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[00:00:07] Hello everyone, thank you for joining us on France 24, final
[00:00:11] straight for the front page with a new newspaper whose here are our headlines immediately, on the front page of
[00:00:15] home, I have a team that has the news this Sunday, a question, especially the AfD, will it
[00:00:18] transform the essay, Germany holds its breath this Sunday on the occasion
[00:00:22] of new regional elections, it's in Berlin and in Mecklenburg, Western
[00:00:25] Pomerania, the polling stations have opened a short while ago for a
[00:00:29] vote at... risk especially for Chancellor Merz, you will
[00:00:32] see. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is French, it's an
[00:00:35] obvious fact, Emmanuel Macron's words shortly after his arrival in the tricolor
[00:00:39] archipelago of the North Atlantic. 3 days of visit for the head of
[00:00:42] state where he will meet notably the Canadian Prime Minister
[00:00:46] Mark Carney on site. Also a response,
[00:00:49] as you will see, to Donald Trump. And then we will also talk in France
[00:00:53] about these preparations. Paris is busy before the Pope's arrival.
[00:00:56] Leon XIV will be in France for an unprecedented visit. several
[00:01:00] days from next Friday, the point on an
[00:01:03] effervescence in this edition,
[00:01:07] the latter of being behind
[00:01:19] will the AfD wave surge or recede, that's the whole question that
[00:01:22] is stirring Germany this Sunday, the country votes on the occasion of regional elections, as I
[00:01:26] told you in Berlin and in Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania.
[00:01:30] in the northeast of the country, after the earthquake caused by the great
[00:01:33] success of the far-right party in other regional elections in Saxony
[00:01:37] Anhalt, this vote will be closely watched, the polling stations,
[00:01:40] as I also told you, opened at 8 am
[00:01:44] Paris time and in Berlin, a spotlight on one of the
[00:01:47] personalities of the election, she is a young, radical
[00:01:51] leftist woman, her name is Elif Elralp, she is the
[00:01:54] figure of Proud, said Link in the capital and is considered a
[00:01:58] favorite with a strategy. focused her campaign on the price
[00:02:02] of housing, a strategy that is very similar to that of Zoran
[00:02:11] the AfD. At 45 years old, Elifer Alp has
[00:02:15] every chance of becoming the first woman of immigrant origin to
[00:02:18] win a regional election and conquer the mayor's office of
[00:02:22] Berlin. We will show that a left-wing policy serving
[00:02:25] citizens, a solidarity policy and a guarantor of justice can
[00:02:29] be crowned with... success and I hope that this will radiate throughout Germany and
[00:02:32] the whole world, that people will regain hope that we can oppose something
[00:02:36] to the right, namely our solidarity, our
[00:02:39] diversity and our fight for equal rights and financial
[00:02:43] accessibility. Daughters of Turkish parents who fled their country after the
[00:02:47] military coup of 1980. This
[00:02:49] lawyer is often compared to Zoran Mamdani, Democratic
[00:02:52] Mayor of New York. Like him, the radical left candidate puts
[00:02:56] the issue of housing at
[00:02:58] as well as calls for strong measures from the heart of her campaign. While Berlin rental prices have
[00:03:02] exploded over the last 15 years, among her
[00:03:04] flagship proposals are their capping and especially the
[00:03:08] nationalization of 22,000 housing units belonging to large
[00:03:12] real estate investors. The measure
[00:03:14] worries the banks, but it is supported by Berliners who voted
[00:03:18] in its favor in a referendum in
[00:03:21] 2021. This is precisely what we are trying
[00:03:25] to achieve, an affordable Berlin, an affordable Berlin
[00:03:28] where everyone can finally live at...
[00:03:54] of the history
[00:04:00] a crisis meeting is also convened after the
[00:04:03] vote by Fredriche Merce, Caroline Duble, our
[00:04:06] correspondent in Germany, tells us more about these issues.
[00:04:10] Since September 6, it has been said that the government of Fredrik
[00:04:13] Schmerz is truly on
[00:04:16] borrowed time, he had committed, upon taking
[00:04:19] register, we move to sport, on the menu of into action. The American president banned power, to halve the score of the extreme right, the result is the opposite
[00:04:21] that happened, it was multiplied by two and the score of the CDU
[00:04:25] collapsed, truly halved, rumors
[00:04:29] are already circulating about... a change of chancellor,
[00:04:32] Fredrik Schmerz is experiencing record unpopularity, but he
[00:04:35] has declared that he wants to finish his term, to continue
[00:04:39] his reforms, however, we see the importance of the
[00:04:42] vote, he canceled his trip that was scheduled today to the General
[00:04:45] Assembly of the United Nations in New York, he plans a
[00:04:49] crisis meeting today at the end of the day,
[00:04:52] so according to several experts, a new
[00:04:55] debacle of the CDU today would certainly not be without repercussions.
