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00:00:06Good evening everyone, and welcome, if you're joining us on France 24. Headlining this
00:00:10newscast, Voladimir Zelenski's visit today to
00:00:13Serbia, a historical ally of Russia. The Ukrainian president
00:00:17seeks to strengthen international support as Russian
00:00:21strikes multiply. Beyond the human toll, he is concerned about the upcoming
00:00:24winter after the destruction of
00:00:26object of the Ebrié community. almost all thermal power plants in Ukraine. The...
00:00:30dispute between Madrid and Rome, Spain is now carrying out
00:00:33checks on travelers from Italy. For
00:00:37them, nothing has eased tensions between the two countries since the migratory
00:00:41crisis in Ceuta. And then the return to the country of a sacred
00:00:45object, Abidjan has just celebrated the restitution of the
00:00:48Talking Drum, the Djidji,
00:00:51a sacred object of the Ebrié community. It had been confiscated by France
00:00:55in
00:00:551916.
00:01:10Voladimir Zelenski visited
00:01:14at the gates leading to the Serbia, a traditional ally of Moscow. Ukraine seeks to strengthen international
00:01:18support in the face of intensified Russian strikes. In recent days,
00:01:22they have multiplied, particularly in Kyiv and its
00:01:25d'Ivoire. The Ministers of region. The latest date, last night, left
00:01:28at least four dead.
00:01:32The remains of the victims are being extracted from the sites under
00:01:36the bewildered gaze of the inhabitants. Of this
00:01:39residential area in the Kyiv region, only debris and
00:01:43charred cars
00:01:45same way as at remain. Here, Russian bombardments have killed several people,
00:01:48including a child, injured about ten, and left survivors in a state
00:01:52of shock. Our doors and our
00:01:54windows were blown out. I immediately checked if my husband
00:01:58was alive, because he was in another room. We
00:02:01went out and everything had already burned. My husband rushed
00:02:05to get water to put out the fire, but in
00:02:08vain. Neighbors came out to try to save a young
00:02:11child, but they couldn't find him. All
00:02:14this week, Kyiv and its region have suffered a deluge of
00:02:18fire, intense nocturnal Russian bombardment, and an
00:02:21Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense,
00:02:24unable to shoot down a single missile due
00:02:26to lack of interceptors. In the capital, the
00:02:30military administration called on residents to go to shelters to
00:02:34escape Russian ballistic
00:02:35In total, 22 EU missiles. Faced with the
00:02:37countries demanded Spain's exclusion difficulties Ukraine is facing, Voladimir
00:02:40Zelenski is active diplomatically to maintain the support
00:02:44of his allies and even that of countries like
00:02:47Serbia, traditionally close to
00:02:49Moscow. We are developing all forms of
00:02:53cooperation likely to
00:02:55State of emergency declared in part of give our cities and our communities greater
00:02:58resilience, as well as a better
00:03:00way to face all the challenges of war. We positively
00:03:04welcome this humanitarian aid from Serbia, particularly in the
00:03:07areas of health and energy. This
00:03:10rapprochement between Kyiv and Belgrade is not to the
00:03:14Kremlin's liking. In May 2025, Russian intelligence
00:03:17was already accusing Serbian arms companies of selling
00:03:21ammunition to Ukraine via third
00:03:24countries. Bulgaria summons
00:03:28the Ukrainian ambassador after the explosion on its soil of a drone
00:03:31used by the Ukrainian army. This drone
00:03:34exploded near a gas pipeline this morning, not far from the border with
00:03:38Romania. There were no casualties. Kyiv claims not
00:03:42to have deliberately targeted Bulgaria and promises to
00:03:45clarify the incident. Details from Julien
00:03:48Dubois.
00:03:50The explosion occurred this Saturday morning near the border
00:03:54between Bulgaria and Romania. The drone
00:03:57crashed in a field in Kardam, not far from a
00:04:00gas pipeline connecting Turkey to Ukraine. No
00:04:04casualties were reported.
00:04:06This drone was not detected or identified in Romanian
00:04:10airspace. Nor was it detected in our airspace.
00:04:13As you know, the identification and
00:04:16neutralization of these drones constitute a major
00:04:19challenge. We continue to monitor the situation and strengthen
00:04:22surveillance. The Bulgarian Minister of Defense attributes
00:04:26this explosion to the Ukrainian army.
00:04:30Preliminary analysis of the debris indicates that it is most likely a
00:04:33Maya-type drone. This type of drone is widely used
00:04:37by the Ukrainian armed forces. At present, there is no reason to
00:04:41believe that this incident was intentional. Ukraine
00:04:44assures that it did not deliberately target Bulgaria.
