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[00:00:07] Hello everyone, welcome to the weekend news. Thank you for following us wherever
[00:00:10] you are in the world. On the agenda: the
[00:00:13] deadly attack on Riyadh International Airport, an attack
[00:00:17] attributed to Yemeni Houthi fighters who are waging a war against
[00:00:20] Saudi Arabia, and vice versa. At least 12
[00:00:24] dead and 309 injured. The Saudis promise a firm
[00:00:27] response. The UN denounces a serious escalation. Schools in
[00:00:32] both EU member states and NATO Riyadh have just switched to remote learning. Strong reactions
[00:00:34] of support for Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump's latest remarks
[00:00:38] about the departure and replacement of the
[00:00:41] Ukrainian president. The British say they fully support
[00:00:44] Zelensky, as does the European Union. Even the
[00:00:47] Ukrainian opposition stands behind the head of state,
[00:00:50] while on the ground, new Russian bombardments killed about
[00:00:54] twenty people yesterday, Saturday. We also have in Spain
[00:00:57] the campaign for the legislative elections.
[00:01:00] The early elections started against a backdrop of crisis and anger related to the
[00:01:03] housing issue. Face to face: the socialists led by Pedro
[00:01:07] Sanchez and the conservatives led by Alberto Nuñez
[00:01:10] Feijóo. Sanchez promised to review everything. His rival intends
[00:01:14] to rebuild Spain. We are in a duplex with our
[00:01:17] correspondent in Madrid, Selma
[00:01:19] Hadge Bousian. That's
[00:01:37] Saudi Arabia had not experienced such a deadly attack
[00:01:40] since 2015. At least 12 people lost their lives
[00:01:44] yesterday, Saturday, in a bombing targeting Riyadh
[00:01:47] International Airport. More than 300 others were injured.
[00:01:50] The attack was attributed to Yemeni Houthi fighters who
[00:01:54] are waging a war against Saudi Arabia and vice versa.
[00:01:57] The escalation in the Arabian Peninsula
[00:02:00] continues. For fear of new attacks, schools in Riyadh
[00:02:03] have just switched to remote learning. Alice Broga reports on
[00:02:07] the attack on the airport.
[00:02:11] In front of Riyadh airport, a line of ambulances and
[00:02:15] bewildered passengers. These are the rare images coming
[00:02:18] out of Saudi Arabia after the deadly strike that targeted
[00:02:22] the capital's airport on Saturday around
[00:02:25] According to the president of 3 PM. Witnesses describe scenes of chaos with hundreds of
[00:02:27] injured and dozens of ambulances.
[00:02:31] Should we see this as In an emergency.
[00:02:32] intervention by the police. The General Authority of Civil Aviation indicated that the attack caused several injuries whose condition is being
[00:02:36] assessed. It specified that airport operations were
[00:02:40] temporarily suspended pending a full assessment of the damage and the
[00:02:44] verification of the safety of the facilities in coordination with the
[00:02:47] competent authorities. All flights to Riyadh were
[00:02:51] diverted or canceled. Later in the evening, authorities reported
[00:02:55] the fall of a projectile near another airport, that of
[00:02:59] Dammam in the... of the kingdom. These attacks, which
[00:03:02] have not been claimed, are attributed to Houthi rebels from
[00:03:05] Yemen, who oppose Yemeni governmental forces supported by
[00:03:09] Saudi Arabia, and who launched a lightning offensive in
[00:03:12] September, strengthening their grip on the strategic Strait of Bab el
[00:03:15] Mandeb. In recent days, the scale and frequency of
[00:03:19] attacks targeting Riyadh have increased. The city's airport
[00:03:22] has already been targeted twice this week. Several people have been
[00:03:25] killed and injured. To counter the Houthis, the Saudi kingdom has been seeking
[00:03:29] for weeks to obtain military
[00:03:33] was no violence against the police aid from its American ally without success. Donald Trump remained vague on the subject Saturday
[00:03:37] before reporters. Have you decided to join the Saudi
[00:03:40] strikes? It's possible, we'll see. In what timeframe?
[00:03:44] We just learned about the attack, we will make a decision and act very
[00:03:47] quickly. These strikes on Riyadh come shortly
[00:03:51] before the holding in October in the kingdom of a large annual
[00:03:54] investment conference that attracts visitors from all
[00:03:57] over the world. Donald Trump
[00:04:00] convent to notice who provoked a cascade of indignant
[00:04:04] reactions after his remarks against Volodymyr
[00:04:07] Zelensky. Yesterday, Saturday, the US President said he wished for the
[00:04:10] departure of his Ukrainian counterpart who, according to him, does not want
[00:04:14] to conclude an agreement with Russia to end the war, remarks
[00:04:18] made the day after the announcement of this US-Russia agreement on
[00:04:21] diesel. In essence, the
[00:04:24] up behind the head of Europeans, who have just imposed new sanctions against Moscow, stand united
[00:04:27] behind Zelensky. Leo Pechar.
