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[00:00:00] To see on France
[00:00:02] 24,
[00:00:07] we are still together on France 24, welcome if you join us for
[00:00:11] the top story, a new explosion heard in Riyadh at midday according to
[00:00:15] AFP journalists on site, yesterday an attack against the airport killed
[00:00:19] 12 people and injured more than 300, it is attributed to the
[00:00:22] rebels, it is attributed to the Houthi rebels by the Saudi
[00:00:25] authorities, the pro-Iranian fighters today called on
[00:00:29] travelers to... avoid Saudi Arabian
[00:00:31] airports. In India, the leaders of the Kafa movement were
[00:00:35] released, they had been arrested the day before ahead of a
[00:00:39] Where I come from, the tradition of demonstration in New Delhi. The organizers are calling for the protest to continue in the
[00:00:43] streets. And then Pope Francis will undergo lung
[00:00:47] surgery in the coming days, the
[00:00:50] bill falls mostly on the bride's 71-year-old pontiff announced this Sunday after the
[00:00:53] Angelus prayer, due to a nodule detected at a
[00:00:57] very early stage. We will find Natalia Mendoza. in Rome,
[00:01:12] your program with the breaking of French expatriates'
[00:01:14] a new explosion heard in Riyadh at midday, that's what
[00:01:18] AFP journalists on site
[00:01:20] live 3 hours at the heart of are reporting, while yesterday Saudi Arabia deplored the deadliest attack
[00:01:23] committed on its soil in more than 10 years, at least 12
[00:01:26] people were killed, 309 injured,
[00:01:30] in a missile strike against the airport, Saudi
[00:01:32] authorities accuse the Houthi rebels supported by Iran,
[00:01:36] who did not claim responsibility for Saturday's
[00:01:39] one of the most violent that West attack but are today calling on travelers to avoid Saudi
[00:01:43] airports.
[00:01:47] In front of Riyadh airport, a line of ambulances and
[00:01:50] disoriented passengers. These are the rare images currently
[00:01:54] coming from Saudi Arabia, after the deadly strike that targeted
[00:01:57] the capital's airport on Saturday around 3 p.m. Witnesses describe
[00:02:01] scenes of chaos with hundreds of injured and dozens of ambulances
[00:02:05] called urgently. The General Authority of Civil Aviation
[00:02:08] indicated that the attack caused several injuries whose condition is being
[00:02:12] evaluated. It specified that airport operations were temporarily
[00:02:15] suspended pending a
[00:02:19] Coumar, in the face of law full assessment of the damage and the
[00:02:21] state verification of the safety of the facilities in coordination with the competent authorities. All
[00:02:25] flights to Riyadh have been diverted or cancelled. Later
[00:02:28] in the evening, the authorities reported the fall of a projectile near
[00:02:32] another airport, that of Dammam in the east of the
[00:02:35] kingdom. These attacks, which have not been claimed, are
[00:02:39] attributed to the Houthi rebels from Yemen, who oppose the Yemeni
[00:02:42] government forces supported by Saudi Arabia, and who launched
[00:02:46] a lightning offensive in September strengthening their grip on the strategic
[00:02:50] Bab-el-Mandeb strait. In recent days, the scale and
[00:02:54] frequency of attacks targeting Riyadh has increased. The city's airport
[00:02:57] has already been targeted twice this week. Several people have been
[00:03:01] killed and injured. To counter the Houthis, the Saudi kingdom has been seeking
[00:03:05] In the state of Haryana in northern military aid from its American ally for weeks, without
[00:03:08] success. Donald Trump remained vague on the subject on Saturday
[00:03:12] in front of journalists. Have you decided to join the Saudi
[00:03:16] strikes? It's possible, we'll see, in what timeframe?
[00:03:19] We just learned of the attack, we will make a decision and act very
[00:03:22] quickly. These strikes on Riyadh come shortly
[00:03:26] before a major annual investment conference is held
[00:03:30] in the kingdom in October, which attracts visitors from all
[00:03:33] over the world.
[00:03:35] It's time for Ukraine to have a new
[00:03:37] Mendoza. Hello Natalia, what do we know about president. This new accusation against Volodymyr Zelensky was signed by
[00:03:40] Donald Trump. The American president accuses him of obstructing
[00:03:44] peace with Russia. Zelensky's response: it is up to our society, to
[00:03:48] our people to choose this or that leader. He also
[00:03:51] reiterated in an EBC interview his call for a 60-day
[00:03:56] Pope said at the end of ceasefire with Russia. This, according to him, would allow for organization.
