MEDI1TV Afrique : MEDI1 MORNING - 19/11/2024
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00:00Welcome to this new edition of Mediamorni, here are the headlines.
00:21In the Middle East, the war shows no sign of rest.
00:26The Israeli army hit the center of Beirut on Monday, killing at least five people
00:31when a Hezbollah rocket shot killed a woman in Israel.
00:40The leaders of the world's largest economies have no major progress to unlock climate negotiations.
00:46On Monday, at a summit of the G20 in Rio de Janeiro,
00:49which was hit by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
00:57And it's a no-brainer for Morocco.
00:59In these qualifying rounds of the ACAN 2025,
01:02the Atlas Lions won the match against Lesotho 7-0 in a shower stadium filled with Walid El-Guergui's protégés.
01:09A sixth straight win.
01:17The Israeli army hit the center of Beirut on Monday, killing at least five people
01:23when a Hezbollah rocket shot killed a woman in Israel.
01:28A war that shows no sign of rest.
01:31At a party, at least five people were injured in a strike against the neighborhood.
01:35In these words, Zohar Al-Balat told the Ministry of Health and the Lebanese National Information Agency
01:42about a drone attack against this sector.
01:46The Lebanese National Information Agency then reported an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday
01:52on a building in the southwest of the Lebanese capital,
01:55referring to many injured on the other side of the border in Israel.
02:00A woman was killed in the fall of a H-Faram rocket,
02:04according to firefighters.
02:06Approximately 100 projectiles were fired on Monday by the Hezbollah on Israel, according to the army.
02:16Schools were closed on Monday in Beirut, targeting new Israeli strikes.
02:22But behind the scenes, negotiations are moving forward
02:25and the chances of an agreement between Israel and the Hezbollah seem to be profiling on the horizon.
02:31Le Point with Iones Ben-Zinb.
02:37The war in Lebanon has shown so far no signs of appeasement.
02:41But behind the scenes, negotiations are moving forward.
02:43Lebanon is very positive about the American proposal to cease fire with Israel.
02:48According to an official who follows the negotiations in Beirut,
02:51he is currently finalizing his remarks before transmitting his response to the United States.
03:00The strategy adopted by Israel, which consists of negotiating under fire, will result in nothing.
03:07Being under fire will not affect our principles or our reasoning.
03:13The president of the parliament, Nabi Berri, has accepted certain conditions,
03:17including the UN Resolution 1701.
03:23We must defend Lebanon's right to implement this resolution in all its rigor.
03:28Specifically, the American initiative focuses on an exhaustive application of Resolution 1701.
03:35The latter, which envisages the cessation of hostilities on both sides,
03:39allowed the previous war between Israel and the Hezbollah to end in 2006.
03:43But for Israel, an agreement to cease fire does not mean the end of military operations against the Hezbollah.
03:51The United States and other countries are leading the negotiations to establish calm in the north.
03:58However, the military offensive will continue until the threat of the Hezbollah is eliminated.
04:08It is only at this moment that the conflict will end, not a moment before.
04:14The American initiative stipulates that only the Lebanese army and the Blue Helmets
04:19will be deployed at the southern border of Lebanon,
04:22acting as a retreat of Hezbollah fighters to areas further north,
04:26but also those of Israeli soldiers from the Lebanese territory.
04:29The United States and other countries are leading the negotiations to establish calm in the north.
04:35However, the United States and other countries are leading the negotiations to establish calm in the north.
04:41but also those of Israeli soldiers from the Lebanese territory.
04:47At present, the leaders of the world's largest economies
04:51are not in a hurry to make major progress to unlock climate negotiations.
04:56On Monday, at a summit of the G20 in Rio de Janeiro,
04:59which was hit by wars in Ukraine and the Middle East,
05:03the President of the Left, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva,
05:07presided over the forum this year,
05:09while multilateralism, already badly in place, threatens to be further damaged
05:16with Donald Trump's next visit to the White House.
05:19Beyond the tensions related to climate issues,
05:21the major conflicts of the time have shaken the summit of the first plenary session.
05:26President Joe Biden called on the G20 countries to support Ukraine's sovereignty
05:31against the Russian invasion.