[00:05:00] on the federal government,
[00:05:03] so that's for the stakes of these elections in Germany, more alerts now,
[00:05:06] Ukraine has again targeted
[00:05:09] license to kill for law Russia last night with a massive attack, hundreds of drones launched. by Kyiv
[00:05:13] towards the Moscow region, a large
[00:05:16] refinery was damaged in the Russian capital
[00:05:20] region, according to authorities, an attack that also
[00:05:22] comes on the 3rd and last day of parliamentary
[00:05:26] elections in Russia uh Russia which accuses
[00:05:29] Ukraine of wanting, I quote, to disrupt the
[00:05:32] election.
[00:05:35] Another conflict in the Middle East, now, the fighting between the Houthis and Saudi
[00:05:38] Arabia continues and even intensifies in recent
[00:05:41] hours. Saudi Arabia claims to have intercepted a missile fired by
[00:05:45] the Houthi rebels towards Riyadh, Riyadh, where a fire broke
[00:05:49] out near the airport on Saturday on the ground, the Houthis are also advancing
[00:05:52] towards the east of the country, more than 12,000 people have
[00:05:56] been displaced since the resumption of fighting. Tibo
[00:05:59] Francesquet:
[00:06:02] a thick column of black smoke rises above Riyadh's main airport
[00:06:06] on Saturday morning, not far from there, an oil
[00:06:09] depot is hit after a night of alerts in... the Saudi
[00:06:13] capital, the coalition led by Saudi Arabia against
[00:06:16] the Houthis in Yemen accuses
[00:06:19] the attack, the Houthis confirm, this is the first time
[00:06:23] since the resumption of fighting in July that Riyadh has been
[00:06:25] hit.
[00:06:28] These two large-scale military operations were carried out using
[00:06:31] a large number of ballistic missiles and drones, the first
[00:06:35] targeted the Saudi capital Riyadh and the second targeted Aramco in
[00:06:39] Yanbu. In Yemen, the fighting. between the Houthi
[00:06:43] rebels supported by Iran and government forces backed by Riyadh
[00:06:46] intensifies. On Thursday, the Yemeni army
[00:06:49] published these images of strikes it carried out, but this is not enough to
[00:06:53] stop the advance of the armed rebel group. To the east,
[00:06:56] the Houthis are advancing in the Marib region, rich in oil and an important
[00:07:00] source of revenue for the Yemeni government. To
[00:07:03] the west, they have taken control of the Red Sea coast and
[00:07:07] especially the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, a strategic
[00:07:09] passage for world trade and especially for... Saudi
[00:07:12] oil, the city of Mocha has notably been taken, which
[00:07:16] worries the inhabitants,
[00:07:20] they are all fighting against us, they are all against Islam and Muslims and against
[00:07:24] Yemen in particular, America and everyone,
[00:07:27] we pray to God to save
[00:07:29] us from it,
[00:07:32] according to the United Nations, at least 112,000 people have been displaced
[00:07:35] since the resumption of fighting, many of them have fled to
[00:07:38] Djibouti on the other side of the Red Sea.
[00:07:43] It's a visit as rare as it is symbolic, this Saturday Emmanuel Macron began a
[00:07:47] 3-day trip to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a small French
[00:07:51] archipelago, perched off the coast of Canada, this Sunday the French
[00:07:54] president will meet Mark Carney, the Canadian
[00:07:58] Prime Minister, on site. Yesterday the President of the Republic said Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
[00:08:01] is French, it's obvious, a response to growing
[00:08:05] tensions with the United States and especially to Donald Trump,
[00:08:08] look at
[00:08:10] him barely out of his plane. Emmanuel Macron wants to make things
[00:08:14] clear, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is indeed French
[00:08:17] territory. The question has never arisen,
[00:08:20] so we're not going to affirm every morning just because some people have
[00:08:24] strange ideas or say strange things, it's obvious. A direct
[00:08:28] response to Donald Trump, who had published on his social media this
[00:08:31] map covering all of North America with an American flag, including
[00:08:35] Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. More than ever, Emmanuel Macron wants to
[00:08:39] reaffirm France's strategic place in the face of Donald's covetousness.
