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00:00Welcome to your edition of L'Ami-Journée, here are the headlines.
00:21The Hamas said on Sunday it was ready to release 34 Israeli hostages held captive.
00:31More than 100 combatants have been killed in the last two days in clashes in northern Syria
00:38between armed factions supported by Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces.
00:44North Korea has launched a ballistic missile against Japan's sea on the day of the visit to Seoul
00:52by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
00:59The Hamas said on Sunday it was ready to release 34 Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza.
01:08This is the first phase of an agreement with Israel.
01:12It has not yet received a list from the Palestinian movement.
01:18A Hamas official told AFP that Hamas had agreed to release 34 Israeli hostages
01:25from a list provided by Israel in the first phase of an exchange agreement.
01:31This list includes all women, children, the sick and the elderly among the Israeli hostages.
01:42Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that
01:50contrary to what was reported, Hamas has not yet provided a list of hostages.
01:57As diplomacy intensifies in Doha and Gaza, displaced people face winter cold.
02:06An unbearable daily life continues under Israeli bombardment.
02:14Yesterday a person was killed in Khan Younes and on Saturday Israeli strikes cost 88 lives.
02:21Palestinians are on the verge of crossing the 46,000 Palestinians killed since October 7, 2023.
02:34In Syria, more than 100 fighters were killed in the last two days in clashes in the north of the country
02:42between armed factions supported by Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces.
02:47On Sunday, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said that
02:52since Friday night the clashes in villages around the city of Manbij have killed 101 people,
03:00including 85 members of Syrian pro-Turkish groups and 16 Syrian democratic forces.
03:06The director of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, Rami Abdelrahman, said at AFP.
03:13The pro-Turkish factions resumed their attacks against the Syrian democratic forces
03:18at the same time as a coalition of rebel groups launched an offensive on November 27
03:23against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown 11 days later.
03:32The new Syrian foreign minister, Assad al-Shibani, began an official visit to Qatar on Sunday.
03:39This is the first visit of the new Syrian authorities in this Gulf country.
03:44During his visit, Assad al-Shibani pleaded for a lifting of international sanctions against his country.
03:52Details in this story by Alaa Ben Ali.
03:58After an official first trip to Saudi Arabia, it was to Qatar that the new Syrian foreign minister, Assad al-Shibani,
04:05met with the Qatari Prime Minister, who reiterated the position of his country in favor of the unity,
04:11sovereignty and independence of Syria.
04:14During his interview, the Syrian foreign minister pleaded for a lifting of US sanctions against Syria.
04:21We plead for a lifting of US sanctions against Syria, which are now sanctions against the Syrian people
04:29and an obstacle to the rapid recovery of the country's economy.
04:34On his part, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault said that some sanctions will not be lifted,
04:41those that in particular affect the regime of Bashar al-Assad and his leaders.
04:46On the other hand, other sanctions will soon be lifted.
04:51There are sanctions that could be lifted quite quickly,
04:54including those that hinder access to humanitarian aid to the Syrian population.
05:00During his visit, the Syrian minister also presented to the Qatari officials the roadmap for the new Syrian administration.
05:07At the end of December, al-Dawha also pleaded in favor of a rapid lifting of sanctions against Syria.
05:12In addition to Qatar, al-Shibani, who had made his first trip to Saudi Arabia,
05:16will also go to the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
05:19Visits that will contribute to the stability, security, economic revitalization of Syria
05:26and the construction of new solid partnerships.
05:30And in Russia, the army announced on Monday the capture of the strategic mining city of Khorakov in eastern Ukraine,
05:38estimating that its conquest will allow to take control of the entire region at an accelerated pace.
05:46After months of constant progression in the region,
05:50the Russian units have completely liberated the city of Khorakov,
05:54the largest agglomeration in the southwest of Donbass.
05:58Ukrainian forces have indicated that Russia is carrying out assault operations in the urban area of Khorakov.
06:07Russia has accelerated its advance in eastern Ukraine over the past few months,
06:12seeking to seize as much territory as possible before arriving to the power of the US President Donald Trump.
06:19And it will be on January 20.