05:33His Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who had already missed the last summits,
05:37is absent in Rio, where he is represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
05:43The G20 also called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in Lebanon,
05:47while the Israeli army continues its offensives.
05:52It is therefore in a complicated international context,
05:58marked by conflict and the return to the White House of Donald Trump,
06:04that the summit of the G20 was held in Rio de Janeiro.
06:08Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva
06:12officiated the launch of a global alliance against hunger,
06:16the Countdown, with Alec Benani.
06:22It was the central objective of the Brazilian presidency of the G20 for Lula,
06:27a former worker born in a poor family.
06:30The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty was launched on Monday,
06:34with 82 signatory countries.
06:37I call on those present around this table to put an end to this scourge,
06:43which is a shame for humanity.
06:46This is why we are launching a global alliance
06:50to fight hunger and poverty as a central objective of the Brazilian presidency of the G20.
06:56It will be our main legacy.
06:59It is not just about justice,
07:03it is an essential condition to build a more egalitarian society
07:08and a world in peace.
07:12If the first session of the G20 was devoted to the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty,
07:18the second will study how to open more
07:22the FMI and the World Bank's shareholding to emerging countries.
07:25The third session will be devoted to green finance,
07:29i.e. how to rationalize the multiple climate funds,
07:32a project launched by Brazil,
07:34and how to create new resources.
07:39We must now ensure that the World Bank can continue its work in the most vulnerable countries.
07:45At present, I am proud to announce that the United States
07:48is committed to paying $4 billion over the next three years
07:53to the International Development Association of the World Bank.
07:57I encourage everyone around this table to increase their contributions.
08:07Among the other themes that have attracted attention,
08:09another ambitious proposal from Brazil.
08:12Taxing the richest and their multinationals,
08:14the G20 will also focus on financing the energy transition and development
08:19and the rationalization of climate funds.
08:21Discussions will also be held on a free trade agreement
08:25between the European Union and the Mercosur,
08:27i.e. Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia.
08:32This agreement, which has been in negotiations for 20 years,
08:34would create the largest free trade zone in the world,
08:37but raises concerns among European farmers.
08:41Obviously, the powers of this world have not failed to condemn
08:44the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East,
08:46with calls for a ceasefire.
08:48A consensus on a final statement on this issue is highly anticipated.
08:55In France, farmers are continuing this Tuesday
08:58their mobilization throughout the country
09:00at the call of rival trade unions,
09:02with now the Rural Coordination,
09:04which intends to sap the hegemony of the FNSEA,
09:09and foment pressure by talking about blocking food tariffs.
09:13The second agricultural trade union, the Rural Coordination,
09:16holds an annual congress until Wednesday.
09:18The trade union ensures that it stands ready
09:20if it does not obtain satisfaction by blocking food tariffs
09:24from November 20,
09:27first in the south-west of France,
09:30opposed, like the other agricultural trade unions,
09:33by the European Union,
09:35of a free trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
09:40It also demands a reduction in tariffs.
09:43At the same time, the troops of the FNSEA trade unions,
09:47young farmers, remain mobilized for the second day in a row,
09:51a program based on the two days of the G20 summit in Brazil,
09:55to mark the opposition to the signing of this trade agreement.
10:02And then in Morocco,
10:03on the occasion of the commemoration of the 69th anniversary
10:07of the Independence Day,
10:08the Director General of National Security and Surveillance
10:11of the Blatt-ef-Fahmouché Territory
10:13presided on Monday at the Mohamed Saint-Incarabat Theater.
10:16The annual ceremony of excellence,
10:17organized at the initiative of the Mohamed VI Foundation
10:20for the Social Works of the National Security Staff.
10:23This ceremony was marked by the participation
10:25of the various members of the National Security Family
10:29in directors, staff, central services,
10:32and those dedicated to the DGSN and the DGST,
10:38as well as active and retired officials,
10:40as well as children and orphans,
10:42and those entitled to affiliation to the Mohamed VI Foundation
10:47for the Social Works of the National Security Staff.
10:49This is indicated in a statement from the DGSN.
10:53Affiliation of scholarships to children and orphans
10:57of the National Security Family.
11:00This ceremony aims to reward school excellence
11:03and encourage the pursuit of university studies.
