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[00:00:00] to be seen on France 24 and our social
[00:00:11] that are still striking Saudi Arabia, as was the case throughout
[00:00:14] the weekend. The latest drones and missiles fell overnight on the
[00:00:18] airports of Riyadh and Damas. You see these impressive images: at least one
[00:00:22] dead and 11 injured. This is in addition to the 13 dead and
[00:00:25] 309 injured from Saturday. Donald Trump does not rule out support
[00:00:29] for the Saudis. Raphaël
[00:00:31] Glucksmann largely wins the Social-Democratic Left primary.
[00:00:34] The MEP is designated as a candidate in the first round with
[00:00:38] 66% of the votes, far ahead of his opponents.
[00:00:41] With this public figure leader, the Socialist Party will not have a candidate from its ranks to represent
[00:00:45] it in the presidential election in the first round on April 18th. And can French
[00:00:49] and European car manufacturers fight
[00:00:52] against the Chinese industry? This question will be widely discussed in the aisles of the Paris
[00:00:55] Motor Show,
[00:00:58] groups. Since the beginning of inaugurated this Monday by Emmanuel Macron. Moreover, the head of state must emphasize
[00:01:01] the electrification of vehicles, European
[00:01:04] preference, and innovation, as the Élysée said on Friday.
[00:01:08] Beijing has agreed to curb its exports of hybrid cars
[00:01:11] to the European
[00:01:23] Houthis and Saudi Arabia. Yes, a war that is obviously continuing
[00:01:26] with Riyadh and its airport, so the main entry point
[00:01:30] into the country, which has been hit again with unprecedented attacks, 13 dead, more than
[00:01:34] 300 injured. Where is Saudi Arabia going and how will it
[00:01:38] get out of this? We will discuss it together. Hélène, the press this morning is notably focusing on the Dalit movement
[00:01:42] in India, whose leaders were released this Sunday after 24 hours of
[00:01:45] detention. Yes, the Dalit people's party is still protesting
[00:01:49] against the removal of some 130 million people
[00:01:52] from the electoral
[00:02:09] Citroën stand with you see behind me, I think
[00:02:13] you like this little car, it's the 2CV, the little 2CV
[00:02:16] which is a model, it's not yet the one that will be sold in 2
[00:02:20] years, but it's one of the stars of this show and I'll tell you about it later,
[00:02:41] Headlining this morning, this new series of Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia
[00:02:45] overnight. Houthi fighters from Yemen claimed ballistic
[00:02:49] missile, cruise missile, and drone strikes. The Saudi
[00:02:53] and we count on Russia's civil aviation authority has announced, for now, one dead and 11 injured in this new
[00:02:56] attack. This is in addition to the 13 dead and 309 injured
[00:03:00] from the weekend, notably at Riyadh airport on Saturday. The airport is still closed
[00:03:08] asks the UN Security Council under relentless attack. The main
[00:03:12] one of the most violent that West target, Riyadh airport, hit by two
[00:03:14] attacks on Saturday and Sunday, the deadliest
[00:03:17] on its soil since
[00:03:19] 2015.
[00:03:21] Yemeni armed forces conducted four major operations in the last
[00:03:25] 24 hours, using ballistic and cruise missiles as well as
[00:03:29] drones. The first operation, conducted in three
[00:03:32] phases, targeted King Khalid International Airport in
[00:03:35] Riyadh and led to air traffic disruption and
[00:03:39] the complete closure of the airport.
[00:03:42] In these surveillance video images,
[00:03:44] passengers at King Khalid
[00:03:47] Flights resumed Sunday at the city's Airport are caught in the violence of the explosion. Since
[00:03:50] Saturday, hundreds of injured
[00:03:52] a philosopher highly committed to human people have been treated in this hospital in the Saudi capital.
[00:03:56] The airport is closed until Monday
[00:04:00] evening. Strikes also hit other
[00:04:03] airports and Saudi energy infrastructure
[00:04:06] located in the east of the country. All
[00:04:10] are claimed by the Yemeni Houthis. The
[00:04:13] coalition led by Saudi Arabia, for its part,
[00:04:17] announced that it had shot down a missile in the same area.
