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00:00:06We meet again for a new update on of Rutsuru under the control of the top news of this
00:00:09newspaper, Voladimir Zelensky's first trip to Serbia
00:00:12today, a historical ally of Russia, the
00:00:16Ukrainian president seeks to strengthen international support as
00:00:20Russian strikes multiply, in addition to the human toll, he is worried about
00:00:24the coming winter, with Ukrainian thermal power plants having
00:00:27all been destroyed. The
00:00:30standoff between Madrid and Rome, controls against
00:00:34Italian travelers in Spain began today, for now, nothing has eased
00:00:38tensions between the two countries since the migratory crisis of
00:00:40Ceuta, in the United States, Tote Blanche barely
00:00:44confirmed, barely confirmed to the post of Minister of
00:00:47Justice, the Senate approved his nomination by a narrow majority,
00:00:51this close associate of Donald Trump had held the position since April on
00:00:58Coast. The culture an interim basis.
00:01:10Voladimir Zelenski went to Serbia today, a
00:01:14traditional ally of Moscow, Ukraine seeks to strengthen
00:01:17international support in the face of intensifying Russian strikes. In
00:01:21recent days, they have multiplied, particularly in Kyiv and its region.
00:01:25The last attack last night killed at least four people.
00:01:28Étanadjie.
00:01:31The bodies of the victims are being extracted from the scene under the stunned
00:01:35gaze of the residents, from this
00:01:38residential area in the Kyiv region, only
00:01:42debris and burnt out cars remain. Here, Russian
00:01:45bombardments killed several people, including a child, a
00:01:48dozen injured and survivors in a state of
00:01:51shock. Our doors and
00:01:54leading to the airport windows were blown in. I immediately checked if my husband
00:01:57was alive, because he was in another room. We
00:02:01went out and everything had already burned, my husband rushed to
00:02:04get water to put out the fire, but to
00:02:07no avail, the neighbors came out to try to save a young
00:02:10child, but they didn't find him. All
00:02:13this week, Kyiv and its region have suffered a deluge of
00:02:17fire, intense Russian nocturnal bombardment and a
00:02:20Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense,
00:02:23incapable of shooting down a single missile due to a lack
00:02:25of interceptors. In the capital,
00:02:28the administration. earth called on residents to go to
00:02:32shelters to escape Russian ballistic missiles,
00:02:34in the face of the difficulties Ukraine is
00:02:37facing, Voladimir Zelenski is active on the
00:02:41diplomatic front to maintain the support of its allies and
00:02:44even that of countries like Serbia, traditionally close to
00:02:48Moscow. We are developing all forms of
00:02:52cooperation likely to give our cities and our
00:02:55communities greater resilience as well as a better
00:02:58ability to... cope with all the challenges of war, we
00:03:02welcome this humanitarian aid from Serbia
00:03:05particularly in the areas of health and
00:03:08energy. A rapprochement between Kyiv and
00:03:11Belgrade, which is not to the Kremlin's liking. In May
00:03:15In total, 22 EU 2025, Russian
00:03:17countries have demanded Spain's intelligence already accused Serbian arms companies of selling ammunition to
00:03:21Ukraine via third
00:03:23countries. Bulgaria summoned the Ukrainian
00:03:27ambassador after the explosion on its territory of a drone
00:03:31used by the Ukrainian army, the drone exploded near a gas pipeline this morning
00:03:34not far from the border with Romania, there were no
00:03:37population by
00:03:37You are on France 24, it's time for the Africa casualties, Kyiv claims not to have deliberately targeted
00:03:41Bulgaria and promises to clarify
00:03:44the incident.
00:03:47Germany targeted by Russia in recent months through
00:03:51hybrid attacks that are carried out by Russian
00:03:54secret services on its territory, the point with Lyon Alstin,
00:03:58Lara Boomers and Bris.
