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[00:00:12] Arabia all weekend, the latest drones and missiles hit
[00:00:15] Riyadh and Amman airports overnight,
[00:00:19] resulting in at least one dead and 11 injured, in addition to 13 dead and
[00:00:23] 309 injured on Saturday, Donald Trump does not rule out supporting
[00:00:27] the Saudis against the Houthi movement, who denounced
[00:00:30] a Russian strike against a Ukrainian power plant this Sunday. The strike,
[00:00:34] despite Donald Trump's surprising announcement during the weekend, an energy ceasefire
[00:00:37] between Kyiv and Moscow, the statement therefore surprised the Ukrainian president
[00:00:41] while the United States has just concluded an agreement on the purchase
[00:00:45] What is the United States' strategy towards of Russian Diesel. Then Raphaël
[00:00:48] Glucksmann largely wins the primary of the social-democratic left in France,
[00:00:51] the MEP is therefore designated as a candidate
[00:00:55] like we have done today, because at the end of from the first round with 66% of the votes, far ahead of his opponents. With
[00:00:59] Public Place. The Socialist Party, with this leader of Public Place, will not have a
[00:01:03] candidate from its ranks to represent it in the presidential election on
[00:01:12] echo news from the Paris Motor Show, decryptions, and our focus
[00:01:16] this morning, a report on the impact of road accidents on the Indian
[00:01:19] economy. The phenomenon is so significant that it costs the country
[00:01:46] In the news, this new series of Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia. Overnight,
[00:01:50] Shiite fighters from Yemen again claimed ballistic
[00:01:54] missile, cruise missile, and drone attacks.
[00:01:57] The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority announced one dead and 11
[00:02:00] injured in this new attack, which is in addition to the 13 dead,
[00:02:04] 309 injured over the weekend, particularly at Riyadh airport. You
[00:02:08] see these impressive images from surveillance cameras, the airport is
[00:02:11] still closed for now and for the whole day. Sophie
[00:02:14] Samail, Saudi Arabia
[00:02:17] relentlessly attacked, its main
[00:02:21] target, Riyadh airport, targeted by two
[00:02:24] attacks on Saturday and
[00:02:26] in Clermont-Ferrand this Sunday, the leader of Sunday, the deadliest on its soil since 2015.
[00:02:31] Yemeni armed forces carried out four major operations over the past
[00:02:35] 24 hours, using ballistic and cruise missiles as well as
[00:02:39] drones. The first operation carried out in three
[00:02:42] phases targeted King Khalid International Airport in
[00:02:45] Riyadh and led to the disruption of air traffic and
[00:02:48] the complete closure of the airport.
[00:02:52] On these surveillance video images,
[00:02:54] passengers at King Khalid Airport in Riyadh were shocked by
[00:02:58] the violence of the explosion.
[00:03:00] Since Saturday, hundreds of injured people have been treated in this
[00:03:04] hospital in the Saudi capital. The airport
[00:03:07] is closed until Monday evening. The strikes
[00:03:11] also hit other airports and Saudi energy
[00:03:15] infrastructure located in the east of the
[00:03:17] country, all of which are claimed by the Houthi movement in
[00:03:21] Yemen. The coalition led by Saudi
[00:03:25] Arabia, for its part, announced that it had shot down a missile
[00:03:29] in the same interception and destruction of a ballistic
[00:03:32] missile launched by the Houthi terrorist militia towards Khamis
[00:03:36] Mushait. In the region and among allies,
[00:03:39] several leaders have reacted, Israeli Prime Minister
[00:03:43] Benjamin Netanyahu, condemning a horrific terrorist
[00:03:46] attack. Donald Trump described these strikes
[00:03:49] as unacceptable, indicating that he would consider
[00:03:53] possible American participation in military
[00:03:56] operations against the Houthis.
[00:04:00] they preferred to go to Yemen rather than stay in their war-torn country, at
[00:04:04] Africa has least 139 migrants died in the shipwreck of an overloaded
[00:04:07] boat, it happened off Djibouti, 84
[00:04:11] people are missing, these are mainly Ethiopian
[00:04:13] migrants fleeing the war in the Tigray region,
[00:04:17] Alice Broga.
