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00:00:06Hello everyone, and thank you for joining us on France 24. It's an
00:00:10excellent idea, because here is a new news report in the headlines. In the
00:00:14headlines, Kyiv and its
00:00:16words of order and region were again hit by a Russian attack in recent hours, a volley of
00:00:19missiles on the Ukrainian capital this night and on its
00:00:22region, resulting in three deaths. At the same time,
00:00:26dimension Volodymyr Zelensky is in Serbia. Why this trip?
00:00:30What is the Ukrainian president looking for in Belgrade? We'll see all
00:00:34that with our guest Romain Lekinnou in a few
00:00:37moments. Abelardo de la Espriella is there and promises to fight
00:00:41tirelessly against narco-terrorism. The first words of the new Colombian
00:00:44far-right president after his official
00:00:47inauguration, a ceremony organized in an unprecedented way this
00:00:51Thursday in Cali, the 3rd largest city in the
00:00:54country. And then we'll also talk in the headlines about these
00:00:57strained relations between Spain and Italy. Madrid has just
00:01:01announced the implementation of border controls for travelers coming
00:01:04from Italy, a response after the suspension of
00:01:08free movement decided by Italy,
00:01:11following the influx of migrants to Ceuta.
00:01:20confronted with them since the beginning of
00:01:27And to begin this edition, the war in Ukraine, which knows
00:01:31no respite, a new volley of Russian bombing on
00:01:34Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital this night.
00:01:37These have left at least three dead in the
00:01:41region of the Ukrainian capital. On Wednesday,
00:01:45Kyiv had already been targeted by Russian missile
00:01:48fire, and it is in this context that Volodymyr
00:01:51Zelensky has been in Serbia since yesterday, a visit
00:01:55to an ally historically, or so they say,
00:01:58of Moscow. So what is the Ukrainian
00:02:01president looking for in Belgrade? We'll see all that with
00:02:04Emmanuel Chaz, our correspondent in Ukraine.
00:02:08First of all, it's Volodymyr
00:02:12closeness to Donald Trump, as you just Zelensky's first visit as president to Belgrade. It's
00:02:14also the first visit since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by
00:02:18Russia, and it's true that Belgrade has in fact maintained
00:02:21since 2022 a rather precarious
00:02:25balance of neutrality by trying not to alienate
00:02:28Moscow. While also providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine, we must not
00:02:32forget, 60 million
00:02:35euros since 2022. On the other hand, it is
00:02:39true that Serbia has kept out of certain European
00:02:42decisions, such as sanctions against
00:02:45from being a member of Moscow, but Alexander Vucic, the president,
00:02:48visited Kyiv this
00:02:52July. He did not sign the
00:02:55declaration that had been made at that time by
00:02:58other southern European countries
00:03:02in relation to the support offered by these countries to Ukraine, but he declared
00:03:06himself unsatisfied with what
00:03:08Serbia was
00:03:10has suffered attacks in recent months from providing, so we expect discussions in any case, that is what
00:03:13Volodymyr Zelensky also wants, he says he is ready for any
00:03:17constructive discussion with Belgrade.
00:03:20And we will continue to discuss this trip by Volodymyr
00:03:24everywhere in the world and at all hours of Zelensky to Serbia with our guest, it's you Romain Lekinnou,
00:03:28good morning.
00:03:30Good morning, thank you for taking a few minutes to answer our questions this morning
00:03:34on France 24. You are co-founder and managing director
00:03:37of Euro Créatif. First question with you, we just
00:03:41talked about this unprecedented visit of Volodymyr
00:03:44United States has with the countries in Zelensky to Serbia, what is Volodymyr
00:03:47Zelensky looking for in Belgrade, among what is presented as an ally, at least historically, of
00:03:51Moscow?