06:24And in Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under pressure within his Liberal Party,
06:30could resign as of today, Monday, according to the media,
06:33while he is facing the most serious political crisis since taking power nine years ago.
06:40According to Canadian newspapers, sources within the Liberal Party expect
06:45that Justin Trudeau will resign on the eve of a national meeting of his training scheduled for Wednesday.
06:53Such an announcement will interfere with the next few months of the next legislative elections,
06:57which must be held by the end of October.
07:00So far, Justin Trudeau, who had announced his intention to represent himself,
07:04is credited in the polls with more than 20 points behind his conservative rival, Pierre Poilièvre,
07:12questioned by AFP, the Prime Minister's office, for refusing to comment on this information.
07:22And in Sudan, the head of the Sudanese army, in war against paramilitaries,
07:27has saluted a Turkish initiative aimed at resolving the bloody conflict that has been raging for 20 months.
07:34This country in East Africa has declared the Sudanese minister of foreign affairs,
07:38and at a meeting in Port Sudan on Saturday, General Abdel Fattah El Burhan
07:43asked Turkish Foreign Minister Burhan Tinduran to convey to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
07:51the favorable reception of Sudanese leaders to the initiative,
07:55said the Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef.
08:01North Korea launched a ballistic missile towards the sea of Japan on Monday,
08:08on the day of the visit to Seoul by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
08:13Our soldiers detected a projectile, presumed to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile,
08:19launched from the Pyongyang region towards the East Sea around noon.
08:2512 local air hours indicated the South Korean Inter-Armed Staff.
08:30This is the first missile test by North Korea.
08:33This year, the last shots, a short-range ballistic missile salvo,
08:38took place on November 6, a few hours before the presidential election in the United States.
08:46The partnership between Senegal and Mauritania reaches a new milestone with the GTE gas deposit,
08:55a project that promises to transform the economic and energy dynamics of the region.
09:01More details in this report by Genes Moukaka and Moussad Diar.
09:05The exploitation between Senegal and Mauritania of the GTE gas deposit
09:10marks a turning point in the economic dynamics and energies of West Africa.
09:14This project raises major issues in terms of economic integration and regional cooperation.
09:20This opening is the realization of a project on which the two countries have invested a lot
09:28and which should today mark a starting point in relation to a new era.
09:34A new era that, on the one hand, will have a considerable impact on the economy
09:39and, on the other hand, will allow the two countries to gradually move away from what is called external energy dependence.
09:48By mutualizing their efforts on the economic level,
09:51the two countries aim to transform their economies and strengthen their resilience in the face of global challenges.
09:57The economic downturns are large.
09:59This first allows us to diversify our economy.
10:02Our economy, like Senegal, suffers.
10:04Therefore, it is a potential source of income that can boost,
10:08with the number of barrels sold per day in the commercialization of this product,
10:13for domestic consumption and also to boost exports.
10:19And when we talk about exports, it will positively affect our commercial balance,
10:24which is historically or chronically deficient.
10:29This means that Senegal will have a strong importer in terms of hydrocarbons.
10:35Although a bearer of great promises, the GTA project does not escape major challenges.
10:40The first challenge is the agreement between the two countries.
10:44It should be known that in the meantime, it was not this regime that had signed the agreements.
10:50There was a regime that had signed the agreements.
10:52There were audits that were commissioned by the new regime,
10:55which was accepted with a lot of philosophy and a lot of diplomacy by the Mauritanian party.
11:00This is also a bet that has been successful.
11:02I think that if we manage, between Nouakchott and Dakar,
11:06to continue to remain in the same dynamic of healthy cooperation,
11:11I think this is the first challenge that must be saluted.
11:14Senegal and Mauritania have proceeded to the first production of gas
11:18from the wells of the Grand Armeïm liquefied natural gas project.
11:22This first phase of GTA should produce about 2.3 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year.
11:30And in Morocco, the price of fish is so high, especially the price of sardines.
11:37This situation is due to several factors.
11:39There are notable economic and social repercussions.
11:42More details in this report and the story of Alaa Ben Ali.
