Matin infos - 18/04/2024
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00:00It's time for the news. Thank you for joining us on Mediain TV at one o'clock for this edition.
00:19The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Amar Hilal's Security Council voted in an open debate on the Mediterranean.
00:33The deadly heatwave that hit the Sahel in early April is linked to climate change of human origin.
00:40This is what the scientists of the World Reader Attribution network say in a study published this Thursday.
00:49In the Middle East, Israeli bombardments continue on Gaza.
00:54Hezbollah is multiplying its response against the recent attacks by the Israeli army in eastern Lebanon.
01:03During an open debate at the UN Security Council on the role of young people in the fight against security challenges in the Mediterranean, held this Wednesday in New York,
01:19the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, made biased references to the Moroccan Sahara and a fallacious parallel with Palestine.
01:28In response to the Algerian Minister's tendentious lies, Morocco's permanent ambassador to the UN, Amar Hilal,
01:36insisted on recalling how necessary it is for Morocco to recover its Sahara in an irreversible way.
01:42In 1975, Amar Hilal reaffirmed that Morocco, under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty the King,
01:48continues to be a hub of peace in our region and contributes to the collective efforts to make the two banks of the Mediterranean a crossroads of peace, stability and development.
01:57It is also a hub of mutual respect, intercultural and civilizational dialogue.
02:02On the Palestinian question, the ambassador recalled that Morocco, under the sovereignty of His Majesty the King,
02:08is the president of the Al-Quds Committee and reaffirms its immutable position in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people,
02:15particularly the establishment of its independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
02:22The Federation of Saint-Christophe-et-Nièvre recognizes the sovereignty of Morocco over its southern provinces
02:31and supports the autonomy plan as the only serious, credible and realistic basis for resolving this artificial conflict.
02:39This position was expressed yesterday at the end of an interview between the head of Moroccan Diplomacy,
02:46Hansel Borreta, and his counterpart, Saint-Christophe-et-Nièvre, Nancy Llewellyn-Douglas.
02:56The Federation of Saint-Christophe-et-Nièvre recognizes the sovereignty of Morocco over its southern provinces
03:04and supports the Moroccan autonomy plan.
03:07The announcement was made in a press statement at the end of an interview with the foreign ministers of the two parties.
03:15Hansel Borreta, Nancy Llewellyn-Douglas.
03:21On the Sahara issue, I would like to thank the Moroccan minister for informing me about the increased development of this Moroccan region.
03:38I take this opportunity to reiterate the constant position of my country
03:49in favor of the sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara
03:56and the territorial integrity of the Kingdom.
04:01I also reaffirmed the support of my country to the political process led by the UN
04:14which aims to find a just and sustainable solution to this regional dispute.
04:27The deadly heatwave that hit the Sahel in early April is linked to climate change of human origin.
04:35This is what the scientists of the World Weather Attribution said in a study published this Thursday from 1 to 5 April.
04:42Mali and Burkina Faso have experienced an exceptional heatwave, both in terms of duration and intensity,
04:48with temperatures above 45 degrees at the origin of many deaths in these countries.
04:53Observations by scientists and comparisons of temperature models show that the heat waves of the magnitude observed in March and April 2024
05:02in the region would have been impossible without a global warming of 1.2 degrees of human origin.
05:08The report specifies that an episode like the one that hit the Sahel for five days in April
05:13only occurs once every 200 years.
05:16Qatar is re-evaluating its mediation between Israel and Hamas.
05:25We are proceeding with a global re-evaluation of our role.
05:30This is what Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamtar Rahman Al-Thani said in a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan.
05:39He estimated that there was an impact on Qatar's role and that his country would make a decision at the time on the pursuit,
05:47or not, of its involvement in the negotiations aimed at obtaining, in particular, a truce between the two parties.
05:54Qatar has recently reacted angrily to a statement by American Democrat Steny Hoyer,
06:01who asked him to put pressure on Hamas, calling it a constructive no.
