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00:00The French press is here to report on the latest developments.
00:04We will be back with a new edition of the Global Times.
00:07The French press is here to report on the latest developments.
00:10We will be back with a new edition of the Global Times.
00:16Madame, Monsieur, bonjour and welcome to Median TV.
00:19It is a pleasure to have you back with us for a new edition.
00:21Here are the headlines.
00:23The President of Morocco's Security Council of the African Union
00:28reiterated the Kingdom's commitment to peace and stability in Africa.
00:37Three dead in an Israeli strike in southern Beirut.
00:40The Lebanese Prime Minister denounced a blatant violation of the ceasefire.
00:47Marine Le Pen is found guilty of public funds embezzlement by the Paris Correctional Court.
00:52The head of the National Assembly was sentenced to five years in prison.
01:02The President of Morocco's Security Council of the African Union
01:07reiterated the Kingdom's commitment to peace and stability in Africa.
01:13The Security Council convened informal consultations with countries in political transition,
01:19including Sudan.
01:20In addition, the Security Council addressed various issues
01:24such as artificial intelligence and its impact on peace and security,
01:28or climate change.
01:33This morning, the Israeli army bombed the southern border of Beirut,
01:36killing and injuring several people.
01:38Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned this strike
01:41and called on Lebanon's allies to support its country's right to full sovereignty.
01:45Explanations with Dina Mreni.
01:49Four months after the agreement that put an end to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah,
01:57an Israeli strike targeted the southern border of Beirut on Tuesday morning,
02:02killing and injuring several people.
02:04Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salem denounced a blatant violation of the ceasefire.
02:10Israel confirmed that it had targeted Hassan Bdaj,
02:14a Hezbollah official and supporter of the Hamas movement.
02:18This is the second strike since the beginning of a fragile ceasefire agreement
02:24with Hezbollah on November 27th.
02:27Residents woke up in the middle of the night,
02:30left their homes panicked,
02:32while rescuers helped the injured.
02:37We were sleeping when we heard violent rocket fire,
02:41which was deafening.
02:42We were saved from under the rubble.
02:46As you can see, we are used to these acts of aggression
02:50because the Israeli enemy does not respect any conditions or agreements.
02:55We are waiting for the worst and we will continue on this path of resistance.
03:04Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the strike
03:07and called on Lebanon's allies to support its right to full sovereignty.
03:12On his side, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
03:16declared on Friday that Israel would strike all over Lebanon against any threat.
03:33It was 3 a.m.
03:34We were sleeping when we heard violent noise just before the first shot.
03:40My two daughters were very scared.
03:42I tried to reassure them.
03:44I rushed, I carried them,
03:46and we went down to the street to see what was happening.
03:49We were told that the strikes were near our home,
03:52but we couldn't see anything because of the dust.
04:00Since the incomplete withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from southern Lebanon on February 18th,
04:05Israel continues to strike Lebanon,
04:08claiming to target Hezbollah positions.
04:11Let us remember that Hezbollah had opened a front against Israel
04:15at the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023,
04:19claiming to act in support of the Palestinians.
04:22These hostilities, which degenerated into open war in September 2024,
04:26have killed more than 4,000 people in Lebanon
04:29and forced more than a million people to flee.
04:33In 10 days, the resumption of Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip
04:36caused the death of at least 320 children.
04:39According to UNICEF, the violation of the ceasefire
04:41and the resumption of Israeli bombings
04:44would have also injured 609 children.
04:46Israel resumed military campaign on March 18th
04:49with intense bombings, ending two months of strikes.
04:52A last human report states that more than 50,300 Palestinians
04:56were killed in Gaza in Israeli bombings since October 7, 2023.
05:06Benyamin Netanyahu announced he was back on his choice to announce the day before
05:09a new director of the Israeli Interior Security Agency.
05:12This reversal occurs while the Israeli prime minister
05:15is opposed to the Supreme Court's decision
05:17to freeze the government's decision to remove the current head of the Shin Bet.
05:21A few hours after the announcement of his nomination
05:24at the head of the Shin Bet, Israeli media reported
05:27that Elie Sharvit would have been one of the tens of thousands of Israelis
05:30who opposed Benyamin Netanyahu's attempt
05:34to reform the judicial system.
05:39Marine Le Pen is found guilty of public money laundering
05:42by the Paris Correctional Court.
05:44The head of the National Assembly has been sentenced
05:46to five years of ineligibility and four years in prison,
05:49including two sentences.
05:51Explanations with Raja Henko.
