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00:00:00You are listening to Caroline de Camaret, on France
00:00:0324.
00:00:06Hello everyone, and thank you for joining us on France 24. Last stretch
00:00:10for the front page with a new newspaper, here are our headlines. On the front page,
00:00:13Kyiv and its region once again struck by a Russian attack,
00:00:17a salvo of missiles on the Ukrainian capital tonight,
00:00:20three dead. At the same time, as you can see, Volodymyr Zelensky
00:00:24is in Serbia to improve relations between
00:00:28Ukraine and... the Balkan country. Abelardo de la
00:00:32Espriella promises to fight tirelessly against
00:00:34narcoterrorism. These are the first words of the new far-right Colombian president
00:00:38after his official inauguration, a ceremony
00:00:42organized this Friday in Cali,
00:00:45the country's third largest city. This was
00:00:48unprecedented. We will also talk on the front page about the strained relations
00:00:52between Spain and Italy. Madrid has just announced the
00:00:56solely on implementation of border controls for travelers
00:00:58coming from Italy, a response after the suspension of
00:01:02free movement decided by Rome following the influx of
00:01:05migrants to Ceuta.
00:01:21So we begin with the war in Ukraine, which knows
00:01:24no respite. A new round of Russian shelling, as I told
00:01:28you, on Kyiv tonight. You can see images of it,
00:01:32bombings that killed three people in the
00:01:34region of the Ukrainian capital. On Wednesday,
00:01:38Kyiv had already been targeted by
00:01:41facing them since the beginning of missile fire. It is in this context that Volodymyr Zelensky, the
00:01:43Ukrainian president, has been in Serbia since yesterday,
00:01:46visiting a country that is presented as historically
00:01:50allied with Moscow, but which in recent years has taken a
00:01:54more balanced position, especially with regard to Europe. So what is the Ukrainian
00:01:57president seeking in the Balkans? We will
00:02:02opposition sees it as a symbol of see with Evac Emmanuel Chase, our correspondent in Ukraine. Firstly, it is
00:02:05Volodymyr Zelensky's first visit as president to Belgrade.
00:02:09It is also the first visit since the large-scale
00:02:12invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and it is true that
00:02:16Belgrade has maintained since 2022
00:02:20a rather precarious balance of
00:02:23neutrality by trying not to alienate Moscow, while also
00:02:26providing humanitarian aid to... We must not
00:02:30forget 60 million euros since
00:02:342022. However, it is true that Serbia has
00:02:37kept its distance from certain European decisions, such as the sanctions against
00:02:41Moscow. But there was a visit
00:02:43by Aleksandar
00:02:45Vučić, the president, who went to
00:02:49the humidity of Kyiv this July. He did not
00:02:51sign the declaration that was made at that time by other
00:02:55countries in Southern Europe
00:02:59regarding the support offered by these countries to Ukraine, but he declared
00:03:02himself dissatisfied with what
00:03:05Serbia was providing. So we expect
00:03:08discussions, at least that is what Volodymyr Zelensky also wants. He
00:03:12says he is ready for any constructive discussion with
00:03:15Belgrade. Order and authority, this is not
00:03:19surprisingly what Abelardo de la Espriella promised. The far-right
00:03:22lawyer was officially inaugurated yesterday as president of Colombia,
00:03:26a ceremony organized in an unprecedented way in Cali, the third
00:03:29largest city in the country, and this is no
00:03:32coincidence. Abelardo de la Espriella makes the fight against drug trafficking
00:03:36and guerrilla warfare the core of his future
00:03:38mandate, and Cali has been the epicenter
00:03:42in recent months of this lucrative
00:03:45trafficking. From King Felipe VI of Spain to Argentine President Javier
00:03:50Morocco, but hundreds of unaccompanied Milei, and even the FIFA boss Gianni
00:03:52new album, Boulevard de Infantino, they were all gathered this Friday in Cali for
00:03:55the inauguration of the new Colombian
00:03:56president.
