Midi infos - 18/04/2024
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00:09 We are still together on Mediain TV. Thank you for staying loyal to us.
00:13 Here are the headlines of your newspaper.
00:16 The Moroccan Sahara, the Palestinian cause and the migratory file.
00:20 So many topics at the heart of a lively exchange yesterday in New York between Omar Yelal,
00:24 the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN and the Algerian Foreign Minister.
00:29 We will talk about foreign affairs in a moment.
00:32 Morocco has been hosting the African Conference of the United Nations for Food and Agriculture since this morning.
00:40 The work was sent by the head of the government, Aziz Akhanouch.
00:46 How to explain the exceptional heatwave that occurred in the Sahel in early April
00:52 for the global climate attribution network? Behind this phenomenon is still the hand of man.
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01:03 A direction right away, New York, where there was a lively exchange yesterday between Omar Yelal,
01:08 the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN and the Algerian Foreign Minister.
01:13 He made references biased to the Moroccan Sahara and in a fallacious parallel with Palestine
01:20 and in response to his words, Omar Yelal gave him a real lesson in history
01:25 by reminding him that Morocco covered its Sahara irreversibly in 1975
01:31 and that its support for the Palestinian cause is constant and indefatigable.
01:36 A focus made during an open debate at the UN Security Council on the role of young people
01:42 in the fight against security challenges in the Mediterranean,
01:46 a question to which Morocco attaches a particular importance.
01:50 Let's listen together to Omar Yelal, the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN.
01:56 My country has also adopted for several decades a policy of emigration
02:01 that is humanist, pragmatic and solidary,
02:05 offering a land of welcome and dignity to refugees and young migrants,
02:11 guaranteeing them equal access to education, housing, health, professional training and employment.
02:20 This is unfortunately not the case for neighbouring countries,
02:23 which continue to make migrants suffer in their own territories
02:27 the worst violations of human rights, including by abandoning them in the middle of the desert.
02:32 These same countries also continue to make the living populations suffer in the refugee camps,
02:38 the worst violations of their basic rights, as is the case in the Tindouf camps.
02:44 The Kingdom of Morocco also plays a leading role in peace and security in the Mediterranean and beyond.
02:50 My country also adopts multidimensional strategies,
02:54 with regional and international cooperation at its centre,
02:58 to fight the flow of terrorism, violent extremism and organised transnational crime.
03:05 Mr President, Morocco's sovereign King Mohammed VI
03:09 and President of the Committee on Crimes reaffirms his unwavering position
03:13 in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people,
03:16 particularly the establishment of its independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
03:23 I would like to conclude by reaffirming here that the Kingdom of Morocco,
03:27 under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI,
03:30 continues to be a tree of peace in its region and contributes to the collective efforts
03:35 to make the two banks of the Mediterranean a crossroads of peace, stability, development and mutual respect,
03:44 of interactive and civilizational dialogue,
03:47 of extended hands to all neighbours for the well-being of all the countries of the region.
03:53 Back to the Kingdom.
03:55 Since this morning, the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture has been held in Morocco.
04:02 The head of the government, Azza Khanoush, has led the work.
04:07 The transformation of African agri-food systems, particularly in rural areas, will be at the heart of discussions.
04:14 For three days, participants will discuss practical solutions,
04:18 and even how to improve sustainable agricultural production in order to guarantee food security for our continent.
04:26 Rabat and Madrid are working together to instill a new dynamic in their cooperation in education and research.
04:37 A will was made public yesterday in Madrid during the meeting between the Moroccan Minister of Higher Education
04:43 and his Spanish counterpart in the presence of the Moroccan ambassador in Spain.
04:47 On this occasion, Abdelatif Mirawi and Diana Moran Tripoll have paraphrased a text
04:53 on the creation of a mixed commission which will supervise the implementation of the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding on Research and Development,
05:03 which was concluded on the occasion of the second high-level meeting between Morocco and Spain a little over a year ago.
05:15 Back to Morocco with this note from the Minister of the Interior,
05:19 reminding future calls to the military service that the approval forms are to be filled out as late as 29 April.
05:28 So if you haven't done it yet, it's time to go to www.tajnil.my.
05:34 I remind you, you still have until 29 April at midnight.
05:41 In the rest of the news, the Israeli Prime Minister remains upright in his boots.
05:46 Despite calls for the withdrawal, Benjamin Netanyahu persists and signs that he will have a response from his country to the Iranian attack.