[00:08:42] coveted by Donald Trump and on which the United States concluded an agreement a few days ago,
[00:08:47] is also located just a few days' sail from
[00:08:50] Greenland, a Danish territory also long
[00:08:54] Emmanuel Macron congratulates himself. I simply note that Danish
[00:08:57] sovereignty is respected, that international
[00:09:01] law is respected and that this is what we were asking for, so it's a good
[00:09:05] thing and it's what both the Danes
[00:09:08] and Greenlanders were asking for, so it's very
[00:09:11] good. Another message sent to the United States, Emmanuel Macron
[00:09:15] is to welcome to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the Prime Minister of Canada,
[00:09:19] a country also regularly threatened by Donald
[00:09:21] Trump. And Donald Trump, precisely, we indirectly
[00:09:25] mentioned him, he immediately put his threats
[00:09:30] journalists from several media outlets, including the prestigious
[00:09:34] CNN, from the White House, media he considers too critical of him,
[00:09:37] also a direct challenge to freedom of expression, however guaranteed by
[00:09:41] the American Constitution. So while waiting for an appeal, the
[00:09:44] journalists concerned had to pack up anyway, Olivier
[00:09:48] Feessol.
[00:09:51] Previously, these journalists could cross the White House gates
[00:09:54] to do their job, but this Saturday, they were
[00:09:58] stopped at the entrance and are now forced to do their live
[00:10:02] broadcasts from the sidewalk. This measure comes the day after Donald
[00:10:05] Trump announced his intention to ban CNN, MSNA from
[00:10:09] accessing the White House.
[00:10:14] The three media outlets accused of spreading false information by the
[00:10:18] president denounce their eviction and intend to
[00:10:21] contest it in court. The American Constitution guarantees
[00:10:25] us the right to exercise our profession without interference from the
[00:10:29] government, and this ban constitutes an illegal
[00:10:32] infringement of this fundamental right. We will not
[00:10:35] be deterred from our duty to hold governments accountable. Donald
[00:10:39] Trump's decision was strongly criticized, notably by
[00:10:42] the White House Correspondents' Association, which brings together journalists
[00:10:46] accredited by the presidency. Today's
[00:10:49] action revoking access for journalists from CNN Politico and
[00:10:52] MS. Now violates the First Amendment. The American people, through
[00:10:55] a free and independent press, must be able to question those in
[00:10:59] power, regardless of whether government officials are
[00:11:02] favorable or not. The White House Correspondents' Association calls on
[00:11:05] the administration to immediately restore our colleagues' access. Since his return
[00:11:09] to power, the American president has multiplied attacks against the
[00:11:13] press. He accuses these three media outlets of spreading false
[00:11:16] information under the pretext that they are not favorable
[00:11:19] to him. When you watch CNN, it's simply
[00:11:22] false. That's why their others.
[00:11:56] Still on the American continent, much further south, in Peru, now, this tragedy
[00:12:00] that raises questions, a journalist candidate in local elections was
[00:12:03] shot dead during
[00:12:07] market. Susi Apponté, you see her in this
[00:12:10] photo, regularly denounced alleged corruption within the police,
[00:12:14] as well as several irregularities on a website
[00:12:16] she maintained. Five people were also injured during her
[00:12:19] assassination, another was arrested, a Venezuelan
[00:12:23] national.
[00:12:26] these mobilizations now still on the American continent in Argentina, thousands
[00:12:29] of people have taken to the streets to denounce the
[00:12:33] policy of the ultra-liberal president Xavier Miley, a march of
[00:12:37] anger, that's its name organized by unions,
[00:12:40] students and left-wing forces, all protesting against
[00:12:44] the severe austerity measures imposed on
[00:12:47] the country by the president and also demanding his departure, if inflation is
[00:12:50] indeed at its lowest in months, job losses, however, are
[00:12:54] multiplying. and growth as well as consumption
[00:12:57] are down.
[00:13:00] Another mobilization now against an endemic evil, hundreds
[00:13:04] of demonstrators organized this Friday in
[00:13:07] South Africa, vigils, marches and remembrance throughout the country,
[00:13:11] objective, to pay tribute to the nine women found murdered in eastern
[00:13:14] Johannesburg. Femicides are indeed a scourge in the
[00:13:18] country, which records 60 homicides per day. Anger is rising
[00:13:23] the government. Clemence Waller tells you
[00:13:26] more.
[00:13:33] singing in unison and phones lit up in their
[00:13:36] hands, thousands have gathered in front of
[00:13:39] the University of Cape Town to pay a final tribute to the nine
[00:13:42] women killed in the province of Gauteng. How is it
[00:13:46] that years after #MeToo, there is still such
[00:13:49] a high level of gender-based violence in our country, that nothing
[00:13:53] is still being done about femicide.
