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00:00:06Welcome to Paris Direct on France these books, some are in 24. Thank you for being with us. Here are the top
00:00:10headlines for this Friday: a deadly
00:00:13shooting in Thailand. A teenager armed with a pistol
00:00:17killed his two grandparents before going to
00:00:20childhood trauma, his high school, where he killed six more people. About
00:00:22fifteen people were also injured. The Prime Minister laments a
00:00:26terrible fire. The war in Ukraine and its...
00:00:30daily bombardments. Kyiv primarily targets Russia's logistical centers.
00:00:34Moscow also targets the cultural
00:00:37life of Ukrainians.
00:00:39officially take on the role of head of Emmanuel Chaz is on the ground for France 24. She will be live with us in this
00:00:42news report. This is the beginning of a new era today in
00:00:46Colombia. Abelardo de la Espriella will be officially
00:00:50inaugurated as President of the Colombian Republic. Symbolically, the
00:00:53ceremony will take place in Cali, a stronghold of drug traffickers,
00:00:57to whom the new head of state has declared war.
00:01:13How to explain this deadly rampage in Thailand? Why did a
00:01:17teenager armed with a pistol kill
00:01:21eight people? He killed 8 people in total, his own grandparents
00:01:24first, then six people from his high school near Bangkok.
00:01:2815 people were also
00:01:31avoid hating injured in what the Thai Prime Minister described as a terrible incident. The shooter
00:01:35is dead, and I propose that we listen to this testimony from a
00:01:38high school student.
00:01:44At first, I thought it was firecrackers or someone loudly hitting something,
00:01:47but I finally understood that it wasn't
00:01:51that. There was a moment of calm, but then the shooting
00:01:55resumed. I didn't think they could be gunshots. After
00:01:58that, I found...
00:02:31Yes, exactly. For several weeks now, we have had
00:02:35practically daily news
00:02:37adults, and I also talked to them about of a White Berry logistics center - it's kind of the Russian
00:02:40equivalent of Amazon - going up in smoke following
00:02:44Ukrainian bombardments. The latest one was
00:02:47the Yekaterinburg warehouse. That's about
00:02:502000 km from the border between
00:02:54Russia and Ukraine. So that shows the deep strike capabilities
00:02:58of Ukrainian drones, Ukrainian
00:03:01medium- and long-range weapons. So, according to the commander
00:03:05-in-chief of Ukraine's drone systems,
00:03:09over young people on the Robert Brovdi Macard, who spoke a few days ago
00:03:13and if mental health topics about these strikes on the 15 logistics
00:03:16centers - so excluding the one in Yekaterinburg - that were
00:03:20hit, 13 were completely destroyed. So what does that
00:03:23represent for Russia, which uses these
00:03:26logistics centers for military
00:03:30purposes as well? Well, there are about 200 of these
00:03:34centers in Russia, except there are only about twenty,
00:03:37a little over twenty, of very significant size. So
00:03:41that represents about 15, 16%
00:03:44of the inability of these centers to function normally. The
00:03:47goal for Ukraine with these strikes, obviously, is to
00:03:51try to reduce Russia's financial
00:03:55capacity, to disrupt these
00:03:58logistical routes that supply the army
00:04:02in particular. And above all, it makes the Russian population react,
00:04:07Paris direct, here are the headlines for who, through supply problems via these centers, realize
00:04:11the consequences of the Russian war against Ukraine in their daily
00:04:14lives. So we just talked about Ukrainian
00:04:17strikes on Russian territory, but
00:04:20Russia continues its bombardments, and beyond the
00:04:24human toll, Emmanuel, it also
00:04:26we know the strength of has a significant impact on Ukrainian culture.