00:04:47The Ukrainian ambassador was summoned by Sofia.
00:04:51The incident occurred 50 km from the Black Sea, where Russians and
00:04:54Ukrainians are increasing strikes on cargo ships. In late
00:04:57July, a missile crashed in another NATO country,
00:05:01Poland. These incidents are recurring in countries allied with
00:05:04Ukraine. This week, drones were spotted in
00:05:08Germany, including one loaded with explosives in Leipzig. These
00:05:11incursions and violations of airspace are multiplying.
00:05:14Suspicions and accusations are mostly
00:05:18attributed to Russia.
00:05:20Less than 24 hours after the inauguration ceremony of the new
00:05:24Colombian president in Cali, a toll booth on the Pan-American highway was
00:05:27attacked, not far from the ceremony site. The infrastructure was
00:05:31destroyed by explosives, slightly injuring security
00:05:34agents. The Colombian army accuses a dissident group of the
00:05:38FARC present in the region. I remind you that Abelardo de la Espriella, the new
00:05:42president of Colombia, displays his determination to fight drug
00:05:46trafficking and criminal groups.
00:05:50Another news headline: this power struggle between Spain and Italy.
00:05:54Checks started today in Spain for travelers
00:05:57from Italy. Random checks, not systematic ones. Tensions between the
00:06:00two countries erupted
00:06:04after the migratory crisis in Ceuta and
00:06:06Tan. Identity checks
00:06:09upon the arrival of Italian
00:06:13tourists on the tarmac of Madrid airport. A
00:06:16surprising measure for travelers used to circulating freely
00:06:20in the European Union. Inspections also
00:06:23inspections également
00:06:26airport hall. The Spanish police have strict
00:06:30instructions since this Saturday. Any Italian
00:06:33arriving in the territory by plane, boat, or land
00:06:35routes may be subject to checks. A
00:06:39retaliatory measure by the Spanish government which has provoked
00:06:43mixed reactions among
00:06:44travelers.
00:06:47Diplomacy has disappeared from all these decisions, I see it neither in
00:06:51the attitude of the Italian government nor in that of the Spanish
00:06:54government in reaction to the measures Italy has already put in
00:06:57place. It is truly regrettable to witness these
00:07:00controls.
00:07:04It seems to me that Sanchez is under attack from all sides. What is happening
00:07:08is unjustifiable.
00:07:11The Spanish Prime Minister has been under
00:07:14criticism since the migratory crisis that hit the enclave of Ceuta last
00:07:18July 31st. 72,000 migrants entered,
00:07:21almost all have since been sent back to Moroccan
00:07:25soil, but this episode caused
00:07:28strong tensions with Rome, which immediately
00:07:31called for the temporary suspension of the Schengen treaty of free
00:07:35movement with Madrid until August 15th. An
00:07:38extraordinary measure, according to far-right leader Georgia Meloni,
00:07:43intended to preserve the country's national security.
00:07:49from the Schengen area, but in
00:07:52fact, such a decision is legally impossible.
00:07:56And for Madrid, this diplomatic offensive is
00:07:59unfair, contrary to EU interests, and
00:08:02discriminatory towards Spaniards.
00:08:08western Canada where a forest fire is spreading rapidly. Thousands
00:08:12of residents had to evacuate their homes. The flames have already
00:08:15covered 5,000 hectares in this area of British Columbia.
00:08:191,500 firefighters are mobilized. Canada has been
00:08:22severely affected by fires this summer, the most critical situation
00:08:25the country has
00:08:26experienced.
00:08:30Relief for 308 hostages and their families in
00:08:34Nigeria. This Thursday, police and soldiers managed to
00:08:37free them while they were held captive in a forest in the west of the country. They
00:08:41had been abducted during separate attacks. Today, the
00:08:44ex-hostages and their relatives recount the ordeal they
00:08:47endured during 6 months of captivity. Axel
00:08:50Simon.
00:08:53Women and children still traumatized. They were
00:08:56rescued Thursday by Nigerian security forces and are now
00:09:00waiting to return home. They were among the
00:09:03308 people kidnapped last February in two northern Nigerian
00:09:07states. Today, some bear witness to the ordeal they
00:09:10went through.
00:09:13Every time a plane approached, they ordered us to put out the fires we had lit and to
00:09:17remain absolutely silent so as not to be spotted. They did
00:09:20not always give us food. We and our children went to bed with
00:09:24empty stomachs. There were sick people among
00:09:27us. Several pregnant women gave birth during our
00:09:31captivity.
