FRANCE24 — broadcast 20260920 140000 UTC 447 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:07] Thank you for choosing France 24 for your been forced into exile. In this context information. Moscow and Kyiv are still [00:00:10] trading blows. The last night was deadly on both [00:00:14] sides. Two people were killed in the Moscow region, on the outskirts of [00:00:19] curbing the development of Kyiv. There are at least four dead, including three [00:00:21] children. [00:00:23] Germany is voting again this Sunday in legislative elections in two [00:00:26] Länder: Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. [00:00:30] These elections are risky for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is more [00:00:34] unpopular than ever. This will be the subject of Antoine [00:00:37] Mariotti's analysis in a moment. [00:00:41] And then, concerning the Middle East, Washington says it fears a rapid escalation after the Houthi [00:00:45] attack on Riyadh yesterday. A fuel depot was hit. Another [00:00:48] missile was then reportedly fired but intercepted and destroyed, according to Saudi [00:00:52] Arabia. [00:01:06] Hundreds of Ukrainian drones were launched on the Russian capital and its region [00:01:10] last night. A refinery and residential areas were hit. Two [00:01:15] Jefferson was a volunteer assistant to people were killed in this massive attack led by Ukraine on the third day of a legislative [00:01:19] vote still [00:01:21] leave. The community of underway in Russia. In [00:01:23] them: membership of the Islamic Ukraine, the night was also deadly. Five people were [00:01:25] killed, including three children. Axel [00:01:27] Simon. [00:01:30] According to the mayor of Moscow, this is an unprecedented Ukrainian offensive. [00:01:34] The Russian capital and its region were the target of several hundred Ukrainian [00:01:37] drones. While most were intercepted and shot down, [00:01:41] several escaped Russian anti-aircraft defense and notably [00:01:44] hit several floors of a residential building in the capital [00:01:47] and this oil refinery. Other [00:01:51] devices fell in this residential area of Sofino in the Moscow [00:01:54] region, causing casualties and significant [00:01:57] damage. [00:02:00] I was leaving my building. I had walked about twenty steps from the entrance when [00:02:04] the explosion sounded. The windows shattered. People started [00:02:08] screaming. I turned around. The entrance doors had [00:02:10] blown out. There were injured people, probably even a [00:02:14] fatality, but we can't be sure. The emergency services arrived on [00:02:17] site and didn't let us get close. This [00:02:21] massive attack by Ukrainian drones comes in a context [00:02:24] of intensifying fighting on both sides. A series of Russian [00:02:28] strikes on more than 30 sites, including [00:02:31] Kyiv, killed several people, including children, on Saturday and Sunday. This [00:02:34] offensive also comes on the third and last day of voting in Russia and [00:02:38] has been denounced by the Russian authorities as aiming to disrupt the [00:02:42] conduct of the election. In the Kherson region, a southern [00:02:46] Ukrainian region controlled by [00:02:48] taken by immigration police to Russia, a drone notably killed several people, including an employee of the electoral [00:02:52] commission. More than 4 and a half years after the start of [00:02:55] the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, these [00:02:58] legislative elections aim to elect the Duma, the lower house of the Russian [00:03:02] parliament, in a context of repression of all forms [00:03:05] of opposition. They should, without surprise, result in the victory [00:03:09] of Vladimir Putin's party. Now [00:03:12] let's turn to these risky elections in Germany, risky for the German Chancellor first, [00:03:15] weakened by the rise of the far-right in Saxony two [00:03:19] weeks ago. So, we are voting today in two Länder: [00:03:23] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, [00:03:25] detention by ICE, the federal immigration where there is a duel between the Social Democrats and [00:03:28] the far-right, and then in the Berlin region, the [00:03:32] CDU of the Chancellor and the radical left are neck and [00:03:35] neck. Elif Heralp is the lead candidate for this party, Die Linke. [00:03:39] Here's her portrait with Leo [00:03:41] hours a day with no way to Péchar. She presents herself as the antidote to [00:03:45] the AfD. At 45 years old, Elif Heralp has every [00:03:49] chance of becoming the first woman of immigrant origin to win a [00:03:53] regional election and conquer [00:03:55] Your program with the French abroad fund, the mayor's office of