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00:00:07This is the return of the night edition on France 24. Here are the headlines of this new
00:00:11production units sell news broadcast: Joe Biden has widespread cancer,
00:00:13according to his son Hunter Biden. The former president's prostate cancer
00:00:17has metastasized. He requires
00:00:20extensive treatment and is suffering from severe pain. A report to
00:00:24follow at the beginning of the broadcast with Sarah
00:00:26Anderson.
00:00:30We will also talk about this drone war linked to the Russian
00:00:34invasion of Ukraine. It could threaten to ignite the borders of NATO.
00:00:37A projectile crashed in Bulgaria
00:00:40exhibiting them. As for the possessions of this Saturday near a gas pipeline. Sophia has summoned the Ukrainian
00:00:42ambassador.
00:00:45And then, French justice refers 34 members of a masculinist
00:00:50the conflict, welcomes the group to the courts. 45 people had been arrested
00:00:52in June. The national anti-online hate unit had uncovered an
00:00:56ultraviolent Telegram channel against women. It had more than...
00:01:001700 members.
00:01:13Concern is growing around Joe Biden's health. The 83-year-old
00:01:17former American president is facing a significant worsening of his prostate
00:01:20cancer, according to his son Hunter Biden's confessions.
00:01:24The disease has spread to his bones. Out of public
00:01:28life, the former president is undergoing heavy treatments
00:01:30with radiotherapy. To talk about this, we are joining our correspondent in New York, Sarah
00:01:33Anderson. Sarah, we knew that Joe Biden had
00:01:37aggressive cancer. He had announced it in May after leaving the White
00:01:40House. Hunter Biden has therefore lifted the veil on the evolution of his
00:01:44illness.
00:01:48Yes, until now, the Biden family had
00:01:50killed in France since the beginning of remained relatively discreet about the evolution of the disease, but this
00:01:54time, his son Hunter Biden is speaking out. In an
00:01:57interview with the BBC, he explains that his father's cancer
00:02:01has spread to his bones and even beyond. An illness that
00:02:04causes, according to him, significant pain and a very
00:02:07debilitating condition. Hunter Biden appeared very moved,
00:02:11confiding that it is really difficult, it is really sad to
00:02:14watch. He even wished his father would complain
00:02:18more because the situation is not
00:02:19same way as at the time good, according to him. Joe Biden's prostate cancer had been
00:02:23diagnosed in May 2025, shortly after he
00:02:26left the White House. Since then, the former president has undergone
00:02:30treatments and surgeries, but Joe Biden
00:02:33is expected to live with this disease
00:02:36especially in the areas of health and for the rest of his life, and Hunter Biden assures that his
00:02:39father will continue to live a public life. So, we know that he is preparing to publish his
00:02:43presidential memoirs next November 17, just after the
00:02:47midterm elections. Has he really been visible these last
00:02:49months?
00:02:53So, Joe Biden has not
00:02:56And the war in Ukraine is overflowing into NATO disappeared from public life, but since his departure from the White House, his appearances
00:03:00have become much rarer, with occasional
00:03:03speeches in recent months. For example, on June 27, he
00:03:07spoke at the Maryland Democratic Party gala,
00:03:10and a few weeks earlier, he had intervened at an event
00:03:14in South Dakota. These appearances show that
00:03:18despite the illness, he intends to remain
00:03:21present, and he notably, his memoirs will be
00:03:25released to the public
00:03:28A border police officer reported next November in a book called
00:03:31"Promise Me America." Thank you, Sarah Henderson, for these
00:03:35explanations from New York. It's a forceful move in the
00:03:39Arctic. The American company Greenland Energy has landed a
00:03:42dozen containers on the coast of Greenland. Its goal is to conduct
00:03:46illegal exploratory drilling on an oil deposit estimated at 100 billion
00:03:49dollars. The problem is, the government was not aware,
00:03:53and a local ecological moratorium prohibits these practices.
00:03:56Greenland Energy is closely linked to Donald
00:04:00Trump's entourage.
