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00:00We are still together on Mediain TV, thank you for staying faithful to us, here are the
00:19headlines of your day.
00:21The spectrum of the 2006 war is getting closer, the escalation in Lebanon continues, it was
00:27yesterday at the heart of an emergency meeting of the Security Council, where the United States
00:31and France are called to cease fire for 21 days, ignored by Israel, which continues
00:37its strikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah.
00:41A crucial subject that raises many issues, challenges and opportunities in Senegal,
00:48the revision of oil, mining and gas contracts at the heart of a round table in Dakar.
00:57Sport in this newspaper, with the World Cup in Futsal, Morocco faces Iran in the 8th
01:03final today.
01:04The national team has the firm will to pass this stage of the competition.
01:12Before developing these titles in support of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty, Denmark
01:19considers the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 as a serious and credible
01:26contribution, but also a good basis for a solution to the different artificials around
01:32the Moroccan Sahara, a position expressed yesterday by the head of Danish diplomacy
01:38during an interview with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita.
01:42It was on the eve of the 79th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
01:48Washington has many common interests with Morocco.
01:52These are the words of Samuel Verberg in an exclusive statement to Median TV.
01:58The spokesman for the US Department of State highlighted this convergence of views between
02:06the United States and Morocco, notably the commitment of the Kingdom in favor of South-South
02:11cooperation, efforts aimed at putting an end to the international crisis and the reform
02:16of international institutions, including the United Nations.
02:20In this sense, the US High Commissioner has praised the Atlantic initiative of His Majesty
02:26the King Mohammed VI in order to allow the Sahel countries to access the sea.
02:35The Paris Pact aims to establish an international solidarity policy, even to support vulnerable
02:43countries in the face of climate change.
02:45Launched last year, this initiative was the subject of a work lunch yesterday organized
02:51by the French President and the Special Envoy of the Pact, the former Senegalese President
02:56Makisal.
02:57Morocco was represented by its head of government, Aziz Hanouche, who reiterated the commitment
03:03of the Kingdom to contribute to the operationalization of this initiative as part of the collective
03:10effort in favor of a more inclusive, fairer and more equitable global governance.
03:19Africa is too often forgotten in international responses, despite the magnitude of the tragedy
03:25experienced by African victims of terrorism.
03:28The words yesterday of Nasser Bourita to the UN, an alarming observation by the head of
03:34the Moroccan embassy, which reminded that our continent remained at the forefront of
03:40the terrorist threat, with nearly 60% of the world's victims in Africa.
03:45He pleaded for the strengthening of international cooperation in order to provide them with
03:51inclusive and effective support.
03:53Nasser Bourita spoke at a ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of Victims of Terrorism
04:00held on the eve of the 79th General Assembly of the UN.
04:07Morocco does not want to miss the digital train.
04:10The Kingdom is well settled on board and intends to go far, very far.
04:15The Morocco Digital Strategy 2030 was unveiled yesterday.
04:18What makes it so special?
04:20We answer in this report from Ben Ali.
04:24240,000 direct jobs in the digital sector and a contribution of 100 billion dirhams to the GDP.
04:30These are the key objectives of the Morocco Digital Strategy 2030, an initiative that focuses
04:37on strengthening the international competitiveness of the Kingdom and developing an ecosystem
04:42conducive to innovation and digital entrepreneurship.
04:47It is an ambitious strategy.
04:49One of its main objectives is the digitization of public services in order to improve their
04:55quality and serve citizens best.
04:59Among the main axes of this roadmap is the digitization of public services.
05:04Morocco aims to become among the top 50 countries in the world ranking of online services by 2030.
05:10The development of the digital economy is another central pillar, with actions aimed
05:15at strengthening the outsourcing sector, supporting start-ups and encouraging the digitization of companies.
05:23This shows the importance that the digital will take in our economy and also, of course,
05:28everything that is creation and the whole ecosystem to attract as many investors as possible.
05:36Regarding start-ups, the objective is to promote the emergence of 3,000 by 2030.
05:42The strategy also focuses on the development of digital talents with the aim of training
05:47100,000 professionals each year.