[00:04:33] before the official start of After Donald Trump's comments about his Ukrainian counterpart, reactions
[00:04:36] of support for Volodymyr Zelensky were not long in coming.
[00:04:55] As the leader of an opposition party, I only have one answer to
[00:04:59] stands behind its head of that.
[00:05:12] The European Union continues to stand united behind him. The 27
[00:05:16] have also severely criticized the controversial agreement on Russian
[00:05:19] diesel between the United States and Russia, a delivery of
[00:05:23] 300,000 tons of diesel as early as October on American territory
[00:05:26] and on the global market. For the head of European diplomacy,
[00:05:30] Kayalas, this agreement provides Moscow with more
[00:05:33] revenue to finance the war. The brothers killed more than 80
[00:05:37] Ukrainian civilians in 2 days. In addition, it has intensified its
[00:05:41] hybrid attacks against Europe on
[00:05:44] allies. There is no question of easing pressure on Russia at the moment, and
[00:05:48] Europe will not do it. The European Union promises to strengthen
[00:05:52] its sanctions against Moscow. On Monday, it will add 1600
[00:05:55] names to the blacklist of individuals and entities targeted by these
[00:05:59] measures.
[00:06:01] And beyond the Europeans, what do Ukrainians themselves
[00:06:14] publicly to Donald Trump's latest statements. The
[00:06:17] Foreign Minister reacted simply on social network X by saying Volodymyr
[00:06:21] Zelensky has the support of the Ukrainian
[00:06:25] people, and I think that is true with nuances.
[00:06:28] Only 32% of Ukrainians, according to polls, would vote for Volodymyr
[00:06:32] Zelensky in a presidential election if he ran again. Most
[00:06:35] Ukrainians think it would be better if he did not run again.
[00:06:39] But in the face of Donald Trump, in the face of a
[00:06:42] US action in collusion with Russia,
[00:06:45] an agreement that is really perceived here as a gift to
[00:06:49] Vladimir Putin that will not do much to change diesel
[00:06:52] prices at the pump in the United States but will bring a few
[00:06:56] billion dollars to Russia to continue the attacks which,
[00:06:59] by the way, continue tonight in Kyiv. I hear the sounds of anti-aircraft
[00:07:02] defenses that are working at the moment.
[00:07:06] So here the Ukrainians are rallying behind their
[00:07:09] president. Political journalist Christina Berdinskikh also
[00:07:13] wrote on Facebook that this is something that will
[00:07:17] boost Volodymyr Zelensky's popularity because even if
[00:07:20] Ukrainians would like to have the possibility of choosing a new
[00:07:24] president, they understand, and the majority of Ukrainians agree
[00:07:28] by saying that it is not possible to hold elections at the moment,
[00:07:31] and what they think above all is that it is not up to
[00:07:35] another country like the United States or any other country to tell them
[00:07:38] who should be their president.
[00:07:43] a gesture of appeasement on the part of the Indian authorities? India, as
[00:07:46] we have often told you, is shaken by new popular
[00:07:50] protests, protests against the electoral commission accused of
[00:07:53] manipulating electoral lists for political purposes. At
[00:07:57] the heart of these protests, under heavy police escort, the
[00:08:00] new so-called "Cafar" party. Yesterday, leaders of this party who
[00:08:04] were going to participate in demonstrations had
[00:08:08] been arrested. Justice has just ordered
[00:08:11] this Sunday their
[00:08:13] release. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations
[00:08:17] around the world. They coincided yesterday with the
[00:08:21] first anniversary, this October 10th, of this ceasefire, Israel
[00:08:24] Hamas, never truly respected.
[00:08:27] 1450 Palestinians killed in Gaza since its so-called
[00:08:30] entry into force. Images to start with from London.
[00:08:34] Thousands of people denounced the continuation of the killings and called for
[00:08:37] sanctions against Israel. The same state of mind in
[00:08:40] Istanbul, Turkey, in Milan, Italy, or
[00:08:44] even in Washington, near Congress. These
[00:08:48] gatherings, as we said, marked the first year of this truce that isn't
[00:08:52] one. In parallel with the consequences of the Israeli
[00:08:55] bombardments, Gaza remains on the brink of famine,
[00:08:58] warn international
[00:08:59] NGOs.