[00:04:03] The day after Donald Trump's attacks targeting Volodymyr Zelensky,
[00:04:07] calling for a change of president, many Ukrainians
[00:04:10] are rallying behind their leader, like these residents
[00:04:14] of Kyiv, exhausted by almost 5 years of
[00:04:16] war. To be polite, it's not just a bad
[00:04:20] statement, it's a betrayal, in my opinion, it's a betrayal on the part of our
[00:04:24] allies, we are independent, the United States cannot
[00:04:27] decide to replace like
[00:04:30] Your program with... the French from that. On Saturday, the American president also criticized the strikes from
[00:04:33] Kyiv
[00:04:36] on Russian refineries, accusing them of driving up the price of diesel in the
[00:04:40] United States. These statements come the day after the announcement
[00:04:43] on Friday of an agreement between the
[00:04:46] or United States and Russia for the massive purchase of Russian diesel,
[00:04:50] Sunday after the Angelus accompanied by an easing of American man demanded sanctions on Moscow. On Sunday, the Ukrainian
[00:04:54] president invoked the fundamental principle of
[00:04:56] reciprocity. On the social network X, he made
[00:05:00] it known that Ukraine would be ready to cease its strikes against Russian refineries
[00:05:04] if Moscow's forces stopped attacking Ukrainian infrastructure.
[00:05:06] Russia has intensified its strikes against Ukrainian
[00:05:10] territory in recent months, causing a growing number of civilian
[00:05:14] casualties. Ukraine has also increased its strikes in Russia, which it
[00:05:17] describes as just retaliation for Moscow's bombing.
[00:05:21] On the night of Saturday to Sunday, new Russian strikes injured several dozen people
[00:05:25] and caused significant material damage, as here in
[00:05:28] Dnipro in this residential area. Or here in
[00:05:31] Bucha in the Kyiv region, where a Russian drone attack
[00:05:34] targeted this vast industrial facility.
[00:05:38] This question now, has Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk been
[00:05:42] targeted by an assassination attempt? This is what the Polish
[00:05:46] Interior Ministry announced, after information from law enforcement,
[00:05:50] the Minister of Defense and several other officials were also
[00:05:53] targeted, an emergency meeting was convened at the anti-terrorist
[00:05:56] center of the internal security
[00:05:59] agency.
[00:06:03] This new drama at sea now, this time off Djibouti, at least 139
[00:06:06] migrants, among them 15 children, have perished, according to the UN, more than
[00:06:10] 116 others are still... missing after their boat
[00:06:13] capsized, this was on the night of Thursday to Friday, it
[00:06:17] capsized off the city of Obock, while it was heading
[00:06:21] towards Yemen.
[00:06:24] In India, the Kafars are not giving up, the name of this youth
[00:06:28] movement that marches against the power of Narendra Modi. This Sunday, three of their
[00:06:32] leaders were released by the courts after their arrest the
[00:06:36] day before, young people who denounce the removal of 130 million
[00:06:40] voters from the electoral lists.
[00:06:45] With fists raised in a sign of victory, the three leaders of the Kafar
[00:06:49] movement regained their freedom this Sunday, the day after their
[00:06:53] arrest in New
[00:06:54] Delhi.
[00:07:00] The three leaders of the protest movement had been arrested even before they
[00:07:04] landed, on the grounds that the demonstration they had called for
[00:07:08] on Saturday had not been authorized, which did not
[00:07:11] prevent many demonstrators from gathering and being arrested
[00:07:15] by the police, who carried out more than 2000 arrests
[00:07:18] on Saturday, and while the leaders of the movement called for
[00:07:22] the protest to continue on Sunday, the gathered
[00:07:25] demonstrators continue to demand the resignation of the chairman of the electoral
[00:07:28] commission, Guianesh
[00:07:32] enforcement officers massively deployed in the streets of the capital, who
[00:07:35] once again carried out numerous arrests.
[00:07:38] This dictatorship will not
[00:07:41] work. The way our people and our students have been detained, these
[00:07:45] attacks against democracy, we will not stop there, we will be in the streets every
[00:07:49] hour, every minute and every
[00:07:51] second.
[00:07:54] We want to tell this government that students and young people will stand firm
[00:07:57] until Gaanege Kumar resigns.
