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[00:00:06] We meet again for a new update on of Rutsuru under the control of the top news of this
[00:00:09] newspaper, Voladimir Zelensky's first trip to Serbia
[00:00:12] today, a historical ally of Russia, the
[00:00:16] Ukrainian president seeks to strengthen international support as
[00:00:20] Russian strikes multiply, in addition to the human toll, he is worried about
[00:00:24] the coming winter, with Ukrainian thermal power plants having
[00:00:27] all been destroyed. The
[00:00:30] standoff between Madrid and Rome, controls against
[00:00:34] Italian travelers in Spain began today, for now, nothing has eased
[00:00:38] tensions between the two countries since the migratory crisis of
[00:00:40] Ceuta, in the United States, Tote Blanche barely
[00:00:44] confirmed, barely confirmed to the post of Minister of
[00:00:47] Justice, the Senate approved his nomination by a narrow majority,
[00:00:51] this close associate of Donald Trump had held the position since April on
[00:00:58] Coast. The culture an interim basis.
[00:01:10] Voladimir Zelenski went to Serbia today, a
[00:01:14] traditional ally of Moscow, Ukraine seeks to strengthen
[00:01:17] international support in the face of intensifying Russian strikes. In
[00:01:21] recent days, they have multiplied, particularly in Kyiv and its region.
[00:01:25] The last attack last night killed at least four people.
[00:01:28] Étanadjie.
[00:01:31] The bodies of the victims are being extracted from the scene under the stunned
[00:01:35] gaze of the residents, from this
[00:01:38] residential area in the Kyiv region, only
[00:01:42] debris and burnt out cars remain. Here, Russian
[00:01:45] bombardments killed several people, including a child, a
[00:01:48] dozen injured and survivors in a state of
[00:01:51] shock. Our doors and
[00:01:54] leading to the airport windows were blown in. I immediately checked if my husband
[00:01:57] was alive, because he was in another room. We
[00:02:01] went out and everything had already burned, my husband rushed to
[00:02:04] get water to put out the fire, but to
[00:02:07] no avail, the neighbors came out to try to save a young
[00:02:10] child, but they didn't find him. All
[00:02:13] this week, Kyiv and its region have suffered a deluge of
[00:02:17] fire, intense Russian nocturnal bombardment and a
[00:02:20] Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense,
[00:02:23] incapable of shooting down a single missile due to a lack
[00:02:25] of interceptors. In the capital,
[00:02:28] the administration. earth called on residents to go to
[00:02:32] shelters to escape Russian ballistic missiles,
[00:02:34] in the face of the difficulties Ukraine is
[00:02:37] facing, Voladimir Zelenski is active on the
[00:02:41] diplomatic front to maintain the support of its allies and
[00:02:44] even that of countries like Serbia, traditionally close to
[00:02:48] Moscow. We are developing all forms of
[00:02:52] cooperation likely to give our cities and our
[00:02:55] communities greater resilience as well as a better
[00:02:58] ability to... cope with all the challenges of war, we
[00:03:02] welcome this humanitarian aid from Serbia
[00:03:05] particularly in the areas of health and
[00:03:08] energy. A rapprochement between Kyiv and
[00:03:11] Belgrade, which is not to the Kremlin's liking. In May
[00:03:15] In total, 22 EU 2025, Russian
[00:03:17] countries have demanded Spain's intelligence already accused Serbian arms companies of selling ammunition to
[00:03:21] Ukraine via third
[00:03:23] countries. Bulgaria summoned the Ukrainian
[00:03:27] ambassador after the explosion on its territory of a drone
[00:03:31] used by the Ukrainian army, the drone exploded near a gas pipeline this morning
[00:03:34] not far from the border with Romania, there were no
[00:03:37] population by
[00:03:37] You are on France 24, it's time for the Africa casualties, Kyiv claims not to have deliberately targeted
[00:03:41] Bulgaria and promises to clarify
[00:03:44] the incident.
[00:03:47] Germany targeted by Russia in recent months through
[00:03:51] hybrid attacks that are carried out by Russian
[00:03:54] secret services on its territory, the point with Lyon Alstin,
[00:03:58] Lara Boomers and Bris.