05:55Marine Le Pen's political future
05:57is stopped by a decision of justice this Monday.
06:01The President of the National Assembly
06:03and one of the favourites of the 2027 presidential election
06:07was found guilty in the trial of the parliamentary assistants.
06:12Collaborators who were actually working for the far-right party
06:16were held accountable by the European Parliament.
06:19In the trial, the court highlighted Marine Le Pen's central role
06:24in this system set up to divert money from the European Parliament.
06:29It's an absolutely vicious circle
06:32and I think fundamentally that the blow that has been given today
06:36is a blow to democracy.
06:40Concretely, this sentence means that Marine Le Pen remains a deputy
06:45but that she will not be able to present herself
06:47at the French presidential election for the next five years.
06:50She has also been sentenced to four years in prison,
06:53including two sentences, house arrest and 100,000 euros in fines.
06:58For the court, there was not a single discussion, a single hesitation.
07:03When it comes to the statement of guilt,
07:06what is mine is what I came to look for.
07:11I believe that there is a risk of recidivism
07:15and therefore I apply the provisional execution
07:18on the additional penalty of ineligibility.
07:20This decision compromises Marine Le Pen's candidacy
07:23for the 2027 presidential election and the next legislative elections.
07:27Guilty of public money laundering
07:30and complicity with public money laundering,
07:33the court estimated that the total loss was 2.9 million euros.
07:38What a recidivism! Marine Le Pen is no longer a European deputy.
07:41The European Parliament has not reproached us for 10 years.
07:44From the moment it told us that there was not the same conception of us
07:47as parliamentary collaborators,
07:49we can see that there is a political will behind it
07:52and that we are well beyond simply saying the law.
07:55Others, close to the ex-boss of the RN, have also been convicted in this case.
07:59The mayor of Perpignan was sentenced to six months in prison
08:03and three years of ineligibility.
08:05The European deputy Catherine Grisset,
08:07long-time cabinet chief of Marine Le Pen,
08:10was also sentenced to 12 months in prison with oversight
08:13and two years of ineligibility for public money laundering.
08:18Some 8 million viewers followed yesterday evening
08:21the interview of Marine Le Pen,
08:23who, according to the TF1 newspaper,
08:25was sentenced to five years of ineligibility.
08:28Here is an excerpt from the presidential interview.
08:30What I understood perfectly was what the president was explaining,
08:34namely that she was making a decision that was a political decision.
08:38The magistrate clearly assumed
08:42to implement the provisional execution of ineligibility,
08:47that is, to make my useless appeal on this subject
08:52to prevent me from presenting myself
08:55and from being elected, she said, to the presidential election.
08:59Many voices rose this Monday in the extreme right
09:03to denounce Marine Le Pen's conviction.
09:05The head of the RN was sentenced by the French justice
09:08to five years of ineligibility for public money laundering.
09:12Donald Trump compared this conviction
09:14to his own judicial cases in the United States,
09:17saying that the ineligibility for five years of a leader
09:20was a very important affair,
09:23while the Kremlin deplored a violation of democratic norms.
09:30Let's see what the French citizens think
09:32with these few reactions.
09:36We are in a form of excess,
09:38in the sense that I think there could be a sanction,
09:42but going as far as ineligibility,
09:45it deprives citizens of the possibility of giving their voice.
09:50If she doesn't present herself, someone else will.
09:54For example, in the party, there is...
09:57What's his name? Bardella?
09:59Yes, there is Bardella.
10:01There are other people who could present themselves.
10:04It's a shame, because I think these are people
10:07who were already aware of these detours,
10:10and why wait for them to be so close to power?
10:15Why now share this kind of information
10:18when she is close to power?
10:21Yes, I think it's normal,
10:23because people who have problems of justice
10:26don't have to be our country's officials.
10:31I think it's good and normal.
10:33But I would have gone further.
10:35It's ineligibility until the end, for life.
10:38Yes, it was a political turmoil.
10:43It's a bit deafening to know such a thing,
10:47but I think it will evolve in the coming months, quickly.
10:53French and Algerian presidents
10:55have acted during a telephone exchange
10:57as a relaunch of relations between their two countries.
11:00After months of crisis,
11:01a resumption of migratory security cooperation
11:03is announced, according to a joint statement.
11:06The head of the French state also reiterated
11:08his confidence in the clarity of his Algerian counterpart
11:11and called it a gesture of mercy and humanity
11:14towards the French-Algerian writer Boalem Sensel,
11:16sentenced to five years in prison by an Algerian tribunal.