05:55 The United States has allied with Israel and has supported that it will not participate.
06:00 And in visit to Israel, the German Foreign Minister, Anna Barbock, called yesterday all parties to show restraint.
06:09 Back to the context in which this visit was held with our correspondent, Valérie Ferrand.
06:16 These visits are taking place while the balance of power in the region is clearly changing.
06:22 Faced with this, Israel is expected to respond to the unprecedented Iranian attacks on Saturday night.
06:28 These attacks were, it should be reminded, the promised response of Tehran after the murderous Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus.
06:39 In an interview recently, the British diplomat David Cameron himself indirectly admitted that Iran had the right to react
06:49 following an attack on its national sovereignty, but he had above all denounced the nature of the attacks against Israel, calling them disproportionate.
06:58 On the side of Russia, Moscow is also in contact with Iran and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu
07:05 and talks about constructive exchanges to try to avoid the worst in the region.
07:10 In fact, Tehran's response surprised the Israelis, who were expecting retaliation via Iran's allies in the region, such as Hezbollah.
07:21 The government of Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that it listens to the advice of Europeans and Americans,
07:27 but that there would be an attack against Iran.
07:31 However, he promised that this would not lead to regional escalation.
07:36 According to a recent survey, three quarters of Israelis themselves do not want an attack against Tehran
07:43 which would trigger very serious tensions with friendly countries.
07:48 The tensions on the ground remain very serious at the border between Israel and Lebanon,
07:54 with Israeli attacks that killed three Hezbollah members recently.
07:59 The Lebanese movement has also targeted Israeli military positions in Galilee today, which injured at least 18 people, including 14 Israeli soldiers.
08:10 With all this, we must not forget the situation in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967,
08:17 with another escalation which is also underway in Syjordani, this time via the Israeli settlers,
08:24 who, supported by the army, have attacked dozens of villages in the last few days.
08:30 The settlers have also more and more frequently opened fire on Palestinian families,
08:37 killing four people in a few days, which makes the situation extremely dangerous for the Palestinians.
08:45 As for the Gaza Strip, where Israel continues its bombings against civilian populations,
08:50 we fear more and more a terrestrial operation by the Israeli army against the city of Rafah,
08:57 while negotiations on a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners are in a critical phase,
09:03 according to the Prime Minister of Qatar, who assures that efforts are underway to try to get out of the deadlock.
09:11 In Burkina Faso, the authorities of the transition have declared three French diplomats,
09:20 including two political advisers at the French embassy in Ouagadougou, subject to subversive activities.
09:27 In a note dated Tuesday, they were asked to leave the country in the next 48 hours.
09:32 In the last news, they were in a supervised residence.
09:35 This is his first official visit abroad.
09:41 President Basir al-Jamaa al-Fayeh arrived in Mauritania this morning,
09:46 where he was welcomed at the Nuakchott airport by his counterpart, Mohamed Cheikh Oud Razouani,
09:52 who is also the President-in-Executive of the African Union.
09:55 During this visit, the priority sectors of cooperation between the two countries will be reviewed.
10:01 To know more about the energy and economic issues of this visit, let's listen to Nabil Adel, a researcher.
10:14 This is a very important question.
10:16 Today, energy issues play an important role in international relations.
10:22 So, rather than start his mandate on the deepening of these issues,
10:31 the best way to share these assets would be on the day of this visit.
10:38 Knowing that beyond this purely energy aspect, there are slightly more global issues,
10:44 as we were able to read in the statement made by the Senegalese President,
10:51 is that today there are other issues.
10:53 There are economic issues, geopolitical issues, security issues,
10:57 in a region that is at the forefront of several challenges.
11:03 But indeed, you are right to highlight the energy issue, which is central in this visit.
11:09 From 1 to 5 April, Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave,
11:16 with temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius.
11:19 How to explain it?
11:21 Well, for the World Weather Attribution Network, behind this heatwave is the hand of man.
11:27 Shaima Fikri.
11:29 World Weather Attribution Network scientists published a study on Thursday
11:35 on the deadly heatwave that hit the Sahel in early April.
11:40 The authors of the study claimed that this heatwave is linked to climate change of human origin.
11:46 Without the global warming induced by man, these temperatures would not have been possible
11:51 in a pre-industrial climate.
11:53 We would not expect to have heatwaves of such intensity.
11:57 Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave,
12:02 due to its duration and intensity.