00:04:01restitution. of the manuscripts of In Moscow's sights,
00:04:03Germany, a favorite hunting ground
00:04:05human remains of for Russian secret services
00:04:07coordinated rescue operation in the country's in Europe, sabotages, drone
00:04:10overflights, assassination attempts like in the Cold War
00:04:14era, civilian targets, but
00:04:17also military. In
00:04:19to the human toll, he is concerned about April 2024, three German-Russian
00:04:21production units sell men were arrested for a bomb attack plot on
00:04:24this American base in Germany. Last
00:04:27February, two workers. from the port of Hamburg, a Romanian and a Greek
00:04:31were arrested after carrying out a series of degradations on
00:04:35military vessels. They
00:04:39returned 15 prisoners to the AFCM-23 were preparing acts of sabotage against two corvettes in shipyards, they are suspected of being
00:04:43low-level agents. These
00:04:45low-level executors, considered disposable
00:04:48agents, would be hundreds in
00:04:50than expose them. As for the property of Europe working for Russia, notably the
00:04:53GRU, the army's intelligence service, sometimes without even
00:04:57knowing it.
00:05:00Some are involved in the DHL parcel bomb
00:05:03operation, these flights to
00:05:05celebration this Friday in Abidjan which Leipzig, Warsaw and Birmingham, whose goods suddenly caught fire in
00:05:092024.
00:05:37For my client it was just a normal service he was doing for a
00:05:40friend. he had no
00:05:43details, my client was absolutely unaware that
00:05:47it was a sabotage project,
00:05:50looks a lot like the disposable agent cases already judged in
00:05:54Germany, says this expert. Recruitment is done through
00:05:58social networks, payments are made in crypto
00:06:01currency, ideological motivation
00:06:04is minimal in this type
00:06:07of operation, for her, these attacks against the second largest aid provider to
00:06:11Ukraine after the United States are not about to stop, to try to counter
00:06:15these saboteurs, Germany has set up a coordination center against
00:06:19hybrid attacks with more money, more means,
00:06:22especially in intelligence, the country wants to better protect its
00:06:25sensitive sites, also in the news, this diplomatic
00:06:29standoff between Spain and Italy, controls began
00:06:33today in Spain for travelers coming from Italy, random
00:06:36controls and not systematic, tensions between the
00:06:39two countries erupted since the crisis.
00:06:48identity checks, upon
00:06:51the arrival of Italian tourists on the tarmac of Madrid
00:06:54airport, a surprising measure for
00:06:57travelers accustomed to circulating freely in the European
00:07:01Union, inspections
00:07:04also at the gate
00:07:06hall, the Spanish police have strict
00:07:10instructions since this Saturday, Italians
00:07:12arriving on the territory by plane, boat or land
00:07:15routes may be subject to checks, a
00:07:19retaliatory measure by the Spanish government that arouses mixed
00:07:22reactions among
00:07:24travelers.
00:07:27Diplomacy has disappeared from all these decisions, I see it neither in
00:07:31the attitude of the Italian government nor in that of the Spanish
00:07:34government in reaction to the measures that Italy has already put in
00:07:37place. It is really regrettable to witness these
00:07:40controls.
00:07:44It seems to me that Sanchez is under attack from all sides, what is happening is
00:07:47unjustifiable.
00:07:51The Spanish prime minister has been under
00:07:54fire since the migratory crisis in the enclave of
00:07:57Ceuta on July 31st.
00:08:0072,000 migrants entered it, almost all
00:08:02have since been sent back to Moroccan soil, but this
00:08:06episode caused strong tensions with Rome
00:08:10which immediately requested the temporary suspension of the Schengen
00:08:14free movement treaty with Madrid until August
00:08:1715th, an extraordinary measure according to far-right
00:08:20leader Georgia Meloni aimed at preserving the country's
00:08:24national security.
00:08:29exclusion from the Schengen area, but in
00:08:32fact, such a decision is legally impossible, and
00:08:35for Madrid, this diplomatic offensive is
00:08:38inequitable, contrary to the interests of the EU, and...