05:49A particular emphasis is placed on continuous training and professional conversion via
05:55boot camps and online intensive training.
06:00For Latifa Elayeb, a digital expert, this new roadmap aims to boost a new dynamic
06:06in the digital economy.
06:08Together, we listen to her.
06:09The talents, the human capital, are the engine of this strategy.
06:13Digital is above all an economy of knowledge.
06:17This is why the emphasis is placed on training, whether it is initial training.
06:24We had signed a convention with the Ministry of Higher Education to increase the number
06:31of graduates in digital.
06:34We are pleased to see that the number of graduates in this type of training has doubled
06:41between last year and this year.
06:43We are focusing on an increase in the number of graduates in Moroccan universities,
06:49in the digital sector.
06:51We are also focusing on conversion, upskilling and reskilling, which are short trainings
06:58to allow young people to take advantage of this digital wave and to fully participate in it.
07:09Hell breaks loose in Lebanon.
07:11We are not far from a second Gaza.
07:13It is in these terms that the UN Secretary-General spoke about his concern about the escalation
07:18between Hezbollah and Israel.
07:21The escalation took place at the heart of yesterday's emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
07:26The United States and France called for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon,
07:31where Israeli aviation has been carrying out massive bombings since the beginning of the week,
07:37killing more than 600 people and moving tens of thousands.
07:42Qatar is currently not aware of a direct link between negotiations on Lebanon and Gaza
07:49after the call, I remind you, to end the 21-day ceasefire launched by France and the United States.
07:55What reading can be made of this Franco-American initiative supported by the UN?
08:00Answer with Amine Karkach, international consultant in communication and public affairs.
08:08To put things in their context,
08:11the Israeli military chief recently declared that a terrestrial attack was possible,
08:17which obviously increased the possibility of a wider war in the Middle East.
08:22In this context, the Security Council held an emergency meeting
08:29where the United States, France, the European Union and several other countries, including Arab countries,
08:34called for a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.
08:40The objective of this call for a ceasefire would be, of course, to favor the diplomatic path
08:46in order to avoid new escalation on the part and others of the border.
08:51This call for a ceasefire has been described as a major breakthrough by several senior officials.
09:01As I have already mentioned, it comes in the midst of a deadly struggle between Israel and Hezbollah.
09:07It is a ceasefire that would apply to the blue line Israel-Lebanon,
09:12this demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel,
09:15and would allow the parties to negotiate a potential diplomatic resolution of this conflict.
09:22Now the question is, what is the ability of the parties to adhere and apply this ceasefire
09:29when everything is happening in an extremely tense political climate of reciprocal hostility?
09:35On the one hand, we have Israeli officials who recently declared that Iran is the home of instability in the region.
09:44On the other hand, we have Iranian officials who declare that Israel violates international law,
09:54including Lebanese officials.
09:55So what is the ability of this agreement to be applied in an extremely tense political climate
10:02where the parties are wary of each other?
10:07In the rest of the news, there is the UN support mission in Libya,
10:11which announced yesterday that it had sealed a compromise to solve the crisis of the Central Bank's management
10:17at the center of a struggle for power between political rivals for more than a month.
10:23The Parliament and the State Council, which acts as a Senate,
10:26have agreed on the procedures, criteria and nomination deadlines for a governor, a vice-governor
10:33and an administration council of the Libyan Central Bank,
10:37according to the provisions of the political heart in Libya.
10:44In anticipation of the COP29, the G20 met in Abidjan,
10:49with the objective of reflecting on climate action in a perspective of justice,
10:54equity and solidarity.
10:56Max Obie and Ferdinand Kouakou.
11:00Climate change is an important obstacle to supporting the dynamic of post-COVID-19 recovery in Africa
11:06and the pursuit of sustainable development.
11:09It erodes the progress made thanks to the hard-fought development efforts,
11:13exacerbating the cycles of poverty, fragility and vulnerability across the continent.
11:19In Abidjan, African nations are experiencing an unprecedented need to act,
11:24adapt and strengthen their resilience as never before.
11:28Here, the G20 countries want to engage proactively
11:32and prepare for sustainable development initiatives at low emissions.
11:37The current levels of greenhouse gas emissions reduction
11:42and climate funding are insufficient to preserve the planet.