11:12And in the world of football,
11:13it is a sound fault for Morocco
11:16in these qualifying rounds of the Cannes 2025.
11:19The Lions of Atlas walked 7-0 against the Ottos
11:24in a stadium where Jota filled the protégés.
11:27Walid El-Greggi scored a sixth straight win.
11:31Ibrahim Abdelkader Diaz scored a triple,
11:35his fifth goal in two matches,
11:37and the sixth in four meetings.
11:40Soufiane Rahimi went from his double
11:43before Nséri Seybadi closed the Moroccan offensive festival.
11:49With his seventh win,
11:51Abounda Achaf Hakimi, already qualified as a player
11:54for the next Africa Cup,
11:56finished better.
11:57Attack 2.
11:58It's a tie.
11:59With 26 goals, we meet again.
12:14With 26 goals, we meet again.
12:17With 26 goals, we meet again.
12:20Ch drifting
12:40Here to join us is the big news limelight,
12:44as Brazil is currently receiving
12:47Currently, the heads of state and government of the G20 are in a context of geopolitical tensions marked in particular by the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.
12:58This annual summit is mainly focused on climate change.
13:02The G20 2024 is boosted by the return to power of US President Donald Trump.
13:08To talk about it, we are live with Hicham Khesraoui, consultant, strategist, expert at the Moroccan Institute of Strategic Intelligence.
13:18Hello Mr. Hicham Khesraoui, thank you for accepting our invitation.
13:24Hello and thank you for the invitation.
13:28So the G20 opened this Monday in Rio de Janeiro in a complicated international context between the climate crisis, the war in Ukraine and the Middle East.
13:39What are the issues of the G20 Summit 2024?
13:46First, let us recall that the summit of the G20 is one of the most important moments that brings together both the countries of the North,
13:52i.e. most of the countries of the G7 and the countries of the Global South, i.e. most of the BRICS countries in addition to the European Union and the African Union.
14:00So it is a very long-awaited moment in the year.
14:03This year it is even more special because it takes place at the same time as the COP29 in Azerbaijan in Baku this year.
14:10And it is an even more special summit because of the simultaneous absence of the two heads of state of great power,
14:18i.e. President Trump, who is not yet in office, and President Putin, who announced that he did not want to go to Rio in order not to disturb his work, which is now under international suspension.
14:29So basically, there are a lot of points on the agenda, but there are three main points that are at stake today.
14:37First, there is this Brazilian initiative to launch a global alliance against hunger and poverty,
14:44one of the topics that was sponsored by Brazil, the host country of this edition,
14:49and which therefore wishes to mobilize funding, fundraisers, international actors,
14:54to accelerate the efforts to fight hunger and poverty by 2030,
15:01with proposals, including the taxation of the very large fortunes of the world, in order to be able to finance this alliance.
15:10There is also a global governance issue.
15:14As you know, the countries of the South claim more and more influence of power within international institutions,
15:21whether financial institutions such as the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund or the United Nations.
15:28And then, of course, the big climate issue, in particular the issue of climate finance,
15:33which is a real subject of this summit, because it will be necessary to agree on new financing objectives for developing countries.
15:44It will be necessary to find financing modalities in a context where budgetary margins, including developed countries, are very constrained in this period.
15:54So it will be necessary to find how to mobilize the private sector more, how to expand the base of the donor countries of this funding,
16:03and also to strengthen the role of multilateral development banks so that they can keep their financial commitments.
16:12There are obviously other points on the agenda, such as the conflicts in Ukraine.
16:17As soon as the first plenary session began, US President Joe Biden called on the G20 countries to support Ukraine's sovereignty,
16:27a statement that comes on the eve of the green light given by the United States to Ukraine for the use of their long-range missiles against Russia.
16:37What do you think?
16:40I believe that on the two issues of conflict, both Ukraine and the Middle East, there will be no major announcements or conclusions at the end of this G20,
16:51mainly because the main players concerned do not participate in this edition, and President Biden is a outgoing president.
16:59So whatever commitments this summit will make, they will not necessarily engage their successors.
17:08I think the results will remain relatively shy on these two issues.
17:12The members of the G20 are also, you mentioned it, are also very excited about the climate.
17:19The UN Secretary-General called on Sunday to make commitments to unlock the negotiations that have been going on for more than a week at COP29,
17:28the climate conference in Baku. Why is this G20 related to COP29?