00:08:42discriminatory towards Spaniards,
00:08:46he was Donald Trump's lawyer and he is today
00:08:49confirmed as Minister of Justice, Todblanch barely
00:08:53secured his nomination, the Senate approved it by a very
00:08:57narrow majority, he had held this position since
00:09:01April, on an interim basis, we take stock with Julien
00:09:03Dubois,
00:09:06he was Donald Trump's lawyer when the president was convicted
00:09:10of 34 counts.
00:09:14is now the new Minister of Justice of the Trump
00:09:17administration, he had held this interim position since
00:09:20April, his official nomination was long awaited, it has
00:09:24just been confirmed by the Senate. He
00:09:27has 50 votes for and 49 votes against. The nomination
00:09:31is confirmed. A narrow nomination because two
00:09:34Republican senators voted against. Blench
00:09:38has in the past defended Donald Trump in three criminal
00:09:40cases. re-elected to the White House, he
00:09:44became number 2 of the Ministry of Justice, a proximity
00:09:48that leads to a mixing of genres up to the highest levels of the state, as shown
00:09:51by this slip of the tongue during the hearing before the Senate
00:09:55Judiciary Committee? are you friends with President
00:09:59Trump? I am his lawyer, I was his lawyer and
00:10:02I am now Assistant Attorney General. a
00:10:06proximity criticized by Democrats.
00:10:09your mandate can be summarized in the four words you have.
00:10:15I love you sir, this country deserves a Minister of Justice who loves
00:10:18the Constitution, committed to the security of the United States and to fighting
00:10:22corruption and not to satisfying.
00:10:28Since Todd Blench took over as interim head of the Ministry of
00:10:31Justice, prosecutions have been initiated against alleged enemies of
00:10:35Donald Trump, massive departures of prosecutors have been
00:10:38caused. According to some sources, these next measures
00:10:41would notably include a tougher line on immigration-related
00:10:44prosecutions.
00:10:48Donald Trump's boost to his ally Abelardo de la Esprielia
00:10:51who has just been inaugurated as President of Colombia.
00:10:55The United States has just granted one billion dollars in aid to the country, the
00:10:59new president makes the fight against drug trafficking his priority,
00:11:02Axel
00:11:04Simon,
00:11:06the Colombian president is barely inaugurated that Washington
00:11:10concretizes its support for the new administration of Bogota.
00:11:14Friday evening, the US State Department announced one billion
00:11:18dollars in aid to support security policies and the Colombian
00:11:21economy subject to Congress's validation. In a...
00:11:25statement, the State Department welcomed being able to soon work in
00:11:28close cooperation with the new presidency to guarantee the
00:11:32security and prosperity of the United States, Colombia and
00:11:36our hemisphere. After the deep tensions between Washington and Bogota
00:11:40during Gustavo Petro's presidency, Colombia becomes
00:11:43a new regional ally for the United States which intends to join
00:11:47the alliance of countries led by Donald Trump to fight drug
00:11:50trafficking.
00:11:55first acts of my government will be to sign the shield of the
00:11:58Americas which will allow us to pool our actions and our
00:12:01capabilities to face the threats to national
00:12:05and regional security.
00:12:08the new far-right president has promised a strong hand against
00:12:12guerrillas financed by cocaine trafficking, of which Colombia is
00:12:15the world's leading producer. Abelardo de la Esprila intends
00:12:19to bury the guerrilla disarmament negotiations initiated by
00:12:23his predecessor and... launch bombardments against the camps of armed
00:12:27groups, he promised to relentlessly fight what he calls
00:12:30narco-terrorism with the support of the Trump
00:12:34administration also engaged in its anti-drug
00:12:36war.
00:12:39Next news update in a moment, stay with us.