00:04:03Less than 24 hours after the inauguration of the Colombian president, a car bomb
00:04:07attack targeted a highway toll booth under construction
00:04:10between Cali, the site of this inauguration, and the department of
00:04:13Cauca. Two security guards were injured. The Colombian
00:04:17army attributes this attack to dissidents of the former FARC
00:04:20guerrillas, who are very present in the region. The far-right president
00:04:24promises that there will be no refuge or impunity for the
00:04:27perpetrators. The governor of Cauca,
00:04:34"This is not an isolated incident. These are acts that
00:04:37have been systematically repeated for a long time on
00:04:40You are on France 24, it's time for the Africa this road. I don't think it's a message addressed to the new
00:04:42government. I think it's a continuous action carried out by these
00:04:46outlaw groups who don't want our department of Cauca to
00:04:50prisoners to the M23 develop. These are the actions of these
00:04:52terrorists."
00:04:56The Strait of Hormuz at the heart of a new energy war. The Iranian
00:04:59Supreme National Security Council cast a chill by publishing a list
00:05:03of demands this Saturday. Tehran demands that the United States, and I
00:05:07remains of Almamy quote, "correct their at the gate leading to the airport behavior" and calls for a definitive
00:05:10end to the war, lifting of the American blockade on its
00:05:13ports, the withdrawal of Western armed forces, the payment
00:05:16of compensation, and the unconditional unblocking of
00:05:20all its frozen assets abroad. Tehran also
00:05:23states that it is about to conclude an agreement with Oman for the management of the
00:05:27strait. The standoff remains explosive. A ship
00:05:30belonging to the Abu Dhabi oil and gas company was attacked while
00:05:34crossing the Strait of Hormuz, announced by the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Foreign
00:05:37Affairs this Saturday, according to which Iran had fired a
00:05:41missile to disrupt commercial
00:05:43shipping.
00:05:47We come to the complex balance of the Serbian president regarding
00:05:50Ukraine. In front of Volodymyr Zelensky, Aleksandar Vučić
00:05:53extensively commented on United Nations texts on respect for the territorial
00:05:57integrity of states, but he does not adopt European sanctions against
00:06:01Russia and he demands all discussion on military
00:06:04cooperation. The Ukrainian president continues to seek to strengthen his
00:06:07support in the face of intensified Russian strikes.
00:06:10Watch.
00:06:13The bodies of the victims are extracted from the sites under the
00:06:16stunned gaze of the inhabitants of this
00:06:19residential area in the Kyiv region. All that remains are
00:06:23debris and charred cars. Here, the
00:06:26Russian bombardments have left several dead, including a child, a
00:06:30dozen injured and survivors in a state of
00:06:32shock. Our doors and windows were blown out.
00:06:36I immediately checked if my husband was alive, because he was
00:06:40in another room.
00:06:42I went out and everything was already burned. My husband rushed to fetch water
00:06:46to extinguish the fire, but in vain. The neighbors came
00:06:50out to try to save a young child, but they didn't
00:06:53find him. All this week, Kyiv and its
00:06:56region have suffered a deluge of fire, intense nocturnal
00:07:00Russian bombardments, and a Ukrainian anti-aircraft
00:07:03defense, unable to shoot down a single missile due to a lack
00:07:07of interceptors. In the capital, the military
00:07:11administration called on residents to go to shelters to escape the
00:07:14Russian ballistic missiles. Faced with the
00:07:17difficulties that Ukraine is confronting, Volodymyr
00:07:20Zelensky is active on the diplomatic front to maintain the
00:07:24support of his allies, and even that of countries like
00:07:27Serbia, traditionally close to
00:07:30Moscow. We are developing all forms of
00:07:33cooperation likely to give our cities and communities
00:07:36greater resilience as well as better
00:07:40capacity to face all the challenges of war. We
00:07:43positively welcome this humanitarian aid from Serbia,
00:07:49energy. A rapprochement between Kyiv and
00:07:52Belgrade, which is not to the Kremlin's liking. In May
00:07:562025, Russian intelligence had already accused Serbian arms
00:07:59companies of selling ammunition to
00:08:02Ukraine via third
00:08:04countries.
00:08:08countries. A military drone crashed in Bulgaria
00:08:11near the border with Romania. The explosion narrowly missed,
00:08:15by only 1 km, the trans-Balkan gas pipeline that connects Turkey to
00:08:18Ukraine. And precisely, the device is a
00:08:22drone massively used by this Ukrainian army. The
00:08:25Ukrainian authorities have denied targeting Bulgaria, and they
00:08:29promise to open an investigation. I suggest you listen to the reaction of the
00:08:33prefect of
00:08:33Dobrich.