[00:08:01] For several weeks, the CJP, the Kafar People's Party, has been leading the
[00:08:04] revolt jointly with the opposition Indian Congress
[00:08:07] Party. It challenges the recent revision of the electoral
[00:08:11] rolls, officially aimed at removing duplicates and
[00:08:14] fraudsters, but this reform has resulted in the deletion of
[00:08:18] 130 million registered voters. It is accused of favoring the
[00:08:21] supporters of Prime Minister Narendra
[00:08:24] Modi.
[00:08:28] First health alert for Pope Francis XIV, the 71-year-old
[00:08:31] pontiff announced today that he would undergo surgery for a
[00:08:35] nodule on his lung. It was detected at a very
[00:08:38] early stage. The operation is scheduled for the beginning of the week at Gemily Hospital
[00:08:42] in Rome for a hospitalization of approximately 7 days. We find
[00:08:46] our correspondent in Rome Natalia
[00:08:50] the health of the pontiff at this
[00:08:52] stage?
[00:08:55] So, we know that it is a pulmonary
[00:08:59] nodule, a small mass of abnormal tissue
[00:09:03] in the lung. It was detected at an early
[00:09:06] stage, that's what the
[00:09:09] the Angelus, the traditional Sunday prayer
[00:09:12] at the Vatican and he has also
[00:09:15] indicated that it is a well-localized
[00:09:19] nodule. Specialists remind us that these are
[00:09:22] lesions that are regularly
[00:09:26] frequent, relatively frequent
[00:09:29] and that they are generally benign. In
[00:09:32] the Pope's case, it is still unknown if it is
[00:09:35] a tumor, it is unknown if a
[00:09:39] biopsy has been performed, but clearly the Pope's
[00:09:42] doctors deemed the situation serious enough to justify
[00:09:46] an operation as soon as possible to remove
[00:09:49] this nodule. The Vatican announced that the operation will
[00:09:53] take place from the beginning of next week,
[00:09:57] that is, from tomorrow, Monday. At the age of
[00:10:00] 71, Pope Francis XIV is expected to remain
[00:10:03] hospitalized for about a week. Could this
[00:10:06] operation have an impact on his pontificate?
[00:10:10] pontificat?
[00:10:13] For now, the Vatican has not announced any
[00:10:17] change in the pontiff's agenda, but several
[00:10:21] important appointments are now surrounded by uncertainty.
[00:10:25] On Wednesday, Pope Francis XIV is notably due to close
[00:10:28] an important meeting organized at the Vatican for the
[00:10:32] 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, a major text by his
[00:10:34] predecessor Francis on the family, but
[00:10:38] above all, in just over three
[00:10:41] weeks, Pope Francis XIV is expected to fly to Latin America for an
[00:10:44] apostolic journey that should last 12
[00:10:48] days in Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru. 10 cities
[00:10:52] on the program, including Cusco at 3,400
[00:10:55] meters altitude, a particularly trying
[00:10:59] trip, just weeks after this
[00:11:03] operation. Everything will depend on the
[00:11:06] duration of his convalescence and the aftermath of the intervention. For
[00:11:09] now, the Vatican has not announced any postponement of this apostolic
[00:11:13] journey. Natalia Mendoza live from Rome,
[00:11:17] thank you very much. Now to Ceuta, this Spanish
[00:11:20] enclave in North Africa, where authorities dismantled this
[00:11:24] Sunday the... last large migrant camp. It had formed
[00:11:27] after an unprecedented influx of more than 7,000 people from
[00:11:31] Morocco at the end of July. Hundreds of people were
[00:11:34] evacuated 2 days before a visit by the King
[00:11:37] of Spain.
[00:11:40] A migratory crisis that is now finding its way into the campaign for the early
[00:11:44] general elections in Spain, they are scheduled for November 29.
[00:11:47] In the country, the outgoing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is fighting for his
[00:11:51] survival at the head of the government, chose to dedicate his first
[00:11:55] meeting to the housing issue. Marion
[00:11:57] Meilleur.
[00:11:59] As he did 3 years ago during the last elections, he returns to
[00:12:03] Dos Hermanas in the suburbs of Seville to launch his
[00:12:06] campaign.
[00:12:10] Pedro Sanchez, in power for 8 years, is fighting to remain at the head of the government. His
[00:12:13] objective is to obtain a majority in parliament to strengthen his
[00:12:17] policy.