[00:04:19] The sea has washed up about ten bodies on this beach in
[00:04:22] Djibouti, north of Obock. The day before, a
[00:04:25] boat carrying 305 migrants capsized off the coast
[00:04:29] as they were heading towards Yemen to the east. According to
[00:04:33] local authorities, this is one of the deadliest shipwrecks
[00:04:36] ever recorded. Approximately 82 people survived
[00:04:40] and dozens are still missing. On board were
[00:04:44] women, men, and also children. So the IOM is
[00:04:47] working with local authorities, particularly the prefecture
[00:04:50] of Obock, which coordinates
[00:04:53] discussed in the aisles of the Paris operations on site. So the first survivors encountered were taken care of
[00:04:56] by the IOM. Despite the war raging in Yemen, many
[00:05:00] try to reach this country, hoping then to continue their journey to the
[00:05:04] rich Gulf countries. According to the International Organization for
[00:05:08] Migration, the majority were from Ethiopia.
[00:05:11] One of the survivors declared coming from the Tigray region in the north of the country
[00:05:15] where fighting resumed last month between government
[00:05:18] forces and rebel
[00:05:21] the year, 17,800 people have arrived in Djibouti from
[00:05:25] Ethiopia fleeing difficult living conditions.
[00:05:28] The IOM calls for strengthening their protection.
[00:05:32] We can no longer tolerate these deaths. Safe and legal
[00:05:35] routes save lives. I call on
[00:05:38] governments and donors to act before another
[00:05:42] disaster occurs. This migratory route, one of the most dangerous in the
[00:05:46] world, is also used in the other direction. More than
[00:05:49] 3,700 people fleeing Yemen have embarked for
[00:05:52] Djibouti until last week.
[00:05:58] Ukraine and Russia? Today, the Supreme Commander of NATO forces in
[00:06:02] Europe will speak. In Poland, he is American and must issue a warning
[00:06:06] to Moscow before his European partners, and for his part, Donald Trump
[00:06:10] seems to take everyone by surprise, by announcing on his social network a ceasefire
[00:06:14] between Ukraine and Russia, surprised Voladimir
[00:06:17] Zelensky says he is ready to accept it if Russia does the same. Alice
[00:06:21] Broga.
[00:06:23] It was from his social network True Social that Donald
[00:06:27] Trump announced it this Sunday. A bilateral energy
[00:06:30] ceasefire would have been accepted by Ukraine and
[00:06:33] Russia with immediate effect. The American
[00:06:36] president gave no details on the terms of this announced
[00:06:40] truce, but this statement comes the day after he criticized
[00:06:44] Zelensky, blaming Kyiv for its attacks on Russian
[00:06:48] refineries. These would, according to Donald Trump,
[00:06:51] increase diesel prices in the United States. He also
[00:06:55] stated that Ukraine should have a new president,
[00:06:59] which further increases the pressure on Voladimir
[00:07:02] Zelensky who does not rule out elections under certain
[00:07:06] conditions.
[00:07:08] We are ready for a ceasefire, we are ready to take any de-escalation
[00:07:12] step to spare the energy sector in a ceasefire from both sides
[00:07:16] and tell Putin to give us 2 months, 60 days of total
[00:07:20] ceasefire, 60 days to organize elections, of course,
[00:07:23] we will accept the choice of our people, whatever
[00:07:26] it may be,
[00:07:29] the tension was already very high on Friday when the American
[00:07:32] president announced an agreement between the United States and Russia for
[00:07:36] the massive purchase of Russian diesel with a
[00:07:39] relaxation of sanctions against Moscow. With this
[00:07:43] agreement, Donald Trump prioritizes the midterm
[00:07:46] elections, for which his party is struggling, particularly
[00:07:49] due to rising fuel prices. First,
[00:07:53] 300,000 tons of diesel on the American and global
[00:07:56] market, a very small
[00:07:59] specialists, given American demand. Refineries are mostly
[00:08:03] disrupted by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the war in the
[00:08:06] Middle East, initiated by the United States.
