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00:00Welcome to this new edition of the Média Morning, here are the headlines.
00:24The Democrat candidate Kamala Harris has repeatedly pushed Donald Trump in his retrenchments.
00:31Tuesday, in a very brief TV debate on the impact on a deeply divided America, however, remains to be determined.
00:40In the Middle East, the Palestinian Red Crescent celebrated this Wednesday five deaths in Israeli strikes in Touba, in six occupied gendarmerie.
00:50Then the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level met on Tuesday in Cairo on the occasion of its 162th Ordinary Session,
01:00salutes the constant efforts of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, President of the Al-Quds Committee for the Defense of Life.
01:08Kamala Harris has repeatedly pushed Donald Trump in his retrenchments.
01:17Tuesday, in a very brief TV debate on the impact on a deeply divided America, however, remains to be determined.
01:26When she arrived on the scene of the confrontation in Philadelphia, the Vice President went to meet the ex-president who had no choice but to shake hands with her.
01:37During the duel, the 59-year-old Democrat attacked her 78-year-old Republican release, whom she had never met in person.
01:46In a particularly virulent moment, Kamala Harris reproached her opponent for spreading a fabric of lies about abortion and insulting Americans.
01:56The ex-president, on his part, accused the Vice President of having copied the economic program of President Joe Biden.
02:05Kamala Harris challenged her Republican rival Donald Trump to debate a second time shortly after the end of their first confrontation in Philadelphia,
02:21according to a statement from his campaign team. Criticizing the performance of the former president,
02:27Harris's campaign team assured, the Vice President is ready for a second debate. Donald Trump, is he?
02:37On his part, Donald Trump assured yesterday that he had never debated so well shortly after the end of his confrontation with his Democratic rival,
02:49also accusing the moderators of taking sides.
02:53I thought it was my best debate, especially since it was 3-1-1,
02:59assured on his platform Truth Social, the Republican candidate who participated yesterday in his 7th presidential debate.
03:09In the news also in the Middle East, the Palestinian Red Crescent celebrated this Wednesday five deaths,
03:18including Israeli strikes in Toba, Jordan. According to the spokesman of the Palestinian Red Crescent, Ahmed Jibril,
03:25these deaths are the result of Israeli bombardment against a group of citizens in Toba.
03:32The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the strikes took place near the Al-Tawheed Mosque.
03:39The Israeli army, on its part, indicated that it was currently conducting strikes in the regions of Toba and Tammoun,
03:44and that one of its planes had hit an armed terrorist cell in the north of Jordan.
03:54And then in Gaza, on Monday night, the Israeli army hit the humanitarian zone of al-Mawassi,
03:59in Khan Younes. Dozens of people have been killed and several injured have been resuscitated.
04:06Sheyma Fikri for more details.
04:11After 12 months, the Israeli massacre on Palestinian territory has no end.
04:16Without warning beforehand, the Israeli army launched a strike on al-Mawassi on Monday evening,
04:22a coastal sector of 46 square kilometers in southern Gaza.
04:26The Israeli army had however designated al-Mawassi as a humanitarian zone,
04:31where Palestinians are supposed to regroup,
04:34called to evacuate the targeted sectors by Israeli bombings.
04:43Al-Mawassi is an area that the occupation considers safe.
04:47Unfortunately, it is only propaganda, this area is not at all.
04:51It was exposed to a large massacre last night,
04:54during which dozens of our Palestinians were killed, including women and children.
05:07They told us several times that the area of al-Mawassi in Khan Younes was safe,
05:11but in this area they committed several horrible crimes.
05:14Now this massacre is committed against women, children and elderly people.
05:18If they tell us that this area is safe, why are they committing massacres against us?
05:22We left our homes for a so-called safe area,
05:25in order to return after the end of the operations.
05:28We currently live in a place that is not safe,
05:31and every day we live frightening moments with our children.
05:37After settling in al-Mawassi, following the orders of the Israeli army,
05:42the Palestinian families saw the missiles fall on their heads.
