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00:00Welcome everyone, it's time for the big media news, here are the headlines.
00:23The United States has hit Houthi settlements in Yemen with its B-2 stealth strategy.
00:30This is what the US Defense Minister Lloyd Faustino said on Wednesday evening.
00:41More than a billion people around the world are suffering from acute poverty.
00:45This Thursday, the United Nations Programme for Development denounced this.
00:53The hottest year ever recorded in the kingdom was also in this newspaper in 2023.
00:58This is what we can read in the annual report on the state of the climate in Morocco,
01:03published by the General Directorate of Meteorology.
01:11The United States has hit five Houthi rebels' underground ammunition depots in Yemen
01:16with its B-2 stealth strategy.
01:19This is what the US Defense Minister Lloyd Faustino said on Wednesday evening.
01:24This is the first known attack of B-2 bombers by US forces since the beginning of their strike against the Houthis.
01:32The Houthis, who control large bridges in Yemen, have been carrying out attacks against Israel for months.
01:39The ships, which would be linked in solidarity with the Palestinian movement in Hamas,
01:44have been opposing Israel in the newspaper for a year.
01:47In response, the United States and the United Kingdom regularly strike against Houthi installations,
01:54but without having reached this stage to destroy the operational capacity of the movement.
02:04In the news also, the Syrian official agency stated on Wednesday night
02:08that an Israeli air strike caused fires in the coastal city of Latakia.
02:16On its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned a strike on a weapons warehouse.
02:21The UN, which is based in the United Kingdom and has a large network of sources in the country,
02:27reported on the social network X an Israeli strike targeting a weapons warehouse in Latakia.
02:33Israel intensified its raids on Syria at the same time as its escalation in Lebanon,
02:38where it carries out intensive strikes on the bastions of Hezbollah.
02:46And still in the Middle East, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is more than catastrophic.
02:52The Palestinian enclave is missing almost everything.
02:55The UN is on guard against a real risk of famine on site.
03:01Shaima Fikry for more details.
03:05UNRWA is sounding the alarm.
03:07The head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinians
03:11is on guard this Wednesday against a real risk of famine this winter in Gaza.
03:16Philippe Lazarini estimates that hunger in the Gaza Strip is artificially created
03:21and accuses Israel of actively preventing convoys from crossing the border.
03:26The UNRWA boss also claimed that some members of the Israeli government
03:31are carrying out famine, a weapon of war.
03:33After more than a year of Israeli offensive on Palestinian territory,
03:38Lazarini noted a drastic drop in the number of food convoys in the south,
03:43to an average of 50 to 60 for 2 million inhabitants,
03:47a very low estimated number to meet the needs of the Palestinians.
03:52I expect a very big humanitarian catastrophe,
03:55because most adults and children are dying of hunger,
03:59and the Israelis are doing it on purpose.
04:01They are carrying out this operation to kill the people in one way or another,
04:05not by strikes, but by famine.
04:07The aim is to humiliate the Palestinian people.
04:10In Berlin, Philippe Lazarini reminded that children bear the brunt of this war
04:15and that a million minors are currently living in the rubble.
04:21We have made all this way to get a pot of lentil soup,
04:25because the situation in our house is very difficult and we have no food.
04:30We have made a very long way to find something to eat.
04:35On the other hand, the United States has threatened Israel
04:38to suspend part of their military assistance
04:41if there is no significant improvement of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
04:46After 30 days, the COGA, the Israeli military body in charge of supervising
04:51civil affairs in the Palestinian territories,
04:54has declared that 50 trucks carrying humanitarian aid,
04:58including food, water, medical supplies and shelter equipment,
05:03provided by Jordan, have been transferred to northern Gaza.
05:09More than a billion people in the world suffer from acute poverty.
05:13Half of them are minors, denounced this Thursday
05:17by the United Nations Development Programme.
05:19In the annual report, the UN agency and the Oxford Initiative Research Centre
05:24on Poverty and Human Development are alarmed,
05:27particularly by the three times higher poverty rate in countries at war,
05:32than there has ever been since the Second World War.
05:35NATO has two armed conflicts in 2023.
05:37The Poverty Index 2024 for the year 2023
05:41presents a table that makes us think.
05:441.1 billion people suffer from multidimensional poverty.
05:49Of the 455 million people living in conflict zones,
05:53the statistician in charge, Pau Knud, sums up.
06:02In the rest of the news, there is the International Police Organization, INTERPOL,
06:07which coordinated a vast anti-terrorist operation for two weeks,
06:11including 14 countries.
06:13Named Neptune 6, it benefited from the cooperation of Frantex and Europol.
06:18It took place in Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France,
06:23Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Morocco,
06:28Portugal, Spain and Tunisia.