06:10Benyamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday the right of his country to protect itself
06:16despite the argument of legitimate defense on the ground,
06:20an announcement made while the international community is trying to prevent a retaliation from Israel against Iran,
06:26which could lead to more tensions in the Middle East.
06:30Iran has declared that it would provide a ferocious response to any retaliation from its enemy
06:36during a visit to Israel.
06:39German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on all parties to show restraint,
06:45as agreed with Valérie Ferrand.
06:48Our correspondent, Al Frotz.
06:50These visits are taking place while the balance of power in the region is clearly changing.
06:55In the face of this, Israel estimates that it will have to respond to the unprecedented Iranian attacks on Saturday night,
07:01attacks that were, in fact, the promised response of Tehran
07:07after the murderous Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus.
07:12In an interview recently, the head of British diplomacy, David Cameron,
07:17himself recognized indirectly that Iran had the right to react
07:22following an attack on its national sovereignty,
07:25but he had above all denounced the nature of the attacks against Israel,
07:28calling them disproportionate.
07:31On the side of Russia, Moscow is also in contact with Iran
07:36and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu,
07:39and talks about constructive exchanges to try to avoid the worst in the region.
07:44In fact, Tehran's response surprised the Israelis,
07:49who were expecting retaliation via Iran's allies in the region, such as Hezbollah.
07:54Benjamin Netanyahu's government has declared
07:58that it listens to the advice of Europeans and Americans,
08:01but that there would indeed be an attack against Iran.
08:05However, he promised that this would not lead to regional escalation.
08:09According to a recent survey, three-quarters of Israelis themselves
08:14do not want an attack against Tehran that would trigger very serious tensions with friendly countries.
08:21The tensions on the ground remain, in any case, very serious
08:25at the border between Israel and Lebanon,
08:28with Israeli attacks that recently killed three members of Hezbollah.
08:32The Lebanese movement has also targeted Israeli military positions in Galilee today,
08:38which injured at least 18 people, including 14 Israeli soldiers.
08:43With all this, we must not forget the situation in a Palestinian territory
08:47that has been occupied since 1967,
08:51with another escalation that is also taking place in Sijordani,
08:55this time via the Israeli settlers,
08:58who, supported by the army, have attacked dozens of villages in recent days.
09:03The settlers have also more and more frequently opened fire on Palestinian families,
09:11killing four people in a few days,
09:13which makes the situation extremely dangerous for the Palestinians.
09:18As for Gaza, where Israel continues its bombardments against civilian populations,
09:23we fear more and more a terrestrial operation of the Israeli army against the city of Rafah,
09:30while negotiations on a ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners are in a critical phase,
09:36according to Qatar's Prime Minister,
09:38which ensures that efforts continue, however, to try to get out of the deadlock.
09:47The Group of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the G7 is meeting to discuss new sanctions against Iran.
09:56This meeting will last for three days on the island of Capri.
10:00Ministers will discuss the situation in the Middle East,
10:02what happened between Iran and Israel, the situation in Gaza and the situation in the Red Sea.
10:09The countries of the G7, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Italy,
10:14which currently preside over the group, should call for individual sanctions
10:19against people involved in the Iranian supply chain in missiles and drones.
10:24Fourteen Israeli soldiers were injured in an attack by the Lebanese Hezbollah
10:35targeting a military command post in northern Israel.
10:38The attack was carried out in response to the death of three Hezbollah fighters the day before
10:43in Israeli strikes at the beginning of the evening yesterday.
10:46A source of the Lebanese movement said that an Israeli strike
10:50aimed at a military command post in a residential area near Baalbeck.
10:56The National Agency for Lebanese Information, the ANI,
10:59made two or three drone strikes on this region.
11:08In the rest of the news, the President of the European Commission
11:11called on Europe to wake up and work more on defence and security issues.
11:20The threat of war may not be imminent, but it is not impossible.
