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[00:00:00] Liberty, equality,
[00:00:00] Not a blade of grass left in the
[00:00:02] news.
[00:00:06] This is the return of the night edition on France 24. Here are the headlines of this new
[00:00:10] newscast: Joe Biden has widespread
[00:00:13] cancer, according to his son Hunter Biden, the former president's
[00:00:17] prostate cancer has metastasized, he requires
[00:00:20] heavy treatment and is suffering from severe pain. A live report will
[00:00:24] follow at the beginning of the newscast with Sarah
[00:00:26] Anderson.
[00:00:30] We will also discuss this drone war related to the Russian invasion of
[00:00:34] Ukraine, which could threaten to ignite the borders of NATO. A
[00:00:37] projectile crashed in Bulgaria this Saturday near a gas pipeline, Sofia
[00:00:41] summoned the Ukrainian ambassador.
[00:00:44] And then the French justice system sends 34 members of a masculinist
[00:00:48] group to court. 45 people had been
[00:00:51] arrested when the national online hate speech unit had uncovered a
[00:00:55] ultra-violent Telegram channel against women. It had more than
[00:00:59] 100... 700 members.
[00:01:13] Concern is growing around the health
[00:01:15] bagasse, of Joe Biden, the 83-year-old former us by giving us In total, 22 EU American president, who is facing countries have called for Spain's
[00:01:18] a clear worsening of his prostate cancer, according to
[00:01:22] confidences from his son Hunter Biden, the disease has spread
[00:01:25] to his bones. Retired from public life, the former president is undergoing
[00:01:29] heavy radiotherapy treatments. So to talk about it, we join our correspondent in New York,
[00:01:33] Sarah Anderson. Sarah, we knew that Joe
[00:01:36] Biden had an aggressive cancer, he announced it in May after leaving
[00:01:40] the White House. Hunter Biden has therefore lifted the veil on
[00:01:43] the evolution of his
[00:01:44] illness.
[00:01:48] Yes, until now, the Biden family had
[00:01:50] killed in France since the beginning of remained relatively discreet about the evolution of the disease, but this
[00:01:53] time, it's his son Hunter Biden who is speaking out. In an
[00:01:57] interview with the BBC, he explains that his father's cancer has
[00:02:01] spread to his bones and even beyond, a disease which
[00:02:04] causes, according to him, significant pain and a very
[00:02:07] debilitating condition. Hunter Biden appeared very emotional,
[00:02:11] confiding that it's "really difficult, it's really sad to
[00:02:14] watch," he even said he wished his father would complain
[00:02:17] more because the situation is not good, according to him. Joe Biden's
[00:02:21] prostate cancer had been diagnosed in May
[00:02:24] 2025, shortly after he left the White House. Since
[00:02:28] then, the former president has undergone treatments and
[00:02:31] surgeries, but Joe Biden is expected to live with this disease
[00:02:35] the areas of health and for the rest of his life, and Hunter
[00:02:39] Cassimaben. Biden assures that his father will continue to lead a public life. So we know that he
[00:02:42] is preparing to publish his presidential memoirs on November
[00:02:45] 17th, just after the midterm elections, has he really been
[00:02:48] visible these last
[00:02:49] months?
[00:02:53] So Joe Biden hasn't
[00:02:55] And the war in Ukraine is overflowing into NATO disappeared from public life, but since leaving the White House, his appearances have become
[00:03:00] much rarer, with occasional
[00:03:03] speeches in recent months. For example, on June 27th, he
[00:03:07] spoke at the Maryland Democratic Party
[00:03:10] gala, and a few weeks earlier, he had spoken at an
[00:03:14] hair salon where the quality of event in South Dakota. These appearances show that despite the
[00:03:18] illness, he intends to remain present, and
[00:03:22] his memoirs will be released to the
[00:03:25] public next November
[00:03:29] in a book called "Promise Me America." Thank you,
[00:03:33] Sarah Anderson, for these explanations from New
[00:03:36] York. It's a power play in the Arctic. The American company
[00:03:40] Greenland Energy has landed a dozen containers on the coast of
[00:03:44] Greenland. Its goal is to conduct illegal exploratory drilling on an
[00:03:47] oil deposit estimated at 100 billion dollars. The problem is, the
[00:03:51] government was not aware and a local ecological moratorium
[00:03:56] Boulevard de prohibits these practices. Greenland Energy is closely
[00:03:58] linked to the entourage of Donald
[00:04:02] of the sea. Trump. Less than 24 hours after the inauguration
[00:04:05] of the Colombian president, a car bomb attack targeted a toll
[00:04:08] booth under construction between Cali, the site of the inauguration,
[00:04:12] and the department of Cauca. Two security guards
[00:04:15] Biden, the former president's prostate were injured. The Colombian army attributes this attack to
[00:04:18] dissidents of the former FARC guerrillas, who are very present in the
[00:04:22] region. The far-right president promises that there will be no refuge
[00:04:26] or impunity for the
[00:04:28] threatens to inflame NATO's perpetrators. The governor of Cauca denounces repeated attacks.
