet's vegetables are looking
[00:10:07] sad. They can't stand the
[00:10:11] sun's burns. Yes, peppers, lettuce and zucchini,
[00:10:14] most of them unsellable. Out of 400 kg of harvested
[00:10:18] beans, she was only able to save 10.
[00:10:22] When they manage to grow, they feel so much
[00:10:25] stress that in the end, in terms of taste, they are not good either. It's not
[00:10:29] like that, so I'm going to pull everything out. She increased the price
[00:10:33] of her vegetables by €2 per kilo, but she knows that won't be enough to compensate
[00:10:36] for her losses. Bad harvests also for cereal
[00:10:39] farmers. For corn, a 19% decrease in yield is expected this
[00:10:43] year. Plants that suffer and animals that suffocate. For
[00:10:47] 2 months, this dairy
[00:10:51] milk since the beginning of the heatwaves. 35
[00:10:53] kg for the month of May, first drop, and
[00:10:57] for the month of June, €15,000 in lost earnings in total, and
[00:11:01] he fears new temperature increases that could cause
[00:11:04] further difficulties. It's reproduction that
[00:11:08] will suffer, it's all of that and those are problems
[00:11:11] that we will iron out over
[00:11:15] the year.
[00:11:17] The government has announced that emergency measures will be taken to
[00:11:21] help farmers.
[00:11:24] We end with... images of the Tour de France Feminin and a victory today for the
[00:11:27] Polish cyclist Kasia Niewiadoma. She won the
[00:11:31] 7th stage at the summit of Mont Ventoux. She also takes the yellow
[00:11:35] jersey with a 15-second lead over the Dutchwoman Demi
[00:11:39] Vollering. There are now two stages left before the grand
[00:11:43] finale in Nice, which will be next
[00:11:45] Sunday.
[00:11:48] Stay with us, we'll be back in a moment for a new update on
[00:11:51] the news.
[00:12:11] It's a forgotten massacre, a bloody repression in
[00:12:15] a democracy celebrated today, the Jeju
[00:12:18] massacre in South Korea. We are in
[00:12:21] 1948, Korea is already divided in two. The North
[00:12:25] under Soviet domination and in the South, an ultra
[00:12:29] nationalist government supported by the United States and which is conducting its
[00:12:33] own witch hunt against communists.
[00:12:37] Jeju Island, in the far south of the peninsula, became a refuge for
[00:12:40] communist militants, but clashes with the police
[00:12:44] multiplied and martial law was declared in
[00:12:47] 1948.
[00:12:51] the police and engaged in a terrible repression. Between
[00:12:55] 25 and 30,000 civilians were reportedly killed or went
[00:12:58] missing, which is nearly 10% of the island's
[00:13:02] population. For a long time taboo in South Korea, this
[00:13:06] bloody episode was finally the subject of an inquiry commission in the
[00:13:09] 2000s, and it has just been officially recognized by
[00:13:12] UNESCO. Nearly 80 years later, a
[00:13:16] return ticket to the Jeju massacre. This is a report by
[00:13:20] Adrien Kilico, Aruna Popouri and Melodie
[00:13:23] Sforza.
[00:13:30] The steps are trembling, but
[00:13:33] the memory is still vivid for
[00:13:35] Chunhu. At 88 years old, she
[00:13:39] returns near the cave that saved her
[00:13:41] life.
[00:13:45] The first time I went in, I was 11 years old. Now I can't
[00:13:48] go anymore, I'm too scared. At the time,
[00:13:51] it was a matter of life or death, so I rushed in. Today, just
[00:13:55] looking at it
[00:13:55] terrifies me.
[00:14:00] Caves like these, Jeju Island, south of
[00:14:04] Korea, has about a
[00:14:05] hundred of them.
[00:14:08] Caverns, the scene of a bloody repression
[00:14:12] carried out by the Korean army against its own population last
[00:14:16] century.
[00:14:19] At the dawn of the Cold War in 1948, Korea
[00:14:22] split into two enemy sisters under the influence of
[00:14:25] superpowers, in the North, the
[00:14:28] Soviets, in the South, the United States
[00:14:32] and the obsession with communist
[00:14:33] influence.
[00:14:38] Part of Jeju opposes this split and becomes a target
[00:14:42] for Seoul. The very young government calls it the "Red
[00:14:45] Island" and considers that 90% of the
[00:14:48] inhabitants adhere to communism. Martial
[00:14:52] law is then proclaimed and the army
[00:14:55] wages a real witch hunt, massacring adults and
[00:14:58] children.