[00:08:10] So, with this
[00:08:14] energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, Donald Trump surprised everyone. It must be said that the US president has his own agenda
[00:08:18] with, well, soon the midterm
[00:08:21] elections and a political
[00:08:25] risk for the US president. Alice
[00:08:27] Broga: at the pump, prices are soaring and discontent
[00:08:31] is rising in the United States as the midterm
[00:08:34] elections approach. With no solution in the Middle East, Donald Trump
[00:08:38] hastily turns to Moscow by announcing a ceasefire.
[00:08:42] le feu.
[00:08:50] President Trump came to power with a mandate to work for the American
[00:08:54] people, and that's a good thing for the American people,
[00:08:58] to lower diesel prices. Since the
[00:09:01] beginning of the year, Russian diesel exports have fallen by about
[00:09:04] 40%, due to the intensification of long-range Ukrainian
[00:09:08] drone strikes on refineries, as here in
[00:09:11] Moscow. Half of the country's refining capacity was
[00:09:14] even put out of service in August 2026, according to a Washington
[00:09:18] Post investigation. Damage that forced Moscow to import
[00:09:22] oil from India, to ration its use and freeze its
[00:09:26] diesel exports. The cessation of Ukrainian strikes would allow
[00:09:30] facilities to be repaired and production to resume. In
[00:09:34] anticipation, Trump lifted US sanctions on Russian diesel on Friday
[00:09:37] with an agreement allowing Russia to deliver 30,000 tons of
[00:09:41] diesel this October, 50,000 tons in November and
[00:09:45] up to 1 million thereafter, but for Ukraine, caught
[00:09:48] off guard by the American announcement, any ceasefire must involve an end
[00:09:52] to Russian shelling of power plants and heating
[00:09:55] facilities in the
[00:09:56] country.
[00:09:59] Ukraine is ready to refrain from striking Russian
[00:10:02] energy infrastructure and we count on the same
[00:10:06] disposition from Russia as well as on the agreement concluded by the US
[00:10:09] president on this matter. We welcome.
[00:10:25] In France, the first round of the presidential election is on April 18 and Raphaël
[00:10:28] Glucksmann will therefore be the candidate of the
[00:10:32] the alliance between the Socialist Party and Public Place, the MEP
[00:10:35] therefore largely wins the primary organized over the weekend, 66% of the votes
[00:10:39] far ahead of Olivier Faure 14%, a clear score
[00:10:43] but which does not hide the dissensions within the French left while the far
[00:10:47] right is predicted to win by all polls.
[00:10:50] It's a little over
[00:10:53] 6pm.
[00:10:55] Raphaël Glucksmann has just learned that he won the primary in the first
[00:10:58] round.
[00:11:01] A few moments later, he makes a triumphant arrival at the primary
[00:11:05] headquarters cheered by
[00:11:06] activists.
[00:11:10] A resounding victory, more than 66% of the 120,000 voters
[00:11:14] chose him. He is now officially the social-democratic camp's candidate
[00:11:17] for the presidential election.
[00:11:19] The Battle of France
[00:11:22] begins. I will therefore be
[00:11:26] in this campaign the candidate of the break with Macronism,
[00:11:30] the candidate of the break with the
[00:11:33] hegemony of Jean-Luc Mélenchon over the French
[00:11:36] left. For the activists, it is important to savor
[00:11:39] the victory and above all now turn the page on this
[00:11:42] primary. There were blows, it's clear,
[00:11:46] given by everyone, by Raphaël Glucksmann too, it must be said, it's true, but then we
[00:11:49] must, we must unite. I am extremely happy, extremely proud
[00:11:53] that the socialist family can unite tonight around a candidacy and
[00:11:57] above all a very clear victory. Coming in second,
[00:12:00] Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, received just over
[00:12:04] 14% of the votes. He commits to supporting the
[00:12:07] winner. Dear Raphael
[00:12:11] Luxman, you managed to convince a majority of
[00:12:14] voters and I respect the democratic
[00:12:17] process of the primary that I wanted too much not
[00:12:20] to accept it with wisdom. She
[00:12:23] dreamed of creating a surprise, but she finally finished 3rd with 7.6
[00:12:27] %. Ségolène Royal will also rally behind Raphaël
[00:12:31] Glucksmann, despite a disappointment, acknowledged. The
[00:12:35] trainee won the primary, yes, unfortunately, you still acknowledge
[00:12:38] this result, of course, I congratulate the winner, it's
[00:12:42] tradition. And Raphaël Luxman's campaign
[00:12:45] begins. Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke at a rally
[00:12:51] La France Insoumise played to a full house of 10,000 people. Few