[00:04:31] Listen.
[00:04:34] This is not an isolated incident, these are acts that have been
[00:04:37] systematically repeated for a long time on this road. I don't think it's
[00:04:41] a message to the new government, I think it's a
[00:04:44] continuous action carried out by these outlaw groups who don't want our
[00:04:48] on the heights of Crete in the department of Cauca to
[00:04:49] are streaking across the sky. An opportunity to develop, these are the actions of these
[00:04:51] terrorists.
[00:04:55] The Strait of Hormuz at the heart of a new energy war. The Iranian Supreme
[00:04:59] National Security Council has chilled the atmosphere by publishing a list
[00:05:03] at the gates leading to the airport of demands this Saturday. Tehran demands that the United States, I quote,
[00:05:07] correct its behavior and calls for the definitive end of the war,
[00:05:11] lifting the blockade on its ports, the withdrawal of
[00:05:14] Western armed forces, the payment of compensation, and the
[00:05:18] unconditional unblocking of all its frozen assets
[00:05:21] abroad. Tehran also states that it is about to conclude
[00:05:25] an agreement with Oman for the management of the Strait. The standoff remains
[00:05:28] explosive. A vessel belonging to the Abu Dhabi oil and
[00:05:32] gas company was attacked while crossing the Strait of
[00:05:35] Hormuz. Announcement by the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Foreign Affairs this
[00:05:38] Saturday, according to which Iran allegedly fired a missile to disrupt
[00:05:42] commercial shipping.
[00:05:43] commercial,
[00:05:46] We now turn to the complex balance of the Serbian president in the face of
[00:05:50] Ukraine. Before Volodymyr Zelensky, Aleksandar Vučić
[00:05:53] extensively commented on United Nations texts on respect for the territorial
[00:05:56] integrity of states, but he does not adopt European sanctions against
[00:06:00] Russia and he refuses any discussion on military
[00:06:04] cooperation. The Ukrainian president continues to seek to strengthen his
[00:06:07] support in the face of intensified Russian strikes.
[00:06:10] Look.
[00:06:12] The bodies of the victims are extracted from the sites under
[00:06:16] the stunned gaze of the inhabitants of this
[00:06:19] residential area in the Kyiv region. All that remains are
[00:06:23] debris and charred cars. Here,
[00:06:26] Russian bombardments have left several dead, including a child, about
[00:06:29] ten injured, and survivors in a state of
[00:06:32] shock. Our doors and windows were
[00:06:35] blown out. I immediately checked if my husband was
[00:06:38] alive, because he was in another room. We went out
[00:06:42] and everything had already burned. My husband rushed to get water to
[00:06:46] put out the fire, but in vain. The neighbors came
[00:06:49] out to try to save a young child, but they didn't find
[00:06:53] him. All this week, Kyiv and its region
[00:06:56] have suffered a deluge of fire, intense
[00:06:59] nocturnal Russian shelling and a Ukrainian
[00:07:03] anti-aircraft defense unable to shoot down a single missile due to
[00:07:06] lack of interceptors. In the capital,
[00:07:09] the military administration called on residents to take
[00:07:13] shelter to escape Russian ballistic
[00:07:15] missiles. Faced with the difficulties that Ukraine
[00:07:18] is facing, Volodymyr Zelensky is active on the diplomatic
[00:07:22] front to maintain the support of his allies, and
[00:07:25] even that of countries like Serbia, traditionally close to
[00:07:29] Moscow. We are developing all forms of
[00:07:33] cooperation likely to give our cities and our
[00:07:36] communities greater resilience as well as a better
[00:07:39] ability to face all the challenges of the... We
[00:07:43] welcome this humanitarian aid from Serbia, particularly in
[00:07:48] energy. A rapprochement between Kyiv and
[00:07:52] Belgrade, which is not to the Kremlin's liking. In May
[00:07:55] 2025, Russian intelligence already accused
[00:07:58] Serbian arms companies of selling ammunition
[00:08:02] to Ukraine via third
[00:08:04] countries.