00:03:52Yes,
00:03:55probably the main question before talking about the interest
00:03:59of Zelensky in Belgrade, is indeed to
00:04:03territorial changes in balance the position, the positioning of Serbia in relation to
00:04:07a NATO member, is also looking to Russia. Russia has special, specific relations
00:04:10with Russia, indeed, that doesn't make Serbia a pro-Russian
00:04:13state, nor does it necessarily make it
00:04:17a pro-European, pro-Western, pro-Ukrainian state. I think that Serbia,
00:04:21it is important to know that Serbia is pro-Serbian, this is the case under the
00:04:24reign of President Vucic, but it would be the case also under any
00:04:28opposition with nuances. In any case, Serbia mainly defends its
00:04:32national interests and therefore plays a balancing act between
00:04:35Moscow and Ukraine on this war, on this
00:04:38conflict, and more generally on this international positioning. Now, what
00:04:42is President Zelensky looking for in Belgrade? He has several
00:04:46things: firstly, it is indeed, as Emmanuel said just before, a
00:04:49continuity, that is to say that the rapprochement has been ongoing for several
00:04:53months, it has accelerated in any case for several months, we know that Russia
00:04:57indeed has not for example the European
00:05:01a former Minister policy of sanctions against Russia, but at the same time has been very important on
00:05:04military aid, rather indirect moreover to Ukraine, but we know that
00:05:08Serbia is one of the countries that supplies the most ammunition to Ukraine. So it's not
00:05:12only a policy of fraternal
00:05:15support, it's also business, that is to say that the
00:05:18Serbian defense industry is very specialized in ammunition, both large-caliber
00:05:22for artillery and small-caliber, Soviet-caliber,
00:05:25and NATO-caliber, so it's a very interesting actor for military support to
00:05:29Ukraine. So that's the first question, it's the security
00:05:32question, it's one of the aspects that Zelensky is looking for,
00:05:36and there is indeed the business
00:05:38from energy to possible rapprochements
00:05:42on a potential free trade agreement. These are the discussions that have been taking place for
00:05:46some time between Kyiv and Belgrade, notably with a delegation
00:05:50visit in the spring, then the visit of Vucic to
00:05:54Kyiv a few weeks ago. Yes, we see
00:05:56the exchange that could take shape between Serbia and
00:06:00Ukraine. Ukraine, as you just said, greatly needs ammunition,
00:06:03which it lacks against Russia, and Serbia
00:06:07is very dependent on Moscow for energy,
00:06:10we see where... in
00:06:14a certain way.
00:06:16No, of course, we must also understand that it is a visit that is
00:06:19beneficial, potentially beneficial in any case for both actors. We
00:06:23know today that Zelensky first needs to
00:06:27consolidate his relations with most European countries. The Balkans are
00:06:31important, as we said here, for security
00:06:34and energy reasons, but also more globally for his geopolitical positioning,
00:06:37that is to say that Zelensky does not need Russia to be
00:06:41more active in this region and that the region is subject to
00:06:44influences, especially Russian, not only Russian, but especially very strong Russian influences. And
00:06:48at the same time, on President Vucic's side, there is an attempt to show
00:06:51from time to time that there is a real rapprochement, that there is a real
00:06:54desire to play in the European team, and here I
00:06:58think they have converging interests beyond their personal relationship,
00:07:01beyond a strong bilateral relationship on the issue of European
00:07:05enlargement. Serbia, like Ukraine today, is in a rather
00:07:08delicate position, different positions. Serbia for a long time was the leader
00:07:12of the potential integration of the Western Balkan countries into the European
00:07:16Union. Today, this is being questioned because Serbia is no longer advancing,
00:07:20it is regressing on a number of subjects, and its position, its
00:07:23candidate status is in a delicate position, which also puts the
00:07:26president in a delicate situation. This is not the only
00:07:29aspect, but in any case, this aspect must be remembered about the
00:07:33president and his positioning on domestic
00:07:36affairs. There is a real regime crisis in Serbia today, and in
00:07:39the same case, Zelensky, Ukraine is a country that
00:07:43is a candidate, as we know, it has geopolitical support from the European Union, from
00:07:47Brussels and from many capitals on
00:07:49alignment on the prospects of Ukraine's accession to the European Union,
00:07:53but the reality is that today Ukraine is far
00:07:58the European Union, there is quite strong opposition from certain
00:08:01societies, from certain capitals for different reasons, and
00:08:04which perhaps here also offers an alignment to be gained from a rapprochement
00:08:08between these two capitals on both a political and economic level.
00:08:12On a rhetorical and communication level, you said it at the beginning of
00:08:16our interview, Serbia is above all pro-Serbian.
00:08:19How does the Serbian population view the
00:08:23war in Ukraine and perhaps more specifically this visit by Volodymyr
00:08:26Zelensky?