[00:15:02] To enter the cave, I had to go on my knees,
[00:15:05] crawling. When I think about our survival
[00:15:09] here, imagine, there was no light,
[00:15:13] it was pitch black, we didn't know if it was day or night,
[00:15:17] winter or summer. To drink, water dripped
[00:15:20] from the ceiling. We lay on our stomachs to
[00:15:23] lick it.
[00:15:31] After 51 days hiding in the darkness, Chunho and the
[00:15:35] rest of the villagers were spotted by South Korean
[00:15:38] soldiers. They managed to escape, but
[00:15:42] the young girl's two brothers did not survive
[00:15:44] long. They died, exhausted by
[00:15:48] the cold and lack of
[00:15:50] food.
[00:15:54] Today, some caves have been converted so as not to forget.
[00:15:58] oublier.
[00:16:02] When I think about
[00:16:04] it, I say to myself, I really lived in the mud.
[00:16:09] I had nowhere to go, no blankets, no
[00:16:12] clothes.
[00:16:15] We went to the sweet potato fields to collect the remains after the
[00:16:18] harvest. That was our
[00:16:21] life. We lived because death didn't want
[00:16:25] us.
[00:16:31] After so many years of repression, martial
[00:16:35] l'armée prennent fin
[00:16:37] 1954,
[00:16:40] but survivors like Chunho suffered
[00:16:43] discrimination. When they spoke, they were
[00:16:46] insulted, communists, bandits,
[00:16:49] reds. It was impossible for them to rent a house or
[00:16:53] work in a company.
[00:16:56] Hello,
[00:16:59] the only solution for the survivors was never to talk about the
[00:17:03] massacres.
[00:17:20] Today is the Lunar New Year in South Korea. The
[00:17:24] grandmother is invited to her eldest son's house to honor her
[00:17:27] ancestors.
[00:17:33] Chunho spent her entire life in Jeju.
[00:17:38] She built her family,
[00:17:41] four children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[00:17:45] enfants,
[00:17:52] I feel very good, especially
[00:17:55] when my grandchildren come to see me.
[00:17:59] It's a joy to have so many at my
[00:18:01] age.
[00:18:05] In 2003, one century after the
[00:18:08] tragedy, the Korean government recognized the
[00:18:11] Jeju massacre and offered
[00:18:14] apologies. Chunho waited until
[00:18:18] her son was 40 before telling him her
[00:18:21] story. He was only 20
[00:18:24] at the time.
[00:18:30] When I was a child, I knew nothing of this
[00:18:33] massacre. We never knew our
[00:18:35] grandparents. passed away when I was
[00:18:38] little, so I never felt that family
[00:18:41] bond.
[00:18:44] Today, when my mother tells me about what she went through, it
[00:18:47] upsets me so much.
[00:18:51] Memory is transmitted by word of mouth. Chungho's grandson
[00:18:55] grew up on the island, and yet his local
[00:18:59] school only briefly mentioned the Jeju massacres
[00:19:02] when he was little. Everything he
[00:19:05] knows he owes
[00:19:46] to. Even today, many gray areas remain regarding the
[00:19:49] massacre.
[00:19:53] This researcher spent 36 years of his life investigating this
[00:19:57] repression.
[00:20:01] His fight: to have the United States' share of responsibility
[00:20:05] recognized, as they armed and financed the Seoul
[00:20:08] government.
[00:20:13] Here, we can see in these American reports that
[00:20:16] the Jeju operation was so successful that it is described
[00:20:20] as an overwhelming success.
[00:20:23] Here, it is written that on February 20, 1948,
[00:20:27] 76 people described as revolutionaries were executed.
[00:20:30] exécutés.
[00:20:34] the time witnessed this scene.
[00:20:40] These sensitive documents prove the approval, even the
[00:20:43] supervision, of American military personnel during these
[00:20:46] purges.
[00:20:50] A little-known chapter of the massacres that infuriates this
[00:20:53] researcher.
[00:20:56] This document shows that an officer from the staff of the
[00:21:00] American forces in Korea went there to inspect and
[00:21:03] examine the operation.
[00:21:05] Four directives were transmitted to the Korean
[00:21:09] army. The American army did not participate in the
[00:21:12] repression, but it played a consulting and directing
[00:21:16] role in the operations.