00:04:03Ordinarily, the inauguration of a Colombian president takes place in the capital,
00:04:06Bogota, but not with Abelardo de la Espriella. The 48-year-old
00:04:10millionaire lawyer, a political novice, chose Cali, the country's
00:04:14third largest city, where attacks have recently occurred. The city is patrolled by
00:04:18more than 11,000 soldiers, a powerful symbol because the new far-right
00:04:21president promises a strong hand to
00:04:24to detach Belgrade from the Russian fight against armed groups and drug trafficking, a program
00:04:27at odds with that of his left-wing predecessor, Gustavo Petro. Absent from the
00:04:30ceremony, he had tried to negotiate the disarmament of the
00:04:33guerrillas. There will be no false peace process. The
00:04:37only possible peace is that imposed by arms. Any bandit who does not surrender
00:04:40will be eliminated. I warned you. For this,
00:04:44Colombia can count on the support of the United States and Israel, whose
00:04:48representatives were present at the inauguration ceremony. The arrival in
00:04:51power of Abelardo de la Espriella further shifts Latin
00:04:55America to the right. Engaged in a drug war led by Donald
00:04:58Trump, the American president promised relations at their best between
00:05:02Bogota and Washington after the deep tensions under the Petro
00:05:06government. And you
00:05:09Here, before, there was have just heard it, Abelardo de la Espriella does not hide his closeness to Donald Trump. The American president has also
00:05:13openly supported the new Colombian president, and from words to deeds there is only one step.
00:05:17Washington announced a billion
00:05:20dollar aid package to Colombia to help it, according to American
00:05:24diplomacy, in its economic and especially
00:05:27security policies.
00:05:30Donald Trump, for his part, is not hiding his anger in recent hours. The District
00:05:34of Columbia Court of Appeals again blocked the White House
00:05:37ballroom project, a national shame, reacted
00:05:40the American president. The jurisdiction does not
00:05:44dispute the relevance of the project, but the fact that Donald Trump did not
00:05:48seek the advice of Congress. The billionaire immediately
00:05:51announced his intention to appeal to the
00:05:59ever be built? This project, dear to Donald Trump,
00:06:03whose construction began at the end of 2025, has just been
00:06:06blocked again by the American justice system. The District
00:06:09of Columbia Court of Appeals confirmed a decision from last
00:06:12April. The work must cease because it was launched without
00:06:16the approval of Congress, which is essential for such a project
00:06:19at the White House. A new setback for Donald
00:06:22Trump, who defends this construction tooth and nail.
00:06:25This decision, taken when a large part of the work has already been carried out
00:06:29and paid for, constitutes a threat to national
00:06:33security of the utmost gravity. It is also a national
00:06:36shame. We will immediately appeal this
00:06:40decision to the Supreme Court of the United States. This ballroom,
00:06:43more than 8,300 square meters with a capacity of
00:06:471,000 people, is financed by private funds, according to the American
00:06:50president, but the envelope has already increased from 200
00:06:54to 400 million dollars today. Donald Trump
00:06:57justifies this project and assures that the building will contain other
00:07:01military defense devices, but it is very
00:07:03criticized. The National Trust for Historic
00:07:06Preservation, an NGO for the preservation of historic
00:07:10buildings, challenged it in court. The Democratic
00:07:15the president's ego.
00:07:18These are projects dictated by vanity, and the president would literally
00:07:21spend 70% of his time on it. The president
00:07:25is a very busy person and has many things he needs to pay
00:07:28attention to, including the war in Iran. This
00:07:32project is also not unanimously supported within the Republican
00:07:35party. Donald Trump's government now has 14 days to appeal
00:07:39to the American Supreme Court.
00:07:43Now, the question is, are relations strained between Spain and
00:07:47Italy? Relations are tense between the two countries after
00:07:50the massive influx of migrants to Ceuta last week.
00:07:54Italy, you remember, had suspended the free movement of the Schengen area,
00:07:58and Madrid is retaliating. Spain has just announced
00:08:01the implementation of border controls for travelers
00:08:04coming from
00:08:10Rome over the migration issue.