00:09:33For the families of the hostages, it's finally relief after 6 months
00:09:37of anguish. We could no longer sleep or
00:09:41eat. Our minds were monopolized by worry, especially for the
00:09:44children.
00:09:47The 308 victims had been held captive since February following
00:09:50several deadly attacks carried out by armed groups in two northern states
00:09:54of the country, like this one in Kuara state, during which over
00:09:58170 people were killed and the village burned to the ground. The
00:10:02massive rescue operation on Thursday was conducted jointly by the
00:10:06armed forces, intelligence services, and the
00:10:08police. Everyone was rescued alive.
00:10:15As you can see, today there are only children and women here,
00:10:18about forty are still in hospital.
00:10:22Nigeria is struggling to contain armed attacks and kidnappings
00:10:26perpetrated by armed groups and jihadists who sow terror. The Nigerian
00:10:30president had attributed the responsibility for the main attack in
00:10:33February to the Islamist movement Boko Haram, a term
00:10:37also used generically to refer to jihadist groups in
00:10:41Nigeria. Return to the country for a sacred
00:10:45object. Abidjan has just celebrated the restitution of the
00:10:48Ayokwe Talking Drum, a sacred
00:10:51It had been confiscated by France in 1916
00:10:55during colonization. Marion Lauri's
00:10:58report:
00:11:02After 110 years of absence, Côte d'Ivoire finally gets back its
00:11:05talking drum. The
00:11:08Ayokwe Ji, 3 meters 30 long and weighing nearly
00:11:12430 kg, was presented to Ivorians during the national
00:11:16holiday marking the country's independence. A moment
00:11:19celebrated by the
00:11:21crowd. We wanted to see
00:11:25the drum. We wanted to see with our own eyes
00:11:28to believe that the drum belongs
00:11:32to us.
00:11:34Much more than a musical instrument, the drum was used by the Ebrié
00:11:38community to signal danger, call to war,
00:11:41or to gather the villagers. Last
00:11:44February 20, France officially returned the object to Côte
00:11:50Culture of each country signed the act of transfer of ownership
00:11:54during a series of ceremonies.
00:11:58It is, of course, an identity that was torn away. It is also important to
00:12:01know that 110 years, 120 years later,
00:12:05if the subject of this institution can be approached in the
00:12:10the time of the pain when it was done during the confiscation.
00:12:13Abidjan had requested in late 2018 the return of the
00:12:16drum. It is part of the 148 works of art
00:12:20stolen during colonization and will now be exhibited at the
00:12:24Museum of Civilizations in the capital. Stay with
00:12:27us, the training continues on Francat.
00:13:08It was hell, really.
00:13:09Hell.
00:13:13You didn't see anything but
00:13:17blood
00:13:18and noise.
00:13:23And my sister and her family and her friends must find
00:13:27dear Roubina among hundreds of beautiful faces.
00:13:31The
00:13:34injuries I had, the injuries I saw, were injuries while
00:13:38fleeing, for example, to them.
00:13:42The people of Iran, just as they broke the back of sedition,
00:13:45must also break
00:13:47the back of the seditionist.
00:13:51Dad, you go, I'll come. Dad.
00:13:57This type of evidence shows us that individuals were shooting to kill.
00:14:23Traders from several bazaars.
00:15:07it was one collapse too many.
00:15:19Did you see this? Arch sent it
00:15:20yesterday.
00:15:23This is Iran and this. This lady in Israel is Iranian,
00:15:27send her
00:15:29here.
00:17:10On the morning of December 30, on social networks, we started to see images from
00:17:13universities, particularly in
00:17:14Tehran,
00:17:20and very quickly that day, it spread to other universities, Isfahan,
00:17:23Yazd notably, Tabriz, and then I thought,
00:17:26if students get involved, this will take on another dimension, another turn.
00:17:30Faced with this protest that gained much
00:17:38momentum in several Iranian cities,
00:17:42the Iranian authorities declared 3 days of public holidays in Iran
00:17:45under the pretext of bad weather,
00:17:49snow.
00:17:52And it was then that the person we will call Reza for his safety would
00:17:55give me very valuable information day after day.
00:17:59Hello Mariam, today they announced 3
00:18:02public holidays for fear that traders would continue to
00:18:05protest.
00:18:07Waiting until Saturday gives them 3 days to set up their repressive
00:18:10forces.
00:18:20In the street, symbols of the Islamic Republic are attacked by
00:18:23demonstrators, flags of the Islamic Republic are
00:18:26burned, torn, because at that moment, the demonstrators say that the
00:18:30Islamic Republic no longer represents them.
00:18:33Hello, Mariam, the protests continued yesterday in some cities,
00:18:37despite the police presence.
