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00:00Thank you for joining us for this tour of the news, here are the headlines.
00:21Anthony Blinken is expected to leave today for a tour in Seoul and Tokyo.
00:26The US Secretary of State is expected to discuss the strengthening of trilateral cooperation
00:31between the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan, the details in a few moments.
00:37In Syria, international flights to and from Damascus International Airport will resume
00:45on Tuesday, the announcement of the head of the civil aviation and air transport authorities
00:50in Syria.
00:51Under the patronage of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, in partnership with the Sahara
00:59Moroccan Association of Rallies, Darlak welcomes the next stage of Africa Eco-Race.
01:04We meet again right away for the development.
01:09Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, Israel has confirmed the resumption of indirect negotiations
01:15with the Hamas in Qatar in view of the release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip, where
01:21Israeli strikes have killed more than 30 people, according to local rescue services.
01:26If Israel focuses on the release of the hostages, the Hamas, which had become a state on Friday
01:32after the resumption of negotiations, had indicated that the negotiations would lead,
01:36in particular, to a complete cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of Israeli troops
01:42from the Palestinian territory, besieged and devastated by nearly 15 months of war.
01:47After more than a year of conflict, the Israeli attacks did not stop in the Gaza Strip.
01:57Over the past few hours, more than 136 people have been killed.
02:02Since October 7, 2022-23, Israeli bombings have killed more than 46,000 Palestinians
02:08On site, temperatures are very low, making the humanitarian situation more catastrophic for the displaced people.
02:16According to the UN Agency for Immigration, seven infants died of hypothermia.
02:25Meanwhile, the Biden administration announces a sale of weapons to Israel for $8 billion.
02:32This transaction, which must still be approved by the Congress,
02:35includes anti-aircraft defense ammunition before its departure from power.
02:42Joe Biden once again ignores the pressure of several human rights organizations
02:47and Democratic elected officials who oppose such sales to Israel.
02:52Let's go to Syria, where, after a suspension of consecutive trade ties following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's power on December 8,
03:08international flights to and from the international airport in Damascus will resume on Tuesday,
03:15said yesterday the head of the Civil Aviation and Air Transport Authority in Shad al-Salibi,
03:23quoted by the Syrian press agency SANA.
03:26International aid planes have already landed in Syria, and domestic flights have also resumed.
03:35In the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the Russian army claimed to have intercepted yesterday
03:41eight American missiles fired by Ukraine against its territory,
03:45a type of attack presented by Moscow as a red line in the conflict.
03:52Russia, however, did not specify if this strike had killed anyone.
03:56In November, the Biden administration authorized the use of such missiles by Kiev
04:03following the deployment, according to the West and Ukraine,
04:06of thousands of North Korean soldiers in support of the Russian soldiers.
04:15Thousands of supporters and detractors of the Korean president,
04:18defeated Yoon Suk-hyen, braved the snow this Sunday in Seoul,
04:22on the eve of the expiration of an arrest warrant issued against him
04:26for his failed attempt to impose martial law as early as last December.
04:31The Bureau of Investigation on the Corruption of High Personalities,
04:34the centralizing entity, asked the interim president on Saturday,
04:39Choi Sang-mok, to order the ex-president Yoon's protection personnel to cooperate.
04:50It is in this context of tension that Antony Blinken is expected to leave today
04:55to Seoul and Tokyo to discuss the strengthening of trilateral cooperation
05:00between the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan.
05:04In Seoul, the US Secretary of State will have meetings with Korean high-ranking officials
05:11to reaffirm the unwavering alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea
05:17and discuss ways to strengthen their essential cooperation,
05:21said his spokesman Matthew Miller in a statement published on Friday.
05:26In Japan, the head of American diplomacy will discuss with Japanese officials
05:31the considerable progress made in the framework of the American-Japanese alliance
05:36over the past few years, which has been added from the same source.
05:43The partnership between Senegal and Mauritania has reached a new milestone
05:47with the GTA gas judgment,
05:50a project that promises to transform the economic and energy dynamics of the sub-region.
05:56This is the subject of Jeunesse Moukaka and Moussa Ndiaye.
06:00The exploitation of the GTA gas in Senegal and Mauritania
06:04is a turning point in the economic dynamics and energies of West Africa.
06:09This project raises major issues in terms of economic integration and regional cooperation.
06:15This opening is the realization of a project on which countries have invested a lot
06:23and which should today mark a starting point in relation to a new era.
06:28A new era that, on the one hand, will have a considerable impact on the economy
06:33and, on the other hand, will allow the two countries to gradually move away
06:39from what is called external energy dependence.
06:42By mutualizing their efforts on the economic level,
06:45the two countries aim to transform their economies
06:48and strengthen their resilience in the face of global challenges.