[00:12:55] references to this primary. Jean-Luc Mélenchon dedicated his speech to the ongoing
[00:12:58] high school student movement, a movement he supports. He again promised to
[00:13:02] abolish "Parcoursup" and denounced the policies at the origin
[00:13:05] of this crisis in education. Listen,
[00:13:09] but this movement
[00:13:12] is the cry that announces the end of a
[00:13:15] period of which they have been the victims,
[00:13:19] no, it is not by chance or by oversight or by
[00:13:23] negligence that... secondary education establishments,
[00:13:27] general education and vocational education are in this state,
[00:13:30] not to mention primary education, this
[00:13:33] has been organized
[00:13:36] methodically
[00:13:40] for more than 15 years. In
[00:13:43] international news, also Nepal, where searches for missing persons have just
[00:13:47] resumed with sunrise in accessible areas. This Sunday, central
[00:13:51] Nepal was again a victim of torrential rains and floods
[00:13:55] of mud. At least five people are missing after the sudden rise of a
[00:13:58] river, a spectacular rise, only 6 weeks
[00:14:01] after the floods that killed more than 1,400 people and left 5,000
[00:14:04] missing. Thomas Cuni,
[00:14:08] a giant wave,
[00:14:12] unstoppable, a torrent of mud pours into
[00:14:15] this valley and sweeps everything in its
[00:14:18] path. In a few seconds, villages
[00:14:21] engulfed before helpless inhabitants.
[00:14:34] This sudden flood was caused by the rupture of a dam
[00:14:37] following a landslide. Nothing
[00:14:40] resists,
[00:14:44] not even this metal bridge, it gives way to the force of the
[00:14:48] current, seen from another angle we can distinguish
[00:14:51] the extent of the catastrophe.
[00:14:56] The disaster occurred in northern
[00:14:59] Nepal, in the Gorkha
[00:15:02] region. Residents had time to take
[00:15:05] refuge on higher ground. Here was our village, it was a
[00:15:09] small hamlet, everyone was screaming, we took refuge in the
[00:15:13] mountains.
[00:15:15] Here in the center of the image, other survivors,
[00:15:19] very quickly, the army was deployed to rescue them, helicopters fly
[00:15:23] over a devastated area,
[00:15:27] entire sections of cliffs have
[00:15:28] collapsed. We can clearly see here
[00:15:32] the trajectory of the mudslide, according to
[00:15:36] an initial assessment by the authorities, at least 5 people
[00:15:39] are missing.
[00:15:42] Can French and European car manufacturers compete with
[00:15:46] the Chinese industry? This question will be much discussed in the aisles of the Paris Motor Show
[00:15:50] inaugurated today by Emmanuel Macron. The head of state
[00:15:54] will emphasize vehicle electrification, European preference, and innovation.
[00:15:57] On Friday, Beijing agreed
[00:16:01] to curb its hybrid car exports to the European Union.
[00:16:05] However, are European manufacturers capable of resisting
[00:16:08] this competition, and their dependence on China? We'll see that with
[00:16:12] Anaïs Sanquet, Audi Lengueval, and Alain
[00:16:14] Locacio.
[00:16:17] Brand new Chinese cars, as far as the eye can see,
[00:16:20] ready to be exported worldwide,
[00:16:22] images that make Europe
[00:16:26] tremble and illustrate the rise of China,
[00:16:29] which has become the great leader of the automotive
[00:16:33] industry. In China, factories are running at full
[00:16:36] capacity. 34 million vehicles manufactured in
[00:16:40] 2025, it is the country that produces the most
[00:16:43] each year, far ahead of the United States and
[00:16:47] Japan. In 15 years, sales of Chinese
[00:16:51] cars have jumped by 152
[00:16:53] %. And facing a saturated domestic
[00:16:56] market, Beijing is now looking to conquer
[00:17:00] Europe. Today, we probably have in China
[00:17:03] the means to manufacture something like 40 or 45 million cars,
[00:17:08] so with their factories, they could largely satisfy all our
[00:17:11] needs, and therefore they could completely kill our
[00:17:14] industry. In France, Chinese dealerships
[00:17:18] are multiplying, a hundred for BYD
[00:17:21] alone, and in Europe, the market share of
[00:17:25] Chinese brands has increased from 0.5% in
[00:17:28] 2021 to more than 6% in
[00:17:31] 2025. Beijing even wants to go further
[00:17:35] by producing its vehicles directly on our
[00:17:39] continent, numerous projects have been launched, a
[00:17:42] factory has just been built in
[00:17:45] Hungary. To counter this offensive, the European
[00:17:49] Union retaliates and threatens to increase customs
[00:17:51] duties, a method that is starting to pay off, it has just
[00:17:55] secured a first gesture from Beijing. We have
[00:17:59] reached an agreement in principle to moderate China's hybrid vehicle
[00:18:02] exports to the European Union.