05:46According to the spokesman for civil defense,
05:49entire families disappeared under the sand, in deep craters.
05:53While the Israeli army indicated that it had carried out a precision strike against Hamas cadres,
05:59the movement in question retorted by declaring that
06:02the allegations of Israel about the presence of Hamas in al-Mawassi are a lie and shame.
06:07This is not the first Israeli operation on al-Mawassi.
06:11In July, more than 90 Palestinians perished following Israeli strikes.
06:19The Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level
06:23met yesterday in Cairo on the occasion of its 162th Ordinary Session
06:27to celebrate in its resolution on developments and Israeli violations in the occupied city of Al-Quds
06:33the role of the Al-Quds Committee, presided over by His Majesty King Mohammed VI,
06:38and the efforts of the Beit Mal Al-Quds Agency for the Defense of the Holy City.
06:43The Secretary General of the League of Arab States highlighted
06:46the efforts made by the Beit Mal Al-Quds Agency,
06:49which is part of the Al-Quds Committee, presided over by His Majesty King Mohammed VI,
06:53in order to support the resistance of Al-Quds and the Maqdisis
06:57and to defend the Palestinian cause,
06:59recalling in this regard the humanitarian aid operation ordered by the sovereign on June 24, 2024,
07:04which included 40 tons of medical products,
07:07of which a large part was taken in charge on the personal data of His Majesty the King.
07:14Intervening during this 162nd session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level,
07:20Nasser Borreta indicated that His Majesty the King paid particular attention
07:24to the defense of the sacredness and to their head, Al-Quds Al-Sherif.
07:29The works of the 52nd meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Union of Member States of the OCI
07:37were opened yesterday in Rabat, at the seat of the House of Representatives.
07:42The opening session was marked by the speeches of the presidents of the House of Representatives and councillors.
07:49The cessation of the Israeli aggression perpetrated against the Palestinian people
07:56should serve as a starting point and open the way to a final and equitable solution to the Palestinian question.
08:03The members of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Union of Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
08:11underlined this in the statement of Rabbi Rashid Talbi Al-Ami,
08:15President of the House of Representatives,
08:17affirmed that the initiatives of His Majesty the King Muhammad VI
08:21illustrate the unwavering commitment of Morocco in favor of the Palestinian cause
08:26and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to independence and the establishment of its independent state.
08:33I invite you to listen to Rashid Talbi Al-Ami.
08:40During this meeting, it is necessary to recall the actions taken by the Beyt Mal Al-Quds Al-Sherif agency,
08:48of the Al-Quds Committee, chaired by His Majesty the King Muhammad VI.
08:56These are concrete projects that support the resistance of the inhabitants of the Holy City
09:03against colonization and occupation.
09:08On very high instructions of His Majesty the King Muhammad VI,
09:14Morocco has been the first country to provide humanitarian aid
09:19by land route to the population of Gaza.
09:25We continue this news with this weather alert.
09:28Stormy aversions accompanied by hail and gusts of wind are expected in the kingdom.
09:33A weather alert of orange vigilance will continue until Thursday.
09:38It concerns the provinces of Waddahab, Awsard and on the map,
09:42the same phenomenon will also concern the provinces of Fiji, Jerada, Oujdaan, Gat,
09:47Boulmen, Midlz and Rashidiyah.
09:55Mortal floods as a consequence of human and material damage.
10:02Climate change is intensifying.
10:05How to evaluate our alert system?
10:10Omar Elouidati, coordinator of water management at the Moroccan Alliance for Climate
10:15and Sustainable Development in Fez, answers us.
10:20The alert system adopted in Morocco is a system based on meteorology.
10:27It must be admitted that it is a crucial and reliable alert system.
10:33But the efficiency will depend on a number of criteria
10:38that can be found in the literature,
10:42namely the degree of precision of these forecasts.
10:47A second point that is very important is the access to information,
10:54especially in these vulnerable regions.
10:58What we live in Morocco, in these regions, which are enclaved, a little isolated,
11:04perhaps the access to information is not with the understandable efficiency,
11:11in similar situations, with power cuts, access cuts to the Internet.