00:18:40It's the same atmosphere as during the 1979 revolution,
00:18:42except that this time, it's the entire
00:18:46people chanting for the end of the Islamic
00:18:48Republic.
00:18:51In most of the videos, the only name carried is the Shah and
00:18:54the legacy of the Pahlavis.
00:18:57We start to hear more and more this slogan "Javitcha, long
00:19:01live the king", or "Pahlavi come
00:19:05back". So in fact,
00:19:08to the son of the last Shah of Iran, of the last king of Iran who
00:19:12had to leave the country after the Islamic Revolution of
00:19:141969, and so it's clearly a
00:19:17call for Reza Pahlavi, this son who has lived in exile for
00:19:2147
00:19:21years.
00:19:28In many cities, the regime begins to use thugs to control the
00:19:32crowd. Photos and videos of those who were killed begin to
00:19:36circulate on social networks.
00:20:10we see that these funerals become political events because people are very
00:20:13angry.
00:20:18A key actor who will speak out is Donald
00:20:21Trump: if Iran shoots and violently kills
00:20:25peaceful protesters, which is their habit, the United States
00:20:28will come to their rescue, we are armed and ready to
00:20:31intervene.
00:21:53On the morning of January 4, we see images that are astounding. It's a
00:21:57hospital that was attacked in Ilam. Security forces
00:22:00entered inside, they fired tear gas, they attacked
00:22:04demonstrators. The security forces stormed the hospital
00:22:07to arrest wounded demonstrators and take the bodies of those who were
00:22:11killed.
00:22:18The demonstrators who were in this hospital had come from Malekshahi the day before, from a
00:22:22mass killing in Malekshahi. They come from Malekshahi because in Malekshahi there
00:22:25were not enough health centers to treat them,
00:22:29so many had been
00:22:30injured.
00:22:36Mariam, I no longer leave my house. I follow the events on
00:22:40social networks. Repression forces are everywhere.
00:22:43and demonstrating, this is exactly what
00:23:50happened in
00:23:531978 with these cries at
00:23:568 PM "Death to the dictator!" which was shouted three times and led to
00:24:00the fall of his father, the last king of Iran, the last Shah of Iran,
00:24:03Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
00:24:15If the regime falls, we'll go
00:24:16crazy.
00:24:20No, real scenes of revolt, people are very
00:24:23determined. On several main axes, businesses are
00:24:26closed, there are people injured in the face.
00:24:39Never have so many people in Iran demonstrated against the regime in
00:24:4347
00:24:44years.
00:24:50On social networks, we see many videos from Tehran,
00:24:53Shiraz, Mashhad, Dobodon, Darvos.
00:24:57It's continuous and we see
00:24:59crowds.
00:25:03Suddenly, the country plunges into
00:25:05darkness.
00:25:09All internet traffic of a country of 90 million
00:25:13people fell to zero, literally. This internet blackout
00:25:17makes us fear the worst because it's always the same modus operandi. From the
00:25:20regime, it's cut the internet to massacre
00:25:24people. How
00:25:27are you? You no longer have
00:25:30internet. Reza, everything is
00:25:34fine. From there, the only sources
00:25:38of information come from a few hundred Starlink connections
00:25:41there. That night, it will turn into
00:25:44horror.
00:26:36After that, he went and participated in the protests
00:26:40and we had no news of him. It seems his friends
00:26:44contacted his family
00:26:45and said,
00:26:49come to Tehran, Robina has been shot.
00:26:53The family didn't think that
00:26:56she had died and they quickly
00:26:59made their way to Tehran overnight.
00:27:36The first thing you could see
00:27:39were people falling, and blood that was on the
00:27:43street.
00:27:46Either fallen or blood splattered on their clothes, or women and
00:27:50children screaming. My friend first
00:27:53got hit in the leg and
00:27:55fell.
00:27:58After he fell, I slapped him in the face and said, get up, get up, pull yourself together, man.
00:28:01One.
00:29:33The anger they displayed
00:29:36is incomparable. Be careful, be
00:29:40careful. The injuries I had, the injuries I
00:29:43saw, were injuries while fleeing,
00:29:46for example, or indiscriminately into a crowd
00:29:49from an angle, for example, a barrage of fire had been
00:29:53unleashed. Look what
00:29:55he did to the people. I saw many
00:29:59horrifying things, many, but that night
00:30:32a thousand dear ones were lying there, on the
00:30:36ground, in the yard, in the
00:30:39courtyard.
00:30:46And my sister and her family and her friends
00:30:49had
00:30:54many faces, those dear ones, beautiful faces.