00:08:41that a drone...
00:09:20with Moscow and Kyiv is now calling for a moratorium. On Tuesday,
00:09:24Ankara had already denounced drone offensives that occurred the
00:09:27day before in the Black Sea against two Turkish ships. The authorities have
00:09:31also taken measures to limit traffic through the Dardanelles
00:09:34Strait.
00:09:38It's a thunderclap in the heart of Europe and a serious setback in the Schengen
00:09:41area. Since midnight last night, free movement no longer
00:09:45exists between Spain and Italy. Spanish
00:09:48police are now randomly screening all travelers
00:09:51from Italian airports and ports.
00:09:54In Italy.
00:09:58Identity checks,
00:10:00upon the arrival of Italian tourists on the tarmac of Madrid
00:10:03airport, a surprising measure for
00:10:07travelers accustomed to circulating freely in the European
00:10:11Union. Inspections also
00:10:16hall. Spanish police have strict instructions
00:10:20since this Saturday, any Italian arriving in the territory
00:10:23by plane, boat, or land will be subject to
00:10:27checks. A retaliatory measure by the Spanish
00:10:30government that has drawn mixed reactions from
00:10:34travelers.
00:10:36Diplomacy has disappeared from all these decisions. I see it neither in
00:10:40the attitude of the Italian government nor in that of the Spanish
00:10:43government in reaction to the measures that Italy has already put in
00:10:47place. It is truly regrettable to witness these
00:10:50controls.
00:11:00The Spanish prime minister has been under
00:11:03fire since the migratory crisis experienced by the enclave of
00:11:06Ceuta last July 31.
00:11:0972,000 migrants entered. Almost
00:11:12all have since been sent back to Moroccan soil, but this
00:11:16episode caused strong tensions with Rome,
00:11:20which immediately demanded the temporary suspension of the Schengen
00:11:23free movement treaty with Madrid until
00:11:27August 15. An extraordinary measure, according to the far-right
00:11:30leader Giorgia Meloni, aimed at preserving
00:11:33the country's national security. In total,
00:11:3622 EU countries have called for Spain's exclusion from the
00:11:40Schengen area, but in reality, such a decision is
00:11:43legally impossible, and for Madrid, this diplomatic
00:11:47offensive is unfair, contrary to
00:11:50EU interests and discriminatory against
00:11:53Spaniards.
00:11:56A man has been charged and remanded in custody in Vaucluse. The former
00:12:00legionnaire and National Rally candidate for municipal elections is suspected of murdering
00:12:03his ex-partner. The victim, discovered by gendarmes after
00:12:07a relative alerted them, had numerous head injuries,
00:12:11possibly from a bladed weapon. At least 79 women have been
00:12:15the year, and a new threat is worrying the French
00:12:19anti-terrorist services: masculinism, an
00:12:22ideology that embraces hatred of women. Dozens of men who
00:12:26shared ultraviolent messages have been arrested. According to the
00:12:30High Council for Equality, 10 million French people adhere to hostile
00:12:33sexism. Camille
00:12:35Gutin.
00:12:38They are nurses, metro drivers, or even prison
00:12:42officers. 45 men who were part of a
00:12:45discussion channel associated with masculinism have just
00:12:49been arrested. On this platform, they disseminated
00:12:52misogynistic content and incitement to hatred.
00:12:55We have found some of their
00:12:57messages.
00:13:00One of the keystones of the white patriarchal empire will be to severely punish women who refuse
00:13:04their husbands. Liberated women are
00:13:07sluts.
00:13:091758 men used this channel, yet no
00:13:13typical profile emerges.
00:13:16The individuals implicated, residing throughout the territory, appear to be socially
00:13:20integrated, with the majority having employment and from varied
00:13:23socio-economic classes.
00:13:26The men will be brought before justice at the end of the year.