11:48We must have the courage and the political will to change
11:53and create the future we want.
11:57Africa must mobilize important funding for adaptation and climate mitigation,
12:03by relying on innovative funding mechanisms.
12:08The World Meteorological Organization estimates that
12:13the amount of climate investment in sub-Saharan Africa
12:18is between 30 and 50 billion dollars per year,
12:22or about 2 to 3% of its GDP.
12:26This means that climate change poses many challenges.
12:32If progress is made by the G20 member countries in terms of reforms,
12:37challenges persist to address the problem of climate change
12:41in the framework of the implementation of structural development policies,
12:45in particular in the three priority areas of the G20,
12:48which are macroeconomic, business and financing.
12:54A roundtable to discuss the revision of oil, mining and gas contracts in Senegal,
13:00a crucial issue that raises many issues, challenges and opportunities for the participants.
13:06The revision of the contracts must guarantee a fair share of the benefits
13:11between the State and the investors.
13:13This is a report by Vassania and Bachir Boudia.
13:16It was one of the promises of the current Senegalese president,
13:20to renegotiate the oil, gas and mining contracts.
13:24The goal is to make local populations benefit more.
13:29It is about obtaining agreements that best meet the expectations of Senegalese.
13:34Juristic, economic, environmental and specialist experts
13:39in contract negotiations provide insights on this subject.
13:44Often there are validities in the renegotiation of contracts,
13:48because often the idea is that it is a fundamental change of circumstances
13:53and that the new authorities generally want to review all the contracts
14:01that have been negotiated to ensure what can be qualified
14:05as the securitization of the economic interests of the State.
14:08These negotiations could be oriented towards various areas.
14:13In the mining sector, the price of gold can double
14:18due to a certain conjuncture.
14:20Apart from that, it is completely leasable.
14:23That is why we consider that more and more,
14:25it is not necessary that in Senegalese contracts
14:27there are clauses that violate the regulation of the State,
14:30but that there are more and more flexibility clauses
14:33to be able to adjust a little according to the evolution of the market.
14:38This panel is shaped like a round table.
14:41It provides free participation
14:44and provides elements of contribution on the subject.
14:48We call on the new authorities to make this issue a priority
14:54in the image of the revision of the contracts.
14:57Since 2016, the Constitution has formally devoted
15:02the ownership of resources to the people through its Article 25.
15:07The revision of oil, mining and gas contracts in Senegal
15:12is a unique opportunity to redefine the framework
15:15of the exploitation of natural resources.
15:17This requires a balanced approach focused on transparency,
15:22durability and equitable development
15:25in order to maximize the benefits for the country and its population.
15:29Senegal should begin to exploit large oil and gas deposits
15:34by the end of 2024.
15:38We continue with the World Cup in Futsal.
15:41Morocco faces Iran in the quarter-finals.
15:45The national team is determined to pass this competition stage
15:49and reach the quarter-finals.
15:52For the national team, Hicham Diguig,
15:55the only bottleneck is the effect that the absence of high injury could have.
16:01In the quarter-finals, Morocco finished second in its group,
16:06while Iran closed the pole position in the lead of Group F with 9 points.
16:17And right now, let's move on to the guest of the big news of the day.
16:22We are a few weeks away from the US presidential election,
16:25scheduled for November 5.
16:27The race to the White House is extremely close
16:31between Republican candidate Donald Trump
16:34and his rival, Democrat Kamala Harris.
16:36To talk about it, we are with Mohamed Badine El Yatoui,
16:40a professor and researcher in strategic studies
16:43at the National College of Defense of the United Arab Emirates.
16:46He is live from Abu Dhabi with us.
16:48Mohamed Badine El Yatoui, hello and thank you for accepting our invitation.
16:54Hello and thank you for this invitation.
16:57So, I was saying, the race to the White House is extremely close
17:01between the two candidates.
17:03According to a recent survey by Reuters and Ipsos,
17:07Kamala Harris is credited with 46% of the votes at the national level
17:13against 40% for her Republican rival.
17:17After all, it remains a poll.
17:19But what do you make of these figures?