[00:18:06] Reducing Chinese competition, a matter of survival, especially for
[00:18:10] German Volkswagen, the group announced the
[00:18:13] elimination of 50,000 jobs in Germany
[00:18:16] by 2030. For its part, France is betting on
[00:18:20] electric to resist, with flagship
[00:18:22] vehicles like the Renault 5, entirely produced in
[00:18:26] France. Today, French manufacturers have rather chosen
[00:18:30] France for these new vehicles that correspond
[00:18:33] to the future of production, so yes, with
[00:18:36] the electric pressure, indeed,
[00:18:38] manufacturers have bet on France. In
[00:18:42] this global competition, the United States has made a radical
[00:18:45] choice. Since 2024, they impose 100%
[00:18:48] customs duties on imports of Chinese electric
[00:18:52] cars. So, the Paris Motor Show will be followed, especially with our
[00:18:55] teams on site at the inauguration this morning. A look at our headlines
[00:18:59] now and in the news, the Houthi movement from Yemen that struck Saudi Arabia all
[00:19:02] weekend, the latest drones and missiles hit Riyadh and Dammam airports
[00:19:06] overnight, you see these impressive images, at least one dead
[00:19:10] and 11 injured, this adds to the 13 dead and 309 injured over the
[00:19:13] weekend. Donald Trump does not rule out support for the Saudis against
[00:19:17] the Houthis. And then Raphaël Glucksmann largely won the primary of the
[00:19:20] social-democratic left. The MEP is designated
[00:19:23] as a candidate from the first round with 66% of the votes, far ahead of his
[00:19:27] opponents. With the leader of Place Publique, the Socialist Party will therefore
[00:19:31] not have a candidate from its ranks to represent it in the presidential election in the first
[00:19:34] round on April 18. And then French and European
[00:24:49] He is 25 years old. "Sierra Leone is ravaged by war,
[00:24:52] one of the most violent that West
[00:24:54] known. The Kono district is a
[00:24:58] region where diamonds have been found for more than a
[00:25:00] century. The stones then served as a currency
[00:25:04] of exchange.
[00:25:06] Diamonds were sent out of Sierra Leone in exchange for weapons and
[00:25:10] ammunition. Years later, as the country seeks to
[00:25:13] rebuild.
[00:25:50] millions of votes,
[00:25:54] an election that can change everything, when
[00:25:57] America votes, the world
[00:25:59] watches.
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[00:30:11] Yemen again strikes Saudi Arabia, as was the case all
[00:30:14] weekend, the latest drones and missiles struck Riyadh and Damas airports
[00:30:18] overnight, you see these impressive images, at least one
[00:30:22] dead and 11 injured, this adds to the 13 dead and
[00:30:25] 309 injured on Saturday. Donald Trump does not rule out support
[00:30:28] for the Saudis against the Houthis. Raphaël
[00:30:31] Glucksmann. porting largely the primary of the social-democratic left,
[00:30:34] the MEP is designated as a candidate from the first round with
[00:30:38] 66% of the votes, far ahead of his opponents.
[00:30:41] With this leader of Place Publique, the Socialist Party will not have a candidate from its ranks to
[00:30:45] represent it in the presidential election in the first round on April 18. And then French and European
[00:30:49] car manufacturers, can they compete with
[00:30:52] Chinese industry? The question will be much
[00:30:55] Motor Show inaugurated this Monday by Emmanuel.