17:37How do you explain this interconnection between the two summits?
17:42As you know, in parallel with the summit in Rio, in Baku, the negotiations are skating a little bit between the delegations that participate.
17:53There are difficulties to converge towards a financing objective, what is called the new quantitative collective objective.
18:02This is the amount that developed countries will have to mobilize to help and support developing countries in their ecological transition.
18:10So today in Baku, there is a real difficulty to align on this figure, to align on the financing modalities of this amount,
18:18and also to align on who are the countries that must contribute and the countries that must benefit from this financing.
18:25Today, the eyes of Baku and the delegations participating are turning to the G20.
18:30I remind you that the G20 countries alone represent 85% of the world GDP and are themselves responsible for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions.
18:41So there is a real responsibility of these countries to come and unlock the situation.
18:47As you recall, the UN Secretary-General called on the G20 countries to find a compromise to unlock the situation in Baku
18:55and try to converge towards a number that allows to save this COP29.
19:01What is also interesting to note is that Brazil plays a particular role this year in the mobilization of the G20 summit to unlock the COP29,
19:09since Brazil itself will be the host of the next edition of the COP, the COP30.
19:15And so if the COP29 this year does not result in any concrete results in terms of climate finance,
19:22the risks that the next COP30 will be a success in Belem in Brazil would be damaged.
19:29So I think that Brazil will mobilize and mobilize the presence of heads of state and G20 delegations to accelerate the unlocking of the situation in Azerbaijan.
19:41The African Union is a member of the discussions.
19:45For the first time, the African Union has been invited to be part of the G20 to represent the African countries.
19:52A word on the importance of this participation as a permanent member.
19:58So indeed, as I said, there is a general demand from the countries of the south to participate more and to influence more international governance.
20:07So this can go through the governance of global institutions such as the World Bank or the IMF,
20:13but it also goes through the participation in the major events of moderation of international economic life.
20:20And so the G20 summit is a very good opportunity for the African Union to highlight its voice alongside the European Union,
20:29which has been present for many editions.
20:32And so it is an opportunity to make the African voice heard, the points of the African agenda in terms of climate transition,
20:43in terms of precisely fighting poverty.
20:46We know that these are the countries of Africa that are very concerned at the same time about the consequences of climate change,
20:53as well as poverty.
20:55And so if they are the first to be concerned, they are quite legitimate to be around the table and to participate in the reflection
21:04and to propose themselves solutions that can come to raise these international challenges.
21:11So Donald Trump is not in Rio de Janeiro for this summit, for the G20.
21:17It is Joe Biden who is present at the summit, but Donald Trump's shadow is complaining about this summit in Rio.
21:24Why do you think?
21:27So it is the great absence, but which is still very present in the minds of all the delegations that participate.
21:34Trump's signature is obviously the retreat of multilateralism with his slogan America First
21:43and his very transactional approach to international relations.
21:46So that would be the main consequence, first of all, of the very shy results of this summit of the G20,
21:55mainly because since Trump does not participate, there is no reason for him to feel obliged to keep the commitments that will be in conclusion of this summit.
22:08And then on the economic level, Trump's return will increase tariffs on international trade,
22:17which will risk shaking up established trade partnerships,
22:23which will probably push US trade partners to turn to other players.
22:28Remember that just after the G20, there is a Brazil-China summit that will be held in Brazil.
22:36And so it may also be a way for US partners to tell the United States that if we can no longer trade with you,
22:44we will turn to other partners like China or get closer to other spaces of cooperation, like the BRICS, for example.
22:51On the geopolitical level, Trump's return will essentially impact his allies, the allies of the United States,
22:59with the very transactional approach, with military support conditioned by the participation of allied states at the expense and cost of this support,
23:09or a very hard approach to resolve conflicts, an approach that could also undermine the interests of US allies.
23:19So multilateralism could indeed have a clear setback in the next four years.
23:26Hicham Kastraoui, thank you for this insight.
23:29Thank you for answering our questions.
23:31I remind you that you are a consultant in strategy, an expert at the Moroccan Institute of Strategic Intelligence.
23:38Thank you for the invitation.
23:42This concludes this edition.
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