00:04:31essentially. the logistical centers of Yes, absolutely. It's true that in the aftermath of strikes, we mainly count
00:04:35the
00:04:37private property effectively aims to dead and the wounded. That's the human tragedy, the human drama
00:04:40that Ukrainians face daily. And then there's
00:04:43another tragedy unfolding for them, which is the
00:04:47strikes that directly affect Ukrainian
00:04:50identity. Here in the Kharkiv region,
00:04:54just a few days ago, on the night of August 1st, a warehouse
00:04:59territory, the equivalent of the area of used by several publishing houses was targeted by
00:05:02foreigners, according to a report from a Russian strike. Over 8
00:05:05In 2025, the structure received million books were destroyed. Now, one might say, "Well, it's not a human life." However, 8 million
00:05:09books out of an annual production in Ukraine
00:05:12of 25 million books, that represents an enormous quantity. Among
00:05:18Ukrainian. There are novels, essays, but there
00:05:22are also school textbooks. We are about a month away, a little
00:05:25less, from the start of the school year. Textbooks will have to be reprinted
00:05:29urgently. And for Ukrainians, this is a
00:05:33deliberate strategy by
00:05:35Russia, ultimately, to destroy a part of Ukrainian
00:05:38identity. Emmanuel Chaz, live from Kharkiv, thank you.
00:05:42Thank you, Emmanuel, for all these explanations. A page turns in
00:05:46Colombia. Today, Cabellardo de la
00:05:48Espriella will
00:05:52state. Elected last June 21. The millionaire
00:05:55ultra-right lawyer will therefore be inaugurated. For once, the
00:05:59ceremony will take place not in Bogota, the capital, but in
00:06:03Cali, the country's third largest city and a bastion of
00:06:05drug traffickers, to whom the new president has already declared
00:06:09war, with the support of Washington. Romain Michot.
00:06:14Patrols everywhere in Cali, Colombia's third largest
00:06:17city. It is here, under high security, that the
00:06:21inauguration of the newly elected far-right president, Abelardo de la
00:06:25Espriella, is taking place. More than 1,100 men and women have been deployed
00:06:28here with drones, anti-drone systems, armored
00:06:32vehicles, and everything necessary for this democratic
00:06:36event to proceed peacefully.
00:06:39Ordinarily, the inauguration of the Colombian president takes
00:06:43place in the capital, Bogota, but not with Abelardo de la
00:06:46Espriella. The millionaire lawyer, a political novice,
00:06:49chose Cali, where guerrilla attacks have recently occurred.
00:06:53A symbol, because the new president promises a strong
00:06:57hand to fight these armed groups and drug trafficking:
00:07:00bombings against the camps of these organizations, or even the
00:07:04creation of mega-prisons like in El Salvador. A program
00:07:07he has hammered home since his election last June, and which is a reversal of his
00:07:11leftist predecessor, Stavopetro, who had tried to
00:07:14negotiate the disarmament of these armed groups. There will be no
00:07:17false peace processes. The only possible peace is that imposed by arms.
00:07:21Any bandit who does not submit will be eliminated. I warned
00:07:25you. For this, Colombia can count on the support of the
00:07:28United States and Israel, whose representatives will be present at the
00:07:32inauguration ceremony. But these very aggressive statements
00:07:36also worry part of the
00:07:37population.
00:07:40According to his announcements, we see well that he will be a rather
00:07:44authoritarian leader.
00:07:46I just hope there won't be new violence within the
00:07:50population. A challenge, because according to the
00:07:54Foundation for Peace Ideas, in 2025, Colombia had
00:07:57nearly 25,000 armed individuals within illegal
00:08:00organizations.
00:08:03This is the text that set the powder keg in Argentina alight. We're talking about a bill
00:08:07initiated by Javier Milei. It notably provides for the
00:08:11facilitation of land evictions, and it falls within the
00:08:14ultra-liberal logic promoted by the head of state. The
00:08:18text is being examined by the Senate. It is at the heart of an anger that has been
00:08:21expressed in the streets, as you can see. Demonstrations were
00:08:24violently repressed by law enforcement. Explanation by Romain
00:08:28Michelot:
00:08:31The crowd pushed back with water cannons and
00:08:34tear gas in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The police
00:08:38dispersed thousands of protesters this Thursday while the Senate
00:08:42continues to examine a bill aimed at simplifying
00:08:45and extending access to private property. Despite the withdrawal of
00:08:49some unpopular measures, the anger is still there.
00:08:52We are here because the government
00:08:56and the sellouts who accompany it want to sell our
00:08:59country. What they want with this law is for
00:09:02Argentina to stop belonging to
00:09:05Argentinians.