Berlin. We will show that a left-wing policy for [00:03:59] citizens, a solidarity and justice-guaranteeing policy, can [00:04:02] be successful, and I hope that this will radiate across Germany and [00:04:06] the entire world, that people will regain hope that we can oppose something [00:04:10] to the right, namely our solidarity, our diversity, [00:04:13] and our fight for equal rights and financial [00:04:16] accessibility. The daughter of Turkish parents who fled their country after [00:04:20] the 1980 military coup, this [00:04:23] lawyer is often compared to Zoran Mamdani, the democratic mayor of New [00:04:27] York. Like him, the radical candidate places the [00:04:30] issue of housing at the heart of her campaign, while Berlin housing [00:04:34] prices have exploded over the last 15 years. [00:04:38] Among her flagship proposals: rent caps and, above all, the [00:04:41] nationalization of 220,000 housing [00:04:44] units belonging to large [00:04:45] police. real estate investors. The measure worries banks, but it is [00:04:49] supported by Berliners who voted in favor of it in [00:04:53] a referendum in 2021. [00:04:57] This is precisely what we are trying to achieve in Berlin. [00:05:12] A victory that would also be a slap in the face for the conservatives of the [00:05:15] CDU. Poor results could further weaken [00:05:19] the position of Chancellor Fred Richmerz, who is already in great [00:05:22] difficulty. And Antoine Maryouti is with [00:05:26] us for his analysis. Thank you for being here, Antoine. First, [00:05:29] good morning to you. We're going to stop first in Berlin, on this [00:05:33] state that is also voting today. The radical left, led by [00:05:37] this party, Die Linke, is leading the race. How do we explain this lead [00:05:40] for this party? It reminds us a little bit of France, when we [00:05:44] see the most radical left and the most radical right constantly rising [00:05:48] in the polls to the detriment of parties that [00:05:52] are left or right but more within what we regularly [00:05:55] call the republican arc. It's a bit the same [00:05:58] thing. In Berlin, it's not the far-right, unlike what we saw two [00:06:02] weeks ago in a regional election elsewhere in Germany, obviously. Here you [00:06:05] have the CDU, so the party of Friedrich Merz, which [00:06:09] remains strong, which remains with about 20% [00:06:12] of the vote intentions, but neck and neck with the [00:06:16] radical left. And that's obviously complicated for them. It's the CDU [00:06:20] that currently holds this region, which is also [00:06:24] the city, so you are both the governor and the mayor of Berlin when [00:06:27] you win this election. So losing it would obviously be a significant [00:06:31] setback for Friedrich Merz, the Chancellor. [00:06:34] But it's not the AfD that is far behind. We are at about [00:06:38] 9.1% of voting intentions for the far-right [00:06:42] for now. So it's a different [00:06:45] scenario. We could say that the CDU is not completely [00:06:49] out of the picture in this area, but that it is clearly in difficulty, and [00:06:53] we see that, in fact, this radical left, led by [00:06:56] Die Linke and this candidate whom we see behind me, whose portrait we just drew, [00:07:00] is gaining momentum and could win for the first time [00:07:03] in the German capital. And the German Chancellor, whose [00:07:07] name you just mentioned, must surely be holding his breath. Friedrich Merz [00:07:11] is as unpopular as ever, with 98% unfavorable [00:07:14] opinions in a very recent [00:07:17] poll. How can he [00:07:20] get out of this? Yes, he is in an extremely [00:07:24] uncomfortable situation. The Infravest institute credits [00:07:27] him with only 13% of Germans who still say [00:07:30] they are satisfied with his political actions after barely 16 [00:07:34] months in power. It's not as if it's been 15 years and there's a huge weariness. [00:07:37] 13% is extremely low, and it's even the lowest rate ever [00:07:41] recorded by this institute for a sitting chancellor in [00:07:45] Germany. So obviously, if he loses in Berlin, as we [00:07:49] just mentioned, it's a possibility. If [00:07:52] he has another election today, which is in [00:07:55] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and there, not [00:07:58] only does he have no chance of his party winning, but he has a chance of not even [00:08:02] being in the state parliament, because you have to reach 5% of voting intentions [00:08:06] to be able to, well, of votes, not intentions, 5% of votes to be able to enter this [00:08:10] local parliament. He is currently credited with 6%, [00:08:13] sometimes 7 at most, so we are still within a margin of error, and if