00:08:29Indeed, the Serbian population, it has pro-Russian affinities, these are
00:08:33affinities that are found in the quite old, quite
00:08:37traditional ties regarding a population that is quite pan-Slavic,
00:08:40that is to say, which perceives a fraternal friendship with the Russian
00:08:44people through these uh the fact that these are
00:08:47Slavic populations due to Orthodoxy. There are
00:08:51also more contemporary reasons, namely Russia's support for
00:08:55Serbia in the conflicts of the 90s, and notably
00:08:59the geopolitical support that Russia maintains
00:09:02towards the territorial integrity of Serbia
00:09:05and therefore the non-recognition internationally and diplomatic efforts in
00:09:09this regard from Russia, non- recognition of Kosovo so as not to
00:09:13recognize the Ukraine
00:09:16made by Russia and so that puts Belgrade's
00:09:20position in a rather complex position. Then there is the war
00:09:24which, for the Serbian population,
00:09:26is a rather difficult part to manage since there is
00:09:30therefore necessarily
00:09:32some apprehension regarding potentially too strong support
00:09:35or too strong involvement of their
00:09:39government or authorities in a conflict that remains very close to Europe and
00:09:43therefore very close to Serbia. We also know
00:09:47that there are many Russian emigrants in the streets of Belgrade, often a
00:09:50rather young, rather urban Russian
00:09:53population, rather in opposition to Putin, not necessarily
00:09:57in opposition to the war and to Russia on
00:10:01a potential victory, and lastly, I would say there is still a
00:10:04political ecosystem, not necessarily Vucic, but some people in his
00:10:08entourage, in his system, I am thinking notably of Mr. Bulin, who is
00:10:13of the Interior, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, but also a
00:10:17very important media ecosystem with very significant
00:10:20Russian penetration in political debates and in media
00:10:23debates. So Serbia is in a balancing act, we will have
00:10:27understood, between Russia and Europe. In any case,
00:10:31thank you very much for your very comprehensive clarification, Romain le Kinnu, and
00:10:34thank you for answering our questions, co-founder and CEO of Auro Créatif.
00:10:38Also in the news, these
00:10:41authority, it is no surprise what Abelardo de la
00:10:45Espriella, the far-right lawyer, promised. He was officially inaugurated
00:10:48yesterday as president of Colombia. A ceremony
00:10:51organized in an unprecedented way in Cali,
00:10:54the third city in the country. This is no accident. Abelardo de la Espriella has made the
00:10:58fight against drug trafficking and guerrilla warfare the heart of his
00:11:01future mandate, and Cali constitutes the epicenter
00:11:05of this
00:11:06trafficking.
00:11:10From King Felipe VI of Spain to Argentinian President
00:11:14Javier Milei, and even the head of FIFA,
00:11:17Infantino, they were all gathered this Friday in Cali for
00:11:20the inauguration of the new Colombian
00:11:22president.
00:11:29Ordinarily, the inauguration of a Colombian president takes place in the capital, Bogotá,
00:11:33but not with Abelardo de la Espriella. The 48-year-old
00:11:35millionaire lawyer, new to politics, chose Cali, the 3rd
00:11:39city in the country where attacks recently took place. The city is crisscrossed
00:11:43by more than 1100 soldiers, a symbol because the new far-right
00:11:47president promises a strong hand to fight against armed groups and drug
00:11:50trafficking, a program at odds with that of his predecessor,
00:11:54the leftist Gustavo.
00:12:25The American president has promised stable relations between Bogotá and
00:12:28Washington after the deep tensions under the Petro
00:12:31government. And Abelardo de la Espriella does not hide his
00:12:37heard, the American president has also openly supported the
00:12:41newly and freshly inaugurated Colombian president, and it's a small step
00:12:44from words to deeds. Washington announced
00:12:48this Saturday a billion dollars in aid to
00:12:51Colombia to help it, according to American diplomacy, in its
00:12:55economic and especially security
00:12:58policies. And Trump also does not hide
00:13:02his anger. In recent hours, the Court of Appeals of the District of
00:13:05Columbia again blocked the White House ballroom
00:13:09project wanted by the American president. A national
00:13:12disgrace, reacted Donald Trump. The court, which does not
00:13:16dispute the relevance of the project, but the fact that Donald
00:13:19Trump did not seek the opinion of Congress before
00:13:22starting the work. The American president immediately announced
00:13:26that he wanted to appeal to the Supreme Court. Romain
00:13:28Michelot.