[00:04:21] Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi terrorist militia
[00:04:24] towards Khamis Mushait. In the
[00:04:28] region and among allies. Several leaders have
[00:04:31] reacted, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
[00:04:34] condemning a horrific terrorist attack. Donald
[00:04:38] Trump, for his part, called these strikes unacceptable,
[00:04:41] indicating that he would consider a possible American
[00:04:44] participation in military operations against the
[00:04:48] Houthis. They preferred to go to Yemen
[00:04:51] rather than stay in their war-torn country. At least 139
[00:04:54] battles, the defense of migrants died in the sinking of an overloaded boat off the
[00:04:58] coast of Djibouti this weekend. 80... four remain missing. They are
[00:05:01] mainly Ethiopian migrants fleeing the
[00:05:05] war in the Tigray region, Alice Broga.
[00:05:08] The sea has washed up about ten bodies on this beach in Djibouti,
[00:05:12] north of Obock. The day before, a boat carrying 305
[00:05:16] migrants capsized off the coast while heading towards
[00:05:19] Yemen to the east. According to local authorities, this
[00:05:23] is one of the deadliest shipwrecks ever
[00:05:26] recorded. About 82 people survived,
[00:05:29] and dozens are still missing. On board were
[00:05:33] women, men, but also children, so the IOM is working
[00:05:36] with local authorities, particularly the Obock prefecture,
[00:05:39] which coordinates operations on site. So the
[00:05:43] first survivors encountered were taken care of by the. Despite the war
[00:05:46] raging in Yemen, many migrants attempted to reach this
[00:05:50] country, hoping then to continue their journey to the rich
[00:05:53] Gulf countries. According to the International Organization for
[00:05:57] Migration, the majority were from Ethiopia. One of the
[00:06:01] survivors stated that they came from the Tigray region in the north of the country, where
[00:06:05] fighting resumed last month between government forces and rebel
[00:06:10] the year, 178,000 people have arrived in Djibouti from
[00:06:14] Ethiopia, fleeing difficult living conditions. The IOM
[00:06:18] calls for their protection to be strengthened.
[00:06:21] We can no longer tolerate these deaths. Safe
[00:06:25] and legal pathways save lives. I call on governments and
[00:06:28] donors to act before another shipwreck occurs.
[00:06:32] This migratory route, one of the most dangerous in the
[00:06:35] world, is also used in the other direction. More than
[00:06:38] 3,700 people fleeing Yemen have embarked for Djibouti
[00:06:42] until last week.
[00:06:46] Also in the news this morning, the burning issue in the Horn of Africa
[00:06:50] where tensions are rising between Ethiopia and Eritrea. These
[00:06:53] migrants are fleeing this conflict. The Ethiopian army continues its offensive in
[00:06:56] the Tigray region. Eritrean troops reportedly entered
[00:07:00] the sector in recent days. The two countries accuse each other
[00:07:04] of aggression. Asmara issued a declaration of war and seized the
[00:07:42] resumed between the Addis Ababa army and the Tigray People's Liberation Front
[00:07:46] or TPLF. At the end of September, the rebels of this
[00:07:50] northern Ethiopian state launched a major offensive
[00:07:53] against the central government, taking control of several
[00:07:57] localities in the region. Addis Ababa accuses Eritrea of
[00:08:01] supporting the TPLF. This week, several thousand Eritrean
[00:08:04] soldiers were reportedly deployed in the region without official
[00:08:08] confirmation from Asmara. An act of aggression for Ethiopia, which
[00:08:12] led to strikes against its neighbor's troops in the name of legitimate
[00:08:15] defense. Eritrea, for its part, appealed to the United Nations. Eritrea
[00:08:21] to strongly condemn Ethiopia's deplorable
[00:08:24] declaration of war against Eritrea and to take
[00:08:28] appropriate deterrent measures against it in accordance with Chapter
[00:08:32] 7 of the United Nations Charter. This
[00:08:35] escalation raises fears of a new war between the two neighbors, who had already
[00:08:39] clashed between 1998 and
[00:08:41] 2000, then from 2020 to 2022.