[00:12:34] Facing him, his main rival, the leader of the Popular
[00:12:38] Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. A few weeks after the
[00:12:41] migration crisis in Ceuta, he chooses to emphasize
[00:12:46] authority.
[00:12:48] We must protect our security, protect
[00:12:51] our borders, protect our rights. We must protect
[00:12:55] our way of life, three words: order,
[00:12:59] security, and prosperity, and one
[00:13:02] decision: serve and defend
[00:13:04] Spain.
[00:13:07] If the Popular Party and the far-right Vox party remain the
[00:13:10] favorites in these elections, a new face appears on the Spanish
[00:13:14] political chessboard, that of lawyer Miriam
[00:13:17] González, who is launching a centrist
[00:13:19] party.
[00:13:25] with two rigid blocs, nothing to foster
[00:13:28] consensus, because we risk destroying the potential of this
[00:13:32] country. There is still time, we know how to do
[00:13:35] it and we will do it.
[00:13:39] Meanwhile, anger is not subsiding. In the streets, thousands
[00:13:42] of demonstrators continue to demand better housing
[00:13:46] rights. To influence the debates, the main Spanish
[00:13:49] trade unions have called for a general strike on November 11,
[00:13:53] a few days before the
[00:13:56] election.
[00:13:58] That's the main news, stay with us on France 24.
[00:14:15] And now it's time to find a new edition of Reporter.
[00:14:18] Heading to a country where at least 15 to 16
[00:14:22] women die every day from violence related to dowry. A practice
[00:14:25] that has been prohibited since 1961 and which requires the bride's family to
[00:14:29] pay money or goods to the future husband's family.
[00:14:33] See Kansa Juned's report on this with
[00:14:36] Gabrielle Gohin.
[00:14:55] abroad, insurance, health and retirement, the CFE, the
[00:14:59] social security for expatriates,
[00:15:18] that evening, in the state of Bihar in India, the party was in full
[00:15:22] swing,
[00:15:24] music, dancing and more than 500 guests,
[00:15:28] the groom's procession had just
[00:15:29] arrived,
[00:15:33] backstage, last touches for Shivani, 30 years old, who is
[00:15:36] preparing to make
[00:15:38] her entrance.
[00:15:42] I'm a little nervous, but also very
[00:15:44] excited. In India, for many
[00:15:47] families, a daughter's wedding is planned from childhood, sometimes
[00:15:51] even before she is
[00:15:52] born.
[00:15:55] My home always talked about the day of my
[00:15:57] wedding.
[00:16:00] My parents put money aside little by
[00:16:03] little. It's something all
[00:16:06] parents do. They start buying jewelry, things
[00:16:09] for the future home, and other gifts for the husband's
[00:16:13] family.
[00:16:17] dowry is still very
[00:16:18] present.
[00:16:21] In the country, the wedding industry weighs 112 billion
[00:16:24] euros per year, but the family.
[00:16:28] mariée,
[00:16:34] For his daughter's wedding, Shivani's father paid more than...
[00:16:37] €25,000. He even organized the ceremony in the groom's
[00:16:41] home state to satisfy the in-laws. The
[00:16:44] wishes of the groom's family clearly take
[00:16:47] priority. Everything they want, it's up to the bride's family to provide
[00:16:50] it. From the start, the groom and his family set their
[00:16:53] conditions. You must do this, you must give that, and if you
[00:16:57] refuse, the marriage will not take place. The groom's family
[00:17:00] simply enjoys the party and states their demands, which you are supposed to
[00:17:04] meet. For many
[00:17:08] Indian families, a daughter's wedding is a major issue. Dowry is
[00:17:12] seen as compensation for the bride being taken care of by her
[00:17:16] husband's family.
[00:17:16] époux,
[00:17:21] But when the family can't afford it, the dream can
[00:17:24] quickly turn into a
[00:17:25] nightmare.
[00:17:29] When my sister was sitting in front of the altar, she was so
[00:17:31] happy. Just one month after his sister's wedding,
[00:17:35] Ami learns of her death. The conclusion was suicide,
[00:17:38] but for him, it was the psychological harassment from her in-laws
[00:17:42] that drove her to end her life. Her husband
[00:17:46] and her husband's sister never stopped belittling
[00:17:49] her for anything and
[00:17:51] everything. They told her, "You joined our
[00:17:55] family, but you brought nothing with you. You
[00:17:59] use our things."