00:13:31Will the White House ballroom ever emerge from the ground?
00:13:35This project, dear to Donald Trump, whose construction began at the end of
00:13:382025, has just been again blocked by the American
00:13:41justice system. The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia has
00:13:44confirmed a decision from last April. The work must
00:13:47cease because it was launched without the green light from Congress,
00:13:51which is essential for such a project at the White House. A new
00:13:55setback for Donald Trump, who defends this project tooth
00:13:57and nail. This decision, taken while a large part
00:14:01of the work has already been completed and paid for, constitutes a
00:14:04threat to national security of the maximum
00:14:07gravity. It is also a national
00:14:10disgrace. We will immediately appeal this
00:14:13decision before the Supreme Court of the United States. This ballroom,
00:14:17more than 8300 square meters with a capacity of
00:14:20100 people, is financed by private funds, according to the American
00:14:24president. But the budget has already soared from 200
00:14:27to 400 million dollars today. Donald Trump
00:14:31justifies this project and assures that the building will contain other
00:14:34military defense devices, but it is heavily
00:14:37criticized. The National Trust for Historic
00:14:40Preservation, an NGO for the preservation of historic
00:14:43buildings, challenged it in court. The Democratic
00:14:46opposition, for its part, makes it the symbol of the president's
00:14:49ego. These are projects dictated by vanity,
00:14:53and the president would literally devote 70%
00:14:57of his time to them. The president is a very busy person and has many
00:15:00things to pay attention to, including the war in
00:15:03Iran. This project does not enjoy unanimity
00:15:07within the Republican Party either. Donald Trump's government now
00:15:11has 14 days to appeal before the American Supreme
00:15:14Court.
00:15:17Is there a conflict between Spain and Italy? It must be
00:15:20said that relations have been, to say the least, tense in recent
00:15:23days between the two countries after the massive influx of
00:15:27migrants to Ceuta last week. Italy had suspended the
00:15:31free movement of the Schengen area, and Madrid is retaliating.
00:15:34Spain has just announced the implementation of border controls
00:15:38for travelers coming from Italy. Alice Broga for the
00:15:42details. Another clash between Madrid and
00:15:46Rome on the migration issue. Travelers coming
00:15:48from Italy will be checked upon their arrival in Spain at ports and
00:15:52airports, from Saturday midnight until September
00:15:567th. Madrid thus affirms its desire to deal with the
00:15:59persistence of irregular migratory pressure suffered by
00:16:02Italy. A way of passing the buck to Rome, which
00:16:05used the same argument to implement border controls for
00:16:09travelers coming from Spain. On July 31st, the far-right
00:16:13Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced
00:16:17the suspension until August 15th of the Schengen
00:16:20free movement agreement with this country. A measure
00:16:23taken after 72,000 migrants crossed the border between Morocco and
00:16:27the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa last
00:16:30week. According to the Spanish government, 7,000
00:16:34migrants have now returned to Morocco, but hundreds of unaccompanied
00:16:37children have remained in Ceuta. Some
00:16:41are being registered with the Spanish police. Morocco
00:16:45says it is ready to cooperate with Spain for their
00:16:47repatriation. The figure I can give you at this
00:16:51stage is that 1342 boys and
00:16:54girls have been registered and integrated into the reception
00:16:57system. The process continues, of course. The
00:17:01situation has been complex due to the volume of arrivals and a
00:17:04certain overpopulation, but things are gradually
00:17:08returning to normal. According to the Minister of Youth, some
00:17:11minors will be transferred to less saturated reception centers in the
00:17:15Spanish peninsula in the coming weeks.
00:17:19In the Middle East, the Houthis are continuing their
00:17:22offensive. A new strike by the Shiite group in central Yemen,
00:17:26near the city of Marib, more precisely, has resulted in at least
00:17:30two dead and 14 injured. Once again, the Houthis claim
00:17:33to have targeted positions of Saudi Arabia, an ally
00:17:38of the central Yemeni government, and
00:17:41Saudi Arabia has indeed strengthened its military
00:17:44cooperation in recent days. The kingdom has concluded a defense pact
00:17:48with Pakistan and especially Turkey,
00:17:51a way for the kingdom to attract new support,
00:17:55particularly from a NATO member, namely Turkey,
00:17:58watch.