11:47In recent months, the prices of fish, especially sardines, have seen a sharp rise in Morocco.
11:54Considered the most affordable fish, sardines have seen their prices soar to 20 dirhams per kilo.
12:00Consumers and professionals in the sector are concerned,
12:03pointing fingers at climate change, the pressure of lobbies and the lack of control,
12:08or the challenges related to the management of marine resources.
12:13The climate has an impact on the price of fish.
12:16When it is sunny, fish is not expensive, and when it is not sunny, its price increases.
12:24If sardines are expensive, Moroccans are angry.
12:27Most of our customers buy sardines.
12:30This situation must be remedied.
12:35The prices of fish are exaggerated here.
12:38Sellers fix the prices that suit them.
12:41As small fishermen, we are forced to follow the market
12:44and sell sardines, for example, at 80 or 100 dirhams per kilo.
12:48Sardines have been sold at this price for three months.
12:51Can you imagine?
12:53Same for the soil.
12:55I hope that the committees that control the prices will react as soon as possible
12:58to put an end to this wave of fish prices.
13:01They will not improve the prices.
13:04They will not fix the prices.
13:07This wave is due to several reasons,
13:10including the disruption of marine ecosystems,
13:12the lack of respect for the biological rest,
13:15or the lobbies exercised at the port level by the intermediaries.
13:22This situation is alarming.
13:24We call on the authorities to look at the conditions for the sale of sea products,
13:29because the Moroccan consumer does not benefit from it at all.
13:36Professionals expect an intervention from the Ministry of Health.
13:39Others would like to see the Competition Council enter this file online.
13:43As a reminder, the quantity of sardines fished in Morocco
13:46over the entire year 2023 has reached 600,000 tonnes.
13:51And we stay in the kingdom.
13:53This weather alert as soon as Monday,
13:56as heavy snowfall and thunderstorms are expected in several provinces of the kingdom,
14:04in Tangier, Assela, L'Iraich, Medir, Gfnederk, Tetouan, Wazen, Fas Anjra, Taounet, Sidi Qassim,
14:10Qinetra and Chefchaouen.
14:12And the Blue City is also affected by the snowfall alert,
14:15which also affects the provinces of Azelel, Ifrane, Midelt, Boulmane, Sefro and El Hosima.
14:27A word on sport.
14:28The participants of the 16th edition of the Africa Eco Race,
14:32which connects Monaco to Dakar,
14:34arrived on Saturday afternoon in Dakhla,
14:37before resuming their race to Mauritania on Monday,
14:40organized under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI,
14:44in partnership with the Moroccan Sahara Association of Rallies.
14:48This sporting event continues until January 12,
14:51with more than 500 participants from 27 countries
14:55taking part in the Moto, Auto, Quad, Trucks and Off-Road Vehicles category.
15:01At a distance of about 6,000 km,
15:03the competitors cross the deserts of Morocco and Mauritania
15:08during 15 days of competition,
15:09before reaching Dakar,
15:11precisely the Pink Lake,
15:13where the competitions of the last stage will take place.
15:19And now to our guest of the half-day,
15:23Shawki Ben Zahra,
15:25who is an alert launcher,
15:27and he has been with us since Paris.
15:30Shawki Ben Zahra,
15:31thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
15:34So, Jean-Noël Barreau,
15:36the French Minister of Foreign Affairs,
15:38gave very hard words this Sunday
15:40for a diplomat on the Algerian powers.
15:43He said that the French government
15:45gave very hard words this Sunday
15:47for a diplomat on the Algerian powers.
15:49He raised doubts about the will of Algeria
15:51to respect the roadmap of bilateral relations,
15:54the relations between France and Algeria.
15:56Are they as bad as it seems?
16:03Yes, hello,
16:04thank you for the invitation.
16:06Indeed,
16:07I think there is already an awareness
16:12in the French political class,
16:15but also in French diplomacy,
16:17that the Algerian regime is going further and further
16:22in this diplomatic discord,
16:25in this conflict,
16:27which has intensified since the recognition
16:30by France of the Moroccanity of the Sahara,
16:33which has also intensified
16:36with the arrest of Boualem Sonsel,
16:39which has created a very large proportion
16:44at the level of France,
16:46but also worldwide.