[00:08:45] In recent days, the executive of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said it had
[00:08:48] regained control of most of the cities conquered by the rebels,
[00:08:52] including Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, a sign of a gradual
[00:08:56] return of federal authority.
[00:09:00] airport after weeks of interruption. On board the first
[00:09:03] aircraft were representatives of the central
[00:09:05] government.
[00:09:07] This question now: what is the United States' strategy regarding Ukraine and Russia?
[00:09:11] Today, the Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe will
[00:09:15] speak in Poland. This will be followed on our air. He is American, he must issue a warning
[00:09:18] to Moscow before his European partners. But
[00:09:21] Donald Trump, for his part, seems to take everyone by surprise by announcing
[00:09:25] on his social network an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and
[00:09:28] Russia. Surprised, Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to accept it
[00:09:37] True Social that Donald Trump announced this
[00:09:40] Sunday, a... A bilateral energy ceasefire would have been
[00:09:44] accepted by Ukraine and Russia with immediate
[00:09:47] effect. The American president gave no
[00:09:51] details on the terms of this announced truce, but this statement
[00:09:55] comes the day after the criticism he made against Zelensky,
[00:09:58] reproaching Kyiv for its attacks against Russian refineries. These
[00:10:02] would result, according to Donald Trump, in increased diesel prices in the
[00:10:06] United States. He also stated that Ukraine should
[00:10:09] elect a new president, which.
[00:10:25] escalation to spare the energy sector, an energy ceasefire on both sides, and
[00:10:29] tell Putin to grant us two months, 60 days of a
[00:10:32] total ceasefire, 60 days to organize elections,
[00:10:36] of course, we will accept the choice of our people, whatever
[00:10:39] it may be.
[00:10:42] already very tense detention on Friday when the American
[00:10:45] president announced an agreement between the United States and Russia for
[00:10:49] the massive purchase of Russian diesel, accompanied by
[00:10:52] an easing of sanctions against Moscow. With this
[00:10:55] agreement, Donald Trump prioritizes the midterm
[00:10:58] elections, for which his party is struggling, notably
[00:11:02] due to rising fuel prices. First,
[00:11:06] 300,000 tons of diesel on the American and global market,
[00:11:08] a very small quantity according to specialists,
[00:11:11] given American demand. Refineries are mostly
[00:11:15] disrupted by the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz and the war in the
[00:11:19] Middle East initiated by the United States.
[00:11:22] So, with this announcement of an energy ceasefire between
[00:11:26] Ukraine and Russia, Donald Trump surprised everyone, but the US president
[00:11:30] has his own agenda. In a little over 3 weeks, the midterm elections
[00:11:34] could cost him dearly politically, and the price of fuel at the pump is a major
[00:11:43] is rising in the United States as the midterm elections
[00:11:46] approach. Short of solutions in the Middle East, Donald Trump is
[00:11:49] rushing to Moscow by announcing an energy
[00:11:53] ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. He wants to restore
[00:11:57] Russian oil capacities and drive down global
[00:11:59] prices. You see, President Trump came
[00:12:03] to power with a mandate to work for the American people,
[00:12:07] and that's a good thing for the American people, to lower diesel
[00:12:10] prices. Since the beginning of the year, Russian
[00:12:14] diesel exports have fallen by about 40%, due to
[00:12:18] intensified long-range Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries
[00:12:21] like here in Moscow. Half of the country's refining
[00:12:25] capacity was even out of service in August 2026,
[00:12:28] according to a Washington Post investigation. Damage
[00:12:32] that forced Moscow to import oil from India,
[00:12:35] ration its use, and freeze its diesel
[00:12:39] exports. The cessation of Ukrainian strikes would allow facilities
[00:12:42] to be repaired and production to resume. In
[00:12:45] anticipation, Trump on Friday lifted US sanctions on Russian
[00:12:49] diesel with an agreement allowing Russia to deliver
[00:12:52] 30,000 tons of diesel as early as October, 50,000 tons in
[00:12:56] November, and up to 1 million thereafter. But for
[00:12:59] Ukraine, taken by surprise by the American announcement, any ceasefire
[00:13:03] must involve an end to Russian bombing of power plants
[00:13:06] and heating installations in the
[00:13:08] country.