00:13:30An ideology that can also lead to violent acts against
00:13:33women. The DGSI has qualified this movement as a high
00:13:36terrorist risk. A Senate report warns of the growing
00:13:40threat. These men consider themselves to be
00:13:43victims of equality between women and men. They truly
00:13:47hate women because they blame
00:13:50women for everything that goes wrong in their lives. So the
00:13:54threat is real and it is for all of us. Last
00:13:57year in Saint-Étienne, an 18-year-old boy was arrested near
00:14:01this high school. He was armed with two knives and wanted to attack
00:14:05women. The boy had watched several masculinist
00:14:08videos on social networks. For
00:14:11experts, radicalization can happen in a few months through
00:14:15small groups. What is specific to masculinism is collective
00:14:18action, meaning that an individual will frequent several
00:14:22groups, adhere to several types of... discourse, have
00:14:26problems in his own life, have a greater propensity to act,
00:14:30and at that moment will act.
00:14:33According to the authorities, several dozen minors have
00:14:36been identified by the DGSI and are being taken care of to be
00:14:40deradicalized.
00:14:44That's the end of this news broadcast, but stay on France 24, the rest of your programs in an
00:14:47instant, next full news update in about fifteen
00:14:50minutes.
00:15:05news, welcome. At the top, the Democratic Republic of
00:15:08Congo, a first concrete gesture in the peace
00:15:12process, Kinshasa handed over 15
00:15:15rebels, facilitated by the Red Cross, this is the
00:15:18first transfer of detainees since the signing of the Doha mechanism almost
00:15:22a year ago.
00:15:25In Nigeria, 308 people abducted since February have been
00:15:28freed in a single day. President Tinubu
00:15:32calls it the largest coordinated rescue operation in the country's
00:15:35history, you will hear their
00:15:37testimony.
00:15:40Finally, a good taste in Chad, sachet water is a public
00:15:43danger, a control mission reveals that the majority of
00:15:48untreated water directly drawn, children are the
00:15:52first
00:15:52victims.
00:15:57In the Democratic Republic of Congo, this is a first gesture of confidence
00:16:01long awaited in the peace process. Congolese
00:16:04authorities have handed over 15 prisoners to the M23
00:16:08rebels. This operation, facilitated by the International Committee of the
00:16:11Red Cross, constitutes the first concrete transfer of detainees since the signing of the
00:16:15Doha mechanism almost a year ago, details from
00:16:19Kinshasa by Aurélie Bazarak and
00:16:20Mangola.
00:16:23Qatar, one of the mediators in
00:16:27handover to the M23 rebels of 15
00:16:31people previously detained by the Congolese
00:16:33authorities. The 15 prisoners, whose identities have not
00:16:37been revealed, left Benin then
00:16:40transited through Uganda to reach the territory of
00:16:44Rutshuru, under M23 control. This is a
00:16:48handover of detainees that was expected since September
00:16:512025, when the Congolese government and the
00:16:54M23 had signed in Doha a prisoner exchange
00:16:58mechanism, but disagreements between the two parties had
00:17:01prevented these exchanges. In April, during new
00:17:04discussions in Switzerland, Kinshasa and the M23
00:17:08had again committed to releasing
00:17:11prisoners. So the number of detainees held by the Congolese
00:17:14authorities, as well as by the M23, is not
00:17:17officially known. Security sources mention
00:17:21several hundred detainees. While this
00:17:23release of 15 prisoners represents only a fraction of the
00:17:27people concerned, the ICRC, which acted as
00:17:30an intermediary in this operation, hopes that it
00:17:33will pave the way for other releases.
00:17:37headlines in this newscast: Nigeria, where 308 people,
00:17:40including children, have been freed, the largest
00:17:43rescue operation carried out in a single day, according to President
00:17:46Bola Tinubu. Abducted in February in the north of the country,
00:17:50they today testify to the ordeal they endured during their captivity.
00:17:53The reactions compiled by Axel Simon.
00:17:57Women and children still traumatized, they were
00:18:01rescued on Thursday by Nigerian security forces and are now
00:18:04waiting to return home. of the 308 people
00:18:08abducted last February in two northern Nigerian
00:18:11states. Today, some testify to the ordeal they went
00:18:15through.
