00:00Yeah. Time for the press review now. Dipti's with us. She's starting with the purging of China.
00:05Top military leaders, leaving the military there in crisis, Dipti.
00:08Yeah, that's right, Stuart.
00:10The purging has been called a seismic event in China. That's according to one.
00:15An analyst from the New York Times. The New York Times today reporting that in president.
00:20She's China. Even the mightiest general can fall. Now on the weekend.
00:25Zhang Yuxia, China's top military leader, who's also a celebrity.
00:30And another senior military leader. Well, both of them were.
00:35They were purged. Well, officially relieved of their duties, but they were not just.
00:40They were fired. They were publicly castigated in an editorial in the Chinese government.
00:45Newspaper, that editorial hinting that the two men had been accused of.
00:50Corruption and saying that they had severely undermined the party.
00:55Party's absolute leadership. Now, that's from the New York Times.
01:00The Guardian also reporting on this, saying that the fate of China's top general.
01:05More likely to do with a power struggle than it is corruption.
01:09In any case, it...
01:10It analyzes this photo you see here. This one was taken last December.
01:15This is Zhang, the fired military leader.
01:20His position, front and center, right next to President Xi itself is...
01:25It's not quite telling of just how important he was in the Chinese ranks and why he...
01:30Leaving now is going to create a big hole in the power structure.
01:34In the wake of those firing...
01:35There's lots of questions then, not only what it means for China, but also the region more widely, Dipti.
01:40Yeah, because he had a very important role in military...
01:45Partnerships, and this is from Radio Free Europe, which actually asks that very question.
01:49What are...
01:50What does this mean for China and its neighbors?
01:53Now, they explain that for a long time...
01:55President Xi has sought to sort of project this image of a China that is a superpower...
02:00But so this purge will really bring doubt on what exactly is happening...
02:05In China, and indeed, if President Xi really has an ironclad grip on...
02:10His inner circle, Zhang was particularly present in central...
02:15Asia, which looks to China as a beacon of stability.
02:18He was also...
02:20Part of a commission with Russia on military and technical cooperation...
02:25And on the issue of Taiwan, well, analysts say that Zhang's removal could affect...
02:30China's military readiness or even its future ambition...
02:35And on the island.
02:36Something different for you now.
02:38Diplomatic tensions...
02:39This is between...
02:40Italy and Switzerland now over the latest developments in the investigation into that Swiss scheme...
02:45The resort bar fire...
02:46I'm sure you remember killed dozens, of course, on New Year's Day.
02:50Well, Jacques Moretti is on the front of Aujourd'hui en France, the French paper.
02:54Here he is...
02:55With his partner, Jessica Moretti, the two owners of...
03:00The Constellation Bar in that Swiss ski resort town of...
03:05Montana.
03:06The owner of the bar was actually...
03:09He actually put a bail...
03:10On Friday and was released from custody while awaiting trial.
03:14Now...
03:15Some...
03:16Since then, he and his partner, who was free while awaiting trial...
03:20Have continued to blame their employees for the fire, which was triggered by...
03:25Some...
03:26Theseatan sw撃...
03:27Spockler in
03:29Champagne bottles...
03:34You'll remember...
03:36Some...
03:38A du...
03:39This was completed in the...
03:54...
03:54job. It's prompted some angry comments in the Swiss papers today. This is from
03:59L'OTAN, the Swiss daily, which in its editorial here evokes what it calls the
04:04indecency of Italian attacks. It says, accuses the Italian...
04:09...government of political profiting to detract attention away from its own shortcomings.
04:14Like the delays in the Winter Olympics, for instance, or the fact that they never convicted someone.
04:19...in the Genoa bridge collapse back in 2018.
04:23And Dipti's found in fact that...
04:24...the reactions in the Italian press are also quite divided.
04:27Yeah, they are. Absolutely.
04:29This is...
04:29This is from Il Messagero, which in its commentary here...
04:34...accuses Swiss authorities of, quote,
04:37...obstinate inertia...
04:39...in its investigation saying, you cannot wash your hands of this one, not this time.
04:44The Swiss president, meanwhile, reacted by reminding Italy to...
04:49...respect the separation of powers. And this is something that another Italian paper, La Stampa...
04:54...tails as a true lesson to Georgia Maloney and her government.
04:58Finally from Dipti...
04:59Dry January is almost at an end, but this means it's the start of...
05:03...off...
05:04...February.
05:05What on earth is off...
05:06...February?
05:07Well, it's not an occasion to start drinking like you've...
05:09...never drunk before.
05:10It's quite...
05:11...not quite that.
05:12It is a detox of somehow...
05:14...of some way, anyway.
05:15...off...
05:16...february is being launched in four countries, including...
05:19...here in France.
05:20The idea being to go on a digital detox. So after detox...
05:24...you're detoxing your body in January of alcohol, you're detoxing...
05:27...I guess your sanity in February...
05:29...people are being encouraged to delete all their social media apps for 20...
05:34...28 days. And there's good reason too. 64% of French people...
05:39...according to the Huffington Post...
05:40...say they are ready for a digital detox. Great timing too...
05:44...because Le Monde reports that French MPs overnight actually...
05:49...approved a social media ban for children under 15...
05:52...that's in the lower house of French...
05:54...parlement. It'll go to the Senate next. And if it's approved in the Senate...
05:58...well then France...
05:59...would follow in Australia's footsteps...
06:01...and become the second country to do so.
06:03Delete everything...
06:04...apart from, of course, the France 24 app.
06:06Of course. That goes without saying.
06:08Yeah, she forgot to...
06:09...say that bit. It's written in all the papers.
06:11That's it.
06:13More coming up.
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