11:26We should be prepared for it.
11:29Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission,
11:32last autumn proposed a new defence strategy with 1.5 billion euros
11:36to help industrialists in the sector to work better together
11:41and to help Europe to defend itself more.
11:48Georgia Meloni, back in Tunisia.
11:51The head of the Italian government met the Tunisian president
11:54to discuss two major issues.
11:57Irregular migratory flows and the Maté plan,
12:00an initiative of the Italian government aimed at developing Africa.
12:07During the visit, civil society organisations
12:10expressed their rejection of European immigration policies.
12:17The head of the Italian government, Georgia Meloni,
12:20called on Wednesday for a new approach to Africa,
12:24notably on the migratory issue during a visit to Tunisia,
12:27one of the main starting points for illegal migrants to Europe.
12:32Meloni, who made his fourth visit to the country in less than a year,
12:37highlighted in his speech the efforts of Italy to encourage,
12:41in parallel, illegal immigration with the other three,
12:44planned 12,000 stay permits for Tunisians
12:48previously trained on Tunisian territory.
12:51The visit was supported by the signing of three financial agreements
12:54aiming to support the general budget of the Tunisian state.
13:01I would like to once again thank the Tunisian authorities
13:06for the work we are trying to do together
13:10against human traffickers.
13:13We know that Tunisia cannot become the country of arrival of immigrants.
13:17Cooperation must be strengthened in this area.
13:21During the visit, human rights organizations
13:25demonstrated in front of the seat of the Italian embassy in Tunisia.
13:30These organizations rejected Georgia Meloni's visit
13:34and considered it as a continuation of the European pressure on Tunisia
13:39to become a guardian country of the Mediterranean.
13:43According to official Italian statistics,
13:45illegal arrivals of migrants from Tunisia,
13:50which decreased since autumn until the beginning of the year,
13:54rebounded between mid-March and mid-April
13:58with 5,587 migrants.
14:03Unfortunately, Meloni presented the same claims as before.
14:08First, because she has issues related to the European elections
14:12that she uses today as an electoral asset in Italy and Europe
14:17to promote the success of the model of cooperation
14:21with Tunisia, Egypt and Mauritania
14:24in the fight against irregular immigration,
14:27also anticipating the summer period
14:30generally known for large migratory operations.
14:35A few hours before Meloni's arrival,
14:38the Tunisian president took the lead
14:40by reaffirming in a video
14:43that Tunisia does not tolerate being subject to foreign decisions.
14:48He stressed that his country would not consent
14:51to being used as a transit area for migrants
14:55nor to become a destination for illegal migrants
15:00seeking to settle in its territory.
15:04Civil society expressed its rejection of Georgia Meloni's policy
15:07which considers Tunisia as a simple advanced border point
15:12that needs to be strengthened
15:15to prevent arrivals in Italy.
15:18From Tunis, Najwa Bechat, Premier.
15:22For his first official visit abroad,
15:25the new Senegalese president has chosen Mauritania.
15:29Bassirou Dioumayfay is expected in Nouakchott this Thursday
15:33where he will meet with his Mauritanian counterpart
15:35Mohamed Cheikh Weldrazouani.
15:38In addition, he will be the president of the African Union.
15:42The two heads of state will discuss several topics.
15:45Let us remind you that Senegal and Mauritania
15:48are two neighbouring countries that share links of historical cooperation.
15:55We are going to Senegal to talk about the phenomenon of depigmentation.
16:00Indeed, a study conducted by a dermatologist
16:02and teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of UCAD
16:06reveals that since December 2023,
16:10the country has recorded a mortality rate of nearly 100%
16:14in cases of cancer due to depigmentation.
16:17This is a report by Sirmi Boukaka and Moussa Ndiaye.
16:21Using harmful products for the skin
16:24has become increasingly common in Senegal.
16:27Many people depigment to look like it.
16:29This is what this French-Senegalese woman is condemning.