00:08:13Travelers from Italy will be controlled upon their arrival in
00:08:16Spain at ports and airports from
00:08:19Saturday midnight until September 7th. Madrid thus
00:08:23claims to want to cope with the persistent irregular migratory
00:08:26pressure suffered by Italy. A way to
00:08:29throw the ball back to Rome, which used the same argument to
00:08:32implement border controls for travelers coming from
00:08:35Spain. On July 31st, the far-right Italian Prime Minister
00:08:38Giorgia Meloni announced the suspension
00:08:42until August 15th of the Schengen agreement for free movement
00:08:46with that country, a measure taken after 72,000
00:08:49migrants crossed the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of
00:08:53Ceuta in North Africa last week. According to the Spanish
00:08:57government, 60,000 migrants have now returned to
00:09:02children have remained in Ceuta. Some
00:09:06are being registered with the Spanish police. Morocco
00:09:10says it is ready to cooperate with Spain for their
00:09:12repatriation. The figure I can give you at this
00:09:16stage is that 1342 boys and
00:09:19girls have been registered and integrated into the reception
00:09:22system. The process continues, of course. The situation
00:09:26has been complex due to the volume of arrivals and a certain
00:09:30overcrowding, but things are gradually returning to
00:09:33normal. According to the Minister of Youth, some
00:09:36minors will be transferred to less saturated reception centers in the
00:09:40Spanish peninsula in the coming weeks. Now
00:09:43let's head to Turkey. The country has developed in recent
00:09:47years, as you may know, a highly efficient combat drone
00:09:50industry. These devices are also used
00:09:54today in the civilian sector and in the fight against forest
00:09:57fires, with a real advantage: by detecting fires earlier,
00:10:01they allow firefighters
00:10:14fires are primarily detected by the human
00:10:17eye, an essential surveillance task,
00:10:21because when it comes to forest fires, every minute
00:10:24counts. In the Mugla region, the dominant tree is the red
00:10:27pine, a species very vulnerable to fires. We are therefore in an area where the
00:10:31risk of fire is high.
00:10:34Turkey is now relying on its drone fleet, one of the most developed
00:10:38in the world, to strengthen the control of its forests. It
00:10:42allows fires to be detected at their first sign and
00:10:45for intervention to be quicker.
00:10:48Mustafa Ilkudur has his eyes glued to the screens.
00:10:51In the center of the Moula Forest Directorate, he surveys...
00:11:25technology now makes it possible to save precious time, but
00:11:29on the ground, firefighters remain on the front line against the
00:11:32flames.
00:11:35Honestly, it's difficult, it's a demanding job, we remain ready to intervene
00:11:39at any time, as soon as an alert is given, we leave immediately with
00:11:42the teams. Six teams have been mobilized and are working tirelessly.
00:11:45The day after this fire, Ilkudur
00:11:48takes to the skies to assess the damage. With increasingly
00:11:52hot summers, protecting these forests can
00:11:55sometimes seem like a never-ending task, but this time
00:11:58again, the threat has been
00:12:00contained.
00:12:02And fires, precisely, France has been
00:12:06summer, also a consequence of drought and a
00:12:09heatwave, and historic heatwaves, I apologize. And a
00:12:13new heatwave episode is also expected in mainland France next
00:12:16week, and this is also the case for the rest of Europe, which is not
00:12:20spared from the high temperatures in Austria, Croatia, or
00:12:23even Slovakia. Temperature records are thus
00:12:26being recorded, up to more than 41°C in some places in
00:12:35repeated heatwaves, the waters of the
00:12:38Danube are at an historically low level. But
00:12:42the river remains, however, an island of freshness
00:12:45for these Slovaks overwhelmed by the crushing heat in
00:12:48Bratislava.
00:13:03What's changing is that during the day I spend more time at home,
00:13:07I try not to go out, I can't go playing sports during the day,
00:13:11it's very restrictive.
00:13:13Slovakia and neighboring Austria recorded this
00:13:16week absolute temperature records,
00:13:19more than 41°C in some
00:13:21places, after a particularly hot and dry
00:13:25July. Residents and traders fear a scorching
00:13:29August, especially since drought is
00:13:31widespread and the concrete shopping streets are
00:13:34shunned by tourists and rare
00:13:36passers-by.
00:13:39We had an appointment at the doctor's, that's why we're outside, otherwise
00:13:43with this weather I would have stayed home with my
00:13:45child.
00:13:48In Croatia, they chose to take shelter in the heart
00:13:52of nature in the Split region, where the thermometer shows
00:13:55more than 35°C. These
00:13:58tourists go on horse rides in the open
00:14:01sea. We escaped the surrounding walls in Split,
00:14:04it's over 40°C with concrete underfoot. We are enjoying this
00:14:08moment in nature. Some forests, like this natural
00:14:12reserve in Serbia, are currently suffering from devastating
00:14:16fires, after several days of heatwave
00:14:19and drought.
00:14:23End of this edition, thank you for watching and stay with us on France 24.
00:14:41They live isolated in the mountains of northern Vietnam, on the
00:14:45border with China and Laos. The
00:14:48Hmong, a people of 10 million people, farmers,
00:14:52formerly nomads, who have kept their language and...
00:15:27has been working here since she was a child, and at only 27
00:15:30years old, she no longer recognizes her land.