16:48So, these discourses,
16:50we are getting to the point
16:52where the Algerian regime,
16:54within French diplomacy,
16:56I think there is starting to be a difficulty
16:59even to have diplomatic exchanges
17:03with Algeria, unfortunately.
17:05So, as you said,
17:07there is the case of the writer
17:09Boualem Sonsel,
17:10the Franco-Algerian writer,
17:12who was ambassador
17:13to have the audacity to express his opinion
17:15on the political situation in Algeria,
17:17and who is still accused today
17:19of terrorism,
17:20of acts aimed at the safety of the State,
17:22the integrity of the territory
17:24and the stability of institutions.
17:26In your opinion,
17:27what exactly is the risk of this writer,
17:29Boualem Sonsel,
17:30who never hid his positions?
17:33Yes, unfortunately,
17:35he is a bit of a collateral victim
17:38of this conflict between Algeria and France,
17:43a conflict that was, of course,
17:45the cause of disastrous practices
17:48on the diplomatic level
17:50of the Algerian regime.
17:52In addition, unfortunately,
17:54given the latest affair that took place in France,
17:58the case of Boualem Sonsel
18:00is getting more and more complicated.
18:03Because for the Algerian regime now,
18:06the fact of releasing Boualem Sonsel
18:10would mean, for them,
18:12it's as if they had given up,
18:15the fact of leaving him in prison
18:17also presents a risk,
18:18because Boualem Sonsel is old,
18:20his state of health is extremely fragile,
18:24so if a misfortune were to happen,
18:29which we do not want, of course,
18:31it would have very serious repercussions.
18:36So, we have the feeling that the case of this writer
18:40is the cause of diplomatic tensions
18:44between France and Algeria,
18:46the latest event in the context of this diplomatic crisis.
18:52These are the Algerian influencers
18:54who openly threaten France through social networks
18:58and call for terrorist acts
19:01against those who are in power in Algeria.
19:04Should we really take seriously
19:06all these threats made by these influencers
19:09close to the Algerian regime
19:11and who are mostly young people?
19:15Yes, of course.
19:16I had also launched the alert
19:18on the case of these influencers,
19:20the first, Zazou Youssef,
19:22which has become a national affair in France.
19:26In France, of course, this affair
19:28shows a kind of terror campaign
19:31launched by the Algerian regime
19:33on French soil,
19:35a kind of campaign of revenge too.
19:38We were talking about the question,
19:40we all know, we know very well,
19:42I think everyone knows that the question of Sarah,
19:45the Algerian regime considers it an existential question.
19:50So, the recognition of France,
19:52of Sarah's Moroccan identity,
19:54of Emmanuel Macron's speech
19:56in front of the Moroccan parliament,
19:58has caused an earthquake.
20:00An earthquake.
20:02Now we see a kind of reaction of the regime
20:06through its media links in France,
20:09its influencers who are now used,
20:13its influencers who are used
20:17to lead a campaign,
20:20which I consider a campaign of destabilization,
20:23led by the Algerian regime in France.
20:25So, Choukri Bonsala,
20:27you are a leader of ALAID,
20:29so you have drawn attention to these influencers.
20:32Can you bring us a little closer
20:34to the portrait of these influencers?
20:37Who are they?
20:38Why, after less than a week,
20:42the arrest of three influencers,
20:44who are these influencers?
20:48In fact, what is shared between these influencers
20:53is already the elements of language,
20:55that is to say, the conspiracy discourse a little bit,
20:58the conspiracy that would come from Morocco,
21:01from France, from Israel,
21:03which is related to the official press agency.
21:05But we had profiles a little bit,
21:07the eliminated mode,
21:09that is to say, young people,
21:12like the first one,
21:14who has no political background,
21:17but who were a little bit victims
21:19of the climate of terror created by the Algerian regime,
21:23of the conspiracy climate,
21:25that is to say, he was in fashion,
21:27I am defending my country,
21:29because the Algerian regime is doing a lot of work
21:32on this to spread this discourse.