11:17Another point that, of course, influences the efficiency of relying
11:25on meteorological alerts to prevent natural disasters,
11:31is the quality of infrastructure at the local level.
11:37And right away, place to the guest of the major Media Morning newspaper.
11:41We just mentioned it at the very beginning of this newspaper.
11:45Less than two months after the US presidential election,
11:49the two candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump,
11:52met face to face for a televised debate, a verbal, offensive debate,
11:58during which two very different visions of America opposed each other.
12:04To find out more, we are live with Mohamed Baddine Liatewi,
12:09Professor of International Relations and Director of the Master's in Diplomacy
12:13at the American University of Dubai.
12:16Hello, Professor, and thank you for being with us.
12:22Hello.
12:24So, for 90 minutes, the two candidates for the White House
12:30were interviewed on a multitude of topics,
12:34first of all, talking about this debate on the form,
12:38tone and coherence on the scene of the two candidates.
12:46Hello, thank you for this invitation.
12:48We saw a Kamala Harris who was particularly aggressive
12:52and who wanted to set some limits from the start,
12:56because she knew that with Donald Trump, anything could happen.
13:00And we remember the June debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden,
13:04or even before 2016, the debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
13:08Everyone remembers Donald Trump turning around Hillary Clinton
13:12and who had put her in a bit of a bad way.
13:15So Kamala Harris understood that and she immediately took a very aggressive tone.
13:19And Donald Trump, in a rather surprising way,
13:21remained on the defensive on a lot of topics,
13:24except for international issues, Ukraine, Gaza,
13:27and the migration issue, where he really hit hard,
13:31since Mrs. Harris, as Vice President,
13:33was in charge of a single file, which was that of immigration.
13:36We know that in the Trumpian electorate, this is something very important.
13:41At the level of the fund, do you think that Kamala Harris can clarify
13:46these values and especially her program that she has just put online
13:50on her campaign site?
13:53Kamala Harris, in fact, has very well concluded one thing,
13:56it is that the polarization of American society,
13:58which began with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
14:02and which continued with Donald Trump and Joe Biden,
14:04has reached its paroxysm and that, in fact,
14:07the polarization, both on social and societal issues,
14:11has never been so strong.
14:12Where it was lacking in precision, it was on economic issues,
14:17how she wanted to differentiate herself from Joe Biden
14:20and also how she could have contradicted Donald Trump.
14:25Because Donald Trump, we know that a large part of his electorate
14:28has supported him since 2016, in 2020,
14:30and continues to support him on the issue of free trade,
14:34the question of free trade and the will to establish protectionist barriers
14:38due to what is considered by Trump and his electorate as a Chinese threat.
14:43Democrats have now ended up repeating the same thing,
14:47finally, because Joe Biden has put in place protectionist measures.
14:50So Kamala Harris needs to differentiate herself,
14:52to stand out and show that on economic issues
14:55she has a real difference and a real plus,
14:59which she has not done so far.
15:01And that's why, from the end of the debate,
15:03the group that supports Kamala Harris, her campaign team,
15:08has proposed a second debate,
15:09which Donald Trump has not yet accepted or refused.
15:14Very well.
15:15In your opinion, what were the strengths and weaknesses of Donald Trump
15:20during this televised duel?
15:24Donald Trump, as usual,
15:27has been able to support the issue of immigration,
15:31with the Mexican border in particular,
15:33which is more and more difficult to manage for the United States,
15:36since immigration is not only Mexican.
15:39Far from it, there is immigration from Central America
15:41and there are more and more people
15:43who come from different parts of the world,
15:44notably from India and Africa.
15:46So it poses a real question of funds for the United States of America
15:52and for their southern border.
15:53We are talking about a border of more than 3,000 km with Mexico.
15:56So he has supported this
15:59and he knows that beyond his own electorate, of course,
16:02it will strengthen his base,
16:04but it can allow him to attract votes beyond,
16:06notably in the southern states.