00:18:01To seal their alliance, they chose Mecca. Side by
00:18:04side, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and
00:18:08Pakistan attended Friday prayers at the Grand
00:18:11Mosque. Three Sunni regional powers that share
00:18:14maritime or land borders with Shiite
00:18:18Iran, perceived as a threat. So, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
00:18:21Bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and
00:18:25Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed
00:18:28a defense pact on Friday. The agreement
00:18:31aims to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and
00:18:35stipulates that any armed attack against one of the three states will be considered an
00:18:39attack against all. A mechanism whose solidity could
00:18:43be tested very quickly by Saudi Arabia. The kingdom
00:18:48Iran and its proxies, such as the Houthis in Yemen, who have recently
00:18:52increased strikes against Saudi targets. Riyadh,
00:18:56Ankara, and Islamabad, who have been involved in recent weeks in trying to
00:18:59resolve the conflict between the United States and Iran, are also
00:19:03looking to diversify their defense. Faced with an American
00:19:06partner deemed less
00:19:08reliable.
00:19:11The other factor is distrust of American security
00:19:14guarantees. To be clear, this is not an alternative to
00:19:18the security relationship that the
00:19:21the region, but a complement. Indeed, while the
00:19:25United States remains indispensable for many regional
00:19:28actors, it is also perceived as unreliable and
00:19:31unpredictable. While Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
00:19:35are already linked by a defense agreement, Turkey's inclusion
00:19:38in this new pact was precipitated by the war in the
00:19:41Middle East. Turkey,
00:19:44gain influence and attract Saudi investment.
00:19:47And Turkey, as we were discussing, has developed in recent years a highly
00:19:51performing combat drone industry, with these devices now also
00:19:55available in the civilian sector and for fighting
00:19:58forest fires, offering a real advantage for firefighters. By detecting
00:20:02fires earlier, they allow rescue teams to intervene more
00:20:06quickly. A report by our correspondent in Turkey,
00:20:09Leïla, with Adria Rochacutiller.
00:20:12In this control tower,
00:20:16fires are mainly detected by the human
00:20:19eye, an essential surveillance task, because
00:20:23with forest fires, every minute counts. In the
00:20:26Mugla region, the dominant tree is the red pine,
00:20:30a species very vulnerable to fires. We are therefore in an area where the risk of fire
00:20:34is high.
00:20:38Turkey is now relying on its drone fleet, one of the most developed
00:20:42in the world, to strengthen the control of its forests. It
00:20:46allows fires to be detected as soon as they start and to intervene
00:20:50more quickly. Mustapha Uluçukur has his
00:20:53eyes glued to the screens in the Mugla Forest
00:20:57Directorate center. He constantly monitors images
00:21:01transmitted live by drones operated remotely from
00:21:05Ankara.
00:21:07The drone has become an indispensable tool in our fight against
00:21:10fires. Look at the top left screen, under the smoke, it is impossible to see
00:21:14the embers with the naked eye, but as soon as we switch to the thermal camera, what we call
00:21:17infrared, look, the image appears in a few moments,
00:21:21you now see the lower part of the screen, the heat source is
00:21:23much
00:21:29better detected, technology now allows us to save precious time,
00:21:33but on the ground, firefighters remain at the forefront against
00:21:36the flames.
00:21:39Honestly, it's difficult, it's a demanding job, we remain ready to
00:21:42intervene at any time, as soon as an alert is given, we leave immediately with
00:21:46the teams. Six teams have been mobilized and are working tirelessly.
00:21:50The day after this fire, Uluçukur takes to the air
00:21:54to assess the damage. With increasingly hot
00:21:57summers, protecting these forests can sometimes seem an endless
00:22:01task, but this time again, the threat has been
00:22:04contained.
00:22:07The fires, precisely, France has been
00:22:10summer, notably with this mega-fire in Gironde, but also the
00:22:14drought, while a new heatwave episode is expected
00:22:18in France next
00:22:20week. The rest of Europe is not spared. In Austria,
00:22:24Croatia, and Slovakia, temperature records have been
00:22:27recorded in recent days, up to more than
00:22:3041 degrees in some places in Austria.