[00:09:04] In front of this community kitchen,
[00:09:07] the wait can last several hours to hope to leave
[00:09:10] with a ration of bread or rice.
[00:09:15] Nyaya spent a large part of the morning. This mother of
[00:09:18] a Gazan family must feed her 8 children who live under a
[00:09:21] makeshift shelter. Her husband has been seriously injured in the legs
[00:09:25] since an Israeli bombing.
[00:09:28] One of Nyaya's children suffered from malnutrition during the
[00:09:32] last famine. Since then, the situation has barely
[00:09:35] improved, and these rations will be the only
[00:09:39] meal of the day for this family.
[00:09:44] "I suffer from asthma, but I go to the community kitchen to get food
[00:09:47] and feed the children. I spend half the day there. If
[00:09:51] we don't receive food from the community kitchen, the children go hungry.
[00:09:55] Nothing, no income, no one to take care of
[00:09:58] us."
[00:10:00] In August 2025, the United Nations declared a state
[00:10:04] of famine in the Palestinian enclave. With
[00:10:07] the ceasefire coming into effect 2 months later, the
[00:10:11] humanitarian situation was supposed to improve,
[00:10:14] but the food emergency persists. According
[00:10:17] to the WFP, about 140,000 people are in a state of food
[00:10:21] insecurity. 200,000 Gazans are on the brink of...
[00:10:25] famine: There is an increase in affections affecting the
[00:10:29] immune system. These problems, non-existent before the war, are more
[00:10:32] frequent. Cognitive development is also affected
[00:10:35] because children do not receive sufficient quantities of vitamins and
[00:10:39] minerals. Doctors state that repeated episodes of
[00:10:43] acute malnutrition in these children can cause
[00:10:47] cognitive and physical sequelae for the rest of their
[00:10:50] lives.
[00:10:52] Will the Spanish renew their trust in
[00:10:56] the socialists or on the contrary choose the conservative
[00:10:59] right to lead them? The campaign for the early
[00:11:02] legislative elections was launched yesterday, Saturday, as planned, a campaign in this
[00:11:06] context of anger against the housing crisis. These elections are also for
[00:11:10] Pedro Sanchez a way to respond with a firm
[00:11:14] majority, which he currently does not have. In Seville,
[00:11:17] where he launched his campaign, Sanchez promised to strengthen housing
[00:11:21] legislation. His main opponent, Alberto
[00:11:25] Feijóo, here in Madrid, promised a national reconstruction. I suggest
[00:11:28] you listen to them one after the other before joining our correspondent in
[00:11:32] Madrid.
[00:11:36] Today, the social cause is named after an 87-year-old woman who
[00:11:40] died after being evicted from her home and who told
[00:11:44] us something very important to keep in mind during all these
[00:11:47] days, all these years of government that will follow November 29.
[00:11:51] She told us that no one else should suffer what I
[00:11:55] suffered.
[00:11:58] We must protect our security, protect
[00:12:01] our borders, protect our rights. We must protect
[00:12:05] our way of life. Three words: order,
[00:12:09] security, and prosperity. And one
[00:12:12] decision: to serve and defend
[00:12:14] Spain. With a duplex, our
[00:12:18] correspondent in Spain, Selma Aaj
[00:12:21] Buudian. Hello Selma, what assessment
[00:12:24] can we make of this first day of the early legislative campaign?
[00:12:27] anticipée,
[00:12:33] Yes, absolutely. The first day of the pre-campaign began
[00:12:36] here in Spain, but the official campaign will only begin
[00:12:40] on November 13 next. Yesterday, as you said,
[00:12:44] Pedro Sanchez went near Seville where he officially
[00:12:47] launched his pre-campaign in front of more than
[00:12:50] 5,000 people. He again placed the housing
[00:12:54] crisis at the heart of his speech and he promised above all to
[00:12:57] strengthen measures to protect tenants after
[00:13:01] the rejection of his decrees by
[00:13:04] parliament. On the other side, Alberto Núñez Feijóo,
[00:13:08] the leader of the Popular Party, organized his
[00:13:11] first major rally in Madrid where he promised a
[00:13:15] political change, serene but firm. And for the
[00:13:19] moment, the first polls are quite unfavorable to the
[00:13:22] socialist camp.
[00:13:25] According to a survey published by El País
[00:13:28] on Friday, the Popular Party would get more
[00:13:31] than 31.9% of voting intentions against
[00:13:35] 28.1% of voting
[00:13:38] intentions for the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez's party.