06:51The economic downturns are large.
06:53It allows us to diversify our economy.
06:56Our economies, like Senegal, suffer.
06:58It is a potential source of income that can boost
07:02with the number of barrels sold per day,
07:04the commercialization of this product for domestic consumption
07:10and also to boost exports.
07:13And when we talk about exports, it will positively affect our commercial balance,
07:18which is historically or chronically deficient.
07:23This means that Senegal will have a strong importer in terms of hydrocarbons.
07:30Although a bearer of great promises, the GTA project does not escape major challenges.
07:34The first challenge is the agreement between the two countries.
07:39It is not this regime that has signed the agreements.
07:44There is a regime that has signed the agreements.
07:47There have been audits that have been commissioned by the new regime,
07:50which has been accepted with a lot of philosophy and a lot of diplomacy by the Mauritanian party.
07:55So that too, it is a bet that has been successful.
07:57So I think that if we manage, between Nouakchott and Dakar,
08:01to continue to remain in the same dynamic of healthy cooperation,
08:06I think that this is the first challenge that must be saluted.
08:09Senegal and Mauritania have proceeded to the first gas production
08:13from the wells of the Great Army's liquefied natural gas project.
08:17This first phase of GTA should produce about 2.3 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year.
08:25In Sudan, the humanitarian situation is alarming for millions of people.
08:30The UN personal envoy for Sudan recently reminded that there could be no military solution to this conflict.
08:37What to do for both parties to drop their weapons?
08:40Elément de réponse avec Karine Auriot, journaliste et éditorialiste.
08:45So I think that the first thing is that international pressure must continue to impose a dialogue.
08:51It is super important.
08:53This international pressure must also be intensified.
08:56It is necessary to strengthen the role of regional actors,
08:59that is, civil society, women's groups, religious leaders.
09:03I think that religion is important to establish an inter-religious dialogue
09:07because it is also an ethnic conflict and when there is an ethnic conflict,
09:11the leaders of society must be there.
09:14There is a lot of discussion and, of course, we must not forget the African Union,
09:20which has already tried, despite the failures of mediation,
09:23and then Ligab, who is also there.
09:25So I think that today it is a conflict, it is a challenge that goes beyond just Sudan.
09:30Everyone must mobilize, that is, the countries around, of course,
09:33the Chad, Egypt, Sudan and even all the other countries in the sub-region.
09:40Like several countries, Morocco has seen significant climate change in recent years,
09:46a situation that raises many questions about the causes and measures taken to reduce
09:51the effects on the environment, development, with Dinamrini.
09:56Living under the rhythm of climate fluctuations is now a reality.
10:00After the World Red Alert issued by the World Meteorological Organization,
10:06experts are alarmed.
10:08Morocco, impacted by climate change,
10:12is faced with an unprecedented situation where mercury breaks extreme records.
10:22We have recently reached a high degree of global warming
10:25that has become unbearable.
10:27This is due to a large thermal accumulation from sun rays in the oceans.
10:33This is why mercury reaches too high temperatures.
10:36We are in a new era where the evaporation of water is unstable
10:40and we do not know if these evaporated waters will come back.
10:48Climate fluctuations have had a considerable impact on water resources.
10:52This has prompted Morocco to take proactive measures to face the climate challenge.
11:05Climate change is due to the strong activity of the human being
11:09and this impacts the ozone layer and the cycle of precipitation.
11:13This is what causes floods, as we have seen recently in Spain.
11:17If we do not face these natural disasters with radical solutions,
11:21the price we will have to pay will be very high.
11:25Climate is therefore one of the most important areas to study,
11:28especially with the emergence of new fluctuations and climatic phenomena.
11:34In Casablanca, Prince Moulaï Abdelhaim is experiencing an economic downturn.
11:40Customers are running low, shops are almost empty.
11:43Back to the factors that would explain this situation with Al Abidani.
11:49Here is the very famous pedestrian street Prince Moulaï Abdelhaim Casablanca,
11:54better known as Le Prince.
11:56This shopping street, built in the early 1970s by the famous French architect Jean-François Evago,
12:03was a real Casablanca address to shop, taste a pastry or go shopping.
12:10Today, the street has lost its liveliness,
12:13shoppers are deserting it more and more and pedestrians cross it in a hurry.
12:18I no longer shop in this street, I just go for a little tour,
12:23unfortunately there is nothing interesting to see anymore.
12:28The Prince avenue is still the same, shops are still there,
12:31but there is no longer any attractiveness.
12:33The influx of the 70s is not that of 2025.