16:33I am against depigmentation of the skin
16:36because it is a discolouration of the skin
16:39and it has harmful effects.
16:41It leads to cancer, tannin, grey hair.
16:44It constitutes the beauty of the African woman.
16:47I think we should be able to keep this tannin.
16:51According to a study conducted by Professor Fatoumata Ali,
16:55Senegal has recorded an increase in mortality
16:57due to this practice since December 2023.
17:00In the country, it is difficult for people
17:03who undergo depigmentation to admit it,
17:06which has complicated our task for this report.
17:09Professor Ali, on her part, recognizes the urgency of the situation.
17:13We are taking this opportunity to raise the alarm.
17:17Why? Because these are cancers.
17:21If they are not diagnosed early, they have a very high mortality rate.
17:24That is why we have said that since December,
17:28the cases of mutated cancer associated with voluntary cosmetic depigmentation
17:33that we have found are associated with a mortality rate of nearly 100%.
17:39Why is there a sudden increase in the number of cancer cases?
17:43It should be noted that there is a long delay
17:46between the onset of cancer and the appearance of cancerous lesions.
17:50These are women who have been depigmenting for 10, 15 or 20 years.
17:54It is only now that this type of complication appears.
17:57Senegalese dermatologists, based on their clinical experience,
18:01warn the population about the risks of depigmentation.
18:05To succeed in this struggle, all actors must be involved.
18:09Primary prevention prevents patients from depigmenting.
18:13By what means? And it is at this level that the state,
18:17the health authorities have a major role,
18:20by regulating the cosmetic market.
18:22All drugs that are not used must not be considered cosmetic
18:28and must be subject to regulation.
18:31On the other hand, the advertising of these products,
18:35whether in audiovisual media or on social networks, must be prohibited.
18:40The classic complications of depigmentation, such as atrophy,
18:44cutane and infections, have been documented for a long time.
18:47However, the emergence of cutaneous cancer
18:51linked to this practice highlights a new level of danger.
18:55This is a sign of the urgency of a re-evaluation
18:59of the social perception of beauty.
19:03Good news for travelers,
19:06but also for economic and tourist operators in the north of the kingdom.
19:10A new airbase has been launched at the airport of Saint-Nicelmel in Tétouan.
19:14This new airbase will offer more direct connections to European cities.
19:20The story is by Younes Ben Zidouf.
19:23Air Arabia marks its expansion in the northern region of Morocco.
19:28At the airport in Saint-Nicelmel in Tétouan,
19:31the airline has inaugurated a new airbase.
19:34The new infrastructure, the sixth in the company in Morocco,
19:38promises a total of 13 direct flights to five European destinations
19:42from the city of Tétouan.
19:48We are very happy with this opening
19:51which constitutes the sixth airbase of the company in Morocco.
19:56This airbase will serve five European destinations,
20:00namely Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga,
20:06in the hope of serving other European destinations in the future.
20:13This airbase will strengthen the tourist attraction of the city of Tétouan,
20:17boosted by its proximity to Spain and the city of Chevchaouen.
20:24The new airbase meets the growing demand in terms of air traffic
20:28according to the latest figures from the National Airport Office.
20:32The airport of Saint-Nicelmel broke a record in 2022 with more than 100,000 passengers.
20:37In 2023, the airport welcomed more than 253,000 passengers.
20:42This is an increase of 35% compared to a year earlier.
20:51The National Airport Office has implemented
20:54an investment program at Tétouan airport.
20:57The program has two phases.
21:00The first consists of building a runway for large-capacity aircraft
21:04and five parking lots for medium-sized aircraft.
21:07The second phase includes the construction of a passenger station
21:11with a capacity of 500,000 passengers per year.
21:17The new airbase is not without consequences on the job market.
21:21According to Air Arabia, its creation generates significant opportunities
21:26for local employment, with 65 direct jobs and 250 indirect jobs.
21:32That's all for now.
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