[00:04:01] restitution. of the manuscripts of In Moscow's sights,
[00:04:03] Germany, a favorite hunting ground
[00:04:05] human remains of for Russian secret services
[00:04:07] coordinated rescue operation in the country's in Europe, sabotages, drone
[00:04:10] overflights, assassination attempts like in the Cold War
[00:04:14] era, civilian targets, but
[00:04:17] also military. In
[00:04:19] to the human toll, he is concerned about April 2024, three German-Russian
[00:04:21] production units sell men were arrested for a bomb attack plot on
[00:04:24] this American base in Germany. Last
[00:04:27] February, two workers. from the port of Hamburg, a Romanian and a Greek
[00:04:31] were arrested after carrying out a series of degradations on
[00:04:35] military vessels. They
[00:04:39] returned 15 prisoners to the AFCM-23 were preparing acts of sabotage against two corvettes in shipyards, they are suspected of being
[00:04:43] low-level agents. These
[00:04:45] low-level executors, considered disposable
[00:04:48] agents, would be hundreds in
[00:04:50] than expose them. As for the property of Europe working for Russia, notably the
[00:04:53] GRU, the army's intelligence service, sometimes without even
[00:04:57] knowing it.
[00:05:00] Some are involved in the DHL parcel bomb
[00:05:03] operation, these flights to
[00:05:05] celebration this Friday in Abidjan which Leipzig, Warsaw and Birmingham, whose goods suddenly caught fire in
[00:05:09] 2024.
[00:05:37] For my client it was just a normal service he was doing for a
[00:05:40] friend. he had no
[00:05:43] details, my client was absolutely unaware that
[00:05:47] it was a sabotage project,
[00:05:50] looks a lot like the disposable agent cases already judged in
[00:05:54] Germany, says this expert. Recruitment is done through
[00:05:58] social networks, payments are made in crypto
[00:06:01] currency, ideological motivation
[00:06:04] is minimal in this type
[00:06:07] of operation, for her, these attacks against the second largest aid provider to
[00:06:11] Ukraine after the United States are not about to stop, to try to counter
[00:06:15] these saboteurs, Germany has set up a coordination center against
[00:06:19] hybrid attacks with more money, more means,
[00:06:22] especially in intelligence, the country wants to better protect its
[00:06:25] sensitive sites, also in the news, this diplomatic
[00:06:29] standoff between Spain and Italy, controls began
[00:06:33] today in Spain for travelers coming from Italy, random
[00:06:36] controls and not systematic, tensions between the
[00:06:39] two countries erupted since the crisis.
[00:06:48] identity checks, upon
[00:06:51] the arrival of Italian tourists on the tarmac of Madrid
[00:06:54] airport, a surprising measure for
[00:06:57] travelers accustomed to circulating freely in the European
[00:07:01] Union, inspections
[00:07:04] also at the gate
[00:07:06] hall, the Spanish police have strict
[00:07:10] instructions since this Saturday, Italians
[00:07:12] arriving on the territory by plane, boat or land
[00:07:15] routes may be subject to checks, a
[00:07:19] retaliatory measure by the Spanish government that arouses mixed
[00:07:22] reactions among
[00:07:24] travelers.
[00:07:27] Diplomacy has disappeared from all these decisions, I see it neither in
[00:07:31] the attitude of the Italian government nor in that of the Spanish
[00:07:34] government in reaction to the measures that Italy has already put in
[00:07:37] place. It is really regrettable to witness these
[00:07:40] controls.
[00:07:44] It seems to me that Sanchez is under attack from all sides, what is happening is
[00:07:47] unjustifiable.
[00:07:51] The Spanish prime minister has been under
[00:07:54] fire since the migratory crisis in the enclave of
[00:07:57] Ceuta on July 31st.
[00:08:00] 72,000 migrants entered it, almost all
[00:08:02] have since been sent back to Moroccan soil, but this
[00:08:06] episode caused strong tensions with Rome
[00:08:10] which immediately requested the temporary suspension of the Schengen
[00:08:14] free movement treaty with Madrid until August
[00:08:17] 15th, an extraordinary measure according to far-right
[00:08:20] leader Georgia Meloni aimed at preserving the country's
[00:08:24] national security.
[00:08:29] exclusion from the Schengen area, but in
[00:08:32] fact, such a decision is legally impossible, and
[00:08:35] for Madrid, this diplomatic offensive is
[00:08:38] inequitable, contrary to the interests of the EU, and...
