00:00Time now to take a look through the international newspapers with Diptiqa Laurent.
00:03Diptiqa, going to start with reactions to that UN conference that was co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia in New York that just wrapped up.
00:11Yeah, that's right. That UN General Assembly brought together high-level officials earlier this week,
00:16co-chaired, as you said, by Saudi Arabia and France, notably their foreign ministers.
00:22It did not include Israel or the US, however, because both those nations boycotted the summit.
00:27The Independent here noting that one of the big conclusions from that summit was this,
00:33Arab nations urging Hamas to disarm and end its rule in Gaza in a bid to end the devastating war in the territory,
00:42a move described as unprecedented and a major shift for Arab nations.
00:48It also follows calls, of course, from the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and now Canada's Mark Carney
00:53to recognize Palestinian statehood.
00:57Now, in Lorraine Le Jour, a French-language Lebanese paper,
01:00it really goes into detail about what that seven-page report from that summit entails.
01:08It includes a 15-month timeline for the creation of a Palestinian state,
01:14returning control of the enclaves to the Palestinian Authority,
01:17and then, upon Egypt's suggestion, a plan to reboot the economy there
01:22with the injection of international funds to help rebuild Gaza.
01:26OK. Meanwhile, Edebjika, you've noticed that on the Arab News, the Saudi daily paper,
01:32they have the King of Jordan on the front page on the issue.
01:35Yeah, they're quoting King Abdullah, as you see here,
01:39who said that the Gaza crisis is the worst in modern history.
01:44It comes, as you see there, after settlers cut off West Bank Village water supply
01:48and dozens of Palestinians killed amid starvation that is pervading through the strip.
01:55In its editorial today, the paper says that countries should act unilaterally in recognizing Palestine
02:02and that it should not be an act of defiance but a pledge to uphold human dignity
02:07and end decades of suffering.
02:10And inside Arab News today, there's this page on page three,
02:14looking at all the celebrities taking a stand against the crisis in Gaza,
02:18including, you see there, Angelina Jolie, Susan Sarandon,
02:21and also Dua Lipa, the British Kosovo pop star.
02:25OK. Meanwhile, Edebjika here in France, somewhat of an unusual front page for Manny.
02:30It's a sports star, a swimmer, taking over.
02:33Yeah, Léon Marchand, the French Olympic swimmer,
02:36who has really splashed across all the pages today.
02:39Let me show you some of them beyond just L'Equipe,
02:41which, of course, here is a French sportswaper.
02:43You also have Le Parisien and also Le Figaro Sport.
02:48Le Parisien, of course, reporting on the fact that the swim champion
02:52smashed a world record in World Swimming Championship semifinals in Singapore on Wednesday.
02:58He beat the record for the 200-meter medley,
03:02smashing the previous record by more than a second,
03:04which doesn't seem like a lot, but it is, I think, in Swimming Eve.
03:08That previous record had been set by U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte in 2011.
03:13That's why they're going with this headline,
03:15Léon Yssim, on its front page,
03:17and also noting that it comes pretty much one year
03:21after his exploits at the Paris Olympic Games.
03:25In fact, the paper's editor notes that sometimes for many athletes or sporting champions,
03:33the hardest thing is not reaching the top but staying there.
03:37Indeed, for Léon Marchand, he's really consolidated his Olympic wins
03:41with these new exploits in Singapore.
03:44Le Figaro, you see here, calls it a fabulous world record
03:48while he waits to see what happens in the final.
03:54That final will take place this Thursday.
03:56It's why L'Equipe, the French sports paper,
03:59which actually has published that record that he set there,
04:03it says that all eyes will be on Léon Marchand this Thursday
04:07as he competes in the final of the 200-metre medley race.
04:12Here's hoping he might maybe break some new records.
04:15OK, well, good luck to him.
04:16I also feel sorry for the person who lost his record by a second.
04:20It happens.
04:22So a lot of eyes here in France on that French swimmer,
04:24but some also looking across the Atlantic to a former Canadian prime minister.
04:29Yeah, that's right.
04:30Justin Trudeau was seen dining with Katy Perry in Montreal
04:35at an upmarket dining establishment, the New York Times tells us.
04:40Now, the former Canadian prime minister separated from his wife two years ago.
04:45Katy Perry herself is single after her recent split from Orlando Bloom.
04:49They were spotted at this upmarket establishment in Montreal on Monday,
04:55right before her concert in Montreal, which Trudeau also attended.
05:00The New York Times noting that they had dinner,
05:03inviting a serving of speculation about what they were doing together,
05:08how well they know each other.
05:10Is it friendly?
05:11Is it more than friendly?
05:12Is this a new unlikely celebrity couple, Eve?
05:15In any case, for the Canadian broadcaster,
05:18it sort of looks at what skeptics might think about this.
05:22Is it a date, just dinner?
05:23It doesn't matter.
05:25It could have also been a strategic move, the website says,
05:29to rehabilitate their respective public images.
05:32Katy Perry's public image, of course, taken a battering
05:35since that cringy trip to space with Jeff Bezos' wife.
05:39And also the fact that her tour tickets are not selling well.
05:42Trudeau, he, well, he resigned from office amid chaos within his own political party,
05:46but also amid plunging popularity, according to PR experts cited here.
05:52It's clear the couple wanted to be seen,
05:54because they were seated right next to the window
05:56when they could have been seated at the back
05:58to avoid being caught in the public eye.
06:01Anyway.
06:02Okay, I'm going to decide not to...
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06:07Thanks a lot for that look at the international papers.
06:09Duptique at Laurent with us there.
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