[00:13:42] These are only estimates for the moment, but they still show
[00:13:45] that Pedro Sanchez took a big risk by
[00:13:49] calling these elections and that he could today put
[00:13:52] his hold on power at stake.
[00:13:55] How is the protest movement related to the housing crisis,
[00:13:59] which also triggered these early elections, doing
[00:14:02] in parallel with the start of this
[00:14:04] electoral campaign?
[00:14:10] Yes, what is certain is that the announcement of these
[00:14:13] early elections did not put an end to the
[00:14:16] mobilization. Here in Madrid, mobilizations
[00:14:20] and demonstrations continue. The occupation of the Puerta del
[00:14:23] Sol continues, by the way. For more than 2 weeks
[00:14:26] now, activists and tenant associations
[00:14:30] are still demanding concrete measures against the
[00:14:34] rise in rents and evictions, and they
[00:14:37] refuse to let their demands be put aside
[00:14:41] during this election campaign. The pressure and
[00:14:44] mobilization will therefore continue in the coming
[00:14:47] weeks. The various unions have also
[00:14:50] announced a general strike on November 11
[00:14:54] next, a few days
[00:14:58] the campaign. For the protesters, the challenge is
[00:15:01] to obtain concrete commitments,
[00:15:04] whatever the outcome of the vote announced on
[00:15:15] States is assessing the damage after Hurricane Isaias.
[00:15:18] At least four dead, significant material
[00:15:21] damage, and hundreds of thousands of homes without power, in Alabama or
[00:15:25] Florida. Isaias was the first hurricane of the season. It
[00:15:29] weakened in intensity. Further south, in Mexico, Hurricane
[00:15:33] Simon is expected to make landfall this Sunday. As a
[00:15:36] precaution, hundreds of residents of villages located on the
[00:15:39] Pacific coast of Mexico have been
[00:15:42] evacuated.
[00:15:45] Gatherings all over France this weekend against the European Commission's
[00:15:48] project to "simplify" the marketing of pesticides
[00:15:52] in Europe. NGOs but also scientists and doctors
[00:15:56] are worried about seeing harmful substances
[00:15:59] authorized indefinitely
[00:16:06] arouses the anger of environmental defenders and the growing
[00:16:09] concern of doctors. Its name: Omnibus 10.
[00:16:13] With this text, the European Commission proposes to authorize indefinitely
[00:16:16] a series of pesticides, with the exception of the most
[00:16:19] dangerous. The objective: to simplify life for businesses,
[00:16:23] but anti-pesticide NGOs denounce a significant
[00:16:26] setback. At a time when scientific evidence raises
[00:16:29] growing concerns about pesticides, member states
[00:16:33] should not support opening up new possibilities for
[00:16:36] maintaining dangerous substances.
[00:16:39] Currently, chemical substances authorized by the EU must be
[00:16:43] re-evaluated every 10 years, then every 15 years. Periodic
[00:16:47] authorizations that have allowed since 2011 the prohibition of some
[00:16:50] thirty harmful substances such as mancozeb or
[00:16:54] chlorpyrifos, responsible for neurodevelopmental
[00:16:56] disorders. Faced with health risks, doctors and
[00:17:00] scientists have issued multiple warnings in recent months.
[00:17:03] Mid-September, more than 500 scientists signed a letter
[00:17:06] calling for a halt to the legislative process of Omnibus 10,
[00:17:10] time to carry out a real impact study. But the text
[00:17:13] is now in the hands of the European Parliament. Its two
[00:17:17] Italian rapporteurs propose provisions going even further
[00:17:20] in deregulation than the European
[00:17:22] Commission.
[00:17:26] The protest movement of high school and university
[00:17:29] students in France. We go to the premises of the University of
[00:17:33] Nantes in the west of the country, premises devastated, seriously damaged.
[00:17:37] Following the occupation of the premises as part of this
[00:17:40] movement, the building was evacuated. There were no clashes
[00:17:44] with the police, but the repairs will be costly,
[00:17:54] amphitheaters and corridors, piles of cobblestones, food remains
[00:17:58] litter the floor. Intertwined chairs block some accesses.
[00:18:03] the university, the occupants had barricaded the building and were
[00:18:06] preparing to slow down a possible
[00:18:10] So I'll allow myself, be careful on the stairs, it's a
[00:18:13] bit slippery anyway. Why? Well, they spread
[00:18:17] substances to complicate access to the building.