00:18:17"Every time a plane approached, they ordered us to turn off the lights we had lit and to
00:18:21keep absolute silence so as not to be spotted. They didn't always
00:18:25give us food, we and our children went to bed with empty
00:18:29stomachs. There were sick people among
00:18:31us. Several pregnant women gave birth during our
00:18:35captivity."
00:18:38For the families of the hostages, it's finally relief after 6 months
00:18:41of anguish. "We couldn't sleep or
00:18:45eat, our thoughts were monopolized by worry, especially for the
00:18:48children."
00:18:51The 308 victims had been held captive since February following
00:18:55several deadly attacks carried out by armed groups in two northern
00:18:58states, like this one in Kwara state, during which more than
00:19:02170 people were killed and the village reduced to ashes. The
00:19:06vast rescue operation on Thursday was carried out jointly
00:19:10by the armed forces, intelligence services, and the
00:19:12police. "Everyone was rescued
00:19:15alive.
00:19:19As you can see, there are only children and women here
00:19:22today. About forty are still in the hospital."
00:19:26Nigeria is struggling to stem the armed attacks and kidnappings perpetrated by armed
00:19:30groups and jihadists who spread terror. The Nigerian
00:19:34president had attributed responsibility for the main attack
00:19:37in February to the Islamist movement Boko Haram, a term
00:19:41also used generically to refer to jihadist groups in
00:19:45Nigeria.
00:19:47We stop in Guinea, this new request for restitution of objects
00:19:51looted by France during colonization. After demanding
00:19:54the writings of Samori Touré 3 weeks ago, Conakry asks Paris for the
00:19:58restitution of Bookar Biro's skull, last almami of the
00:20:01theocratic state of Fouta Djallon. Details from Malik Dia
00:20:05Kité in Conakry.
00:20:08After the possessions of Almamy Samori Touré, a fierce resistor to
00:20:12French colonization, Guinea is claiming from France the skull of
00:20:16Bokar Biro, the last almamy of the theocratic state of
00:20:19Fouta Djallon, as well as several manuscripts and other historical
00:20:23objects looted during colonization. For Conakry, these items
00:20:27constitute an essential part of the national heritage and the memory
00:20:30of two major figures of resistance to the colonial
00:20:34conquest. The process we have initiated
00:20:37of requesting the restitution of Almamy Samori's manuscripts,
00:20:41the return of the human
00:20:44Bokar Biro and his companions is part of an approach of
00:20:48reconciliation of the nation with its memory. For us, it is a
00:20:52way of re-appropriating our national narrative
00:20:55and making sure that these are elements of reconciliation
00:20:58with ourselves, with our own collective
00:21:01memory, but also that it is an element not
00:21:05of resentment or contempt between France
00:21:08and Guinea, but rather a bridge that is being
00:21:11built through this approach, which for us is an approach
00:21:14to heal the wounds opened by this painful
00:21:18past.
00:21:20If this request is successful, Conakry plans to bury the human
00:21:24remains of Almamy Bokar Biro and his companions
00:21:27with dignity, rather than
00:21:30Almamy Samori Touré, they will be preserved here at
00:21:33the Sandervalia National Museum, in the heart of the Guinean
00:21:37capital. And we stay on the theme of returning
00:21:40works of art to their countries. A moment of celebration this Friday in Abidjan
00:21:44which celebrated the return of the talking drum Did
00:21:47Ayokwe, while the country celebrated its 66th anniversary of
00:21:51independence. The sacred object of the Hébrié community had
00:21:54been stolen in 1916 by France during colonization. The story by
00:21:58Marion Lauri. After 110 years
00:22:02of absence, Côte d'Ivoire finally gets its talking
00:22:05drum back.
00:22:08The Jigi Ayokwe, 3.30m long and weighing nearly
00:22:11430 kg, was presented to Ivorians during the
00:22:15national holiday marking the country's independence. A
00:22:19celebrated by the crowd.
00:22:22"It makes us, we wanted to see the drum, we
00:22:25want to see with our own eyes, to
00:22:28believe that the drum belongs
00:22:31to us."