[00:21:24] In total, 15,000 inhabitants, supposedly
[00:21:27] communists, including newborns, were
[00:21:30] massacred.
[00:21:35] For Route, the real toll would be twice
[00:21:39] as high. Under martial law, entire families were
[00:21:42] eliminated, making it almost impossible to count some
[00:21:46] of the dead. On these
[00:22:09] dates. We must learn from the history of this massacre and
[00:22:12] transmit to future generations that such
[00:22:16] violence must never happen again.
[00:22:22] We must make it a lesson for future generations and above all
[00:22:25] educate so that it never happens
[00:22:27] again.
[00:22:33] In South Korea, the specter of martial law remains in everyone's
[00:22:36] minds, because while the Jeju massacre was its
[00:22:40] first tragedy, since 1948, the
[00:22:44] republic has resorted more than fifteen times to this military state of
[00:22:47] emergency.
[00:22:50] The last one dated December
[00:22:53] 2024.
[00:22:57] To everyone's surprise, the President.
[00:23:21] Martial law is overturned in a few hours, the president is then
[00:23:25] placed in pre-trial
[00:23:26] detention.
[00:23:30] More than a year after the events, on February
[00:23:34] 19, 2026, the verdict against the former
[00:23:38] head of state is finally
[00:23:41] delivered. A decision eagerly awaited by this left-wing candidate for the local elections in
[00:23:45] Jeju, the failed coup of December
[00:23:48] 2024.
[00:24:22] For this candidate, the return of the debate on martial law is
[00:24:26] an opportunity to shed new light on the Jeju massacre and its gray
[00:24:30] areas.
[00:24:37] Hello, I came to greet you. I am running as a
[00:24:41] candidate for governor in these municipal elections. I felt
[00:24:44] obliged to come and greet the people here at the market because it's my very first day of
[00:24:48] campaigning.
[00:25:20] For lack of proof, after decades of silence and disappeared documents, This shows that efforts to restore
[00:25:23] the honor of the victims are still not sufficient.
[00:25:39] One must be officially recognized as a victim.
[00:25:46] many still do not have access to it.
[00:25:51] In the future, it is important that history be
[00:25:54] corrected so that such events do not happen
[00:25:58] again and so that the Korean peninsula becomes a
[00:26:01] place
[00:26:05] where there is no more fighting. In his program, the candidate notably wishes that all
[00:26:09] schools in the country teach the history of the
[00:26:12] massacre.
[00:26:15] One of the major issues is the official naming of the
[00:26:17] repression.
[00:26:20] For example, you talk about the French Revolution of
[00:26:22] 1789, it is an official name that is now the
[00:26:26] rule. It's crazy to think that for Jeju, that doesn't
[00:26:30] exist yet.
[00:26:35] Last year, over 14,000 archives related
[00:26:39] to the Jeju repressions were inscribed on
[00:26:42] UNESCO's list.
[00:26:45] A symbol of hope for Korean activists,
[00:26:48] for them, this work of remembrance remains the
[00:26:52] best shield against authoritarian abuses of
[00:26:56] power.
[00:27:08] Every year, Thailand organizes a unique event in the world, the
[00:27:11] terrible military service lottery. Young men
[00:27:15] who draw a red card are conscripted directly for 2
[00:27:18] years.
[00:27:24] Between disappointment and relief, this ritual masks a real
[00:27:28] social injustice.
[00:30:07] Thank you for being with us on France 24. We will together take a new look at
[00:30:10] the news, and in the news, we are, we
[00:30:14] will be live from Cali, the 3rd largest city in Colombia, for
[00:30:17] the inauguration ceremony of Abelardo de la Espriella. You can
[00:30:21] see him in these images, he is the new president of the country.
[00:30:24] This ceremony has just begun and he wants to
[00:30:27] embody a break, it begins with the choice of this city
[00:30:31] and not Bogota, the capital, to take office,
[00:30:34] a symbolic choice, you will see it in a
[00:30:37] moment. Spain is putting its threats
[00:30:40] into action. Travelers from Italy will be subjected to
[00:30:44] controls upon their arrival on Spanish soil. Madrid had
[00:30:47] issued an ultimatum to Rome, which has been applying these same controls
[00:30:51] to Spanish citizens since the migratory crisis of
[00:30:53] Ceuta. And then, drones to fight forest
[00:30:57] fires. This is Turkey's new asset.