12:38Among the reasons for this drop in attractiveness,
12:41the aging of the street infrastructure,
12:43the competition of more modern peripheral areas,
12:46the evolution of consumer behavior and especially mobility problems.
12:55There is no more animation in this pedestrian street,
12:58before there were street shows that were organized
13:01and it gathered a crowd of crazy Moroccans, tourists.
13:04Now this is no longer the case, the atmosphere is morose.
13:07The shops are empty, there are parking problems,
13:10the tram has limited the number of pedestrians.
13:13Before, we were the reference of Casablanca shoppers,
13:16now it's a decline for us, we will soon close shops.
13:26There are sales as usual at the beginning of the year,
13:30the problem now is that it is just starting to get cold.
13:33The problem now is that it is just starting to get cold,
13:37while the winter season merchandise has been on sale since October.
13:41And so now there are no new arrivals
13:45and shoppers have to liquidate their merchandise by drastically lowering prices.
13:56The revitalization of Prince Moulay Abdullah Avenue
13:58goes through a series of social, urban and economic reforms,
14:02by modernizing its infrastructure,
14:05organizing festive animations,
14:07improving access via underground parking
14:10and supporting shoppers,
14:12it is possible to revive this strategic avenue
14:15and to find its dynamism of yesteryear.
14:19Morocco is the second most developed African country in terms of innovation,
14:24a ranking published in the 2024 report of the Global Innovation Index,
14:29a feat on the African scale,
14:31on which come Younes Mazie and Oassi Madan
14:35in this story by Alaa Ben Ali.
14:38In 2024, Morocco was ranked second in Africa
14:41in the Global Innovation Index,
14:43an indicator that evaluates the ability of countries to stimulate innovation
14:47through their research, development and technological transfer systems.
14:52This ranking testifies to the efforts of the Kingdom
14:54to improve its scientific and technological ecosystem
14:57with a growing investment in research and innovation.
15:05The question to ask is what made Morocco
15:07able to progress in terms of innovation
15:09in second place on the African scale.
15:12This is mainly due to investments in scientific research and innovation.
15:17This achievement is also due to university professors
15:21who give importance to applied scientific research
15:24and patent inventions in the name of the university.
15:28Because when a university publishes its discovery,
15:31it becomes famous worldwide.
15:34And this is what allows Morocco
15:35to win international scientific recognition.
15:42This new ranking is also the result of Morocco's efforts
15:45in supporting scientific entrepreneurship
15:48and increased collaboration between universities,
15:51companies and youth.
15:55We are always trying to innovate.
15:58Recently, our university has received sophisticated equipment,
16:01which allows us to compete with European universities.
16:05We have the ambition to break new records.
16:10In 2024, Morocco's research and development spending
16:14is estimated at 0.8% of GDP.
16:18Although this figure is relatively low compared to global standards,
16:22from 2% to 3%, it is a significant increase
16:26compared to previous years.
16:29Darla is the next step for participants
16:32in the Africa Eco Race,
16:34organized under the patronage of His Majesty,
16:36Laurent-Romain Médécis,
16:38in partnership with the Sahara-Moroccan Association of Rallies.
16:41This race connects Monaco to Dakar
16:44and has more than 500 participants
16:47over a distance of about 6,000 km.
16:51Competitors cross the deserts of Morocco and Mauritania
16:54for 15 days before reaching the Silicon Valley.
16:58Let's listen to Anthony Stestler,
17:00Rally Coordinator General,
17:03and Nicolas Devaillat,
17:04General Secretary of the Sahara-Moroccan Association of Rallies.
17:08Since yesterday, we have entered the Moroccan Sahara,
17:12the Moroccan desert.
17:15For the great joy of our participants,
17:18the rally has a little more than 500 people
17:20from almost 30 nationalities.
17:24We are very proud and very happy
17:26to bring all these participants
17:29to regions that, in my opinion,
17:32are not enough or deserve more visibility.
17:36It is a duty for us as organizers to promote them,
17:40because there are other regions
17:42that have a good promotion with events.
17:43We go much further than others
17:46and it is a duty for us to do this work properly.
17:49We are in partnership with Africa Eco Race
17:53for the Monaco-Dakar Rally.
17:56We are currently on the fourth stage
17:59in the Ioun Sahara-Moghrebiya,
18:03where everything is going very well.
18:04Alhamdulillah, the tracks are magnificent,
18:07both for the riders and the off-road vehicles.
18:16Soon we will go to Dakhla
18:20and we will continue to arrive in Dakar, in Senegal.
18:24We thank all the work of the authorities,
18:30the warm welcome of all the citizens
18:35and we encourage more and more rallies
18:39to take place here in Morocco.
18:44This concludes our report.
18:47We will be back on Monday for the Africa report.