12:04 From 1 to 5 April, the two countries recorded temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius,
12:10 which were the origin of many deaths.
12:13 The heatwaves in April in Mali, which experienced a peak at 48.5 degrees Celsius,
12:18 and in Burkina Faso coincided with the Ramadan fast,
12:21 and power cuts that limited the use of fans and air conditioners,
12:25 and affected the functioning of health services.
12:28 When we arrived, the doctors informed us that there was not enough water in his body.
12:34 They said that she did not drink enough water.
12:37 We had to stay here for 10 days, but today she is better.
12:42 The report specifies that an episode like the one that affected the Sahel for 5 days in April
12:47 only occurs once every 200 years.
12:50 Heatwaves are frequent in the Sahel during this period of the year,
12:54 but April's would have been cooler by 1.4 degrees Celsius in the region,
12:58 if humans had not caused global warming by burning fossil fuels,
13:03 says the authors of the report.
13:05 According to the WWA, the duration and intensity of this heatwave
13:09 has caused an increase in deaths and hospitalizations recorded in these countries.
13:14 And this, even if the Malian and Burkina Faso populations are acclimated to high temperatures.
13:20 The armed forces of Mali have now had a force of rapid intervention.
13:26 According to a presidential decree made public yesterday,
13:29 the FIRA is placed under the authority of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.
13:34 The new unit is responsible for planning, coordinating and conducting operations
13:39 aimed at producing decisive generational effects,
13:43 fighting against terrorist and criminal organizations,
13:46 participating in the liberation of hostages and protecting high military and civilian personalities,
13:51 as well as sensitive facilities, but also completing special forces if necessary.
13:59 Abidjan welcomes the first edition of the National Press Week.
14:04 The event dedicated to women in the media sector
14:07 was marked by a panel for young women who would like to become journalists.
14:13 Mel Berchel and Wilfried Beigne.
14:15 In this polytechnic amphitheater at the ISTC in Abidjan, Kokodi,
14:20 a panel for journalism students or communication around the theme
14:26 "In the daily life of women in the media sector".
14:29 A meeting of exchange between women journalists on retirement or not,
14:33 with young girls aspiring to the profession of journalism.
14:36 An opportunity for the panelists to explain to their cadets
14:40 the advantages and constraints of this profession they want to embrace.
14:44 We are here rather in a kind of relationship of transmission.
14:47 How to share your experience to allow younger people than us
14:51 to embark on this exciting and passionate job,
14:55 in which there are fewer women and yet in which more women would be needed
14:59 to make women's voices heard and to take into account the needs of women.
15:03 The advantage of this student is that he will be able to do things,
15:06 to make the right choices and to see in which path he or she integrates
15:10 to better start this job.
15:12 In this field, we saw men much more at the forefront in journalism.
15:16 Today we have realized that no matter what happens,
15:19 we have our place and we still have something to do in this profession.
15:23 I understood that a lot of dedication is needed in the work,
15:26 passion is also needed and a lot of culture.
15:29 Always have the will to do research
15:33 to be at the same level as others
15:37 or even be more up to the task than others
15:40 and always try to do better.
15:43 Organized by the National Press Authority in March
15:46 of the first edition of the National Press Week,
15:48 this meeting of change is also a wake-up call for young women
15:53 in relation to the place of women in the field of journalism.
15:56 Today we have more and more women in the media,
15:59 but it is not that easy for women to work.
16:02 There is a life of a journalist, a professional and a family life.
16:05 Are these two lives conciliable?
16:07 It is a job that you have 24 hours a day, 24 if you can say.
16:10 So we wanted the seniors who have been through this,
16:14 who have experience in the sector,
16:16 to come and share with their sisters, their cadets, their experience.
16:21 Through the institution of this event,
16:24 the National Press Authority thus reached a real bridge
16:27 between the media and the citizens.
16:30 We are Thursday and right away,
16:32 place to the health and well-being chronicle with Yasmine El-Karouni.
16:36 Hello Yasmine.
16:37 Hello Pop, how are you?
16:38 How are you?
16:39 Good, thank you.
16:40 So today we are going to talk about ozone therapy.
16:42 Absolutely.
16:43 So we know that ozone is a toxic gas,
16:45 but apparently it is also transforming into an ally
16:49 of certain specialties, of certain treatments,
16:52 of internal and external inflammation.
16:54 So what is it exactly?