[00:08:42] discriminatory towards Spaniards,
[00:08:46] he was Donald Trump's lawyer and he is today
[00:08:49] confirmed as Minister of Justice, Todblanch barely
[00:08:53] secured his nomination, the Senate approved it by a very
[00:08:57] narrow majority, he had held this position since
[00:09:01] April, on an interim basis, we take stock with Julien
[00:09:03] Dubois,
[00:09:06] he was Donald Trump's lawyer when the president was convicted
[00:09:10] of 34 counts.
[00:09:14] is now the new Minister of Justice of the Trump
[00:09:17] administration, he had held this interim position since
[00:09:20] April, his official nomination was long awaited, it has
[00:09:24] just been confirmed by the Senate. He
[00:09:27] has 50 votes for and 49 votes against. The nomination
[00:09:31] is confirmed. A narrow nomination because two
[00:09:34] Republican senators voted against. Blench
[00:09:38] has in the past defended Donald Trump in three criminal
[00:09:40] cases. re-elected to the White House, he
[00:09:44] became number 2 of the Ministry of Justice, a proximity
[00:09:48] that leads to a mixing of genres up to the highest levels of the state, as shown
[00:09:51] by this slip of the tongue during the hearing before the Senate
[00:09:55] Judiciary Committee? are you friends with President
[00:09:59] Trump? I am his lawyer, I was his lawyer and
[00:10:02] I am now Assistant Attorney General. a
[00:10:06] proximity criticized by Democrats.
[00:10:09] your mandate can be summarized in the four words you have.
[00:10:15] I love you sir, this country deserves a Minister of Justice who loves
[00:10:18] the Constitution, committed to the security of the United States and to fighting
[00:10:22] corruption and not to satisfying.
[00:10:28] Since Todd Blench took over as interim head of the Ministry of
[00:10:31] Justice, prosecutions have been initiated against alleged enemies of
[00:10:35] Donald Trump, massive departures of prosecutors have been
[00:10:38] caused. According to some sources, these next measures
[00:10:41] would notably include a tougher line on immigration-related
[00:10:44] prosecutions.
[00:10:48] Donald Trump's boost to his ally Abelardo de la Esprielia
[00:10:51] who has just been inaugurated as President of Colombia.
[00:10:55] The United States has just granted one billion dollars in aid to the country, the
[00:10:59] new president makes the fight against drug trafficking his priority,
[00:11:02] Axel
[00:11:04] Simon,
[00:11:06] the Colombian president is barely inaugurated that Washington
[00:11:10] concretizes its support for the new administration of Bogota.
[00:11:14] Friday evening, the US State Department announced one billion
[00:11:18] dollars in aid to support security policies and the Colombian
[00:11:21] economy subject to Congress's validation. In a...
[00:11:25] statement, the State Department welcomed being able to soon work in
[00:11:28] close cooperation with the new presidency to guarantee the
[00:11:32] security and prosperity of the United States, Colombia and
[00:11:36] our hemisphere. After the deep tensions between Washington and Bogota
[00:11:40] during Gustavo Petro's presidency, Colombia becomes
[00:11:43] a new regional ally for the United States which intends to join
[00:11:47] the alliance of countries led by Donald Trump to fight drug
[00:11:50] trafficking.
[00:11:55] first acts of my government will be to sign the shield of the
[00:11:58] Americas which will allow us to pool our actions and our
[00:12:01] capabilities to face the threats to national
[00:12:05] and regional security.
[00:12:08] the new far-right president has promised a strong hand against
[00:12:12] guerrillas financed by cocaine trafficking, of which Colombia is
[00:12:15] the world's leading producer. Abelardo de la Esprila intends
[00:12:19] to bury the guerrilla disarmament negotiations initiated by
[00:12:23] his predecessor and... launch bombardments against the camps of armed
[00:12:27] groups, he promised to relentlessly fight what he calls
[00:12:30] narco-terrorism with the support of the Trump
[00:12:34] administration also engaged in its anti-drug
[00:12:36] war.
[00:12:39] Next news update in a moment, stay with us.