[00:13:57] Across South
[00:13:58] Africa,
[00:14:01] several citizen collectives have gathered to
[00:14:05] mourn and denounce the government's inaction in the face of
[00:14:08] femicide. In Johannesburg, dozens
[00:14:12] of people ran to pay tribute to one of the victims, Elizabeth
[00:14:16] Moselakgomo. The body of this 38-year-old woman was found
[00:14:20] on September 12 in Campton Park after her disappearance
[00:14:23] while she had gone to play football 4 days earlier,
[00:14:27] for the inhabitants already very mobilized during her
[00:14:30] disappearance, her murder is the last straw. We
[00:14:33] are mothers, we are daughters, we are wives, sisters, we
[00:14:37] are safe nowhere, we are not safe when we run, we are not
[00:14:41] safe at the post office, we are not safe at
[00:14:45] home. Since July 15, the bodies of nine
[00:14:48] victims, killed in similar circumstances, have been found by the
[00:14:52] police, a reward of 40,000 rand, or about
[00:14:56] 21,000 euros, has been offered for any information leading
[00:14:59] to the arrest of the perpetrator or perpetrators of these
[00:15:01] murders.
[00:15:04] Another continent, another mobilization in France this weekend in the face of a law that
[00:15:07] worries about 2000 people gathered yesterday
[00:15:11] Saturday in Rennes, all came to denounce this law
[00:15:14] establishing for the police a presumption of legitimate use
[00:15:17] of weapons, opponents who are alarmed by the risk to the rule of law, which they
[00:15:21] call a license to kill. Demonstrations
[00:15:25] will also take place this Sunday, notably in Paris,
[00:15:27] look at how yesterday, there were a
[00:15:31] hundred people denouncing what they call a
[00:15:34] enforcement, a reference to the proposed
[00:15:38] law adopted by the National Assembly in July, by 313 votes to
[00:15:41] 199, the National Assembly adopted it.
[00:15:45] Until now, law enforcement officers can shoot in case of imminent danger during
[00:15:49] car chases or refusal to comply. With this new
[00:15:52] text, they would benefit from a presumption of self-
[00:15:54] defense, a necessary measure according to this police
[00:15:57] union. The current situation means that there is such colossal pressure on police
[00:16:01] officers, that we have colleagues who no longer even dare
[00:16:05] to shoot in situations where shooting is nevertheless
[00:16:08] perfectly legitimate, so if the law is not able to comfort
[00:16:12] the police officer in his action, yes it handicaps the police officer, but
[00:16:16] it is also something that is detrimental to everyone.
[00:16:19] In the event of a shooting, the police officer or gendarme will not be taken into custody
[00:16:22] and the investigation may not be opened immediately, which this
[00:16:26] lawyer deplores. We know that in matters of police
[00:16:29] violence, the first 48 hours are
[00:16:32] fundamental, why? because all the pieces tend
[00:16:36] to... appear simply because they are
[00:16:39] police officers who will investigate police officers and therefore there is an effect of
[00:16:43] corporatism and protection between
[00:16:45] police officers. The proposed law is to be examined by the
[00:16:49] Senate in October. We
[00:16:51] remain in France with the direct consequences of the wars in the
[00:16:55] Middle East, an explosion in fuel prices,
[00:16:58] the liter of diesel reaches record highs of nearly €2.40 on average in France,
[00:17:02] so the government has extended the aid scheme
[00:17:06] for heavy users, some of them have another solution
[00:17:10] when they can, to go to a neighboring country, especially Belgium,
[00:17:13] look,
[00:17:16] for several months, it's a very common sight at the Belgian
[00:17:20] border, many French motorists queue at
[00:17:24] the gas station because prices are cheaper and that's
[00:17:28] not a misconception. 1.89.9
[00:17:32] and I think that at the station near my home we must
[00:17:35] be at least 1.99. We have to see if it's not
[00:17:38] 10 depending on the gas stations so obviously
[00:17:41] the difference is still there yeah in France the best
[00:17:45] plan is still to keep an eye on online price comparators,
[00:17:48] especially since on the French side some stations are still
[00:17:52] competitive with the price cap with the
[00:17:55] fixed price it's more advantageous if we
[00:17:59] can use that word but it's still catastrophic
[00:18:02] if the government has already promised to maintain targeted
[00:18:05] aid, the... scheme dedicated to individuals could
[00:18:09] evolve from October 1st towards
[00:18:12] the most precarious French people,
[00:18:16] let's stay in France in a completely different register where in Lourdes more
[00:18:19] precisely where there is effervescence, preparations are being made
[00:18:22] for the arrival of the Pope. Leon XIV will indeed be in France
[00:18:26] for several days from next
[00:18:29] Friday, so beyond security, particularly in Paris or
[00:18:32] in Metz where he will go, they are pulling out all the stops in Lourdes to welcome
[00:18:36] him as he... look
[00:18:40] in the streets of Lourdes, the Pope's face is already everywhere,
[00:18:44] but also on the merchants' stalls, hundreds of objects with
[00:18:47] the effigy of Leo XIV, ready for his arrival in less than a
[00:18:51] week. Christelle, a seamstress in the town, has been
[00:18:54] preparing for months. Early July, she made some
[00:18:57] prototypes. And
[00:18:59] mid-August, we started
[00:19:03] production. Normally, this will bring people.