00:14:02news, welcome to the top story, the Democratic Republic of
00:14:06Congo, a first concrete gesture in the peace
00:14:09process, Kinshasa handed over 15 prisoners to the FCM23
00:14:13rebels, facilitated by the Red Cross, this is the first
00:14:16transfer of detainees since the signing of the Doa mechanism almost
00:14:20a year ago, in
00:14:23Nigeria, 308 people. abducted since February have been released
00:14:27in a single day. President Chinoubu speaks of the largest
00:14:32history, you will hear their
00:14:35testimonies.
00:14:37Finally, a good goul in Chad, bagged water, a public
00:14:41danger. A control mission reveals that the majority of
00:14:46untreated water directly drawn. Children are the
00:14:50first
00:14:50victims.
00:14:55In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is a first gesture of confidence
00:14:59long awaited in the peace process. Congolese authorities have
00:15:04rebels. This operation facilitated by the International
00:15:08Committee of the Red Cross constitutes the first concrete transfer of
00:15:11detainees since the signing of the Doa mechanism almost
00:15:15a year ago, details from Kinshasa by Aurélie Bazarak and
00:15:18Mangola.
00:15:21Qatar, one of the mediators in the conflict, welcomes
00:15:25the handover to the FCM 23 rebels of 15
00:15:28people detained until now by the Congolese
00:15:31authorities. The 15 prisoners whose identities have not
00:15:35been revealed have left.
00:15:37then transited through Uganda to reach the territory
00:15:43the FCM23, this is a handover of detainees that was
00:15:47expected since September 2025, when the Congolese
00:15:50government and the FCM23 had signed in Doa a
00:15:54prisoner exchange mechanism, but
00:15:57disagreements between the two parties had prevented these exchanges in
00:16:01April, during new discussions in Switzerland,
00:16:04Kinshasa and the FCM23 had again committed
00:16:08to releasing prisoners, so the number of
00:16:11detainees held by the Congolese authorities, as by the
00:16:13FCM23, is not officially known. Security
00:16:17sources mention several hundred
00:16:19detainees, if this handover of 15 prisoners represents
00:16:23only a fraction of the people concerned, the
00:16:26ICRC which served as an intermediary in this
00:16:29operation, says it hopes it will pave the way for other
00:16:32releases. Another headline in this news, Nigeria
00:16:36where three... 108 people including children have been released,
00:16:40the largest rescue operation carried out in a single day according to President
00:16:43Bolatinoubu abducted last February in the north of the country,
00:16:47they testify today to the ordeal they experienced during their captivity,
00:16:51the reactions compiled by Axel Simon,
00:16:55women and children still traumatized, they were
00:16:58rescued on Thursday by Nigerian security forces and are now
00:17:02waiting to return home. They were part of the 308
00:17:05people abducted last February in two northern Nigerian
00:17:09states, today, some testify to the ordeal they went
00:17:13through.
00:17:15Every time a plane approached, he ordered us to put out the fires we had lit and to
00:17:19maintain absolute silence so as not to be spotted. He didn't
00:17:23always give us food, we and our children went to bed with empty
00:17:26stomachs. There were sick people among
00:17:29us, several pregnant women gave birth during our
00:17:33captivity. For the families of the hostages, it's
00:17:37relief after 6 months
00:17:39of anguish, we couldn't sleep or
00:17:43eat, our thoughts were monopolized by worry, especially for the
00:17:46children,
00:17:48the 308 victims had been held captive since February following
00:17:52several deadly attacks by armed groups in two northern
00:17:56states of the country, like this one in Kuara state during which more than
00:18:00170 people were killed and the village reduced to ashes. The
00:18:04large rescue operation on Thursday was carried out jointly
00:18:07by the armed forces, intelligence services and the
00:18:10police, everyone was rescued
00:18:13alive,
00:18:17as you can see, there are only children and women here
00:18:20today, about forty are still in hospital,
00:18:24Nigeria is struggling to stem armed attacks and abductions perpetrated by
00:18:28armed groups and jihadists who sow terror, the Nigerian
00:18:31president had attributed responsibility for the main attack in February
00:18:35to the Islamist movement.