[00:13:11] Ukraine is ready to refrain from striking Russian
[00:13:14] energy infrastructure,
[00:13:18] similar willingness, as well as on the agreement concluded by the US president
[00:13:22] on this matter. We welcome this agreement.
[00:13:55] but which does not hide the dissensions within the French left, while the far right
[00:13:58] is predicted to win by all the polls. Raphaël Glucksmann reminded
[00:14:02] this in his first statement.
[00:14:10] Raphaël Glucksmann, a 46-year-old journalist by training,
[00:14:13] is the son of André Glucksmann,
[00:14:17] rights who campaigned for a long time in the Communist Party before becoming
[00:14:21] a fervent critic of it and being classified as a neoconservative.
[00:14:36] a position he held until 2013 after a first political experience in
[00:14:40] France, also on the right, with the Liberal Alternative
[00:14:43] Party, Raphaël Glucksmann swung towards the left and in
[00:14:47] 2019 he was elected MEP in the European elections with
[00:14:51] the Place Publique movement, which he co-founded 1 year earlier.
[00:14:55] Re-elected in 2024, he became one of the most prominent
[00:14:59] figures of the moderate left in Brussels. Yesterday,
[00:15:03] hatred won in France and in
[00:15:05] Europe. So, it's time today to
[00:15:09] remember that we are committed to the rights and humanist
[00:15:12] principles that underpin European construction,
[00:15:15] it's time to stand up. These
[00:15:19] Ukraine, the Uyghurs, or the fight against Russian
[00:15:23] interference. But his social-democratic and reformist
[00:15:27] line draws criticism from across the left,
[00:15:29] notably from Jean-Luc Mélenchon, with whom he
[00:15:33] refuses any alliance. There will be no
[00:15:35] agreement with the Francisme, but there will be an agreement with the democratic
[00:15:39] left, with the republican left, and we will win
[00:15:42] the presidential elections, I am absolutely convinced of that.
[00:15:46] Raphaël Glucksmann wants to be the candidate for a break with what he
[00:15:49] calls Jean-Luc Mélenchon's hegemony over the French
[00:15:52] left and calls for the union of forces to fight against what
[00:15:56] he describes as his eternal enemy, the far
[00:15:59] right. In brief, Simon may not make landfall
[00:16:03] in Mexico and will ultimately continue its course at sea before
[00:16:06] weakening. The cyclone is moving parallel to the Pacific
[00:16:09] coast with an intensity of 4/5, but it is expected
[00:16:13] to spare many Mexicans. If its winds are offshore,
[00:16:16] however, rain is falling on coastal cities, and floods are, for
[00:16:19] example, reported around
[00:16:30] are still striking Saudi Arabia. The latest drones and missiles fell overnight
[00:16:34] on the airports of Riyadh and Damas. The toll: at
[00:16:37] least one dead, 11 injured. This is in addition to the 13 dead and 309 injured from
[00:16:41] the weekend. Donald Trump does not rule out supporting the Saudis against
[00:16:45] the Houthis. And Raphaël Glucksmann
[00:16:49] left primary. The MEP was designated as a candidate in the
[00:16:52] first round with 66% of the votes, far ahead of his
[00:16:55] opponents. With the leader of Place Publique, the Socialist Party will not have a candidate
[00:16:59] from its ranks to represent it in the presidential election on April
[00:17:18] Glucksmann in the social-democratic primary in the first round. And
[00:17:21] Le Parisien today in France announces a chaotic victory for the
[00:17:25] head of Place Publique, who now sees his path to the presidency
[00:17:28] clearing. A victory for Raphaël Glucksmann and a crushing defeat for
[00:17:32] the head of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, his main opponent. The
[00:17:36] Socialist Party, as you said, will not present a candidate from its ranks for
[00:17:40] this presidential election, and this is a first in its
[00:17:43] history. The death of the Socialist Party, according to Le Figaro,
[00:17:46] the question is now posed. In the immediate term, there is no doubt
[00:17:50] that Raphaël Glucksmann would have achieved an ideological
[00:17:53] and strategic victory by refusing an alliance with La
[00:17:57] France Insoumise. With his "never again LFI,"
[00:18:01] the MEP, as we know, hopes to convince left-wing and centrist
[00:18:03] voters that he is capable of preventing a Mélenchon-Marine
[00:18:07] Le Pen duel in the second round. But to win this bet, Libération believes
[00:18:11] that Raphaël Glucksmann will have to convince left-wing voters,
[00:18:15] so seduced by Emmanuel Macron, to return to
[00:18:19] their original family, a left that he presents as non-hysterical,
[00:18:22] non-Poutinist, and above all very pro-European.