06:30This operation resulted in 66 arrests,
06:3341 arrests,
06:35the identification of 81 people
06:38as a subject of an arrest warrant,
06:40stolen vehicles and lost passports,
06:43or stolen,
06:45were also identified,
06:47which is essential to facilitate the financing and mobility of terrorists.
06:55And in Morocco, it's off to the National Industry Day.
06:59This event is its second edition.
07:02The cost of sending the works was given yesterday to Bengrir Cheima Fikri.
07:09This second edition of the National Industry Day
07:13brings together ministries, institutions, professional federations and private operators.
07:18The objective is to promote exchanges on the new issues
07:22related to the development of the industrial sector,
07:25in order to reach its full potential.
07:30This meeting is of great importance.
07:33It is organized under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
07:37It is an opportunity to highlight the positive results
07:40that our country has recorded for 25 years.
07:42It is also about highlighting the various programs launched
07:46and the transformation of several sectors into international and export sectors.
07:50Sectors that we considered impossible to compete with 25 years ago.
07:55In this sense, we will launch several workshops
07:58and set up industrial areas
08:00that will be important horizons for investment.
08:14Several panels are included in the program of this second edition.
08:18They focus on industrial sovereignty and the potential of the regions,
08:23the rise in the range of industrial ecosystems.
08:26The New Industrial and Technological Paris,
08:29the energy transition, innovation and economic competitiveness.
08:33This National Industry Day is also an opportunity
08:37to promote a strong and resilient national industry,
08:40fully exploiting the potential of the regions
08:43to create more value and wealth.
08:47It is important to talk about the growth rate of the industry sector,
08:52which has reached 3.4% in the last four years.
08:55It has increased compared to previous years,
08:58which explains the dynamism and investment that the sector enjoys.
09:02As for foreign investments in the kingdom,
09:05they are increasing significantly.
09:09As part of the second edition of the National Industry Day,
09:13five conventions aimed at strengthening local industrial integration
09:17in several sectors have been signed this Wednesday in Benguir,
09:21an annual reference meeting of the industry in Morocco.
09:25The day of the second edition of the National Industry Day
09:29will be held in Marocco,
09:31where several sectors will be involved.
09:34Annual reference meeting of the industry in Morocco.
09:37The National Industry Day represents an important event
09:41in the global calendar of economic events.
09:46We stay in Morocco, where the General Directorate of Meteorology
09:49published its annual report on the state of the climate in Morocco
09:53for the year 2023,
09:55a year that the document presents as the hottest ever recorded
09:59in the kingdom since the beginning of the 20th century.
10:03In terms of pluviometry,
10:06the document tells us that 2023 has been the driest year
10:11for at least 80 years,
10:13with a pluviometric deficit of about 48%.
10:17The case of Morocco is part of a global context
10:21marked by a continuous increase
10:24in greenhouse gas concentrations,
10:27which contributes significantly to global warming.
10:34Oum Ali, how can authorities help
10:37the organization of free and transparent elections?
10:41The question has brought together several political parties around the table.
10:45Back on the highlights of this meeting with Mohamed Tanioko.
10:50After the lifting of the suspension of political parties and movements
10:54by the authorities of the transition,
10:56politicians, with the support of the Committee of Plenaries
10:59and the follow-up of reforms,
11:01gathered together to weigh in on the public debate.
11:04Politicians meet after the coup
11:08to discuss and take charge of the Malian affair.
11:12Because today,
11:14others are making the world and the Malians believe
11:19that it is not possible with politicians,
11:21that we cannot change the situation.
11:23And you know, in the world, whether we want it or not,
11:25it is the politicians who run the country, whatever the crisis.
11:28This emerging forum, which brings together several political formations
11:31and remains open to others,
11:33definitely intends to take the floor
11:35and be a force of proposal for a democratic Mali.
11:38This forum will succeed
11:41and people will adapt
11:43and talk to each other about what Mali is doing.
11:46Because politicians did not have space to exchange.
11:49We had no space within our political parties.
11:54Beyond the proposals,
11:56there is a need to have a certain organization
11:59among the more than 200 political parties that the country has.
12:02It is in terms of perspective,
12:04it is in terms of strategic reflection,
12:06it is in terms of vision
12:08that would allow us to better organize ourselves.
12:11You know, in a democratic government,
12:14it is the political parties that have a vocation to manage the country.
12:17Political actors want the release of their 11 comrades
12:21detained for more than 4 months by the authorities of the transition.
12:27We are now in the Middle East,
12:29where the Israeli army continues its siege on Jabalia
12:32in the north of Gaza, under a strict blockade,
12:35preventing the arrival of water, food and fuel
12:40since October 6.
12:42Jabalia has experienced an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
12:47Some 443,000 people in total
12:53are blocked in this area according to UN agencies
12:58to focus on the latest developments of the situation in the Gaza Strip.
13:03We are live with Valérie Ferrand,
13:06correspondent of Mediam TV in Al-Quds.