00:18:38a term also used generically to refer to jihadist
00:18:42groups in Nigeria.
00:18:45We stop in Guinea, this new request for restitution of objects
00:18:48plundered by France during colonization, after having claimed
00:18:52the writings of Samori Touré 3 weeks ago, Conakry asks Paris for
00:18:55the restitution of the skull of Bookar Biro, last almami of the
00:18:59theocratic state of Foutadialon, details from Malik
00:19:02Jakité in Konakri.
00:19:06After the property of... Ami Samori Touré, fierce resistant to
00:19:10French colonization, Guinea demands from France the skull of
00:19:13Boca Biro Bari, last Almami of the theocratic state of
00:19:17Foutadialon, as well as several manuscripts and other historical
00:19:21objects taken during colonization. For
00:19:24Conakry, these pieces constitute an essential part of the national
00:19:28heritage and the memory of two major figures of resistance
00:19:31to colonial conquest. The process we
00:19:34have undertaken of requesting
00:19:38Almami Samori, the return of the
00:19:43Almami Bokarbi Robari and his companions is part
00:19:47of a process of reconciliation of the nation with its memory. For us, it's
00:19:50a way for us to reclaim our national
00:19:54narrative and to make sure that these are elements of
00:19:57reconciliation with ourselves, with our own
00:20:00collective memory, but also that it is an element not
00:20:03of resentment, of contempt between
00:20:06France. and Guinea but that it is rather a bridge that is
00:20:10built by this approach which is for us an
00:20:13approach of healing the wounds opened
00:20:16by this painful past, if this request
00:20:19succeeds, Konakry plans to respectfully bury the
00:20:23human remains of Almami Boka Buri and his companions rather
00:20:28Almami Samori Touré, they will be kept here at the
00:20:32National Museum of Sander Valea, in the heart of the Guinean
00:20:35capital. And...
00:20:37stay on the theme of the return of art objects to their countries, a moment of
00:20:43celebrated the return of the talking drum digi ayokwe while
00:20:47the country celebrated the 66th anniversary of its independence,
00:20:50the sacred object of the Hebrie community had been stolen in
00:20:541916 by France during colonization, the story by Marion
00:20:57Lori. After 110 years
00:21:00of absence, Ivory Coast finally recovers its talking
00:21:04drum.
00:21:06The jidji ayokwe, 3.30 meters long and weighing nearly
00:21:10430 kg, was presented to Ivorians during the national
00:21:14holiday marking the country's independence, a
00:21:17moment celebrated by the crowd. "We
00:21:21like it, we wanted to see it, we
00:21:24want to see with our own eyes to
00:21:26believe that the
00:21:28drum.
00:21:31Much more than a musical instrument, the drum was used by the Hibrier
00:21:35community to signal danger, call to war or
00:21:39even to gather the villagers. On
00:21:42February 20th, France officially returned the object to Ivory
00:21:48ministers of each country signed..." and the act of transfer of
00:21:51ownership during a ceremony at the Quai Branly Jacques
00:21:54Chirac Museum, it is of course an identity that has been
00:21:58snatched away, it is also important to know 110 years, 120
00:22:02years later if the subject of this institution can be
00:22:05approached in the same way as at the time of the pain
00:22:08when it was made during the confiscation. Abidjan
00:22:12had requested the return of the Drum at the end of 2018. It
00:22:16is one of 148 works of art stolen during colonization.
00:22:20and will now be exhibited at the Museum of Civilizations in the
00:22:24capital,
00:22:26heading to Chad, more precisely in the city of Bongor, a control
00:22:30mission revealed an alarming reality out of 8
00:22:33water production units inspected, the
00:22:36majority of which sell treated water directly drawn without any
00:22:40filtration system, result: diseases related to contaminated water
00:22:43are exploding, especially among children, the report by Harol
00:22:46Girrard in Bongor where more than...