[00:18:02] They demanded €17,000 and a
[00:18:04] car. My sister
[00:18:08] was a very strong woman. After our father's death,
[00:18:12] she took responsibility for our family. But during the
[00:18:15] last two months of her marriage,
[00:18:18] they even went so far as to insult our deceased
[00:18:20] father. The pressure and
[00:18:24] suffering had become unbearable for
[00:18:27] her. In 2024, more than
[00:18:30] 5,000 women have died in India in cases related to
[00:18:33] dowry. Prohibited since 1961,
[00:18:37] it remains deeply rooted across the country.
[00:18:43] India, a police station exclusively staffed by
[00:18:46] women receives daily complaints of dowry-related
[00:18:50] harassment.
[00:18:53] Four people for the husband's family and four for the bride. Also bring in the
[00:18:56] husband and wife. Commissioner Paramjit Kaur today
[00:19:00] receives Savita, 23, and her brother.
[00:19:04] The young woman accuses her in-laws of harassing her and demanding
[00:19:08] a €1,700 dowry. They asked
[00:19:11] us for televisions, we gave them three, each costing around
[00:19:15] €120. My mother only earns $2 a day packing cement
[00:19:18] boxes.
[00:19:21] The goal of this session is to try to reconcile the two families
[00:19:25] and defuse the conflict before it ends up in
[00:19:28] court. My father-in-law sold all the jewelry my
[00:19:32] family had given me, they sold everything, and they continue to
[00:19:36] harass us, to ask us to bring more things and even to pay to
[00:19:40] rebuild their house which is old, that's why they
[00:19:43] torture me. But for Savita's brother,
[00:19:46] marriage remains a sacred commitment on which rests
[00:19:50] the honor and reputation of the entire
[00:19:52] family.
[00:19:54] Even if I manage to find the money by taking out loans and I divorce her, we'll have to
[00:19:58] think about remarrying her. It could take another 5 or 10 years, by then my sister
[00:20:02] will have lost a lot of time, she will have to suffer stigmatization,
[00:20:05] humiliation, what man will want to marry her? When
[00:20:16] families are angry,
[00:20:19] the demands generally concern a car, a motorcycle
[00:20:24] money, and when these demands are not met,
[00:20:27] women often say they are victims of physical violence. It
[00:20:31] is difficult to eradicate something so deeply rooted in
[00:20:34] society, but we are doing our best to advise
[00:20:38] everyone who comes to us. We also try to make families understand
[00:20:42] that this practice is wrong. Things are changing
[00:20:45] slowly, but
[00:20:47] surely.
[00:20:51] The rise in dowry demands has given rise to another
[00:20:55] practice, "pakadua vivah", literally "marriage
[00:20:58] by abduction". In the state of Bihar, to escape
[00:21:02] financial pressure, some families prefer to take the
[00:21:05] initiative. They kidnap the future groom and force him to
[00:21:08] marry their daughters.
[00:21:11] This video shows a teacher who was allegedly kidnapped in
[00:21:14] 2025 and forced to marry. In
[00:21:18] 2017, more than...
[00:21:20] cases of this type were reported in the state of
[00:21:22] Bihar alone.
[00:21:25] Basum Vermichra is 50 years old, he himself was a victim of this
[00:21:28] practice, it was 36
[00:21:30] years ago.
[00:21:33] His cousin played volleyball with me, he liked
[00:21:37] me and decided he wanted me to marry his
[00:21:39] cousin. When we arrived at his parents' house, I
[00:21:43] understood that the wedding was going to take place.
[00:21:47] I already knew about this practice, so
[00:21:50] I told myself it's better to accept this forced marriage than to risk being
[00:21:54] beaten.
[00:21:59] Years later, he went from victim to
[00:22:03] organizer of pakadua vivah kidnappings.
[00:22:06] Today he meets two of his former
[00:22:09] victims.
[00:22:12] We formed a group of ten or twenty people.
[00:22:14] personnes,
[00:22:46] Faced with dowry, some families resort to extreme solutions, others, on the contrary, choose to fight the system within
[00:22:50] the law. Families come through here, in New Delhi, Deven Rajkumar
[00:22:54] breaks codes with his NGO Lady, he organizes a large
[00:22:57] free ceremony to marry several dozen couples without cost
[00:23:01] to the families. Here, the future spouses are selected, the
[00:23:05] in-laws interviewed, and one rule is absolute: no
[00:23:08] dowry. To put an end to dowry, we must develop these collective
[00:23:12] marriages. Initiatives like these also promote harmony within the
[00:23:15] community, when people come together they can.