13:09Hello Valérie.
13:12Hello Sanaa and hello to all viewers.
13:16So, encircled by the Israeli army,
13:20the northern city of the Palestinian enclave
13:23is the theater of bombing and combat of great violence.
13:28What is the current situation in northern Gaza?
13:33So the situation is not quite like that.
13:35When we talk about the northern region of the Gaza Strip,
13:38we are talking about many cities.
13:40You have Bethlehem, Bethlehem, in addition to Jabalia,
13:43the refugee camps.
13:45In total, we estimate with the city of Gaza
13:47that you have about 4-5,000 children and adults
13:50currently stuck in this area.
13:53But Israel has, if you will,
13:56isolated the city of Gaza and the northern region of Gaza
14:00from the central and southern regions.
14:02Now, inside these areas,
14:04it has also cut, if you will,
14:08the northern region of the city of Gaza.
14:11The northern region, of which Jabalia is part,
14:14has been totally cut off from the rest of the Gaza Strip
14:18for almost two weeks.
14:20The inhabitants are subject to famine,
14:23to continuous bombing.
14:25And in addition, the Israeli army
14:27proceeds to partial sieges.
14:30And so it fragments,
14:32even inside the northern region,
14:34it fragments the areas,
14:36the cities that are besieged turn by turn.
14:39The Jabalia locality
14:41and the Jabalia refugee camp
14:43are, of course, where there is a particularly desperate situation.
14:48It should also be remembered that this area
14:50has been extremely bombed
14:52since October 2023.
14:54It is one of the areas that has been the most ravaged.
14:57And Israel continues at the moment
14:59to put an extremely serious siege
15:02around this city
15:04and this refugee camp,
15:06inside which the populations are also subjected
15:10to destruction operations.
15:12This means that the Israeli army
15:14is currently proceeding
15:16to dynamite operations.
15:18Innocents are still standing.
15:20And the result of all this
15:23is that you have a lot of people killed and injured
15:26who are under the rubble, in the streets,
15:28and the ambulances cannot evacuate them.
15:31The Israeli army
15:33is leading ground military operations in this locality.
15:37It is estimated that the Palestinian Hamas
15:40is reconstructing its capacities.
15:47It should be noted that the Palestinian factions
15:50and, of course, primarily the Hamas,
15:53have never stopped attacking the Israeli troops
15:57and even periodically launch
16:00missions in the direction of the Palestinian territory.
16:03This is happening everywhere.
16:05Now, in the northern area, indeed,
16:07the Palestinian factions also continue
16:09to attack Israeli troops and tanks
16:12practically on a daily basis.
16:14Why?
16:15Quite simply, we are not really talking about reconstitution,
16:18but because all Israeli military strategy
16:21has never been designed to fight
16:24armed factions, but rather
16:26to completely decimate civilian populations.
16:29And this is what most military analysts denounce.
16:33And this is an observation that we make on the ground,
16:36since the Palestinian factions
16:38have always had a potential.
16:40For more than a year now,
16:42Israel has been completely destroying
16:46everything that exists in the region.
16:50How can you explain the Israeli assault
16:54against the city of Jabalia
16:56of its refugee camp
16:58for the third time in a year?
17:02So, the third time, when we talk about big waves
17:05of intensive bombardments,
17:07but this area has always, always, always
17:09been bombed.
17:11Jabalia is also known for having always been
17:14a huge home of resistance
17:16to Israeli occupation.
17:18We will remember, in particular,
17:20the major Israeli offensive in 2014,
17:23where Jabalia was a great theater
17:27of confrontation between the Palestinian factions
17:30and the Israeli troops.
17:32Now, in the entire northern region
17:35of the Gaza Strip,
17:37from October 2023,
17:39Israel had announced
17:41that it wanted to empty this northern region
17:44of all its Palestinian population,
17:46that it wanted to make it a closed military zone,
17:49and the movement of the settlers
17:51is already making a lot of projects
17:53to be able to build colonies there,
17:56to bring them to an end.
17:58The situation is still there.
18:00Why? Because from October 2023,
18:03there had been conferences
18:05of representatives of the Palestinian civil society
18:08in the city of Gaza
18:10to say, we will not leave,
18:12we know the Israeli plans,
18:14we will do our best
18:16not to leave.
18:18And in the northern region,
18:20if at the beginning the movements
18:22that were not daily
18:24were followed by the populations in general,
18:26and that's why you have
18:28more than a million people
18:30who have been evacuated
18:32to the southern region of the Gaza Strip,
18:34which is still bombarded
18:36and still subjected
18:38to a very strong restriction
18:41of food and food products.
18:44And so the northern region,
18:46from the start,
18:48was the one where the military arm
18:50was going to be made.
18:52The military arm,
18:54not between Israel and the Palestinian factions,
18:56but between the Israeli army
18:58and the civilian populations.