[00:14:02] news, welcome to the top story, the Democratic Republic of
[00:14:06] Congo, a first concrete gesture in the peace
[00:14:09] process, Kinshasa handed over 15 prisoners to the FCM23
[00:14:13] rebels, facilitated by the Red Cross, this is the first
[00:14:16] transfer of detainees since the signing of the Doa mechanism almost
[00:14:20] a year ago, in
[00:14:23] Nigeria, 308 people. abducted since February have been released
[00:14:27] in a single day. President Chinoubu speaks of the largest
[00:14:32] history, you will hear their
[00:14:35] testimonies.
[00:14:37] Finally, a good goul in Chad, bagged water, a public
[00:14:41] danger. A control mission reveals that the majority of
[00:14:46] untreated water directly drawn. Children are the
[00:14:50] first
[00:14:50] victims.
[00:14:55] In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is a first gesture of confidence
[00:14:59] long awaited in the peace process. Congolese authorities have
[00:15:04] rebels. This operation facilitated by the International
[00:15:08] Committee of the Red Cross constitutes the first concrete transfer of
[00:15:11] detainees since the signing of the Doa mechanism almost
[00:15:15] a year ago, details from Kinshasa by Aurélie Bazarak and
[00:15:18] Mangola.
[00:15:21] Qatar, one of the mediators in the conflict, welcomes
[00:15:25] the handover to the FCM 23 rebels of 15
[00:15:28] people detained until now by the Congolese
[00:15:31] authorities. The 15 prisoners whose identities have not
[00:15:35] been revealed have left.
[00:15:37] then transited through Uganda to reach the territory
[00:15:43] the FCM23, this is a handover of detainees that was
[00:15:47] expected since September 2025, when the Congolese
[00:15:50] government and the FCM23 had signed in Doa a
[00:15:54] prisoner exchange mechanism, but
[00:15:57] disagreements between the two parties had prevented these exchanges in
[00:16:01] April, during new discussions in Switzerland,
[00:16:04] Kinshasa and the FCM23 had again committed
[00:16:08] to releasing prisoners, so the number of
[00:16:11] detainees held by the Congolese authorities, as by the
[00:16:13] FCM23, is not officially known. Security
[00:16:17] sources mention several hundred
[00:16:19] detainees, if this handover of 15 prisoners represents
[00:16:23] only a fraction of the people concerned, the
[00:16:26] ICRC which served as an intermediary in this
[00:16:29] operation, says it hopes it will pave the way for other
[00:16:32] releases. Another headline in this news, Nigeria
[00:16:36] where three... 108 people including children have been released,
[00:16:40] the largest rescue operation carried out in a single day according to President
[00:16:43] Bolatinoubu abducted last February in the north of the country,
[00:16:47] they testify today to the ordeal they experienced during their captivity,
[00:16:51] the reactions compiled by Axel Simon,
[00:16:55] women and children still traumatized, they were
[00:16:58] rescued on Thursday by Nigerian security forces and are now
[00:17:02] waiting to return home. They were part of the 308
[00:17:05] people abducted last February in two northern Nigerian
[00:17:09] states, today, some testify to the ordeal they went
[00:17:13] through.
[00:17:15] Every time a plane approached, he ordered us to put out the fires we had lit and to
[00:17:19] maintain absolute silence so as not to be spotted. He didn't
[00:17:23] always give us food, we and our children went to bed with empty
[00:17:26] stomachs. There were sick people among
[00:17:29] us, several pregnant women gave birth during our
[00:17:33] captivity. For the families of the hostages, it's
[00:17:37] relief after 6 months
[00:17:39] of anguish, we couldn't sleep or
[00:17:43] eat, our thoughts were monopolized by worry, especially for the
[00:17:46] children,
[00:17:48] the 308 victims had been held captive since February following
[00:17:52] several deadly attacks by armed groups in two northern
[00:17:56] states of the country, like this one in Kuara state during which more than
[00:18:00] 170 people were killed and the village reduced to ashes. The
[00:18:04] large rescue operation on Thursday was carried out jointly
[00:18:07] by the armed forces, intelligence services and the
[00:18:10] police, everyone was rescued
[00:18:13] alive,
[00:18:17] as you can see, there are only children and women here
[00:18:20] today, about forty are still in hospital,
[00:18:24] Nigeria is struggling to stem armed attacks and abductions perpetrated by
[00:18:28] armed groups and jihadists who sow terror, the Nigerian
[00:18:31] president had attributed responsibility for the main attack in February
[00:18:35] to the Islamist movement.