16:08The other element on which he has been very good
16:11is that he did not win.
16:12We could have expected him to win
16:14and that the discussion would eventually become impossible or impossible.
16:19And that's something quite positive.
16:21What was negative was that he did not manage to put Kamala Harris on the spot.
16:25And that's something quite problematic,
16:28since, due to his experience
16:30and because of the speech he often held in relation to her,
16:35where he was very contemptuous in his meetings,
16:37mocking her laughter, mocking her personality,
16:40he did not manage to destabilize her.
16:42So that's something that needs to be discredited.
16:45And finally, we know very well that debates
16:48do not really allow you to win or lose an election,
16:51except in the case of Joe Biden in June,
16:53when he has to withdraw.
16:55But here we see that there is a small victory for Harris
16:58because she was the outsider
17:00and that in the end, as a challenger, she did very well.
17:03But the Trump favourite did not give up
17:06and in the end it turned out pretty well,
17:08especially with all the legal matters
17:10that he has on his back.
17:13I never thought, or at least I imagined,
17:17that Mrs. Harris, as a former prosecutor,
17:20would lean even more on the legal matters
17:24and on the, let's say,
17:26immoral side of Donald Trump and his convictions.
17:30But she didn't do that, and that surprised me.
17:34Mr. Yatoui, this debate took place
17:36at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia,
17:40a large metropolis in Pennsylvania.
17:42This state was not chosen by chance?
17:48No, it is a state that was not chosen by chance.
17:50It is part of what we call states,
17:52what we call swing states.
17:54These are states that change their political colour
17:57at each election,
17:59that can fall on one side or the other,
18:01that can go either way.
18:02We have Pennsylvania, we have Michigan,
18:04we have Florida.
18:05All these states are very important for both.
18:07And the problem for both
18:09is that the importance of these states is key,
18:12because only one state can get the election done,
18:14because we have this system of large voters,
18:16where it is not a direct election,
18:18it is an indirect election,
18:20and each state has a number of large voters
18:23depending on its population.
18:25And sometimes a state that does not have
18:27a large number of voters,
18:29it is important that this can get the balance right.
18:31So it is important for them.
18:33And also Pennsylvania,
18:35just like Michigan or Florida,
18:37have problems that are different.
18:39Some states will vote, for example,
18:41mainly on economic issues,
18:43others on foreign policy issues,
18:45especially Michigan,
18:46which has the largest Arab or Muslim community in the United States.
18:49We know that the sensitivity to the Palestinian question
18:52is much more important than elsewhere in the United States.
18:55So there may be people who abstain
18:57rather than vote for Kamala Harris
18:59and perhaps lose her.
19:00So you see, the configurations are very diverse,
19:03the problems are very complex,
19:05and for the two candidates,
19:06the discourse must be adapted each time,
19:08but at the same time maintain a certain coherence,
19:10which is far from obvious.
19:12This face-to-face, is it decisive?
19:15What is its impact on the electorate?
19:21In fact, without talking about a decisive debate,
19:25as I said earlier,
19:26we are on a dynamic.
19:28You know, there is the question of arithmetic
19:30and there is the question of dynamics
19:31when we talk about elections.
19:32And in fact, the two elements are to be put in parallel.
19:35We can have a fairly favorable arithmetic
19:39for the moment, Mrs. Harris,
19:40generally 2% in front of Donald Trump at the national level,
19:44although that doesn't mean anything
19:45since you have to look at it state by state, as I said.
19:47And in each state, it is quite tight,
19:49we are within the margin of error of 2%, 1%.
19:52So often we are at 2% for Mrs. Harris
19:55in most key states,
19:57states that can get the balance.
19:59And it's a question of dynamics.
20:00Donald Trump has not deviated,
20:02he has not been humiliated,
20:03he has not been taken for granted.
20:05So for the moment, he can maintain his dynamic
20:08and try to go up.
20:09And it's the same for Mrs. Harris,
20:11who throughout the debate
20:14has sought to attract the electorate,
20:17let's say, centrist.