17:23So, we see that Kamala Harris has benefited from a dynamic
17:26since Joe Biden's retirement.
17:29There are a lot of people who have mobilized behind her,
17:32not only because they support her,
17:34but also because many want to beat Donald Trump
17:37and prevent him from returning to the White House.
17:41So, that's the first thing.
17:42The other element to take into account
17:44is that these polls remain, for the most part, in the margin of error
17:47and evolve quite quickly in one direction or another
17:50as the weeks go by and as news breaks out.
17:54There are also two candidates,
17:56various meetings, proposals and events that can happen,
18:00such as attempts to assassinate Donald Trump.
18:03And the last element that must also be taken into account
18:06and that also helps to reduce the enthusiasm in the Democratic camp
18:10is that, beyond the margin of error,
18:12there is also the American electoral system.
18:14We have seen that Hillary Clinton won the election in 2016 against Donald Trump
18:18if we take into account the number of votes in the country
18:21and because of the electoral system and the system of the great electors,
18:25it was Donald Trump who had won,
18:27since he had won the states that allowed us,
18:29the famous swing states, to win.
18:32So, these swing states will be, once again, the key to being able to win,
18:36whether on the Harris side or on the Trump side.
18:39And these states, these famous swing states,
18:42notably Pennsylvania, where Kamala Harris was quite recently,
18:45will be decisive.
18:47And we see rather tight results at the moment,
18:50when we take the polls, state by state.
18:52The polls are getting more and more intense.
18:57In any case, the attacks today are intensifying between the two candidates.
19:02But we still have the impression that Donald Trump often surfs on fake news
19:07to take advantage of his rival.
19:09Recently, she called Kamala Harris a communist.
19:12The latter reacted yesterday by saying that she was a capitalist.
19:16Doesn't this way of dealing with Donald Trump
19:19risk discrediting him among the undecided?
19:25The problem with Donald Trump is that he based his 2016 campaign,
19:29just like his 2020 campaign, on outrage.
19:31And he decided to continue on the same ground,
19:34with a real risk.
19:36In the face of Joe Biden, it seemed to work quite well in the polls.
19:40That's why Joe Biden withdrew.
19:42The problem is that, first of all, Kamala Harris is a woman.
19:47And secondly, all the criticisms, especially about Joe Biden's age,
19:51are now turning against him.
19:53So the risk for Donald Trump is to be in the extreme
19:56and to be more than unpleasant,
19:58quite discourteous towards Mrs. Harris.
20:01And it could, of course, turn against him,
20:03especially since there is a centrist electorate to look for.
20:06The problem with Donald Trump is that he has a solid base,
20:09which he has supported since 2016,
20:11and which will continue to vote for him in November.
20:14Without a doubt, it is the most radical fringe of Republicans,
20:18a white worker's electorate,
20:20and people who are disappointed with globalization.
20:24The problem with Donald Trump is going to be widespread.
20:26And Mrs. Harris will try to regain the centrist vote.
20:29And maybe by attacking him in such a rude way,
20:32it could push the centrists into the arms of the Democratic candidate.
20:38Precisely in Pennsylvania, the Vice President and Democratic candidate
20:42said that she was a capitalist
20:46and defended her projects for the world's first economy.
20:50What do you think are the main lines of these projects?
20:54Mrs. Harris has no choice but to say that she is a capitalist
20:57because in the United States, someone who lets himself be insulted as a communist
21:01would automatically lose the election.
21:03All candidates are capitalists to varying degrees
21:06and with, of course, nuances.
21:08As far as her economic program is concerned,
21:10to answer you, we see that there is a form of continuity with Joe Biden.
21:14That is, she wants to continue to dig up the public deficit
21:17and increase public debt, which is already considerable.
21:20It is the most indebted country in the world with $20 billion in debt
21:24and a deficit that is digging up.
21:26But to continue to finance consumption
21:30and finance via tax credits,
21:32especially for the youngest and for business creators,
21:35which is impossible for the purchase of a first house,
21:38to revive the economy.
21:40Joe Biden's growth has been quite good.
21:42Joe Biden's problem has been inflation
21:45and the failure, for the moment, of his industrial policy.