[00:18:38] a term also used generically to refer to jihadist
[00:18:42] groups in Nigeria.
[00:18:45] We stop in Guinea, this new request for restitution of objects
[00:18:48] plundered by France during colonization, after having claimed
[00:18:52] the writings of Samori Touré 3 weeks ago, Conakry asks Paris for
[00:18:55] the restitution of the skull of Bookar Biro, last almami of the
[00:18:59] theocratic state of Foutadialon, details from Malik
[00:19:02] Jakité in Konakri.
[00:19:06] After the property of... Ami Samori Touré, fierce resistant to
[00:19:10] French colonization, Guinea demands from France the skull of
[00:19:13] Boca Biro Bari, last Almami of the theocratic state of
[00:19:17] Foutadialon, as well as several manuscripts and other historical
[00:19:21] objects taken during colonization. For
[00:19:24] Conakry, these pieces constitute an essential part of the national
[00:19:28] heritage and the memory of two major figures of resistance
[00:19:31] to colonial conquest. The process we
[00:19:34] have undertaken of requesting
[00:19:38] Almami Samori, the return of the
[00:19:43] Almami Bokarbi Robari and his companions is part
[00:19:47] of a process of reconciliation of the nation with its memory. For us, it's
[00:19:50] a way for us to reclaim our national
[00:19:54] narrative and to make sure that these are elements of
[00:19:57] reconciliation with ourselves, with our own
[00:20:00] collective memory, but also that it is an element not
[00:20:03] of resentment, of contempt between
[00:20:06] France. and Guinea but that it is rather a bridge that is
[00:20:10] built by this approach which is for us an
[00:20:13] approach of healing the wounds opened
[00:20:16] by this painful past, if this request
[00:20:19] succeeds, Konakry plans to respectfully bury the
[00:20:23] human remains of Almami Boka Buri and his companions rather
[00:20:28] Almami Samori Touré, they will be kept here at the
[00:20:32] National Museum of Sander Valea, in the heart of the Guinean
[00:20:35] capital. And...
[00:20:37] stay on the theme of the return of art objects to their countries, a moment of
[00:20:43] celebrated the return of the talking drum digi ayokwe while
[00:20:47] the country celebrated the 66th anniversary of its independence,
[00:20:50] the sacred object of the Hebrie community had been stolen in
[00:20:54] 1916 by France during colonization, the story by Marion
[00:20:57] Lori. After 110 years
[00:21:00] of absence, Ivory Coast finally recovers its talking
[00:21:04] drum.
[00:21:06] The jidji ayokwe, 3.30 meters long and weighing nearly
[00:21:10] 430 kg, was presented to Ivorians during the national
[00:21:14] holiday marking the country's independence, a
[00:21:17] moment celebrated by the crowd. "We
[00:21:21] like it, we wanted to see it, we
[00:21:24] want to see with our own eyes to
[00:21:26] believe that the
[00:21:28] drum.
[00:21:31] Much more than a musical instrument, the drum was used by the Hibrier
[00:21:35] community to signal danger, call to war or
[00:21:39] even to gather the villagers. On
[00:21:42] February 20th, France officially returned the object to Ivory
[00:21:48] ministers of each country signed..." and the act of transfer of
[00:21:51] ownership during a ceremony at the Quai Branly Jacques
[00:21:54] Chirac Museum, it is of course an identity that has been
[00:21:58] snatched away, it is also important to know 110 years, 120
[00:22:02] years later if the subject of this institution can be
[00:22:05] approached in the same way as at the time of the pain
[00:22:08] when it was made during the confiscation. Abidjan
[00:22:12] had requested the return of the Drum at the end of 2018. It
[00:22:16] is one of 148 works of art stolen during colonization.
[00:22:20] and will now be exhibited at the Museum of Civilizations in the
[00:22:24] capital,
[00:22:26] heading to Chad, more precisely in the city of Bongor, a control
[00:22:30] mission revealed an alarming reality out of 8
[00:22:33] water production units inspected, the
[00:22:36] majority of which sell treated water directly drawn without any
[00:22:40] filtration system, result: diseases related to contaminated water
[00:22:43] are exploding, especially among children, the report by Harol
[00:22:46] Girrard in Bongor where more than...