16:56 How does it work?
16:57 How can a toxic gas be, on the contrary, beneficial in some cases?
17:02 We will talk about it right away with a specialist in ozone therapy.
17:04 This is Dr. Nadia Abed.
17:06 She is live with us from Casablanca,
17:08 the specialist generalist in pain.
17:11 Hello doctor, how are you?
17:13 Hello Yasmine, very well, thank you.
17:16 Always a pleasure to be among you.
17:18 Thank you very much.
17:19 So what exactly is this ozone therapy story?
17:24 It is very important to specify that ozone is a toxic gas
17:29 that we cannot breathe.
17:31 But it exists.
17:33 Generally, we always tend to think that when we talk about ozone therapy,
17:37 we think that it is the ozone, that it is the atmosphere,
17:39 when it is not at all.
17:40 It is medical ozone.
17:42 So these are three oxygen atoms that are used in medicine.
17:46 And of course, this approach is not new.
17:49 It dates from the First World War,
17:51 when the Germans began to treat their wounded.
17:55 Of course, there were no antibiotics yet,
17:58 so there were a lot of wounds and injuries that could not be healed.
18:04 And we tended to treat them differently.
18:08 And this is where the Germans discovered the benefits of medical ozone
18:12 to treat the wounds.
18:14 So you should know that it is a therapeutic medical approach.
18:19 Of course, it is very important that it is exercised by an expert in the field.
18:26 So you have to be a doctor and you have to be an expert in ozone therapy
18:29 to be able to treat certain medical infections.
18:34 It must also be said that ozone therapy is used not only when there are pathologies,
18:39 but also as a preventive measure.
18:41 So we're going to go little by little.
18:43 You said it, Dr. Abed, you said it is very important that it is practiced by a specialist,
18:47 by a doctor.
18:48 You are a general practitioner, a specialist in pain.
18:51 You practice ozone therapy.
18:53 But while preparing the show, I will be honest with you,
18:56 I read a lot that it was a technique that was used a lot by naturopaths.
19:02 We know that naturopaths are not doctors.
19:05 Can you explain this story to me?
19:10 In fact, what must be specified is that the mechanisms of action of ozone
19:16 will vary according to the administration mode.
19:20 So being non-doctors, we can do treatments in ozone therapy, for example,
19:25 what we call the famous ozone sauna.
19:28 So it's not an invasive treatment.
19:31 We're not talking about injection, we're not talking about infiltration.
19:34 We can do a local treatment, topically.
19:37 So that's where naturopaths or other specialists can use it.
19:42 But when it comes to medical ozone, purely medical, O3,
19:46 already the ozone generators, you should know that there are several.
19:51 So you need to have an ozone generator that is certified,
19:54 which is suitable for medical use.
19:57 And in these administration modes, you have to make the difference
20:01 between what is medical and what is not, which is paramedical.
20:05 So in medical, we have everything that is injection, we see now on the photos.
20:10 Everything that is injectable, that is to say, everything that will be injected
20:14 by intramuscular, intraarticular, subcutaneous way.
20:17 We also have systemically treated ozone therapy.
20:20 That means we're going to treat the blood systemically.
20:25 So we're going to go to the applications, if you allow me, Doctor.
20:29 When do you recommend it?
20:31 When does it become, for you as a specialist, an allied treatment?
20:36 So there is already a very important area in ozone therapy,
20:41 the area of pain, pain medicine.
20:43 This is where ozone therapy has taken on a lot.
20:45 Then there were other areas that followed.
20:48 There is even an anti-cellular side.
20:51 So, quite simply, when everything is fine and when you want to do cellular detox,
20:55 you want to do prevention, you're going to do detox treatments
20:58 based on ozone therapy and other integrative medicine therapies.
21:02 But the main mode, we're going to say, of action and mechanism of action
21:07 of ozone therapy is especially in pain medicine and especially
21:10 when it comes to inflammatory diseases.
21:12 We know that unfortunately we are in the era of inflammatory diseases,
21:16 chronic diseases, autoimmune diseases.
21:18 We can cite COVID, which is neither more nor less than an inflammatory disease,
21:21 which has left a lot of damage and which has also caused a lot of new inflammatory diseases.
21:28 So, ozone therapy, when it comes to pathology, the first thing to do,
21:32 I always say, it's magic, it's not a joke.
21:37 It's a therapy, it's a medical therapeutic approach, but it's always case by case.