[00:08:08] countries. A military drone crashed in Bulgaria
[00:08:11] near the border with Romania, the explosion narrowly
[00:08:15] missed, by only a kilometer, the trans-Balkan gas pipeline connecting Turkey to
[00:08:18] Ukraine, and precisely the aircraft is a
[00:08:21] drone massively used by the Ukrainian army. Ukrainian
[00:08:25] authorities have denied having targeted Bulgaria, they
[00:08:28] promise the opening of an investigation. I suggest you listen to the reaction of the
[00:08:32] prefect of
[00:08:33] Dobridge.
[00:09:16] Attacks also in the Black Sea, Turkey, which maintains close relations
[00:09:20] with Moscow and Kyiv, is today calling for a moratorium.
[00:09:23] On Tuesday, Ankara had already denounced drone attacks that occurred the
[00:09:27] day before in the Black Sea against two Turkish ships. The authorities have
[00:09:30] also taken measures to limit traffic through the Dardanelles
[00:09:34] Strait.
[00:09:38] It's a thunderclap in the heart of Europe and a serious stab in the back for the Schengen
[00:09:41] area. Since midnight last night, free movement no longer
[00:09:45] exists between Spain and Italy. Spanish police
[00:09:48] are now randomly screening all travelers from
[00:09:51] Italian airports and ports.
[00:09:54] Etanaji.
[00:09:58] Identity checks upon
[00:10:00] the arrival of Italian tourists on the tarmac of Madrid
[00:10:03] airport. A surprising measure for
[00:10:07] travelers, accustomed to circulating freely within the European
[00:10:10] Union. Inspections also
[00:10:16] hall. Spanish police have strict instructions
[00:10:19] since this Saturday, any Italian arriving in the
[00:10:23] territory by plane, boat, or
[00:10:25] land may be subject to controls, a retaliatory
[00:10:29] measure by the Spanish government that elicits
[00:10:32] mixed reactions from
[00:10:33] travelers.
[00:10:36] Diplomacy has disappeared from all these decisions, I see it neither in
[00:10:40] the attitude of the Italian government nor in that of the Spanish
[00:10:43] government in response to the measures that Italy has already put
[00:10:47] in place. It is truly regrettable to witness these
[00:10:49] controls.
[00:10:53] It seems to me that Sanchez is attacked from all sides, what is happening is
[00:10:57] unjustifiable.
[00:11:00] The Spanish Prime Minister has been under fire
[00:11:03] since the migration crisis experienced by the enclave of
[00:11:06] Ceuta on July 31st.
[00:11:09] 7,200 migrants entered there, almost
[00:11:12] all of whom have since been sent back to Moroccan soil, but this
[00:11:16] episode caused strong tensions with Rome
[00:11:20] which immediately requested the temporary suspension of the Schengen
[00:11:23] free movement treaty with Madrid until August
[00:11:26] 15th, an extraordinary measure, according to far-right
[00:11:30] leader Giorgia Meloni, aimed at preserving the country's
[00:11:33] national security.
[00:11:39] exclusion from the Schengen area, but in
[00:11:41] fact, such a decision is legally impossible,
[00:11:45] and for Madrid, this diplomatic offensive is
[00:11:48] unfair, contrary to the interests of the EU and
[00:11:51] discriminatory towards Spaniards.
