MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse monde - 24/08/2023
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00:00 "Land has become the first country to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon
00:07 and thus joins the club of the great space powers ", notes the British newspaper.
00:15 So far, only Russia, at the time of the Ural, has been able to land a spacecraft near the
00:22 moon, the United States and China had successfully landed a spacecraft on the lunar surface,
00:31 the publication recalls.
00:33 The Chandrayaan-3 rocket was launched six weeks ago, making it the longest to reach the
00:40 moon.
00:41 After the success of its landing, the rocket is now entering an exploration phase,
00:48 hoping to collect new data on the lunar soil.
00:53 One of the main objectives of the mission is to search for water ice, which, according
00:58 to scientists, could support human habitation on the moon in the future.
01:03 This space success, however, contrasts with the recent failure of the lunar landing of
01:09 the Russian Luna-25 probe, the first probe launched by Russia to the moon since 1976.
01:16 The Russian mission had also attempted to land on the south pole of the moon, a region
01:22 that has so far been little explored, concludes the newspaper, citing the BBC.
01:26 "On the eve of the world press, also, a hundred ships blocked in front of the Panama
01:32 Canal ", writes the magazine Courrières International.
01:35 While the dry season is abnormally prolonged due to climate change and the El Niño phenomenon,
01:42 the Panama Canal is forced to reduce its transit.
01:46 As a result, 125 ships were waiting to cross this essential axis of world trade, a scene
01:53 qualified by the Naval Battles magazine.
01:57 Quoting Mark Gammes, consultant at Androa Maritime International, the magazine indicates
02:02 that the big handicap of the Panama Canal compared to others, like that of Suez, is
02:07 that it works with fresh water.
02:09 It depends on rainwater and therefore on the evolution of the climate.
02:13 According to the same source, the waiting time for ships is on average nearly four days,
02:18 against a little more than a day two months ago.
02:21 In addition, the finances of the Panamanian state are also at risk of suffering from the
02:25 current drop in traffic.
02:27 The canal is indeed the country's first contributor.
02:30 In 2023, losses for the state should reach between 250 and 300 million dollars, explains
02:37 the magazine, which quotes the local press.
02:40 We continue our press review with the magazine Le Point, which we can read that in one month
02:45 the bombings of Ukrainian ports destroyed hundreds of thousands of tons of cereal.
02:51 The Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure draws a worrying assessment of the extent of the
02:56 destruction caused by the recent bombings in Ukraine.
03:00 A total of 170,000 tons of cereal were destroyed during the month of attack against the ports,
03:06 specifies the Ukrainian minister, by denouncing strikes against African and Asian countries
03:12 that are already lacking food.
03:14 Tuesday, Moscow claimed to have destroyed two Ukrainian military ships at the Black Sea.
03:19 The last maritime clashes date back to when it slammed the door in mid-July of the agreement
03:25 to export Ukrainian cereals.
03:27 Le Magazine Le Point recalls that last week, Kiev had organized a maritime corridor for
03:33 the Joseph Schultz, a cargo ship that has since joined Turkey, despite the Russian threats
03:39 to target all ships that would leave or arrive in the ports under Kiev's control.
03:45 Before that, Russia had proceeded on August 13 to launch a summit against a cargo ship
03:51 heading for the port of Ismail, located on the Danube, which is thrown into the Black Sea.
03:58 We conclude our edition today in Germany, which, faced with a shortage of labor, wants to soften
04:04 the conditions for obtaining nationality.
04:07 According to the Montreal Journal, the German government adopted a bill on Wednesday, accelerating
04:13 the process of naturalization and waiting for the possibility of double nationality, and
04:19 this in particular to reduce the shortage of labor that the first European economy is suffering from.
04:25 According to the text, which will still have to be approved by Parliament, it will be possible
04:30 to apply for German nationality after five years of residence in the country instead of
04:35 eight currently.
04:37 Foreigners, particularly well integrated in the country, who speak the language very well,
04:42 or distinguish themselves by commitment in the voluntary, will be able to make the move after
04:47 three years, specifies the same source.
04:49 "Faced with the shortage of qualified labor, we need smart and energetic people who want
04:55 to stay here for a long time and who recognize themselves in our country ", commented the
05:00 Minister of Economy, ecologist Robert Abeck.
05:03 The law will also open the possibility to more people to have a double nationality, including
05:10 the large Turkish community of Germany, which has some 1.5 million people.
05:16 A privilege so far reserved to citizens of the European Union and Switzerland, concludes
05:22 the publication.
05:24 the European Union.
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