00:22:33With the drought and repeated
00:22:36heatwaves, the waters of the Danube are at a historically
00:22:39low level, but the
00:22:42river remains nevertheless a haven of freshness for these Slovaks
00:22:46oppressed by the... Absolute temperature
00:23:20records, more than 41 degrees in some
00:23:23places. After a particularly hot and dry
00:23:26July, residents and shopkeepers fear an August.
00:23:30sweltering, while drought is
00:23:33widespread and the paved shopping streets are
00:23:37shunned by tourists and the few
00:23:39passers-by.
00:23:41We had a doctor's appointment, that's why we're outside,
00:23:45otherwise, with this weather, I would have stayed at home with my
00:23:48child.
00:23:51In Croatia, they chose to take shelter in the
00:23:54heart of nature in the Split region, where the thermometer
00:23:57shows more than 35 degrees, these
00:24:00tourists go on horseback rides in the open
00:24:03sea. We escaped the walls surrounding Split,
00:24:07it's over 40 degrees with concrete under our feet, we're enjoying this
00:24:11moment in nature. Some forests, like this nature
00:24:14reserve in Serbia, are currently ravaged by
00:24:18devastating fires after several days of heatwave
00:24:21and drought
00:24:25and global warming precisely, we've just seen one of its
00:24:28consequences, here's another one in the Rift Valley in Kenya where several lakes have seen
00:24:32their levels rise to unprecedented levels in decades,
00:24:36floods of course attributed to climate change according to scientists who have
00:24:40submerged entire communities and have
00:24:43also brought with them certain wild species like
00:24:46crocodiles near human dwellings, leading to an increase
00:24:50in the number of attacks. Laurent
00:24:51Bersteker.
00:24:54On the shores of Lake Baringo in Kenya, the roofs of an
00:24:58old tourist complex, now
00:25:00submerged by the waters, still protrude from the
00:25:03surface. On one of them, a couple of
00:25:07crocodiles bask in the sun. For
00:25:10about fifteen years, the lake's level has been steadily rising,
00:25:14submerging land and dangerously approaching
00:25:18nearby settlements.
00:25:21In 2014, we realized that the lake's floods were completely
00:25:25changing, so from 2009 or 2010 until
00:25:28today, the water level has never
00:25:31gone down. According to some
00:25:35estimates, the lake's surface has grown by 70
00:25:38% in 15 years, forcing tens of thousands of residents to leave
00:25:42their homes. Some have been rehoused nearby,
00:25:45but the waters of Lake Baringo continue to
00:25:48follow them. Another consequence of these unprecedented floods
00:25:52that scientists attribute to extreme rainfall, local
00:25:55wildlife is getting closer and closer to human settlements and
00:25:59now poses a real danger to the local
00:26:02population. In 2011, Marie Tirenne lost her husband in
00:26:06a hippopotamus attack. 10
00:26:08years later, a crocodile attacked her then 9-year-old
00:26:12son and tried to tear off his arm, he still has the
00:26:16scars.
00:26:19He was going to fetch water when he was attacked. There were children
00:26:23with him, and they were the ones who helped him and fought with
00:26:26the animal. They struggled with the crocodile and
00:26:30they were all bitten.
00:26:34powerless against wild animal attacks and floods threatening
00:26:38their homes, more and more families today hope to
00:26:41move far from the lake, but most do not have the
00:26:45means.
00:26:47This is the end of this news broadcast, thank you for your attention and stay with us on France 24 of course.
00:26:51sûr.
00:29:50us on France 24, home stretch for the front page with a new newspaper, here are
00:29:54our headlines: on the front page Kiev and its region again
00:29:57hit by a Russian attack, missile salvo on the Ukrainian
00:30:01capital... tonight three dead. At the same
00:30:04time, as you can see, Voladimir Zelenski is in
00:30:08Serbia to improve relations between
00:30:10Ukraine and the Balkan country. Abellardo de la
00:30:14Espriella promises to fight relentlessly against
00:30:17narcoterrorism. The first words of the new far-right Colombian president
00:30:20after his official inauguration ceremony
00:30:24organized this Friday in Cali,
00:30:28the country's 3rd city. It was
00:30:30unprecedented. We will also talk about these relationships on the front page.
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