[00:11:56] A man has been indicted and placed in detention in the Vaucluse. The former
[00:11:59] legionnaire and National Rally candidate for municipal elections is suspected of murdering
[00:12:03] his ex-partner. The victim, discovered by gendarmes after
[00:12:07] a tip from a relative, had numerous head injuries,
[00:12:10] possibly with a bladed weapon. At least 79 women have been
[00:12:15] the year, and a new threat is worrying the French
[00:12:19] anti-terrorism services: masculinism, an
[00:12:22] ideology that promotes hatred of women. Dozens of men who
[00:12:26] shared ultra-violent messages have been arrested. According to the
[00:12:29] High Council for Equality, 10 million French people adhere to hostile
[00:12:33] sexism. Camille
[00:12:34] Gutin.
[00:12:38] They are nurses, subway drivers or even prison
[00:12:41] officers. 45 men who were part of a
[00:12:45] discussion channel affiliated with masculinism have just been
[00:12:49] arrested. On this platform, they disseminated misogynistic
[00:12:53] content and incited hatred. We found some of their
[00:12:56] messages.
[00:13:00] One of the keystones of the white patriarchal empire will be to severely punish women who refuse
[00:13:04] their husbands. Liberated women are
[00:13:07] sluts.
[00:13:09] 1758 men used this channel, yet no
[00:13:12] typical profile emerges.
[00:13:16] The accused, residing throughout the territory, appear to be socially
[00:13:19] integrated, with the majority having employment and from various socio-economic
[00:13:23] classes.
[00:13:26] The men will be brought before justice at the end of the year,
[00:13:29] an ideology that can also lead to violent acts against
[00:13:33] women. The DGSI has classified this movement as a high
[00:13:36] terrorist risk. A Senate report warns of the growing
[00:13:39] threat. These men consider themselves to be
[00:13:43] victims of equality between women and men, they truly
[00:13:46] hate women because they blame women
[00:13:50] for everything that goes wrong in their lives, so the threat
[00:13:54] is... real, it is for all of us. Last year
[00:13:58] in Saint-Étienne, an 18-year-old man was arrested near this
[00:14:01] high school. He was armed with two knives and wanted to attack
[00:14:04] women. The boy had watched several masculinist
[00:14:07] videos on social networks. For
[00:14:11] experts, radicalization can happen in a few months through
[00:14:15] small groups. What is specific to masculinism is collective
[00:14:18] action, that is to say, that an individual will hang out in
[00:14:22] several groups, will adhere to several types of... courses, will
[00:14:25] have problems in their own life, will have a
[00:14:28] greater propensity to act, and at that moment will act. According
[00:14:32] to the authorities, several dozen minors have been identified by the
[00:14:36] DGSI and are being taken care of to be
[00:14:39] deradicalized.
[00:14:40] That's
[00:14:43] the end of this newscast, but stay on France 24, the rest of your programs in an
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[00:14:57] France 24 and La Première
[00:15:00] present hello and welcome to l'hebdo
[00:15:04] outremer your magazine dedicated to news and the
[00:15:07] discovery of these territories featured this
[00:15:11] week the cry of alarm from Martinique livestock farmers due to the
[00:15:14] drought herds are in danger of dying we'll talk about it in
[00:15:18] this
[00:15:18] edition.
[00:15:38] fields of Martinique, and this has visible effects on the weight of the
[00:15:41] animals. The cows, in particular, are suffering greatly, and their survival
[00:15:45] is today a worrying issue, in Sainte-Anne and Le
[00:15:48] Vauclin, the report by Irène etmonide and Jean-Marc
[00:15:51] Henenga.
[00:15:54] Gigi can't take it anymore, a cow about twelve years old, visibly
[00:15:58] very tired, she doesn't have the strength to get up. We are on
[00:16:02] a family farm in the Crève-Cœur district in
[00:16:05] Sainte-Anne.