[00:22:50] 12,000 inhabitants live, access to safe drinking water is a daily challenge, to
[00:22:53] quench their thirst, the population has become accustomed to consuming bagged
[00:22:57] water, widely available at an affordable
[00:23:00] price. The main advantage of this bagged water is
[00:23:04] that it is the cheapest we can find, it costs between 25 and 50 CFA francs,
[00:23:08] a bottle of water can cost up to 500 CFA francs, that's too expensive for
[00:23:11] me, accessible water whose quality is
[00:23:14] often poorly controlled and which exposes consumers to major
[00:23:18] health risks, Dr. Nadid has been receiving
[00:23:21] patients made sick by this bagged water for years,
[00:23:25] commonly called pure water, they come with
[00:23:28] gastroenteritis, they also come with digestive
[00:23:31] problems, so we can say perhaps that this can be one of the
[00:23:35] causes of these problems, the potability
[00:23:38] of water, uh, you have to do it yourself, I
[00:23:42] think, there is water already everywhere
[00:23:44] in our shops, so it's better to get
[00:23:48] it and... be able to say to yourself
[00:23:52] try to be able to disinfect the water, after
[00:23:55] several scandals reported on social networks in recent months, the
[00:23:58] Chadian government has strengthened sanitary controls in bagged
[00:24:02] water production units, these claim to scrupulously
[00:24:06] respect hygiene standards in controlling water quality as
[00:24:09] well as when bagging it, to prove otherwise, we
[00:24:13] have installed a meter and with this system the water goes up to the
[00:24:17] machine where there is a filter and once in the machine... it is filtered before it is
[00:24:21] bagged, the authorities had already mentioned the goal
[00:24:23] of access to drinking water for the entire
[00:24:27] 2030, an ambition
[00:24:30] difficult to achieve according to several consumer
[00:24:34] associations.
[00:24:38] And we end in Senegal where the salt harvesters are seeing life in
[00:24:42] pink again. 4 years after floods that almost destroyed its
[00:24:46] fragile ecosystem and the economy that had developed around it, the
[00:25:20] that I have at
[00:25:20] home,
[00:25:24] about 3,000 salt harvesters depend on the lake for their
[00:25:27] livelihood, while the region attracts about 8,000 visitors in the off
[00:25:30] season. Today, this lake is gradually regaining its original
[00:25:34] pink color and tourism is slowly
[00:25:36] recovering, a huge relief for the local community
[00:25:40] that almost lost everything.
[00:25:44] We woke up one morning and had lost everything, had to bring
[00:25:48] machines to collect the salt. and move it so that it doesn't take
[00:25:51] water, we couldn't do much to
[00:25:54] protect it.
[00:25:57] In 2022, this iconic lake had lost its
[00:26:00] color and salinity. following extreme floods,
[00:26:04] leading to a collapse in tourist
[00:26:06] numbers, that which explodes is linked
[00:26:10] to the saturation of this lake, if the lake is desaturated, the salt will
[00:26:14] disappear. After years of efforts, the authorities managed
[00:26:18] to pump out the excess water and revive the local
[00:26:21] economy.
[00:26:24] And that's the end of this edition, thank you for following us, stay on France 24, the news
[00:26:27] continues.
[00:26:38] every year Thailand organizes a unique event in the world, the
[00:26:42] terrible military service lottery, young men who
[00:26:46] draw a red card are automatically drafted for 2
[00:26:49] years,
[00:26:55] between disappointment and relief, this ritual masks a real
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[00:30:06] We meet again for a new update on the news at the top of this bulletin, the
[00:30:09] first visit of Voladimir Zelenski to Serbia, a historical
[00:30:12] ally of Russia, the Ukrainian president seeks to strengthen
[00:30:16] international support as Russian strikes multiply, in addition
[00:30:22] the coming winter after the destruction of almost all
[00:30:25] Ukrainian thermal power plants. The standoff
[00:30:28] between Madrid and Rome, checks on Italian travelers in Spain
[00:30:32] began today, for now, nothing has eased tensions between the two
[00:30:36] countries since the migrant crisis in Ceuta.
[00:30:40] two weeks after the end of the student mobilization in India,
[00:30:43] dozens of protesters are subject to intimidation and
[00:30:46] harassment, the repression observed during the movement continued
[00:30:50] in other
[00:30:51] forms.