11:23China is ready to play a constructive role
11:26to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
11:28The Chinese Foreign Minister said
11:30that cooperation with Moscow
11:32would certainly be renewed with new vitality
11:35and enter a new phase.
11:37Sergei Lavrov rejoiced that relations between the two countries
11:40have reached a new level.
11:41Relations between Moscow and Beijing
11:43will continue to develop on all fronts,
11:45said the Russian Foreign Minister.
11:51Donald Trump has expressed his anger
11:53this Sunday against Vladimir Zelensky
11:57and while expressing his frustration,
11:59the Republican president threatened Moscow
12:01with additional taxes on Russian oil.
12:04Explanations with Raja Engo.
12:07The American president is increasingly frustrated
12:10by the lack of progress in his efforts
12:12to negotiate a peace agreement in Ukraine.
12:15Donald Trump said he was very angry and furious
12:18against his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
12:20for questioning the credibility of Vladimir Zelensky.
12:24The Russian president had suggested
12:26to organize a democratic presidential election
12:29that would result in the arrival in power
12:32of a competent government in Kiev.
12:34If Russia and I fail to reach an agreement
12:36to put an end to the bloodbath in Ukraine,
12:38probably because of Russia,
12:40which may not be the case,
12:42I will impose secondary tariffs on all oil
12:44coming from Russia.
12:46On Saturday, the Ukrainian president
12:48had also said that he was frustrated
12:51by the delay in negotiations.
12:54Vladimir Zelensky estimated that Russia
12:57had not provided adequate answers
12:59to American initiatives.
13:01The Russian president reacted after the anger
13:04of the American president
13:06by the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
13:09The latter made it known
13:11that Vladimir Putin remains open
13:13to any contact with President Trump.
13:15We are working to implement some ideas
13:17related to the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.
13:20The president remains absolutely open
13:22to contact with President Donald Trump.
13:24The next call between the two leaders
13:26has not yet been planned,
13:28but it will be organized quite quickly if necessary.
13:31On their side, the ministers of foreign affairs
13:33of Europe held a meeting on Monday
13:35in Madrid on Ukraine,
13:37where they called on Russia
13:39to accept and cease the full fire.
13:41The high European diplomat Kaja Kalas
13:43called on Russia to show good will
13:45and asked the United States
13:47to put pressure on the Kremlin
13:49to put an end to this bloody conflict
13:51that has been going on for three years.
13:53As for the deployment
13:55of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine,
13:57Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
13:59Radas Lossikorski
14:01said he would come back to Kiev
14:03to decide when and if
14:05foreign troops should be deployed
14:07on its soil.
14:09Between armed conflicts
14:11and prices of food
14:13from the Democratic Republic of Congo
14:15and plunging into an unprecedented food crisis,
14:17this week, several United Nations agencies
14:19issued a series of alarms.
14:21Explanations with Rachid Farhan.
14:23In RDC,
14:25the food crisis is getting worse.
14:27Conflicts and inflation
14:29are plunging 28 million people
14:31into a sharp end.
14:33More than 2 million people
14:35are suffering from famine
14:37and food prices have increased
14:39by 37%.
14:41Armed clashes
14:43complicate access to humanitarian aid
14:45and inflation
14:47exacerbates the situation.
14:492.5 million people
14:51have been pushed
14:53towards acute food insecurity
14:55and needs continue to grow.
14:57The humanitarian situation
14:59in RDC is deteriorating
15:01at an alarming rate.
15:03Families who were already in difficulty
15:05are now faced
15:07with an even harsher reality.
15:11Faced with this crisis,
15:13the World Food Programme
15:15and the FAO
15:17are doubling their efforts
15:19to provide emergency aid
15:21and international financial support
15:23to avoid the disaster.
15:27Peace is the number one priority.
15:29Peace would allow us
15:31to continue to cultivate
15:33what would allow us
15:35to meet our needs.
15:37The Democratic Republic of Congo
15:39is facing
15:41a more and more complex
15:43security situation
15:45marked by the clashes
15:47with the rebels of the M23.
15:49They have seized
15:51vast territories in the North Kivu
15:53causing the displacement
15:55of hundreds of thousands of people.
15:59And after months of crisis,
16:01French and Algerian presidents
16:03have signed a bilateral
16:05relationship this Monday.
16:07And to come back to the issues of this announcement,
16:09I have the pleasure of speaking
16:11with Christophe Boutin,
16:13French political scientist
16:15and professor of public law
16:17Hello.
16:19Hello.