[00:16:08] "We have lost on our farm
[00:16:11] about 13 animals since March and today
[00:16:15] we can see that we have maybe one more animal
[00:16:19] that might die
[00:16:21] so we are at 13 or maybe 14 we'll see at the end of the
[00:16:25] week if the one we see in front
[00:16:29] survives it's hot very hot 35° yesterday and
[00:16:32] it's not better today it's barely 10am for several
[00:16:36] weeks no rain, so no grass, a very bad start to
[00:16:40] August, there have been a lot of restrictions in
[00:16:44] these last few weeks, we help each other with market gardeners who sometimes
[00:16:47] can help
[00:16:52] melons sometimes, we don't know
[00:16:56] what to do anymore, we don't know what to do, we try to find solutions but it's still
[00:17:00] very difficult here in Vauclin, 240
[00:17:03] head, animals also showing signs of weakness and the
[00:17:07] same concern for the breeders, it's not easy every
[00:17:10] day because we try to feed them properly, but it's not
[00:17:13] really the ideal food we have, some
[00:17:17] euh breeders have
[00:17:20] sent animals to the slaughterhouse before this period,
[00:17:23] but many did not think that this period of
[00:17:27] drought would last so long and no significant
[00:17:30] rain is announced for this
[00:17:32] week.
[00:17:34] Also in the news, this tragedy in Mayotte... two women
[00:17:38] died in the capsizing of a pleasure boat, a child
[00:17:42] transferred to the hospital is still in a coma, the boat was
[00:17:45] carrying 17 members of the same family who had gone camping on a neighboring
[00:17:49] island, all the survivors are in shock, the
[00:17:52] circumstances of this fatal accident are still to be
[00:17:56] determined.
[00:17:58] And in Mayotte, water cuts continue to dictate the daily lives of
[00:18:02] residents. Consequently, certain professional sectors are
[00:18:06] particularly in difficulty.
[00:18:08] An example from two entrepreneurs in this report by Hakim Ali
[00:18:12] Saïd and Abal
[00:18:16] Pressurized air to remove as much dust
[00:18:20] and waste as possible. At the head of a small vehicle cleaning
[00:18:23] company, Soula is bearing the full brunt of the 72-hour
[00:18:27] water cuts in Mayotte. For him, the water crisis
[00:18:31] means a drastic drop in activity and therefore
[00:18:34] in cash flow. We are here doing dry
[00:18:38] cleaning with water stands but that's not
[00:18:41] enough, so the clientele has dropped so much, we used to do 15 to
[00:18:45] 16 cars and now we're doing 7 cars at
[00:18:48] most. In his
[00:18:51] hygiene must be irreproachable, Abdou has
[00:18:54] also seen his clientele decrease and his operating costs
[00:18:57] increase, he needs more special products to clean
[00:19:01] his work tools, Abdou is also now
[00:19:05] forced to constantly close his toilets.
[00:19:31] the viability of many small businesses is today a major issue, especially since this water crisis in Mayotte is likely to last for a few
[00:19:35] more years. Soula and each of them on their
[00:19:38] own side are trying to reduce the impacts of this crisis on their
[00:19:41] activity, investing in more water storage capacity seems
[00:19:45] inevitable to them, but they still need to be able to gather the
[00:19:49] funding in this period of declining
[00:19:51] activity. While several firefighters
[00:19:54] from overseas have come to mainland France to help fight
[00:19:57] fires, the next generation is already preparing thousands
[00:20:01] of kilometers away, in New Caledonia. The young people of the
[00:20:04] RSMA, the adapted military service regiment, are learning
[00:20:08] the right gestures to contain a fire. This is the
[00:20:11] focus of this edition, signed by Nathan Poiteta and
[00:20:14] Brice Bachon.
[00:20:18] Okay, little steps, we take a bare piece in our hand, it's
[00:20:22] barely past 7am
[00:20:26] far north, they are about thirty volunteers
[00:20:29] progressing on 400 meters of elevation gain,
[00:20:33] today is the last qualifying test for these 30 volunteer
[00:20:36] trainees of the...
[00:20:50] So we are currently training as forest firefighter team members, the objective
[00:20:54] today was to show them one of the maneuvers, which is
[00:20:57] setting up a hose over 440 meters, so creating a
[00:21:01] setup over 500 meters long. Their bodies are
[00:21:04] put to the test here, climbing on an unstable track with more
[00:21:08] than 40 kg on their backs and establishing a fire break
[00:21:12] against the fire. In the section, there are two who want to commit long-term
[00:21:15] to Koumac. I like how physical it is, it's clear...