00:09:08This bill, named "Inviolability of Private
00:09:11Property," aims to facilitate evictions in case of non-payment
00:09:15and to make the expropriation of property by the state more complicated. It
00:09:19also planned to increase the share of strategic land that can belong
00:09:22to foreigners from 15 to 25%. But this measure was
00:09:26withdrawn due to lack of political support in parliament. Behind the idea
00:09:30of this government bill by Milei is to attract new foreign
00:09:33investors to capitalize on this land rich in lithium, in
00:09:37copper, for example. An ultra-liberal logic defended
00:09:41by the ruling party, the examination of the
00:09:43text.
00:09:45This law on the inviolability of
00:09:49guarantee that private property, enshrined in this
00:09:52constitution, is not violated and that
00:09:56the state understands that its purpose is to protect and defend, and not
00:09:59control.
00:10:03This project still needs to be examined by the Chamber of Deputies before being
00:10:06adopted. In Argentina in 2025, almost 5% of the
00:10:11England, already belonged to
00:10:15the Land Observatory. This share would even exceed 15%
00:10:19in some regions rich in
00:10:20resources.
00:10:23And that's the end of this news report. Stay with us. Information continues on France
00:10:2624.
00:10:33Regarding mental health, some comments can be sensitive,
00:10:36so if you don't feel up to it, you can stop the
00:10:38video.
00:10:41I have the impression that psychologists are for crazy people who need to be
00:10:45institutionalized, but that's not the case at all. 400 calls from young people in
00:10:48distress, from parents in distress, my addictions are what
00:10:52save me a little. I suffered from depression. I was sad.
00:10:56In fact, it's like the mountain, it's there right now, it's boiling, we can feel it boiling.
00:10:59Where
00:11:01I am, the setting is just incredible. Afterwards, it's
00:11:05true that it's also a bit the image we have of Martinique. Well, I'm not here to show you
00:11:08my vacation, but because behind this idyllic landscape, there's nearly
00:11:12one in two young adults who would suffer from malaise
00:11:15or depression. That's twice as much as in mainland France. So if
00:11:19I'm here, it's to try to understand the reasons for this malaise and then to try
00:11:23to see how this young population in Martinique is being cared
00:11:25for. When
00:11:32you're depressed, you don't necessarily want to go out. You isolate yourself a lot. So
00:11:36that was my case for a few years already. This is
00:11:40Henry Michel. He's 23 years old. He agreed to testify and tell
00:11:43me about his distress. What made you realize that you weren't
00:11:46well?
00:11:49I think it was the remarks from my loved ones. My mother used to tell me that she didn't
00:11:53see me very often and that I didn't talk to her much.
00:11:55And I hadn't realized that because
00:11:58well, time doesn't pass too much, you know? Uh,
00:12:02I tried to see several psychologists, but it wasn't
00:12:06great. The first psychologists I saw, it was someone who talked to me about
00:12:09God. It was after that my dad, when we diagnosed him with depression, I was given
00:12:13Prozac, but it didn't work. And then
00:12:16I went back again, and now I'm doing diagnostics and
00:12:20so on to find out.
00:12:23High school was a very
00:12:25tumultuous period in life. There were ups and
00:12:28downs. So, can you tell me a little more?
00:12:31Uh, it's family
00:12:35level, divorce and so on, the death
00:12:38of loved ones,
00:12:41harassment. There were already stories of rejection in middle school,
00:12:45I really struggled. And there was also
00:12:48homophobia. Homophobia is something I've experienced since I was
00:12:52a kid. We get a little disgusted with people, and in the
00:12:55end, we prefer to just isolate ourselves, stay
00:12:59alone. And then there was also COVID. That
00:13:03aggravated the
00:13:05depression a little. That
00:13:07also really messed me up.
00:13:11So right now, I'm seeing a psychologist to try to make up for
00:13:14it, but for example,
00:13:17just going to sleep is a little complicated, for example. How did you
00:13:21address the topic of your distress with your loved ones?
00:13:25I don't feel like I really talked about that to people because I feel like they don't
00:13:29take it seriously in Martinique. They see it a little bit like laziness, and that's not true because
00:13:33I'm looking for something to do, and that's it.
00:13:36I have depression. I'm looking for
00:13:39work. I'm struggling, but I'm trying.
