ATTENTAT IN THE RER BETWEEN THE STATIONS MUSEUM OF Orsay AND SAINT MICHEL: A gas cylinder filled with bolts exploded in a train of RER at 7:05 am while it was in the tunnel. Provisional balance: 29 injured, 5 of whom were serious. [Overall shot] RER (grey aluminum) trainset, two different angles. Carton animation/infographic plan of the neighborhood with line layout and explosion. Carton animation pavement cut with row in the tunnel, explosion and diffusion of smoke. CRS in front of the entrance of the station Musée d'Orsay. Arrested image of the hole in the train. ARCHIVES RER ramp from SAINT MICHEL to dock. Carton animation: comparison of the blast effect on the two oars during the two attacks.
An attack in PARIS (avenue d'Italie, XIII) caused thirteen minor injuries. The explosion of a gas cylinder containing bolts and nails took place near the White House metro station, the same name as the place-said to be located a few kilometers from Lyon where KHALED KELKAL had been shot dead by gendarmes on 29 September and a few hours after his funeral. - [Zoom back] bin pedestal. - [Different plans] investigating police officers. - Testimony of a trader. - CRS installing a security perimeter. - PR nails and ground bolts. Police scientist listing. - Interview with Jean-Louis ARAJOL, General Secretary of the Syndicat Général de la Police. - Interview Antoine ALESSANDRINI, General Secretary CFTC Police. - [Overall plan] MAISON-BLANCHE metro stop. - Interview Lionel ASSOUAD, Deputy Jacques TOUBON, Mayor of the 12th century: "... We see that the VIGIPIRATE plan had to be maintained, contrary to what some said...'.
The work of Swiss, French and Australian doctors is likely to have consequences in the treatment of AIDS. They manage, thanks to AZT, to knock out the virus before the seropositivity starts. Survey in Geneva where a team of doctors, coordinated by researchers, is conducting a study that revealed the benefits of early treatment with AZT within days of contamination. The commentary on images of a medical examination of an HIV-positive patient, infographics, and images shot at Geneva University Hospital, alternates with the interviews of Dr Jean-Luc PERRIN, Virology Department at the University Hospital of Geneva, and Dr Jean-Claude BALAVOINE.
While a bomb exploded around 5:10 pm at the corner of Friedland Avenue and STAR PLACE in PARIS, the area of the attack is now turned over to the police who begin their investigation. - Place de l'Etoile, tonight: [different plans] damage to the ground, broken glass. Dump bin. "First aid" car. CRS with police dog on leash. Ambulance, stretcher with perfusion held to lavertical. - [Different shots] police picking up debris. Man from central police lab wearing white gloves. Held firefighters sweeping the sidewalk. Man putting debris in bag. - Dive on police cars in the avenue and [zoom back] on stopped traffic.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: situation of the city of Bihac, until then "security zone", today the city is under attack by Serbs despite the presence of the peacekeepers.
Abdelbaki SAHRAOUI, co-founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) and imam of the Myrha street moque in Paris, in the 18th arrondissement, was killed on Tuesday, July 11. This is the first political assassination of an Algerian Islamist leader on French soil since the beginning of the latent civil war in Algeria. - Yesterday, Myrha street: PL police car blocking the street/ body of the man who tried to intervene, under a white sheet/ police PR in plain clothes with an armband. - Interview with a witness who said he saw a man hiding something under his coat entering the mosque. - Black FORD used by assassins / [American plan] police officer with bulletproof vest standing guard in front of mosque / façade Quai des Orfèvres / offices of the Anti-Terrorism Section (SAT) / [panoramic] B/H building where imam SAHRAOUI lived/ 18th street.
The President of the Republic Jacques CHIRAC has just announced the resumption of French nuclear testing in the Pacific, when former President François MITTERRAND put an end to it in 1992. Reportage illustrated by archival images and nuclear test images.
Excerpt from the debate between Jacques CHIRAC and Lionel JOSPIN, five days before the second round of the presidential election. In particular, the two men opposed the problem of the five-year term, with a small humorous spike of the socialist candidate against his opponent: "In short, I would like to say while joking, of course, but with a background of seriousness, that it is better 5 years with Jospin than 7 years with Jacques Chirac".
In Paris, François MITTERRAND, President of the Republic, inaugurated the building of the National Library of France together with its architect, Dominique PERRAULT, Jacques CHIRAC, Mayor of Paris, Jean FAVIER, President of the institution, and Philippe SEGUIN, Lionel JOSPIN and Jack LANG.
Rwanda: The troops of the Rwandan Patriotic Front seized the capital Kigali and the second city of the country, Butare. They are now progressing towards the areas where the French units of Operation Turquoise are deployed. France says it is ready to intervene "between threatened populations and armed gangs", the militiamen called "Interahamwe". Commentary on factual images and testimonies. Plateau in situation Laurent BOUSSIE.
Rwanda: After the UN green light, the French-led multinational military operation "Turquoise" to protect civilian populations should start tomorrow morning. Comment on archive images.
In early spring, the hens lay much more eggs than the rest of the year. To combat overproduction, the city of Montrottier, in Lyon, launched an egg hunt 31 years ago. More than 31,000 eggs are hidden each year to the delight of the residents. Interview of a Montrottois, Roger PROST, alias Johnny, very proud of the egg production of his city. Images of families participating in the egg hunt, of a chime ringing the bells and interview of the egg hunter, Jo BASTION: "let’s have small parties, like us well, say we zut when we feel like it but face it and we won’t be unhappy".
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin requested an audience with Pope John Paul II to restart the peace process in the Middle East. The Pope accepted Rabin’s invitation to Israel. Comment on images of this meeting: Yitzhak Rabin escorted by the Swiss guards, shaking hands with the pope, who gives him a welcome gift, then the two men chatting together.
Update on the case of the Nantes massacre after the decryption of Xavier DUPONT’s last letters of LIGONNÈS. Commentary on factual images and interview Master Stéphane GOLDENSTEIN, lawyer of the mother and sister of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès.
Review of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan. For the first time, and despite the risks associated with radioactivity, several liquidators returned inside one of the reactor buildings. Alternating factual images shot by a robot, photographs, an explanatory infographic animation, and an interview with Alain RANNOU (Direction de la radioprotection de l'homme).
Portrait of the family DUPONT de LIGONNES: micro-sidewalk in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre (Vendée) where Arthur, the eldest son, rented a room at home, then in Noyers-sur-Serein (Yonne) where the family spent their holidays, including Robert BOTTON (neighbour of Arthur’s landlords).
Investigation at the Chapelle-sur-Erdre (Loire-Atlantique) in the shooting club frequented by Xavier DUPONT de LIGONNES, suspected of having murdered all members of his family. Comment on factual images and interviews Benoît HERAULT (shooting instructor) and Alain NEUTRE (shooting club president).
Since the beginning of the week, the weather is summer all over France. In the North, this fine weather is much appreciated. Farniente, beach, terraces, light outfits... the sun lifts morale with the temperatures, as explained by Doctor Patrick HOURDE. Reportage alternating factual images and interviews of passers-by.
Journalist Nicolas CHATEAUNEUF explains the complex schedule and process for a possible future shutdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant (Japan), including several nuclear reactors that emit radioactivity. The first priority action is to stop radioactive leakage, and remove contaminated water, some of which has spread to the ocean.