[00:19:06] Make the city known internationally
[00:19:09] and then economic benefits for next year and subsequent
[00:19:13] years. Nearly 200,000 visitors are expected in
[00:19:16] Lourdes next weekend, a boon for the city which is already
[00:19:20] seeing the first tourists arrive. We feel a slight tremor everywhere
[00:19:24] in the city because we are it's becoming real, we are starting to see
[00:19:27] the technical elements of this
[00:19:30] arrival of the Holy Father. A new visit from the Pope 18 years
[00:19:34] after the visit of Benedict XVI, an opportunity for Lourdes to... in
[00:19:37] the whole world, it still reveals that Lourdes is an international city of worldwide
[00:19:41] renown because he comes to Paris, but he comes to Lourdes, so we are very proud
[00:19:45] to welcome the Pope, Leo XIV is expected here from
[00:19:48] Saturday for a first evening of
[00:19:50] prayer, all from the Pope we move to a completely different
[00:19:56] sports news this Sunday football as almost every weekend
[00:20:00] with a classic of the French championship tonight, OM PSG,
[00:20:04] look.
[00:20:33] we're talking about different
[00:20:35] particular images
[00:20:57] there are games where you can say that the result we know in advance,
[00:21:01] but it's a classic, we are at
[00:21:05] pride, that also has pride and which, I think, in a
[00:21:08] match like this, with the support of our public, can
[00:21:12] precisely erase a little bit the shortcomings we may have had in the last 30
[00:21:16] minutes of our two last matches.
[00:21:34] very proud, very happy, we knew we were going to face a good Rennes team, we
[00:21:38] also wanted to prove that we were a good team, tonight I think we played
[00:21:41] a very good match, a complete match offensively,
[00:21:45] defensively.
[00:22:46] extremely disappointed
[00:22:48] uh, but first of all I I think we have to congratulate Brighton for
[00:22:52] the for the victory, I think they deserve it, I think they were the the
[00:22:55] better team um and from our side
[00:22:59] there were certain basics that uh that you need to
[00:23:03] accomplish in football, especially in the Premier League that we were very far from.
[00:24:06] It was difficult game, especially in the first half, but we also
[00:24:10] made - lot of uh easy bowlers, so
[00:24:13] uh, this is normally at our level, not our level, not our
[00:24:16] standard, and uh, we have to make it much better, and the second half was like.
[00:24:37] classics, derbies are culture, they are
[00:24:41] history, they are part
[00:24:44] and obviously that's why it has something more, but...
[00:24:48] When you talk about
[00:24:52] motivation,
[00:24:54] ah, motivation is an everyday thing.
[00:26:03] So that's it for sports, end of this edition, thank you for watching, stay with us on
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[00:30:11] 2pm, two German regions are voting today and the stakes are such that the
[00:30:14] Chancellor cancelled his departure for New York, he convened an emergency
[00:30:17] meeting, the AfD could make new gains after its
[00:30:21] victory in Saxony-Anhalt, even if the far-left is very mobilized
[00:30:25] in Berlin. The tension is high in Russia,
[00:30:28] on the last day of the legislative election, Ukraine launched a very large-scale
[00:30:32] attack, notably in Moscow, a candidate died in the
[00:30:36] east, four people including three children lost
[00:30:39] their lives in Ukraine.
[00:30:43] As every year, Heritage Days are a success, thousands of
[00:30:46] monuments accessible to the public to go to meet our history as
[00:30:50] well as our traditions, you can also discover the projects led
[00:30:54] by
[00:30:55] enthusiasts.