it's below [00:08:17] 5%, well, for the first time, the CDU would not be represented. That would be a [00:08:21] historic setback for the German Chancellor, and it would weaken [00:08:24] him even further. Obviously, then it would become quite [00:08:28] unbearable. Friedrich Merz admitted this week that he was living through a [00:08:31] "really not easy" moment, I want to tell him, "no kidding," [00:08:34] we can clearly see that's the case. However, he rules out resigning. He [00:08:38] is trying to regain control. He has announced measures, [00:08:42] notably on fuel prices, which are soaring and which in eastern Germany, [00:08:45] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, I managed to say it twice without making a mistake, [00:08:49] well, it plays a big role. It's a rural region where people use cars a lot. [00:08:53] He swore that he would continue to implement [00:08:56] the reforms for which he was elected, reforms that he is sometimes [00:08:59] criticized for, which are sometimes contested, on pensions, [00:09:03] taxation, healthcare, with people telling him, "but ultimately, you don't have the political [00:09:06] weight to carry out all these reforms so quickly, so [00:09:10] far?" And at the same time, [00:09:12] well, he was elected on this reform program. [00:09:16] Will he hold on tonight? That will obviously [00:09:20] depend a lot on these two regional elections. And then other [00:09:23] figures from his party are also always in ambush, and do not hesitate to leak [00:09:27] certain names of potential replacements. Even if, in a word, he still [00:09:30] obtained, he has eight Länder that are held by the CDU, so his [00:09:34] party, and the eight minister-presidents of these Länder [00:09:38] wrote a joint letter to reaffirm their support, without [00:09:41] really convincing anyone. They had been invited two weeks ago after the [00:09:44] defeat against the far-right. Only one had come to Berlin. We will see what [00:09:48] happens tonight. Thank you very much, Antoine. We will meet again in the next news program [00:09:52] to come back to this, to come back to the issues of this vote that we are following closely. We [00:09:56] now turn to the situation in the Middle East. The Americans say they fear a rapid [00:10:00] escalation after the attack on Riyadh yesterday, claimed [00:10:03] by the Houthis. Another missile was then reportedly fired but it was [00:10:07] intercepted, this time, and destroyed, according to a spokesperson for the [00:10:09] coalition led by Saudi Arabia in [00:10:13] Yemen. Meanwhile, the Houthi rebels are continuing their advance. It [00:10:16] is rapid, but this advance, these deadly clashes they [00:10:20] are waging against government forces, have killed [00:10:24] hundreds of people. And according to the United Nations, more than [00:10:27] 11,000 people have [00:10:29] of escalation, the American president cut short his [00:10:33] stay at the presidential residence in Camp David, where he was supposed to spend the entire [00:10:37] weekend. He returned to the White House on Saturday. And while [00:10:41] voices are rising to call for [00:10:44] artificial intelligence, Donald Trump warns that he [00:10:47] will not allow it. He will not accept any obstacle. He even wants to set [00:10:51] up a dedicated force, without specifying the mission [00:10:55] that will be entrusted to it. [00:10:58] Also in the news this Sunday is this trial in Iraq, the trial [00:11:02] of six French citizens accused of terrorism. An investigation established that these suspects had [00:11:06] joined territories controlled by the Islamic State organization after [00:11:09] first traveling to Turkey. A first hearing was held this [00:11:13] morning, and the next one is scheduled for October 5th. [00:11:16] Here's the report from Marie-Charlotte [00:11:18] Roupi. [00:11:21] Preliminary hearing, the six French detainees were presented [00:11:25] for the first time before an Iraqi judge, after 7 years spent in Syrian [00:11:28] prisons and 1 year in Iraqi prisons. [00:11:32] All are part of the group of 47 French detainees who were [00:11:35] transferred from Syria to Iraq during the summer of [00:11:39] 2025. Dressed in yellow and with shaved hair, they [00:11:42] appeared this morning in court to hear the charges against [00:11:48] State organization and/or participation in terrorist [00:11:51] activities endangering the security of the Iraqi state. [00:11:55] Two of them refused to be represented by court-appointed lawyers [00:11:59] because they preferred to request a postponement of the hearing [00:12:03] and wait for their French lawyers. The other four [00:12:06] agreed to be represented by court-appointed