00:15:34water, but now there
00:15:37is none. To cultivate rice, you have to wait for it
00:15:41to rain, and only then can we
00:15:44start
00:15:46planting. Like many families in her village, she has therefore chosen to abandon the ancestral
00:15:49cultivation of rice, which requires continuous flooding.
00:15:52continue.
00:15:55Now, I only grow taro because it grows
00:15:59better and adapts better to climate
00:16:01change.
00:16:06Taro is gradually establishing itself as a substitute crop, a little better adapted to
00:16:10the lack of water. In this village, it is the second consecutive year that it is
00:16:14being cultivated.
00:16:18Far from being delighted, Pony's mother, 63, is
00:16:22concerned about the future.
00:16:26Climate change worries me, because if we run out of water, I'm afraid my
00:16:30children and grandchildren will starve, because we depend
00:16:33agriculture. Without water, we can no longer live here.
00:16:40Pony has three children and lives in this traditional house at about 100
00:16:44meters altitude. Like her mother, she is worried about what
00:16:48the future holds for her.
00:16:51If the climate changes and there is no more water to cultivate, then I
00:16:55will do as others and I will have to go down to the city to work as
00:16:58a factory worker. In this region, residents are observing increasingly
00:17:02unpredictable seasons, less harsh winters, droughts, and
00:17:05more violent seasons. 2025 was the warmest
00:17:09year in 60 years. To avoid a massive
00:17:13rural exodus, an NGO helps Hmong families adapt to
00:17:17climate change and better manage water.
00:17:20Have you already looked at this notebook? You will have to write down how many
00:17:24kilos you have harvested, how many bags, you have to write
00:17:27everything down.
00:17:30But the difficulty is not only agronomic. In these remote
00:17:34and very conservative villages, change often arouses
00:17:37mistrust.
00:17:40Because the Hmong hardly speak Vietnamese, we are obliged to visually
00:17:43translate all the advice and directives that we offer them. This is mandatory because
00:17:47otherwise they do not understand. The information must not be too
00:17:50technical if we want them to succeed in implementing
00:17:53projects.
00:17:58According to a local study, nearly 40% of farmers in this northern
00:18:02Vietnamese province have already changed their crops. The NGO
00:18:05Care encourages this adaptation,
00:18:07based on scientific data analyzed from their office in
00:18:11Hanoi.
00:18:13Among the climatic factors we monitor, first there is
00:18:17the number of hours of sunshine, then the average air temperature.
00:18:21There is also the amount of water that evaporates that we can observe
00:18:24on the ground, as well as
00:18:26the air.
00:18:32What crops will still be able to survive in the coming
00:18:34years?
00:18:37To propose an alternative crop, we study whether it matches the soil, the
00:18:40climate and if there is a sales circuit. With our
00:18:44analyses, we see that taro, peanuts
00:18:47and squash are the most suitable crops.
00:18:51These are plants that can live at this altitude, require little
00:18:54water and do well with significant temperature
00:18:58variations.
00:19:01840 families have joined this crop change project, launched in
00:19:042023.
00:19:07The objective is also to lift the Hmong out of poverty, and the first
00:19:11results are already being
00:19:12felt.
00:19:15With this squash harvest, we should earn around €1200.
00:19:18Before, on the same land, we barely earned €500 with rice.
00:19:22riz.
00:19:27In the mountainous north of Vietnam, the Hmong are already experiencing the effects of a
00:19:30climate that could warm by 3.4°C in the country by the end of the
00:19:34century.
00:20:32I also give everything right now, your program with Crédit Mutuel. To all those who play sports,
00:20:35Crédit Mutuel gives the impetus.
00:30:07You are on France 24, welcome to Paris direct, here are
00:30:10the news headlines for this Saturday: new strike in
00:30:14Ukraine, once again Kyiv, the capital was targeted by Russian
00:30:17ballistic missiles, three dead. On the diplomatic
00:30:20front, Volodymyr Zelensky went to Serbia to try
00:30:26camp. Icy relations between Spain
00:30:29and Italy after the Ceuta migration
00:30:32crisis, Rome decided to re-establish
00:30:36border controls between the two countries in retaliation, Madrid decided to
00:30:40do the same starting tonight, the Sanchez government denounces an
00:30:43infringement of the principle of free movement in the Schengen
00:30:46area.
00:30:49A national disgrace, Donald Trump is furious after the court decision
00:30:52that halted the construction of the White House ballroom. According to the Court of Appeals,
00:30:56it is Congress that...