00:22:5012,000 inhabitants live, access to safe drinking water is a daily challenge, to
00:22:53quench their thirst, the population has become accustomed to consuming bagged
00:22:57water, widely available at an affordable
00:23:00price. The main advantage of this bagged water is
00:23:04that it is the cheapest we can find, it costs between 25 and 50 CFA francs,
00:23:08a bottle of water can cost up to 500 CFA francs, that's too expensive for
00:23:11me, accessible water whose quality is
00:23:14often poorly controlled and which exposes consumers to major
00:23:18health risks, Dr. Nadid has been receiving
00:23:21patients made sick by this bagged water for years,
00:23:25commonly called pure water, they come with
00:23:28gastroenteritis, they also come with digestive
00:23:31problems, so we can say perhaps that this can be one of the
00:23:35causes of these problems, the potability
00:23:38of water, uh, you have to do it yourself, I
00:23:42think, there is water already everywhere
00:23:44in our shops, so it's better to get
00:23:48it and... be able to say to yourself
00:23:52try to be able to disinfect the water, after
00:23:55several scandals reported on social networks in recent months, the
00:23:58Chadian government has strengthened sanitary controls in bagged
00:24:02water production units, these claim to scrupulously
00:24:06respect hygiene standards in controlling water quality as
00:24:09well as when bagging it, to prove otherwise, we
00:24:13have installed a meter and with this system the water goes up to the
00:24:17machine where there is a filter and once in the machine... it is filtered before it is
00:24:21bagged, the authorities had already mentioned the goal
00:24:23of access to drinking water for the entire
00:24:272030, an ambition
00:24:30difficult to achieve according to several consumer
00:24:34associations.
00:24:38And we end in Senegal where the salt harvesters are seeing life in
00:24:42pink again. 4 years after floods that almost destroyed its
00:24:46fragile ecosystem and the economy that had developed around it, the
00:25:20that I have at
00:25:20home,
00:25:24about 3,000 salt harvesters depend on the lake for their
00:25:27livelihood, while the region attracts about 8,000 visitors in the off
00:25:30season. Today, this lake is gradually regaining its original
00:25:34pink color and tourism is slowly
00:25:36recovering, a huge relief for the local community
00:25:40that almost lost everything.
00:25:44We woke up one morning and had lost everything, had to bring
00:25:48machines to collect the salt. and move it so that it doesn't take
00:25:51water, we couldn't do much to
00:25:54protect it.
00:25:57In 2022, this iconic lake had lost its
00:26:00color and salinity. following extreme floods,
00:26:04leading to a collapse in tourist
00:26:06numbers, that which explodes is linked
00:26:10to the saturation of this lake, if the lake is desaturated, the salt will
00:26:14disappear. After years of efforts, the authorities managed
00:26:18to pump out the excess water and revive the local
00:26:21economy.
00:26:24And that's the end of this edition, thank you for following us, stay on France 24, the news
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00:26:55between disappointment and relief, this ritual masks a real
00:26:59social injustice.
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00:30:06We meet again for a new update on the news at the top of this bulletin, the
00:30:09first visit of Voladimir Zelenski to Serbia, a historical
00:30:12ally of Russia, the Ukrainian president seeks to strengthen
00:30:16international support as Russian strikes multiply, in addition
00:30:22the coming winter after the destruction of almost all
00:30:25Ukrainian thermal power plants. The standoff
00:30:28between Madrid and Rome, checks on Italian travelers in Spain
00:30:32began today, for now, nothing has eased tensions between the two
00:30:36countries since the migrant crisis in Ceuta.
00:30:40two weeks after the end of the student mobilization in India,
00:30:43dozens of protesters are subject to intimidation and
00:30:46harassment, the repression observed during the movement continued
00:30:50in other
00:30:51forms.