[00:18:26] Glucksmann, plebiscited, and after the polls
[00:18:30] predict that some in his camp will not hesitate to
[00:18:33] dynamite this launchpad of the primary for the rest of his
[00:18:37] campaign. It is better that their elected officials do not count too
[00:18:41] much on the support of the Socialist Party leadership,
[00:18:45] warns the newspaper, and the hardest part is yet to come,
[00:18:48] starting with the battle with Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The leader of La France Insoumise held
[00:18:52] a rally yesterday in Auvergne where he presented himself as the
[00:18:55] spokesperson for the high school student movement, mobilized for weeks
[00:18:59] now. According to Le Figaro, all generations were there, but the youngest,
[00:19:03] sometimes far from voting age, were numerous. These
[00:19:06] young people assure that they are neither manipulable nor
[00:19:10] manipulated. They want "Parcoursup to burn," I quote them,
[00:19:13] the platform for access to higher education that Jean-Luc
[00:19:16] Mélenchon promises to abolish if elected.
[00:19:20] In the meantime, L'Humanité indicates that a national high school student
[00:19:24] coordination met this weekend to try to organize
[00:19:27] the continuation of the mobilization for this week, a week that
[00:19:31] promises to be under high police tension, according to L'Huma. But will
[00:19:34] the movement survive the school holidays? The
[00:19:38] causes of the malaise, in any case, are there, they are
[00:19:41] deep, lasting. Le Parisien reports on a survey
[00:19:44] by Action Contre la Faim which indicates that 13% of
[00:19:47] French people surveyed declare that they sometimes,
[00:19:50] or often, do not have enough to eat. And this is a
[00:19:54] proportion, Damien, that reaches 25%
[00:19:56] for 18-24 year olds, as evidenced by the endless
[00:20:00] queues of students in front of university restaurants
[00:20:04] for €1 meals, or
[00:20:13] on Saturday to prevent gatherings. But in addition to a
[00:20:16] massive security deployment, Indian authorities arrested hundreds
[00:20:20] of members of the Dalit People's Party, who are still protesting
[00:20:24] against the removal of some 130 million
[00:20:28] people from the electoral lists, particularly
[00:20:31] Muslims and people from vulnerable backgrounds, and who are generally
[00:20:35] unfavorable to Narendra Modi's BJP.
[00:20:39] Arrests whose legality was challenged by the Supreme Court,
[00:20:43] according to The Hindu. For its part, the newspaper
[00:20:46] asks the government not to undermine the fundamental
[00:20:50] right to freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration,
[00:20:53] not to, I quote, abuse its power against its own
[00:20:57] citizens. Despite the repression, the arrest and then the
[00:21:00] release of one of the main leaders of the movement,
[00:21:04] Abhijit, says that the Dalit People's Party, quoted by the
[00:21:08] Financial Times, defies the government: "You have
[00:21:11] forgotten what Dalits do best, survive. We
[00:21:14] will return." For the New York Times, the movement constitutes
[00:21:18] in any case a challenge without precedent for Narendra Modi, although he has
[00:21:22] long managed to both discredit and
[00:21:25] isolate his opponents. The newspaper evokes a generational
[00:21:28] challenge for the Indian prime minister and his party, which
[00:21:32] seems, I quote, disconcerted by this
[00:21:35] generation that reacts poorly to
[00:21:44] carrying a large cargo of explosives raises
[00:21:48] many questions this morning. Photos of these seized explosives are on the front page
[00:21:52] of the Lebanese daily Al Jumua, which cites a source according to which these
[00:21:55] explosives contained metallic pellets similar to those
[00:21:59] used in political assassinations of personalities
[00:22:02] in the past. Hezbollah once again at the heart of an
[00:22:06] explosive affair. L'Orient Le Jour wonders who these explosives
[00:22:10] were intended for and for what purpose. It mentions an affair that
[00:22:13] rekindles concerns related to political assassinations that have
[00:22:17] bloodied Lebanon and that represent a new test for the
[00:22:20] authority of the Lebanese state, a state
[00:22:23] that is struggling more than ever to provide for the basic
[00:22:26] needs of its population. L'Humanité reports on recent
[00:22:30] UN data, Damien, according to which 14% of
[00:22:33] Lebanese need help to cover their food needs.