21:48On a four-year mandate, it is quite difficult to do everything.
21:52The problem is that inflation is at 20%.
21:55It is the first time in recent months
21:57that we have an increase in wages that goes faster than inflation.
22:01Inflation continues to impact American households.
22:04Kamali Harris knows this.
22:06And she wants, finally, through help to consumption,
22:10to try to help American households, especially the middle class.
22:13She also wants to increase the taxes of the richest and largest companies,
22:16the multinationals.
22:18It remains to be seen how Donald Trump will respond to this.
22:21He, who had left a very good economic situation
22:24and who had been affected in the end by COVID
22:26and who had lost it, finally, we remember,
22:29but who had left a very good image,
22:31especially regarding the unemployment rate.
22:33So the real issue for Kamali Harris
22:35will be to try to distinguish
22:37and for Republicans to stop,
22:40because Republicans will not stop blaming her
22:42for the inflation of which she is ultimately in solidarity,
22:45that of Joe Biden, an inflation of 20%.
22:49Today, in default of a debate between Donald Trump and Kamali Harris,
22:54we will see their colistier on October 1st on CBS.
22:58The outcome of this face-to-face, I would say indirect,
23:01between the presidential candidates,
23:04will it be able to influence the choice of voters?
23:09I strongly doubt it.
23:11I doubt that their debate will make an audience,
23:14their debate will interest a lot of people,
23:16because we will have two really opposed people,
23:19ideologically, so we risk having a lot of blows
23:23from both sides.
23:25But I doubt that, finally,
23:27their political weight remains quite limited.
23:30They were chosen for tactical reasons,
23:32each of them,
23:34but their charisma and their political weight
23:36remain very, very limited.
23:38So I don't think it will really move the lines,
23:41but it will still be interesting to follow
23:43and to see the trends,
23:45since the vice president, even if he has a fairly high role,
23:48as was the case with Mrs. Harris for almost four years,
23:51must not forget also one thing,
23:53that if Donald Trump, for example, is elected,
23:55or Mrs. Harris is elected,
23:57and something happens, a resignation or a death,
23:59it will be this vice president
24:01who will take over for the rest of the mandate.
24:03So that's something important.
24:06Every time he came to our country,
24:08he left with 60 billion dollars.
24:11I think it's the best commercial on the planet.
24:15These are the words of Donald Trump,
24:17who still took them from the Ukrainian president
24:19on a visit to the United States.
24:21The war in Ukraine is often mentioned in his speeches.
24:25How do you explain these criticisms,
24:27particularly of Donald Trump in Serbia,
24:29in recent days at the meeting of the Ukrainian president?
24:34Donald Trump, like all Republicans,
24:36without great exceptions,
24:38has always been opposed to the financing
24:40of the Biden administration in Ukraine
24:44and to the strong support of the Americans
24:48and NATO countries in Ukraine against Russia.
24:51First of all, Donald Trump considers
24:53that it is money that is badly spent.
24:55His slogan, you remember,
24:57the first time was
24:59Make America Great Again.
25:01He continues on that.
25:03He wants the United States to come back to power
25:05and he wants the money of the Americans to go to the Americans.
25:07It's a pretty protectionist, isolationist vision,
25:09even in some cases.
25:11But in any case, that's what he wants.
25:13He doesn't understand that we spend so much money
25:15for a conflict where the United States
25:17is not directly involved.
25:19The other element is that his relationship
25:21with Vladimir Putin when he was president
25:23is not so bad.
25:25Donald Trump's enemy is not Russia,
25:27it's China.
25:29And so Republicans,
25:31and especially Donald Trump,
25:33consider that the United States is losing money,
25:35but also time and weapons against Russia,
25:37while the priority for them is the trade war
25:39with China, which should be the priority
25:41since China is the real competitor
25:43in the economic field
25:45to chip the first place to the Americans
25:47and not to Russia.
25:49So it's a mix of these two elements
25:51that explains Donald Trump's position,
25:53which in itself is a very good commercial.
25:57Mohamed Badine El Yatoui,
25:59thank you.
26:01Thank you for all these clarifications.
26:03Thank you for answering our questions.
26:05With pleasure.
26:09That's it for today.
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