19:00And at the moment,
19:02day by day,
19:04you have citizens who say,
19:06we know what they want to do,
19:08we will not leave anymore.
19:10Technically, leaving
19:12after a year,
19:14if you will, in this situation,
19:16is a decision
19:18that seems crazy to some families.
19:20Why?
19:22Because we know very well that Israel
19:24is bombing the so-called securitized roads
19:26on which families move
19:28to evacuate the most dangerous places,
19:30and that in any case
19:32the so-called humanitarian zones
19:34do not exist,
19:36since the whole of the Gaza Strip
19:38and its population
19:40is in fact a single military target
19:42for more than a year for the Israeli army.
19:44Precisely, Valérie,
19:46on the humanitarian level,
19:48what is the impact of this escalation
19:50of violence, as well as the break
19:52of food aid routes
19:54on the living conditions
19:56of these thousands
19:58of displaced people?
20:02So,
20:04we are at more than 1.5 million people displaced.
20:06The United Nations says that
20:08anyway, we estimate
20:10at, let's say, 95%
20:12the number of families
20:14who have been displaced at least once.
20:16But most people have been displaced
20:18hundreds of times.
20:20We are dealing with a population
20:22totally exhausted, clearly,
20:24but who is trying to do
20:26what it can
20:28to continue to cling to its land.
20:30There really is no other possible description.
20:32I will give you an example.
20:34The three hospitals
20:36that are still in operation
20:38in the northern region of the Gaza Strip,
20:40which are subject to evacuation orders,
20:42to bombing,
20:44and to threats of destruction
20:46from the Israeli army,
20:48the nursing staff
20:50is still in place.
20:52There are still patients.
20:54They do what they can.
20:56They have received a little bit of fuel
20:58to run their generators
21:00these last few days,
21:02and they are still trying to operate.
21:04This example of hospitals,
21:06we could put it as an example
21:08for the whole population,
21:10which, according to the United Nations,
21:12needs food on a daily basis.
21:14And the United Nations points out
21:16that famine, which clearly exists
21:18in the northern region of the Gaza Strip,
21:20can always, at any moment,
21:22spread throughout this territory,
21:24including in the southern region,
21:26where there is a little more
21:28humanitarian aid coming in.
21:30But, in fact, we have to understand
21:32that humanitarian aid comes in
21:34at a very low rate.
21:36For example, right now,
21:38because you had to follow
21:40the orders of the government,
21:42we will have fewer trucks coming in.
21:44You have thousands of trucks
21:46with food supplies
21:48waiting on the other side
21:50to come in.
21:52Unfortunately, the food supplies
21:54could very quickly be damaged
21:56or expire.
21:58Even when the trucks come in,
22:00you can never be sure
22:02that they will reach the population
22:04because Israel continues to bomb
22:06everywhere,
22:08especially in the northern region.
22:10We have had food warehouses
22:12that have been bombed.
22:14The bakeries are no longer functional.
22:16So, if you will,
22:18even with the little amount
22:20of humanitarian aid coming in,
22:22it does not mean at all
22:24that the populations will have it.
22:26Israel, on the other hand,
22:28accuses Hamas of pillaging
22:30humanitarian aid.
22:32We will recall that Israel
22:34made sure from the start
22:36to completely disorganize
22:38the distribution of aid
22:40and that the current bombings,
22:42the forced movements
22:44that continue day by day,
22:46obviously only aggravate the situation
22:48and do not allow, of course,
22:50the organization as it should.
22:54Valérie, on the diplomatic side,
22:56Washington accentuates the pressure on Israel.
22:58The United States has informed Israel
23:00that it would cease to provide it
23:02with weapons within 30 days
23:04to block the humanitarian aid
23:06to Gaza. What do you think
23:08of this unusual warning
23:10from the United States?
23:14Seen from the ground,
23:16we say that it is always interesting
23:18to have pressure.
23:20Unfortunately, we do not understand
23:22why the United States
23:24gives 30 days,
23:26when the situation is
23:28of total urgency,
23:30especially in the northern region
23:32of the Gaza Strip,
23:34to show how much
23:36citizens of other regions
23:38who are not in imminent danger
23:40as in the northern region,
23:42are calling on social networks
23:44for someone to do something
23:46to help the families
23:48of the northern region of the Gaza Strip.
23:50So, 30 days.
23:52The question is,
23:54in 30 days, will Israel still have
23:56free hands to do
23:58what it wants,
24:00especially in the northern region
24:02that it is totally destroying?
24:04We wonder why
24:06the United States gives 30 days to Israel.
24:08Valérie Ferrand,
24:10thank you
24:12for answering our questions.
24:14I remind you that you are a correspondent
24:16of Mediain TV in Al-Quds.
24:22This is the end of this edition.
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