00:13:41Even
00:13:46when I started talking about the fact that I was depressed because of
00:13:50my attention problems, they said, "Yeah, but it's because, yeah, but you need to
00:13:53talk to God. You're not big enough." I can't find a job. But
00:13:57yeah, but you need to ask God. It's so annoying, you know? I want to talk to human
00:14:01beings who themselves are going through it. I really love the
00:14:04ring. I really want things to move forward. I don't know, for us to go back a little to this mentality of
00:14:08community, for us to, well, for us to connect without
00:14:11judging. And how do you feel today?
00:14:14Uh, well,
00:14:17listen,
00:14:19I'm here. It's okay.
00:14:23I exist.
00:14:26I live.
00:14:27That's it.
00:14:34With Henry Michel's story, I'm starting to perceive factors that could
00:14:38explain a certain
00:14:39malaise.
00:14:43Hearing another testimony seems important to me. A young
00:14:46woman agreed to speak with me, but without showing her face. Her
00:14:50name is Sokaïna, and she is 20
00:14:52years old.
00:14:57"You really feel like it's never going to stop and there's nothing to do,
00:15:00and
00:15:03you're just alone and you isolate yourself most of the time."
00:15:06This malaise for you, when did it start? When did it
00:15:10start? Well, since I was little, because I always felt a little
00:15:14alone, because I never really dared to
00:15:17talk to her or ask her for things because she was already very
00:15:21busy with my brothers and my older sister who doesn't have..."
00:15:25all her faculties. That's it, and it got worse
00:15:29after middle school because, well, I was already
00:15:32experiencing harassment in middle school, and then when I got home, it still wasn't
00:15:36going well, but I had no
00:15:38one to talk to about it. I didn't necessarily put words to it at the right
00:15:41time. In fact, they sent me to see a shrink because the
00:15:45only way I called for help was through
00:15:48self-harm. You self-harmed. Yeah. How old
00:15:52were you? About 15.
00:15:5614, 15 years old, because when I
00:15:59asked for help, for example, from the school counselor or
00:16:03something like that, even my mom sometimes, I had the impression it was,
00:16:07"Well... it'll get better, stop it, there are worse things,"
00:16:10and so on. I really wanted to say, "But I'm really not well.
00:16:14Help me." But then I only found that way to show that I was
00:16:18really, really not well. And how do you manage
00:16:21your problems, this problem of
00:16:24malaise today? Do you have levers you can
00:16:27use? Addictions. Addictions.
00:16:29Yeah.
00:16:34I know it's not good, but my addictions are what
00:16:39save me a little, even if I know it's not ideal, but right
00:16:42now, it's the only thing that allows me to hold on a bit. Not cannabis, because that
00:16:46scares me. Alcohol, cigarettes, and
00:16:50so on. How do you feel
00:16:52today?
00:16:56So-so. You feel stuck sometimes.
00:16:59Meaning when you want to find work, it's
00:17:02complicated. Because if you don't have a
00:17:06license, it costs a lot. You can't go to work because
00:17:10the buses here are a
00:17:12disaster. Are you looking for work today?
00:17:16Currently, I'd like to, but considering where I live and that
00:17:19I still don't have a license, it's hard to find solutions
00:17:22on my own, because even when you go, for example, before this job, they don't
00:17:26really give you solutions or help. There's no follow-up. What do you do
00:17:30with your days today?
00:17:32Nothing at all. I wait for time to pass. And do you have friends?
00:17:36No. There are too many of us. 4 like that, scattered. Most of them are in
00:17:40France too. And do you also want to leave? Yes.
00:17:43I love my island, but it's super complicated to live
00:17:47here.
00:17:54Henry Michel and Sokaïna have two different stories, but they also have some things
00:17:58in common. So I wanted to know if there were recurring factors that
00:18:01would explain the malaise of young people on the island. I called
00:18:05psychiatrists and psychologists. Hello.
00:18:09I'm doing a report on the mental health of young people in Martinique, or rather young
00:18:14the study that indicates that nearly one in two young people would suffer from depression on
00:18:18the island. I wanted to discuss it a bit with you, ask you
00:18:21a few questions, and especially get your opinion and your point of view. Some are not
00:18:25surprised by this figure and think it is even underestimated. Others,
00:18:29more skeptical, are astonished. But they still
00:18:32shed light on reasons they find in some of their patients: precariousness
00:18:36and unemployment, which are in Martinique well above the national
00:18:39average, the consumption of toxic substances, domestic
00:18:42violence, the feeling of abandonment by the state that constantly hangs
00:18:47island. This is what they observe, and it is
00:18:51obviously difficult to establish a complete
00:18:53list.