lawyers, accompanied by [00:12:09] translators if necessary, and heard the charges against them. [00:12:13] The judge presented them with the evidence collected over the past few [00:12:17] years, including documents from the Islamic State [00:12:20] organization in which their names would appear with their [00:12:24] photos if they were registered in these documents as [00:12:27] nurses, accountants or combatants. The judge clearly [00:12:30] stated that whatever happened, they would fall under [00:12:33] Iraqi anti-terrorism law. The court will [00:12:37] reconvene on October 5th to hear their defense [00:12:40] and render judgment. The detainees face [00:12:43] the death penalty or a sentence that could be commuted to life imprisonment. [00:12:47] And here in France, the fuel [00:12:50] crisis, note this new record [00:12:54] for the price of gas. It is more than €2.40 per liter on [00:12:57] average. SP 98 gasoline has exceeded [00:13:00] €2 since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East by US-Israeli [00:13:04] strikes. Pump prices continue to rise, which also translates [00:13:08] into actions and operations to unblock ports, notably, as we saw [00:13:11] this week with the fishermen. The president held [00:13:14] a press conference this Friday to try to defuse this crisis, but he [00:13:18] nevertheless warns and prepares minds: this [00:13:21] sequence will last. [00:13:25] Stay with us for the rest of "Around the World". [00:13:40] Since Donald Trump's return to the White House, immigration has once again become the [00:13:44] absolute priority of his administration. More than [00:13:46] 400,000 people have been placed in [00:13:50] police. Detention centers have never been [00:13:54] so full. Nearly 6,000 migrants are currently [00:13:57] imprisoned there, a historic record. Our teams [00:14:01] have investigated. This return ticket is signed by Pierry Claurent and Valérie de Ferre for [00:14:05] France 24. [00:14:20] health insurance and retirement, the CFE, the [00:14:23] social security for expatriates. [00:14:53] I've been there once, in the last seven or eight [00:14:56] months, and each time it's extremely [00:15:00] difficult. [00:15:03] Every Friday, Diane, a pastor in San Antonio, drives [00:15:06] an hour to visit families arrested by ICE, the immigration [00:15:10] Direction Dilley, a small [00:15:13] town in south Texas where [00:15:17] one of only two centers equipped to accommodate children is [00:15:20] located. We can see it [00:15:22] from here. There, [00:15:27] the flag, that's the entrance. All these roofs you see are part of the [00:15:29] complex. There's a guard right at [00:15:32] the entrance. [00:15:36] If the agents think you're doing something suspicious or filming, I'll [00:15:39] be immediately denied access to the [00:15:41] center. [00:15:44] We leave Diane to go through security [00:15:46] alone. [00:15:48] ICE systematically denies access to [00:15:50] journalists. [00:15:53] Dilley can accommodate up to 2400 people, making it the largest family [00:15:56] detention center in the country. From [00:15:59] inside, there are only these official [00:16:01] images, a virtual tour of [00:16:04] Locovid, dormitories and classrooms. [00:16:08] Outside, we find [00:16:10] Diane, who was able to talk to three [00:16:14] families during her 2-hour [00:16:15] visit. [00:16:19] The first person I spoke to had been arrested 10 days earlier and [00:16:22] transferred here. She was completely [00:16:26] distraught. She told me she was thinking of giving up and [00:16:29] going back. Her 9-year-old daughter barely [00:16:33] eats anymore. She cried throughout the [00:16:36] visit. No child should be placed in [00:16:40] detention. This center has no reason to exist. [00:16:43] It only serves to make families suffer and traumatize children. [00:16:47] Since the beginning of Donald Trump's second term, more than 6,200 [00:16:51] children have been placed in detention by ICE. [00:16:55] No, tonight experts say ICE is intensifying operations across the [00:16:59] country. New video shows what appears to be ice agents [00:17:02] arresting a man inside an Oregon home depot. One and four [00:17:05] ice arrests happened. [00:17:41] They approached with their vehicles, they got out, surrounded [00:17:44] us, and that's when they started asking if my name was [00:17:48] Josene. I told them no. They checked [00:17:50] everything and said "Okay, you're not who we're [00:17:53] looking for, but you still committed a crime and you have to come with [00:17:56] us." [00:17:59] The children were crying, so I decided not to prolong things and not to [00:18:02] make the situation even more tense. I said, "Okay, children, [00:18:06] we're going with