[00:18:21] So it's even worse upstairs, but it's a little bit like that here too. She
[00:18:24] estimates the cleaning and repair time at several
[00:18:28] weeks. We've been fighting for years to say that universities are
[00:18:31] underfunded and now we're going to
[00:18:34] spend probably hundreds of thousands of euros
[00:18:38] to repair a building that was completely functional. This is money we won't
[00:18:41] use for our students, for our colleagues. It's a phenomenal
[00:18:45] waste, it's truly disgusting. The occupants were
[00:18:48] present day and night since Wednesday, their number rose to over a
[00:18:52] thousand, but at the time of the evacuation this Saturday at 6 am, there were
[00:18:55] only about ten left, according to this policeman. We suspected that
[00:18:59] the youngest were likely to leave and go home, and
[00:19:03] so that's why we had this lack of opposition, not really
[00:19:07] an appeal since there
[00:19:10] or opposition. So did the students
[00:19:13] voluntarily degrade their own faculty? We met
[00:19:17] two participants in the occupation who wish to remain anonymous. They
[00:19:20] denounce external elements coming to disrupt an action they describe as
[00:19:23] symbolic. They are mostly there to take advantage of what we
[00:19:27] do to, so to speak, line their pockets because, well, typically
[00:19:31] some comrades lost bags, lost external batteries, phones, etc.,
[00:19:35] including the students who were occupying, of course,
[00:19:37] were victims of theft, of course, that can give a bad image of the movement
[00:19:41] whereas we were originally pacifist, we were there
[00:19:44] just to gather among ourselves, among students, to
[00:19:47] discuss the future. The student unions we spoke to affirm that they do not
[00:19:51] condone these degradations. Several would have even received
[00:19:54] threats from some occupants. A reminder
[00:19:58] before we move on to sports, of the main headlines that we are developing in
[00:20:02] this edition of the weekend news: the deadly attack on Riyadh
[00:20:05] International Airport, an attack attributed to Yemeni Houthi fighters who
[00:20:09] are waging a war against Saudi Arabia and
[00:20:11] vice versa. At least 12 dead and 309 injured. The Saudis
[00:20:15] promise a firm response. The UN denounces a serious escalation. Riyadh
[00:20:19] schools have just switched to remote learning. Strong reactions
[00:20:22] of support for Zelensky, after Donald Trump's latest remarks about
[00:20:26] the departure and replacement of the Ukrainian president. The British
[00:20:29] say they fully support the Ukrainian president, as does the European Union.
[00:20:33] Even the Ukrainian opposition
[00:20:37] state, while on the ground, new Russian bombardments killed
[00:20:40] about twenty people yesterday, Saturday, in the Spanish
[00:20:44] sky. The campaign, the pre-campaign for the early legislative
[00:20:47] elections, which started against a backdrop of risk of anger related to the
[00:20:51] housing issue. Face to face: the socialists led by Pedro Sanchez and the
[00:20:54] conservatives led by Alberto Núñez
[00:20:57] Feijóo. Sanchez promised to review everything. His rival
[00:21:01] intends to rebuild Spain. In the next
[00:21:04] edition, we will be with our guest, the
[00:21:07] representative in France of the PSOE.
[00:21:11] We now move on to the
[00:21:14] sports
[00:21:16] news.
[00:23:20] games against Getafe. They are not easy for me. He is one of the best teams here in La Liga, maybe the best
[00:28:28] It's difficult to imagine the extent of the devastation in this city of 200,000
[00:28:31] inhabitants.
[00:28:34] The people are suffering from the changes. five years in exile.
[00:30:07] Hello everyone, Sunday, October 11, welcome to the rest of
[00:30:10] your news segment with, on the agenda, strong reactions of
[00:30:14] support for Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump's new outburst
[00:30:18] regarding the departure and replacement of the Ukrainian
[00:30:21] president, the British, the European Union, even the Ukrainian
[00:30:24] opposition is lining
[00:30:27] state, full explanation in a moment with
[00:30:30] Gulliver Craig who will also give an update on the situation on the ground,
[00:30:34] the deadly attack on Riyadh International Airport, an attack
[00:30:37] attributed to Yemeni Houthi fighters, who are waging a war against
[00:30:41] Saudi Arabia and vice-versa, at least 12 dead and 309
[00:30:45] injured, the Saudis promise a firm response, the UN denounces a
[00:30:48] serious escalation, Riyadh schools have just switched
[00:30:52] to distance learning. We will also go to Spain, the
[00:30:55] early legislative election campaign is taking place amid a housing
[00:30:59] crisis and anger.