00:18:57Eleonor, let's go. I'm coming, I think I'm
00:19:00expected. Hi, welcome. Hi,
00:19:04Geraldine.
00:19:07So we're going for a little ride with our mobile bus.
00:19:11This bus was set up to meet the Martinican
00:19:15public, young Martinicans for
00:19:17now. Geraldine works daily with young people. She is a specialized
00:19:21educator for the house of adolescents and young adults in Fort-de-France. So
00:19:25it's about raising awareness, and that can also concern
00:19:29mental health as well as other
00:19:32areas. So, at the house of adolescents, we work on the mental
00:19:36health well-being of young people. The main mission, in any case, mental
00:19:40health encompasses a lot of issues. Already since COVID,
00:19:43indeed,
00:19:47well, on the island, we fell into a lot of precariousness, which
00:19:50led a large part of the
00:19:53population
00:19:56to have a fragile mental health. The team intervenes everywhere on
00:20:00the island.
00:20:03Today, she decided to make a stop at the exit of a high school near Fort-de-France.
00:20:06Come
00:20:10with us, so we'll explain a little bit about the context of the Maison des Ados (House of Adolescents). It's a
00:20:14service that supports young people from 11 to 25 years old with the various
00:20:17problems they encounter. It can be job searches, harassment,
00:20:21or problems at home. You can call us via a
00:20:24phone number. You can contact us there, even
00:20:28if it's just to talk because your
00:20:31health isn't doing well. You can send us a message. You
00:20:35can remain anonymous, as you wish.
00:20:42over 400 calls on this number. It also offers
00:20:46follow-up and appointments with psychologists.
00:20:51Before going in, Geraldine wants me to meet another specialized educator,
00:20:54Peggy Charles. She is also
00:20:57an elected delegate for mental health at the Fort-de-France town hall. For you, what
00:21:01are the reasons for malaise
00:21:03among young adults in Martinique? Well, these reasons are
00:21:07multiple: family breakdowns,
00:21:10economic reasons, but
00:21:13also identity. Identity is about knowing where we come from, who
00:21:17we are. It's important to know.
00:21:20Knowing who we are really allows us to project ourselves into the future, not to be constantly
00:21:23questioning ourselves and not to fall into deviance. For Peggy
00:21:27Charles, Martinique's painful colonial past is not sufficiently recognized
00:21:31or taught, and this also weakens the mental health of young people.
00:21:35And by chance of the calendar, 2 days before our meeting, the UN recognized
00:21:39slavery as the most serious crime against humanity, but France
00:21:43abstained from voting on this text. You went
00:21:46and sought out, tore people away from their culture and their identity to
00:21:50do what you needed to do. Is that not a crime
00:21:53against humanity? Well, yes, it leaves wounds. Yes, it leaves
00:21:57scars that mean that today, there is a
00:22:00youth that is suffering. Let's
00:22:03acknowledge it and let's go because we
00:22:06avoid riots, we avoid a suffering population, we
00:22:10avoid all that. I believe that mastering this
00:22:12history will allow us to love ourselves, it will
00:22:16allow us, as I said, I repeat, to project ourselves, but also to
00:22:21others. Peggy Charles also spoke to me about mental health care
00:22:25for young people in Martinique. Like her, I realized that many
00:22:29were not aware of the existing services on
00:22:32the island. Here, there are notably about ten
00:22:35psychological medical centers, CMPs. These care facilities are
00:22:39public, and you can consult psychologists and psychiatrists
00:22:42for free.
00:22:44Despite this, the sector also suffers from a lack of human resources. For example, at the
00:22:48Maurice Despinois psychiatric hospital, 35% of psychiatrist
00:22:51positions were still vacant at the time of filming.
00:23:06Since I arrived in Martinique, every time I
00:23:09talk about mental health, whether it's health professionals or people
00:23:13I meet on the street, about four or five people have told
00:23:17me: "You absolutely must meet the sociologist
00:23:20Malik Durant." I think he's known like the back of everyone's hand here, and this
00:23:24morning I have an appointment with him. Hi Malik, how are
00:23:27you? I'm good. He's taking me to a "lakou," which means
00:23:31courtyard in Creole. Traditionally, it's a shared space
00:23:35in the center of several homes. And why did you want
00:23:38to bring me here to talk about youth mental health? Well,
00:23:42because these are places that today are a
00:23:44little disused, and
00:23:48which for a long time constituted places conducive to cultural
00:23:51mixing, social mixing, and for
00:23:54me, it was an opportunity to show that these were places that
00:23:58could help to break isolation, which is a
00:24:02determining factor in mental health
00:24:05here.