them." [00:18:14] The policy of incarcerating migrants. This Venezuelan family suffered it [00:18:18] directly. To avoid being arrested, Victor took [00:18:21] refuge at home. His partner and two children were first [00:18:26] their San Antonio [00:18:28] offices. [00:18:30] Once there, they constantly asked me to call my [00:18:33] husband, so he would come to the offices, so I wouldn't be separated from the [00:18:37] children. Because they threatened to take them to a juvenile detention center. [00:18:40] These hours in their offices were [00:18:44] very difficult emotionally, because I didn't know what was going to [00:18:47] happen. To avoid being incarcerated in turn, [00:18:51] Victor refused. After 12 hours, in the middle of the [00:18:54] night, his family was transferred to Dilley. [00:18:58] It's a center that is adapted for young children. They have [00:19:02] some recreational activities to make the days go by [00:19:05] faster. [00:19:07] For us adults, the days were very long, and since I slept poorly, [00:19:11] the nights were [00:19:12] endless. [00:19:16] There was a light on 24 [00:19:19] turn it off. There were rounds all night, so sleeping was [00:19:22] difficult, and the food was very [00:19:25] bad. [00:19:27] With the help of their lawyer, the mobilization is organized around [00:19:31] entered the United States legally. The parents have work permits, the [00:19:34] children are... [00:20:09] Seeing them go through such an ordeal without being able to do anything, as a [00:20:13] father, it broke me, [00:20:15] it destroyed me. [00:20:20] One might think that they are primarily targeting people with a criminal [00:20:24] past, since it is on this promise that Donald Trump is campaigning [00:20:28] and that it is the message hammered home by his administration, but that is absolutely not [00:20:31] what is happening. Children and families who are sent to Dilley are building their lives [00:20:35] in the United States. [00:20:38] They are imprisoned as if they were criminals. It is a [00:20:41] trauma for them, for the parents, for everyone. Of [00:20:45] about 400,000 people detained by ICE in a year and a half, fewer than [00:20:49] 40% had a criminal record. [00:21:00] It's time for mass for Pastor Diane. She founded this [00:21:04] congregation almost 4 years ago with one goal: to offer [00:21:08] migrants a community and a church designed for [00:21:10] them. [00:21:15] that are still in detention, Father, bring your [00:21:18] justice. Speak to the hearts of the [00:21:21] judges, open the doors, Father, tear down the walls so [00:21:25] that we can live together in peace, [00:21:28] amen, and amen. [00:21:31] Currently, every Sunday, about forty people come to church, about [00:21:35] fifty with the children. Before, there were many [00:21:39] more of us. About a quarter of the families in our community have [00:21:43] had a loved one arrested, then [00:21:45] deported. [00:21:47] Very often, these families end up leaving the region. This [00:21:51] policy is destroying the very fabric of our [00:21:53] community. Jaline is the wife of [00:21:57] Jefferson. Her husband was arrested by ICE last November [00:22:00] 6th during a traffic stop. [00:22:05] the pastor. He was always the first to arrive and the last to [00:22:11] La Roca del Refugio is like my family. It is an immense help for [00:22:14] me and for my daughters. Without this community, I don't know what [00:22:18] my life would be like today. Jefferson [00:22:44] is detained 2 hours drive from San Antonio. Despite the risks, [00:22:47] he agreed to testify with his face uncovered. The family from [00:22:51] Venezuela entered the United States in 2024, seeking asylum. [00:22:55] I had never been separated from my [00:22:58] daughters. My daughters had never been [00:23:01] separated from their father for so long. They suffer a lot, just like I suffer [00:23:05] from being separated from them without knowing what they will do with us [00:23:07] here. [00:23:10] For 8 months, he has lived in this center called Don [00:23:13] Hutto. To achieve their deportation goals, the [00:23:16] authorities push detainees to leave the territory in exchange for a sum of [00:23:20] money. [00:23:23] Right now, we are told that whoever signs receives $2,600. [00:23:26] I don't want to accept their money. What I want [00:23:30] is to be given a chance in this country where I am trying to build a future for my [00:23:33] daughters so they can study without [00:23:36] leaving. [00:23:39] Asserting one's rights, even if it means enduring difficult living [00:23:42] conditions, a room of a few square meters shared [00:23:46] with another detainee, and inadequate care. [00:23:52] The people who died