16:21So, to begin with, what analysis
16:23do you make of the resumption
16:25of the dialogue between France
16:27and Algeria after several months
16:29of tension?
16:31The resumption of the dialogue
16:33was necessary because,
16:35as you say, we had several months
16:37of tension, of significant tension
16:39and tension that could have
16:41security consequences.
16:43This tension had
16:45multiple causes,
16:47of which only very partially
16:49counts the report
16:51of the Elysée, the common
16:53communiqué, which was written
16:55between France and Algeria.
16:57The common communiqué congratulates
16:59the fact that we are back
17:01in contact, congratulates
17:03future contacts, but
17:05does not necessarily come back a lot
17:07on the causes of the crisis
17:09and the tension between Algeria and France.
17:11And if we have to talk
17:13about the new challenges once
17:15this resumption of relations
17:17has been announced, can we say
17:19that the challenges of migratory
17:21and security cooperation between the two
17:23countries have been resumed?
17:25Yes, they have been resumed
17:27and it remains to be seen how they will be resumed.
17:29On the security and migratory
17:31crisis, we know that
17:33a key element is
17:35their refusal to manifest
17:37several times and with
17:39increasing tension
17:41by Algeria to take back
17:43delinquents who are
17:45obliged to leave the French
17:47territory, the QUTF,
17:49and to refuse to accept them
17:51on their territory, even though
17:53they obviously have
17:55Algerian nationality.
17:57Moreover, we will notice
17:59that in the visit
18:01projects that are planned,
18:03there is a visit by the
18:05Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrault,
18:07there is a visit by the
18:09Garde des Sceaux, Gérald Darmanin,
18:11but we are not talking about a visit
18:13by the Minister of the Interior, Bruno
18:15Retailleau, who is the one
18:17who did not hesitate to
18:19avoid seeing
18:21Algeria finally block things,
18:23who did not hesitate to talk
18:25about graduated reposts and
18:27began to engage reposts
18:29which were aimed at
18:31part of the Algerian ruling class.
18:33Well, precisely, Bruno
18:35Retailleau had threatened to resign if
18:37Paris gave in on the Algerian case.
18:39In your opinion, what will be his reaction?
18:43For now, Paris
18:45has absolutely not given in on the
18:47Algerian case. There is one element
18:49that we are still waiting for a lot,
18:51it is the release of
18:53Boalem Sansal, the binational
18:55writer who is currently
18:57imprisoned, who has just been sentenced
18:59to five years in prison, and
19:01who was convicted, moreover, for a
19:03rather particular crime, for having
19:05reached, so to speak,
19:07the Algerian history
19:09in some way. Let us remember
19:11that Boalem Sansal was
19:13content here to remember
19:15the truth of the Algerian history
19:17and in particular the fact that
19:19France had at one time
19:21transferred territories
19:23that were historically
19:25under Moroccan control,
19:27had transferred them to Algeria, where
19:29they are still.
19:31Do you think that Algeria,
19:33after this resumption of relations,
19:35has made significant concessions?
19:37Or can we talk about
19:39political reversal
19:41in Algerian politics?
19:43Talking about
19:45political reversal in Algerian politics,
19:47on the level of history,
19:49in particular, seems very difficult.
19:51Algeria lives on
19:53a true historical myth
19:55which constitutes, some will even say,
19:57a true memorial home.
19:59It is not a question for it to touch on it.
20:01We note, moreover, in the
20:03joint statement, the importance
20:05given to the work of the
20:07historical commission that we want to
20:09relaunch. A historical commission
20:11which, for the moment, must be said, has functioned
20:13in a unique way,
20:15France recognizing
20:17a certain number of errors, of weaknesses,
20:19and Algeria
20:21here, no, not recognizing
20:23much, and content
20:25to want to maintain, once again,
20:27the myth, its historical myth.
20:29So we will see what happens
20:31next. We will see what happens,
20:33in particular, and we can notice that
20:35while we know very well that a part of the
20:37tension between Algeria and
20:39France is born from the
20:41recognition by France of the Moroccan identity of the Sahara,
20:43we can notice that, of course,
20:45this element is not in
20:47the joint statement.
20:49So can we talk about concessions
20:51or not, in the end?
20:53Concessions,
20:55neither on one side nor on the other.
20:57I have the impression that we are rather
20:59trying to reconnect a dialogue for the moment,
21:01to reconnect a dialogue with
21:03perspectives that we will see
21:05with the passage of the different ministers,
21:07what they will give, security perspectives,
21:09economic perspectives.