20:18Because she is aware of one thing,
20:19she has a problem on her left,
20:21on the Palestinian issue,
20:23in particular we have seen with the campuses
20:24and the young people who traditionally voted Democrats,
20:27including Bernie Sanders,
20:28who threaten to abstain.
20:30But on the other hand,
20:31Donald Trump risks losing the Republican centrists
20:33who will prefer to abstain
20:36or vote for Mrs. Harris
20:38according to the speech she is going to propose to them
20:40and that she tried to propose during this debate.
20:42So debates are used for that.
20:44Beyond the arithmetic itself,
20:46it is to create a favorable dynamic
20:47and also try sometimes to regain,
20:50in any case, to remodel its electorate if necessary
20:54and also to solidify its base.
20:57What about the foreign policy of the United States
21:01if Donald Trump is back to the White House,
21:05especially in the context of the conflict in Ukraine?
21:10In the context of the conflict in Ukraine,
21:11it has been very clear,
21:12and he had already said it before,
21:13and like the vast majority of Republicans,
21:15he is for an end to this conflict
21:17and he is for support,
21:19somewhere,
21:21to a proposal of peace
21:23and at the end of this conflict.
21:25He is fully aware
21:27that the United States has spent very large sums
21:29under Joe Biden's mandate
21:31to support President Zelensky
21:33against Vladimir Putin's Russia
21:35and he considers that,
21:37based on his slogan,
21:38America First,
21:39he wants this money to serve mainly
21:41the American interests.
21:43So he will want to put an end very quickly
21:45to the Ukrainian conflict
21:46and also put the Europeans
21:48in front of their responsibilities,
21:49whether in the context of this conflict
21:51but also in the context of NATO,
21:53he had already said it in his first mandate,
21:55that he wanted the Americans
21:56to reduce the budget envelope
21:58allocated to NATO each year
22:00since the Americans continue to finance
22:02very, very strongly
22:04the Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty
22:06and he would like the Europeans
22:07to play a little role
22:08since the Russian threat
22:09is mainly a European threat
22:11for Donald Trump.
22:13One last question,
22:14Mr. Yatewi,
22:16how do you envisage
22:18the evolution of relations
22:20also with the Arab world
22:22and with Africa
22:24in both cases,
22:26in the case of Donald Trump's victory
22:28and in the case of Kamala Harris's victory?
22:35Can you repeat the question, please?
22:36It's slightly cut off.
22:37Yes.
22:38So how do you envisage
22:40the evolution of relations
22:42also with the Arab world
22:44and with Africa
22:46in both cases
22:49in the case of Kamala Harris's victory
22:52or in the case of Donald Trump's victory?
22:56Listen, we are facing a very complicated situation
22:58for the two candidates,
23:00especially in the Arab world,
23:02since the unconditional support
23:04of the Americans,
23:06whether Joe Biden or even the Congress,
23:12to Israeli policy in Gaza
23:14poses a real problem for them
23:16vis-à-vis the public opinion
23:18in many Arab countries
23:20and also in relation to the neighboring countries of Israel,
23:22including Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon,
23:24which are quite opposed to this unconditional support.
23:26This is a problem
23:28that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
23:30will have to overcome
23:32and try to re-stabilize the relations
23:34with these countries.
23:36With the Gulf countries, for example,
23:38we would much rather see a re-election of Donald Trump.
23:40It's something that would be much more convenient for them.
23:42And when we talk about Africa,
23:44we also see that there has been
23:46a certain American disengagement
23:48under Joe Biden
23:50and there is a desire
23:52on the part of many African countries
23:54to see more American support,
23:56especially from China and Russia.
23:58Thank you, Mohamed Badin Yatoubi.
24:00We are coming to the end of this section.
24:02Thank you for this clarification.
24:04I remind you that you are
24:06a professor of international relations
24:08and director of the Master's in Diplomacy
24:10at the American University of Dubai.
24:12Thank you. Have a good day.
24:16This is the end of this edition.
24:18Thank you for staying with us
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