MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 22/09/2024
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00:00Hello everyone, I am delighted to see you for this new information meeting on Mediantv.
00:23A catastrophe is imminent in the Middle East.
00:30This is the alarm bell of the UN representative in Lebanon,
00:34in the middle of a military escalation between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah.
00:43And it is in an international context marked by war, famine and geopolitical and climatic crises
00:49that the 193 member states of the UN are meeting today in New York for a summit called Summit of the Future.
01:00In the United States, Donald Trump rejects the challenge launched by his democratic rival Kamala Harris
01:06to debate again before the US presidential election scheduled for next November.
01:11And we start first with this new weather alert in Morocco, this time with an orange level of vigilance.
01:23Stormy downpours accompanied by hail and gusts of wind are planned today in some southern provinces.
01:30Downpours between 20 and 40 mm will interest until 11 p.m. tonight.
01:35The provinces of Hauz, Hazelal, Zagora, Ouarzazate and Aoussard
01:40specify the alert bulletin of the General Directorate of Meteorology.
01:50A word on the economy now.
01:52In an article published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
01:58the economist and financial analyst Alexandre Ketheb
02:02comes back to the trajectory of the kingdom over the last quarter of a century
02:08which allowed Morocco to position itself on the international value chains
02:12and those in several industrial sectors.
02:15A trajectory characterized, I quote, by an ambitious modernization program,
02:20a greater durability and an entry into the world value chains
02:24despite the socio-economic challenges.
02:26According to the analyst, the judicious combination of reforms
02:31focused on supply and demand has helped the kingdom to overcome many crises and external shocks.
02:41In international news, rockets are fired from Lebanon
02:46and Israeli strikes on the southern border of Beirut.
02:50The escalation continues between the Israeli army and the Lebanese Hezbollah
02:55which has fired today more than 100 projectiles in the direction of Israel.
03:00Israel, which carried out intense bombings yesterday against the south of Lebanon
03:05the day after a Tsar strike, which brought a hard blow to the elite unit of the pro-Iranian movement
03:11and resulted in a total of 37 deaths.
03:14The UN representative in Lebanon warned today
03:17against an imminent catastrophe in the Middle East.
03:25Israel, which continues to pillage the Palestinian enclave Gaza
03:29while opening another front by multiplying its strikes on the southern border of the Lebanese capital
03:35considered as Hezbollah's fiefdom.
03:39What is the message that Israel wants to convey through its strikes?
03:44Let's listen to the answer of Mohamed Abadi-Niatiwi.
03:47He is a professor of international relations and director of the master's degree in diplomacy
03:52at the American University of Dubai.
03:55The message is clear.
03:56For several days, there has been a real Israeli pressure on Hezbollah and the whole of Lebanon.
04:02In fact, there is a speech held by the Israeli authorities
04:06several months ago or even several years ago
04:08to say that Hezbollah and Lebanon are confused
04:10due to the importance that Hezbollah has taken as a political party
04:14but also as an armed movement within Lebanese society.
04:18Hezbollah has more soldiers than its own Lebanese army
04:22and is much more powerful than the Lebanese regular army.
04:25There is a real Israeli will to put pressure on Hezbollah and Lebanon
04:29and indirectly, of course, on Iran.
04:31We saw a few weeks ago the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in the middle of Tehran.
04:35This is a phase two, but this time in Lebanon.
04:38And also to open a second front after Gaza in the south of Lebanon.
04:46In Gaza, there is no respite in the war.
04:50The Palestinian enclave is still piloted by the Israeli army
04:55which once again targeted a school housing refugees.
04:59At least 21 deaths among the victims, 13 children and 6 women,
05:05one of whom was pregnant.
05:07A new blow condemned by Hamas, which denounces, I quote,
05:10a war crime under American cover.
05:17Israel targets hospitals, schools, but also the media.
05:21The Israeli forces made a descent today
05:25in the offices of Al-Jazeera in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank
05:29and issued a 45-day curfew.
05:32A decision of justice according to the Israeli army.
05:35The Qatari television channel says,
05:38it is time to ignore the cause.
05:45It is in an international context marked by war, famine
05:49and geopolitical and climatic crises
05:52that the 193 member states of the UN are meeting today in New York
05:56for a summit called Summit of the Future.
05:59The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,
06:02had launched this idea in 2021.
06:05A summit of the future presented as, I quote,
06:08a unique opportunity to change the course of the history of humanity.
06:12Dozens of heads of state and governments are waiting today
06:15to adopt this pact for the future.
06:19According to negotiations, Antonio Guterres
06:22let a certain frustration appear,
06:25calling on states to show vision and courage.
06:32Still in the United States, Donald Trump rejects the challenge
06:36launched by his democratic rival Kamala Harris,
06:39to debate again before the US presidential election
06:43on November 5 for the Republican candidate
06:47who spoke yesterday.
06:49It is too late to organize a new debate.
06:51The scrutiny has already begun.
06:53Donald Trump refers to the beginning of the scrutiny
06:56by anticipation in some American states.
06:59The Vice President had proposed yesterday
07:02to his Republican opponent a confrontation
07:05on October 23 on CNN.
07:12Russia will not participate in the second summit on Ukraine
07:16scheduled in Kiev next November.
07:19An announcement yesterday from the Kremlin,
07:22Vladimir Putin had already indicated at the first summit
07:25that he would only accept to talk about peace
07:28on the condition that Ukraine renounces its sovereignty
07:31over five of its regions partially or entirely occupied by Russia,
07:35and of which Moscow claims the annexation.
07:40The Secretary General of the United Nations
07:43urges parties to the conflict in Sudan
07:46to agree on a ceasefire
07:49in order to put an end to a humanitarian situation
07:52deemed catastrophic.
07:55The war in Sudan has caused tens of thousands of deaths
07:58and millions of displaced people.
08:01For Antonio Guterres, the attacks should not be directed
08:04against civilians or civil infrastructure
08:08and precautions must be taken regularly to spare them.
08:18Returning to Morocco to finish,
08:21to tell you about the restoration of the chapel
08:24of the Tumlilin Monastery in the heights of Azrou.
08:27Renovation work has just been completed.
08:30A first slice of restoration, which is the result of a collaboration
08:33between the Memory Foundation for the Future,
08:36and the Center for the Knowledge of the Ulema,
08:39with the support of the Belgian Foundation Future 21
08:42and UCEDD.
08:45For Aimé Coutronat, Chief of Mission Adjoint
08:48at the Embassy of the United States in Morocco,
08:51this achievement is a testimony to the leadership
08:54of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI
08:57in promoting tolerance and inter-religious dialogue.
09:07And so we come to the end of this news.
09:10Thank you for your attention.