21:41 That means we don't treat everything and we don't treat everyone.
21:45 So it's really going to depend. And I insist on the fact that ozone therapy
21:50 remains a therapy that will be in conjunction with other therapies.
21:55 Medicine is one, we must not forget that, we remain doctors.
21:58 As a doctor, especially in integrative medicine, our goal is to be able to
22:04 already give the patient all the possibilities that he can benefit from
22:10 to treat one pathology or another and to be able to integrate therapies,
22:15 while showing their effectiveness in various affections.
22:20 So you talked Dr. Nadia Abed about chronic diseases and inflammatory diseases.
22:26 When we talk about chronic diseases, what comes to mind in general is hypertension, diabetes, etc.
22:32 Is it part of this type of disease?
22:34 Yes, it is. And when we talk about inflammatory diseases, we also think about polyarthritis, rheumatism, etc.
22:40 So are these two different things or can ozone therapy work?
22:45 And why do I say "can"? I put that in the conditional because you said it, it's case by case.
22:50 That's why I didn't want to say "it will work for both types of pathologies".
22:56 Absolutely. In fact, in medicine, we know very well that medicine is not an exact science.
23:01 So, as a doctor, I would never dare to talk about a treatment that works 100%.
23:06 And if we dare to say that, I think it would not be ethical.
23:12 Absolutely. So, what you need to know to know the benefits of ozone therapy,
23:19 we have very specific benefits, which are, for example, the improvement of blood circulation, microcirculation.
23:25 So that's why we can use ozone-based treatment in all chronic diseases,
23:31 such as type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia.
23:37 We also have the booster side of the immune system.
23:42 So here we are going to talk about autoimmune diseases, we are going to talk about inflammatory diseases.
23:46 Ozone also has antimicrobial properties.
23:49 It is a treatment that will help destroy the membrane of bacteria or viruses.
23:54 That's why it is also used in viral infections.
23:57 It is also used in the case of hepatitis, for example.
24:00 It has been used, especially in Spain.
24:03 I always talk about Spain because I have made my career there and I continue to collaborate there.
24:08 So it was used during the COVID period.
24:11 In Germany, it is also widely used by the Germans.
24:15 And of course, we have an action on the intestinal nervous system, which is our first brain today.
24:22 We talk about the importance of our microbiota.
24:25 I think that when we talk about medicine today, the medicine of tomorrow,
24:28 I always say it is more the medicine of today.
24:31 Our goal is to no longer see chronic diseases, chronic problems that are established
24:38 and that make the quality of life of our patients only get worse.
24:43 Our goal is to go and do prevention and alleviate the pain and the inflammations
24:50 that can cause the side effects of these diseases.
24:54 So, precisely, in terms of framing the practice of ozonotherapy,
25:01 is it necessary in Morocco and especially in Africa?
25:05 So, as far as I know, we are two doctors who have done ozonotherapy in Morocco,
25:12 and more precisely in Casablanca.
25:14 So I think we still have a lot of work to do.
25:17 Moreover, our goal as doctors is not only to inform our patients,
25:23 to help them, to implement all the preventive and curative measures that can guide them
25:30 and help them to treat themselves or to simply do prevention,
25:34 but also to train doctors, to implement an integrative medicine.
25:39 I insist on the word "integrative" because it is about,
25:42 unfortunately, we know that today, by 2030, we know that there will be more inflammatory diseases
25:50 than infectious diseases, for example.
25:57 So, these are still metabolic disorders that are there, that will increase.
26:01 The life expectancy is certainly multiplied, but it is about having a quality of life,
26:07 a better life, not living more.
26:09 So our goal in this integrative medicine is, of course, to reach out to specialists,
26:15 to address colleagues and partners, but also to implement preventive and curative measures
26:23 that can help in conjunction with other conventional therapies.
26:28 Once again, medicine is one thing, and we are here to help our patients.
26:33 Well, Dr. Nadia Abed, thank you very much for being live with us from Casablanca.
26:38 Thank you very much for all these explanations, and we will have the opportunity to come back in detail
26:42 on how to live more, but above all with a better quality of life.
26:46 Thank you very much, doctor.
26:48 Thank you very much.
26:50 Thank you, Yasmin.
26:51 It was very instructive.
26:53 So, this concludes this health and well-being chronicle, but also this newspaper.
26:59 Thank you for following it.
27:01 We will now take a short break and we will be back in a few moments.
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