[00:22:37] Hélène, a final word about the call from the World With Women movement,
[00:22:41] a movement that proposes that women take a day off tomorrow with the support of committed
[00:22:45] men. Yes, to quit their jobs to help society
[00:22:50] the absence of women. Le Parisien today in France reminds us that this
[00:22:54] initiative was born in 1975
[00:22:57] in Iceland and specifies that this mobilization will
[00:23:00] take place here tomorrow, so in France,
[00:23:03] on the same day as the examination of the comprehensive law against sexist
[00:23:06] and sexual violence. Two figures make me
[00:23:10] reflect, not to say turn dizzy: 74
[00:23:13] 74 and up to 72% of household
[00:23:17] tasks are still performed by women, that's 60. 31
[00:23:20] billion hours that never appear on
[00:23:24] any payslip. We are indeed in 2026, and a
[00:23:35] doors today. It will be inaugurated in a few minutes by Emmanuel Macron, who
[00:23:39] must notably emphasize European preference,
[00:23:42] vehicle electrification, and innovation. European
[00:23:46] preference versus rare vehicles. Chinese and the standoff between Brussels and
[00:23:50] Beijing, electrification, innovation, it could simply go
[00:23:53] through the return of the great classics in electric version, so Citroën,
[00:23:57] relaunches the 2CV, just unveiled the concept of this French automotive
[00:24:01] myth which should return to the roads
[00:29:08] 25 years ago, Sierra Leone was ravaged by war,
[00:29:14] Africa has known. The Kono district is a
[00:29:18] region where diamonds have been found for over a
[00:29:20] century. The stones then serve as a medium
[00:29:24] of exchange.
[00:29:26] Diamonds were sent out of Sierra Leone in exchange for weapons and
[00:29:30] ammunition. Years later. that the country is trying to rebuild,
[00:29:33] reconstruire,
[00:29:40] named Peace Diamond, it becomes a symbol of
[00:29:43] peace, I am so proud, through the Peace Diamond,
[00:29:46] we see concretely what this produces, when we give to the community, but
[00:29:50] behind the brilliance of the diamond hides a darker side,
[00:29:54] these diamonds we find them, but we suffer
[00:29:56] from them, return ticket to Sierra
[00:30:00] Leone to see on France 24. and our social
[00:30:13] against a Ukrainian power plant this Sunday, a strike despite
[00:30:16] the announcement by Donald Trump who surprised everyone this weekend, an energy ceasefire
[00:30:20] between Kyiv and Moscow. The statement surprised the Ukrainian president while
[00:30:24] the United States has just concluded an agreement on the purchase of
[00:30:27] Russian diesel. What is Kyiv's
[00:30:37] weekend, moreover the last drones and missiles fell overnight on the
[00:30:40] airports of Riyadh and Damascus. Balance, at least
[00:30:43] one dead and 11 injured, this adds to the 13 dead and 309 injured on
[00:30:47] Saturday. Donald Trump does not rule out support for the
[00:30:50] Saudis against the Houthis, we will decipher all that in a moment
[00:30:54] with Antoine Mariotti and then Raphael Glucksmann largely wins the
[00:30:57] social-democratic left primary.