21:35But there were also profiles
21:37where we were,
21:39notably the case of the person
21:41who was arrested in Montpellier,
21:43we are on the case of a so-called nationalist group
21:47who, we remember,
21:49made a demonstration in the middle of Paris
21:53in 2023, on March 19,
21:56and who attacked with racist remarks
21:59against Morocco,
22:01everyone remembers some slogans,
22:03attacks against opponents of the regime,
22:06insults, threats,
22:08in the middle of Paris.
22:10So there are the facts,
22:12there were indeed those who are part of this group,
22:15but there were profiles of young people
22:18without papers,
22:20who unfortunately were victims
22:22of this conspiracy discourse
22:24of the Algerian regime.
22:26So, Choukri Banzala,
22:28we said it, you are a whistleblower,
22:30you are an activist,
22:32are you surprised
22:34by these methods,
22:36using social networks
22:38against France?
22:40Are you surprised by these methods
22:42or does it seem normal to you?
22:44And above all, these are attacks
22:46that came from three cities,
22:48there are Brest, Grenoble and Montpellier.
22:50Are these methods surprising you
22:52or is it still a habit
22:54of the Algerian government?
22:58As an opponent and activist
23:00against the Algerian regime
23:02for years,
23:04of course it does not surprise me
23:06we all know
23:08as opponents
23:10the practices of the Algerian regime,
23:12we all know these methods
23:14to use the agents of influence
23:16to use certain people indirectly
23:18to spread these discourses.
23:20Except that I think
23:24it is rather France
23:26as a country that is surprised
23:28because in France
23:30people did not realize
23:32what was happening on French soil
23:34with the support
23:36of the Algerian regime
23:38who spread conspiracy
23:40racist discourses
23:42who call for violence,
23:44who call for attacks.
23:46They have just discovered
23:48the reality that we have lived
23:50for years,
23:52even if it has intensified
23:54with the recent events
23:56in Franco-Algerian relations.
23:58These influencers
24:00have been arrested
24:02What is their risk?
24:06For the moment,
24:08it is not clear
24:10because the first one,
24:12Youssef,
24:14was prosecuted
24:16for calls for attacks
24:18so this is even more serious.
24:20The second one,
24:22from Grenoble,
24:24was put under judicial control
24:26waiting for his trial.
24:28The one from Montpellier
24:30was put under judicial control
24:32waiting for his trial.
24:34For the moment,
24:36the legal treatment
24:38in France,
24:40do the judges have
24:42the legal arsenal
24:44to deal with this kind of cases?
24:46These are quite complex cases.
24:48Some have children in France
24:50so it makes their expulsion
24:52almost impossible.
24:54Moreover, the question
24:56of letting the Algerian regime
24:58which is facing a crisis
25:00due to the recognition
25:02by France of the Moroccan side
25:04of the Sahara,
25:06refuses to let it pass.
25:08For the moment,
25:10it is not clear.
25:12Even in France,
25:14there is an awareness
25:16which is being created
25:18at the moment we are talking
25:20and there will be changes
25:22to come.
25:24Another question,
25:26from Paris with the highest
25:28Algerian authorities.
25:30It is a rector accused
25:32of political interference
25:34which is more concerned
25:36with internal affairs of France
25:38than religion.
25:40What do you think about this case?
25:42Very briefly.
25:44I consider
25:46that the rector of the Mosque
25:48of Paris, unfortunately,
25:50now has an influence
25:52of the Algerian regime
25:54and in this campaign
25:56there is influence
25:58which unfortunately
26:00showed a proximity
26:02with the Mosque of Paris
26:04and therefore
26:06via the Algerian regime.
26:08It is a subject to study
26:10and I think it will be
26:12the subject of many debates
26:14in the months and weeks to come.
26:16Chawki Ben Zahra,
26:18an anti-Algerian
26:20and activist
26:22from Paris, thank you very much
26:24for accepting our invitation
26:26and for answering all our questions.
26:28Thank you very much.
26:32This is the end
26:34of this newscast.
26:36We will be back in a few moments.