in detention centers died because they were not treated [00:23:56] quickly. Sometimes we hear on the news that we have the [00:24:00] best medical care, but that's false. I saw with my own [00:24:03] eyes one day a 50-year-old man have a heart attack and it took them [00:24:07] about 20 minutes to arrive to get him out of his [00:24:09] cell. We all started shouting and making [00:24:13] noise for them to come, and it was only after a long time that they came to get [00:24:17] him. [00:24:22] According to Human Rights Watch, in a year and a half, at least 54 people have [00:24:26] died in ICE prisons, including about ten by suicide. The mortality [00:24:29] rate has more than doubled compared to previous years. The [00:24:33] majority of detention centers are not directly managed by the Department of [00:24:37] Homeland Security, but outsourced to companies like Core [00:24:40] Civics. [00:24:43] This journalist wanted to obtain a copy of the contract governing the Dilley [00:24:47] center. In its response, the legal department [00:24:50] of CoreCivic refused but attached a document to the email [00:24:54] by mistake. This is the contract between the Department of [00:24:58] Homeland Security and the city of Dilley, which then serves as an intermediary for the [00:25:02] contract concluded with Core Civic. In this new [00:25:05] version, the monthly amount increases from 12.6 to [00:25:08] 13.1 million dollars. This is the amount that [00:25:10] the company receives each month simply to maintain the center's [00:25:14] capacity to accommodate up to 2400 people. The contract provides for a [00:25:18] fixed amount, regardless of the actual [00:25:21] number of detainees. In exchange, CoreCivic undertakes to provide a minimum of [00:25:25] services, food, education, health, but the company [00:25:28] respects its obligations, impossible to [00:25:30] verify. One thing is certain, the revenues of civic bodies [00:25:34] linked to Ice have been multiplied by 2 in 1 [00:25:37] year. These companies have every interest in reducing their [00:25:41] costs as much as possible since it is up to them to finance the daily operation of these [00:25:45] centers with this monthly [00:25:46] envelope. [00:25:50] So if Cors Civique receives 13.1 million dollars per month, but manages [00:25:54] to operate the center by spending only 2 [00:25:56] million, all the rest constitutes a profit for [00:25:59] the company. The Trump administration plans [00:26:02] to further expand its network of ICE detention centers with [00:26:06] 45 billion dollars allocated by [00:26:08] 2029. [00:26:14] for families like Jefferson's and Djalin's, the separation makes [00:26:18] daily life difficult. To continue to [00:26:20] pay the rent and send some money to Jefferson, [00:26:24] Jalin now holds two [00:26:25] jobs. [00:26:29] I go out every day with fear in my stomach, because my daughters [00:26:32] are at home and I have to leave at 5am. [00:26:36] About 15 days ago, where I was, there was a raid with [00:26:40] about 15 ICE cars surrounding the area, but [00:26:44] thankfully they didn't enter, but they took [00:26:47] a lot of people and I was very scared because I told myself if they catch me here, [00:26:51] my daughters are alone at [00:26:52] home, [00:26:56] it's hard for them when I leave, and since their [00:26:59] dad is no longer there, when I come home they say "Oh mom, you're here"? we were scared, we [00:27:03] prayed, she also suffers [00:27:05] a lot. [00:27:11] Jefferson was finally released a few days after our [00:27:14] interview. The family still hopes to build a better [00:27:17] future on this land of immigration, which has become a land [00:27:21] of expulsion. [00:27:26] Your program with the French abroad, health insurance and retirement, the CFE, the [00:27:29] social security of. [00:30:07] Thank you for choosing France 24 for your news, Moscow and Kiev are [00:30:10] still trading blows, the last night was deadly on both sides, [00:30:14] two people were killed in the Moscow region, on the outskirts of [00:30:18] Kiev, there are at least four dead including three [00:30:20] children. [00:30:22] Germany votes again this Sunday, legislative elections in two [00:30:26] states, Berlin and Mecklenburg, Western [00:30:30] Pomerania, two risky ballots for the chances. [00:30:34] more unpopular than ever, this will be the subject of Antoine [00:30:37] Mariotti's analysis in a moment. [00:30:40] And then regarding the Middle East, Washington says it fears a rapid escalation after [00:30:44] the attack on Riyadh yesterday, a fuel depot was [00:30:47] hit, another missile was reportedly then fired but intercepted and [00:30:51] destroyed according to Saudi [00:30:52] Arabia.