[00:21:20] well, being in good condition and all, I was a volunteer firefighter before and
[00:21:24] I stopped for a certain amount of time, so now I'm getting all my diplomas back
[00:21:28] by redoing all my qualifications. Training locally
[00:21:31] and offering opportunities to young people, since 2015,
[00:21:34] nearly 300 volunteer trainees have passed through the volunteer firefighter
[00:21:38] program of the RSMA, a success. Between
[00:21:41] 2023 and 2026, you should know that the volunteer
[00:21:45] firefighter teams that you saw intervened more than twenty
[00:21:49] times during the bushfires in the Northern Province,
[00:21:52] the ambition is also to train young people in real exercise
[00:21:56] conditions, at the end of their training, the field awaits
[00:21:59] them. First, let's head to Martinique
[00:22:03] with these images of paradisiacal beaches, but also
[00:22:07] mountains of waste caused by unauthorized parties
[00:22:11] after the Tour des Yoles, this boat race is a big popular
[00:22:14] festival on this island and with it comes a lot
[00:22:17] of incivility. These wastes have disastrous
[00:22:21] consequences for the ecosystem, especially for the nesting of green
[00:22:24] turtles, an endangered
[00:22:26] species.
[00:22:29] And he is perhaps the good idea to preserve the sea from pollution,
[00:22:32] Mr. Turbino, he is not a man but a robot
[00:22:36] vacuum cleaner that cleans the seabed, its Spanish inventor is
[00:22:40] currently in Martinique and you will see his small device
[00:22:43] already seduces the teams of the regional natural park of the island, the
[00:22:47] report by Floriane Amblard.
[00:22:51] His name is Mr. Turbino, the machine is
[00:22:54] capable of collecting 27 liters of waste in one outing,
[00:22:58] its Spanish inventor wanted to tackle the waste lying on
[00:23:02] the seabed.
[00:23:02] We
[00:23:10] will inject air here, it will accelerate the inside, the speed of the water and all the
[00:23:14] waste will go into this net, but the
[00:23:17] particularity of Mr. Turbino is that it collects
[00:23:21] waste that has disintegrated, the two trained
[00:23:24] personnel are in action,
[00:23:27] this wipe that you could not have picked up by hand, the device
[00:23:30] creates a whirlwind and it is sucked in, the
[00:23:33] harvest is a success,
[00:23:37] bottles, glass bottles, plastic bottles, wipes,
[00:23:40] paper, plastic bags that are
[00:23:44] disintegrating, 4 kg of plastic waste, you have to
[00:23:47] imagine that's a lot, I don't know if you can see it well.
[00:23:54] After this handling, the inventor will make Mr.
[00:23:58] Turbino available to the regional natural park
[00:24:01] until October, before a possible
[00:24:04] acquisition of the device, the goal is to train us precisely in the use of
[00:24:08] Mr. Turbino, as well as the use of the Mr.
[00:24:12] Turbino application, which is a national application that allows us to record all the collections
[00:24:16] that are made in mainland France and overseas, knowing that Martinique is...
[00:24:20] the first pilot site to deploy Mr. Turbino
[00:24:23] overseas, and therefore we will be able to carry out protocols and
[00:24:26] regularly conduct collection campaigns and be able to
[00:24:29] analyze the type of waste throughout the year, the areas where there is
[00:24:33] waste, and to be able to work on reducing
[00:24:36] this waste and these marine pollutions. For
[00:24:39] his part, the inventor sees further, his objective is to
[00:24:43] continue to deploy his device and his
[00:24:46] application to better understand the arrival of plastic at the bottom
[00:24:52] water and find
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[00:30:09] edition, here are the headlines of this new journal.
[00:30:12] Joe Biden has widespread cancer, according to his son Hunter
[00:30:18] cancer has metastasized, he requires heavy treatment
[00:30:21] and suffers from severe
[00:30:23] pain.
[00:30:25] We will also talk about this drone war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it
[00:30:31] borders, a projectile crashed in Bulgaria this
[00:30:34] Saturday 1 km from a gas pipeline. Sofia has
[00:30:38] summoned the Ukrainian