21:11We have not really left, in my opinion,
21:13the test of strength. We have to
21:15wait and see what will happen.
21:17I always wait to see the results.
21:19A joint statement is
21:21a good thing. No one, anyway,
21:23wants to lose face
21:25diplomatically in a joint statement.
21:27And the reality of the
21:29possible concessions, we will only know
21:31in a few months, seeing the
21:33policies that will be implemented.
21:35You mentioned it earlier,
21:37the visit of Jean-Noël Barrault.
21:39How important will this visit be
21:41for the restart of these Franco-Algerian relations?
21:45It will be important because
21:47President Macron is organizing
21:49a meeting of the
21:51main concerned ministers.
21:53He has around the table Jean-Noël Barrault,
21:55he has Darmanin, of course.
21:57Retailleau is present, but we know
21:59that he will not be in Algeria.
22:01And there is Mr. Lombard, the Minister of
22:03Economy, because it is also about
22:05restarting a number of
22:07economic elements.
22:09I would say, in the face
22:11of this possibility of
22:13economic restart, France
22:15announced in the statement
22:17that it was going to support
22:19the Algerian position
22:21with the European Union for
22:23a renegotiation of the treaty
22:25that links Algeria to the European Union.
22:27Thank you
22:29Christophe Boutin for all these
22:31clarifications. I remind you that you are a
22:33political scientist and professor of public law
22:35at the University of Normandy.
22:41We continue this newspaper,
22:43heading to Kenya, where the President
22:45is controversial by giving 280,000
22:47euros to evangelical churches.
22:49William Routteau is suspected of having
22:51given in to dubious electoralism
22:53when it was suggested that less than
22:55a year ago, this type of
22:57corruption. One of the beneficiaries
22:59of the funds, the Jesus Winner Ministry,
23:01which on its website
23:03underlines that generosity consists of
23:05giving more than what is required
23:07to accept this contribution.
23:09But less than a year after demonstrations
23:11against the rise of certain taxes and
23:13corruption that is repressed in blood,
23:15presidential donations are not accepted
23:17by a large part of the opinion.
23:21The question of social justice
23:23remains fundamental in the
23:25world of work. So how to guarantee
23:27fair working conditions while
23:29responding to economic requirements?
23:31The question was asked during an interregional conference
23:33organized in Abidjan by the
23:35International Labour Organization.
23:37Explanations with Mel Berchel and Hermann Doco.
23:41The world of work evolves under the effect
23:43of globalization, technological advances
23:45and climatic challenges.
23:47How to guarantee social justice
23:49while responding to economic requirements?
23:51To provide ideas,
23:53an interregional conference organized
23:55by the International Labour Organization
23:57gathered in Abidjan
23:59unions, governments and employers.
24:01The goal is to define the most
24:03inclusive and equitable model.
24:05Governments, employers,
24:07workers must work
24:09hand in hand so that our
24:11economic systems are more
24:13capable of
24:15responding
24:17to the needs of citizens
24:19and workers,
24:21to create quality jobs
24:23and to be able
24:25to prevent and address
24:27the consequences of technological
24:29changes and climatic
24:31changes.
24:33At the heart of the discussions,
24:35the challenges of the labor market in Africa
24:37and the need to protect workers
24:39from economic problems.
24:41Decisions are often made,
24:43recommendations are made,
24:45but they are not applied.
24:47If you go to Geneva,
24:49you will often see
24:51that recommendations,
24:53calls for action are made
24:55for the ratification of a certain number
24:57of conventions.
24:59They are not all ratified.
25:01And that is the problem of labor.
25:03But also,
25:05to find a new model
25:07of responsibility
25:09at the level of the National Social Security
25:11but also at the level of the
25:13National Social Providence
25:15Board. Universal responsibility.
25:17The Guinean government
25:19must be able to do it
25:21because we have the possibility
25:23to do it, we have the necessary
25:25resources.
25:27Faced with these issues, African states
25:29must find a balance between social justice
25:31and economic growth
25:33to build a sustainable future of work.
25:35As part of this new social contract,
25:37institutions such as the ILO,
25:39which defend social justice,
25:41must fully play their role
25:43by engaging in making social protection
25:45a reality in Africa,
25:47like in Western countries.
25:49The relatively high rate
25:51of informal employment in Africa
25:53must not be an obstacle
25:55to the extension
25:57of social protection.
25:59This meeting marks
26:01a key step in the reduction
26:03of the social contract
26:05in order to better respond
26:07to the aspirations of African workers.
26:09This is the end of this news.
26:11Thank you for following it.
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