00:24:13Here we are in a working-class neighborhood where people, even
00:24:16without having a high socio-economic
00:24:20status, were dignified. The showcasing and valorization
00:24:24of their culture had
00:24:27this purpose: to show that we are dignified people, even if we
00:24:30do not achieve the material success of the capitalist system.
00:24:34but we exist, we have a popular system of solidarity,
00:24:37a helping hand, exchanges, today all these elements
00:24:41are being questioned because of a modernization of our society
00:24:44which is completely I wouldn't say imposed but
00:24:47imported, so there's a grafting of modernity. there's an institutional grafting, for
00:24:51Malik Duranti, this grafting of modernity and especially the arrival
00:24:55of social networks has reinforced the isolation among young people. Today, through
00:24:58social networks, we've distanced ourselves from others, we've lost
00:25:02the goodwill between us, we've lost this solidarity of saying that we're going to
00:25:06support each other, and that we're going to be able to
00:25:09forgive each other and repair together, things
00:25:13that among us will divide us, because
00:25:16unity among us. Tolerance, solidarity.
00:25:50we make two groups of five so one group uh
00:25:53akra moru and one group
00:25:56akra
00:26:00you're going to start your dough with...
00:26:04judge, go ahead and pour a little more water
00:26:08Melina, it actually needs to have the consistency of crepe batter,
00:26:12but a little thicker than crepe batter, this is the first time you've done a workshop like
00:26:15this,
00:26:19you liked it, that's why you're coming back, yes yeah, do you
00:26:22make it again at home afterwards or
00:26:24not, you
00:26:27like it a lot.
00:26:35It's important, isn't it, to involve young people in
00:26:38a lot of activities
00:26:41so that they can be in communication
00:26:44with young people their age or even older or younger
00:26:48when we see them in full communication like that and a little
00:26:51distracted, we try to listen to what they say and see
00:26:55if it's not a problem they're talking about or if it's not something
00:26:58that concerns the activity that they haven't understood, they're they're.
00:27:02so happy to see each other again, it's always a joy to
00:27:06see them like that, so you've known each other for a long time then, yes, what do
00:27:10you think of this house, of adolescents, of young adults, what do
00:27:13you think of it? it allows us to meet and
00:27:17it also allows us to meet
00:27:20other people our age who, for example,
00:27:23may be going through the same thing as us,
00:27:26and to finally understand
00:27:30that we're not the only ones to be... uh well, to be
00:27:33unwell or not oh
00:27:37to be cute, when I arrived, I was
00:27:40really not well, I was suffering from depression,
00:27:44uh I I had suicidal
00:27:47attempts, I was, I was
00:27:50sad and the fact of seeing, well the fact of having
00:27:53come here and that a psychiatrist follows me, it relieved
00:27:57me anyway
00:28:00and today uh how do you feel
00:28:03uh it's okay, it's
00:28:06better, yes, it's better not as I wish but it's better
00:28:10it's on its way, yes, that's right, it's on its way for people
00:28:13who wouldn't feel well, what would you advise them
00:28:16uh I would advise them to talk about it,
00:28:19to go see a psychologist because generally we tend to think that
00:28:23psychologists are for crazy people who should be institutionalized, whereas
00:28:26not at all also not to withdraw into
00:28:30themselves, avoid being on their phone because generally
00:28:33on your phone you isolate yourself, it can create other
00:28:37problems related to what you see on social networks, which is not your life, to talk
00:28:40about it yeah, sometimes the little
00:28:44colleagues, they're very they help us
00:28:46a lot
00:28:52kisses, get home safely, take care of yourselves and sleep
00:28:55at night
00:29:01what you saw in this report? this is what I noticed during my
00:29:04weeks there, if you live in Martinique, don't hesitate to give me your
00:29:08opinion in the comments, if you live in other overseas territories, I
00:29:12would be curious to know how things are there
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