[00:23:19] ils peuvent.
[00:23:24] Three years after losing her father, Bina says
[00:23:27] she is lucky to be among the 51 brides who are celebrating
[00:23:30] their union tonight.
[00:23:31] soir,
[00:23:35] Where I come from, people openly say, "I want so much money, I want
[00:23:39] this, I want that." These demands are not
[00:23:43] hidden.
[00:23:45] One of my cousins got married and my uncles gave far more than they could
[00:23:49] afford.
[00:24:21] teaching them a trade and new skills is the first step
[00:24:24] towards greater financial
[00:24:25] independence.
[00:24:28] We teach them digital marketing.
[00:24:32] By mastering these skills, they
[00:24:35] will be able to use them to earn their own
[00:24:37] money.
[00:24:40] If we give women this form of autonomy when they
[00:24:44] start earning a living, they will also
[00:24:47] be able to make their voices heard and defend
[00:25:21] At one of New Delhi's largest universities, Nafia questions
[00:25:25] the foundations of the dowry system. At
[00:25:28] 26, she is of marriageable age, so her parents
[00:25:31] have started looking for a suitor for her. Last
[00:25:34] year, she refused one of them, precisely because the young
[00:25:38] money.
[00:25:42] I consider them beggars. How
[00:25:45] can you expect someone to offer you a €26,000 car when
[00:25:49] you earn less than €400 a month?
[00:25:53] I think that men or the families of future grooms consider that they are
[00:25:56] entitled to it, regardless of whether it's called a dowry or a gift, they
[00:25:59] believe that everything their son has obtained, his
[00:26:02] diploma, his social status, his
[00:26:05] position determines his financial value, and
[00:26:09] that they are therefore entitled to ask for whatever they
[00:26:11] want.
[00:26:15] Nafia and her friends believe that dowry remains deeply rooted in
[00:26:19] all layers of Indian society, regardless of economic
[00:26:22] background, caste or religion, a reality
[00:26:26] that pushes them to question the very institution of marriage in
[00:26:29] India.
[00:26:32] Even when a woman is educated and financially independent, she
[00:26:36] remains connected to her family and her entourage. It is
[00:26:39] this social structure that prevents her from making her own
[00:26:42] decisions. When she tries to do so, things can quickly
[00:26:46] escalate.
[00:26:50] I don't understand and it really makes me angry. For me, marriage and
[00:26:54] relationships should be based on love, empathy, kindness,
[00:26:57] not reduced to mere financial
[00:26:59] transactions.
[00:27:02] women have not given up on marriage, but they know that a
[00:27:05] profound change in a society that is still largely
[00:27:08] patriarchal will not happen overnight.
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[00:27:36] He is 25 years old, Sierra Leone is ravaged by war,
[00:27:42] Africa has known. The Kono district is a
[00:27:45] region where diamonds have been found
[00:27:48] century. The stones then serve as currency
[00:27:51] of exchange.
[00:27:54] Diamonds were sent out of Sierra Leone in exchange for weapons and
[00:27:58] ammunition. Years later, as the country seeks to
[00:28:01] rebuild.
[00:30:07] We are still together on France 24, welcome if you are joining us.
[00:30:11] Headlining the news, a new explosion heard in Riyadh at midday according
[00:30:15] to AFP journalists on site. Yesterday, an attack against the airport killed
[00:30:18] 12 and injured more than 300. It is attributed to the
[00:30:22] rebels, it is also attributed to the rebels by the Saudi
[00:30:25] authorities. Pro-Iranian fighters today called on
[00:30:28] travelers to avoid Saudi Arabian airports.
[00:30:33] Headlining in India, the leaders of the farmers' movement released. They had
[00:30:36] been arrested the day before ahead of a demonstration in New Delhi. The
[00:30:40] organizers are calling to continue the protest in the
[00:30:43] streets. And then Pope Francis will undergo a
[00:30:46] lung operation in the coming days. The 71-year-old pontiff
[00:30:50] announced it this
[00:30:53] prayer. The cause is a nodule detected at a very
[00:30:56] early stage. We will find Natalia Mendoza at...