00:22:33Much more than a musical instrument, the drum was used by the Ebrié
00:22:37community to signal a danger, call to war,
00:22:40or gather villagers. Last
00:22:44February 20, France officially returned the object to Côte
00:22:47d'Ivoire. The Ministers of Culture of each country signed
00:22:51the act of transfer of ownership during a
00:22:54ceremony at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac. It is
00:22:57indeed an identity that was torn away. It is also important
00:23:01to know, 110 years, 120 years later,
00:23:04if the subject of this institution can be approached in the
00:23:09of the pain when it was done during the confiscation.
00:23:13Abidjan had requested the return of the drum at the end of
00:23:162018. It is part of the 148 works
00:23:20stolen during colonization and will
00:23:22now be exhibited at the Museum of Civilizations in the
00:23:25capital.
00:23:28To Chad, more precisely in the city of Bongor, a control
00:23:32mission revealed an alarming reality: out of 8 water
00:23:35production units inspected, the majority
00:23:39sell treated water directly drawn without any filtration
00:23:42system. As a result, diseases linked to contaminated water are exploding,
00:23:46especially among children. The report by Harul Girard.
00:23:50In Bongor, where over 120,000 inhabitants live, access to safe
00:23:53drinking water is a daily challenge. To quench their thirst, the population has grown
00:23:57accustomed to consuming sachet water, widely available
00:24:01at an affordable price. The main
00:24:03advantage of this sachet water is that it's the cheapest you can find, it costs
00:24:07between 25 and 50 CFA francs. A bottle of water can cost up to
00:24:11500 CFA francs, it's too expensive for me, an accessible
00:24:14water whose quality is often poorly controlled and which
00:24:18exposes consumers to major
00:24:20health risks. Dr. Nadid has been receiving
00:24:23patients for years who have been made sick by this sachet water,
00:24:27commonly called pure water, they come with
00:24:30gastroenteritis, they also come with digestive
00:24:32problems, so we can say perhaps that it can be one of the
00:24:36causes of these problems, the potability of water, you
00:24:40have to do it yourself, I think he has bleach water
00:24:43everywhere in our
00:24:46shops so... to get some and to be able to
00:24:50say to yourself try to
00:24:53disinfect the water, after several scandals relayed on social
00:24:57networks in recent months, the Chadian government has strengthened
00:25:00health controls in sachet water production
00:25:03units, these claim to scrupulously
00:25:06respect hygiene standards in the control of water quality, such as during
00:25:10packaging, contrary to what has been said,
00:25:13we have installed a meter and with this system
00:25:17the water goes up to the machine where it has a filter. and once in the machine,
00:25:21the water is filtered before being packaged.
00:25:25The authorities had already mentioned the objective of access to drinking water
00:25:29for the entire population by 2030, an
00:25:32ambition difficult to achieve according to several consumer associations.
00:25:35In
00:25:40Allen, we end in Senegal, where salt harvesters are once again
00:25:43seeing life in pink, 4 years after floods that almost destroyed its
00:25:47fragile ecosystem and the economy that had developed around it, the
00:25:51famous Pink Lake is gradually regaining its pink hues that made
00:25:54it famous throughout the world, the story
00:25:57by Emil.
00:26:01Seidu Touré spends his days.
00:26:02is in the water with a shovel, he scrapes the bottom of this lake to collect white gold, salt, this lake gave me everything, I owe everything to this
00:26:14lake, it is thanks to the Pink Lake that I was able to buy
00:26:18horses, cows and everything I own at
00:26:21home,
00:26:22approximately
00:26:263,000 salt collectors depend on the lake for their livelihood,
00:26:29while the region attracts approximately 8,000 visitors.
00:26:34Today, this lake is gradually regaining its original pink color and
00:26:37tourism is slowly reviving, a huge
00:26:40relief for the local community that almost lost
00:26:43everything.
00:26:49We had to bring machines to collect the salt and move it so that it
00:26:53wouldn't get into the water. We couldn't do much to
00:26:56protect it.
00:26:59In 2022, this iconic lake
00:27:03lost its color and salinity following extreme floods,
00:27:06leading to a collapse in tourist
00:27:08numbers. The salt exploited in Lac Rose is linked
00:27:12to the saturation of this lake, if the lake is diluted, the salt will
00:27:16disappear. After years of effort, the authorities managed
00:27:20to pump out the excess water and revive the local
00:27:23economy.
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00:30:29We will also talk about this drone war linked to... to the Russian
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