Three high school students and their guide were victims of an avalanche today in the Marche pass. A review of the circumstances of the accident and the number of casualties. These could be found quickly because they were equipped with safety beacons. Comment on factual and archival images and infographic intersecting interviews with Cyril NEVEUX (Chief Warrant Officer of the 13th Mountain Regiment) and Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Claude GIN, by phone (Commander of the Gendarmerie de Savoie).
Report devoted to an avalanche that swept the north face of Tacul in the Mont Blanc massif. Eight missing climbers, most likely dead, and eight wounded. Comment on factual images and interviews with Nicolas DUQUESNE (avalanche survivor), Marika ZIMMERMANN (mountaineer) and Guy LE NEVE (Gendarmerie Warrant Officer, Chamonix Haute-Montagne platoon).
Report devoted to the indictment in the Erika trial which ends this evening. The prosecutor asks for the conviction of the company Total. Commentary on factual images, archival images, and illustration images, which alternate with the interviews of Master Jean-Paul LEVY, lawyer of Captain Mathur, and Master Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, lawyer of Total. According to Master Jean Paul LEVY, the situation of his client, Captain Mathur, was mentioned too quickly during the indictment. As for Master Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, he attests that the arguments put forward during the indictment are not valid. Dominique VERDEILHAN on the spot mentions the sums claimed as compensation by the victims.
Influence of global warming on the number and potency of cyclones. Commentary on archive images, infographic and interview Frédéric NATHAN (forecasting engineer Météo France).
Report on Java Island in Indonesia, devoted to the activity of the Merapi volcano in Yogyakarta, located about 70 kilometers from the epicenter of the recent earthquake. Seismic and volcanic phenomena are often linked and since this morning the Merapi shows signs of increasing activity. Plans of the volcano and the victims unlocking the rubble of the earthquake alternating with the testimonies of the inhabitants and the interviews of Pauline TEXIER, geographer and Bapa PANUT, observatory of the Merapi volcano. Plateau in position of Philippe ROCHOT, special envoy to Yogyakarta.
Heat waves, and sometimes heat waves, are part of the overall warming of the climate. The situation. The report alternates images of illustration and infographic images with interviews with Claude MILLIER, scientific advice on climate change and Eric BRUN, research director at Météo France.
Survey of a biologist from a specialised GM booth and an organic farmer at the Paris Agricultural Show on their interpretation of the precautionary principle enshrined in the recently adopted environmental charter. Alternating comments and interviews (Denise GERENTES, biologist, and Jean-Charles NOEL, farmer) on factual images and archival images of genetically engineered plants.
Report in Gers devoted to an oragnised demonstration against GMOs in which incidents erupted between activists and law enforcement. The commentary on factual images alternates with the interviews of Alain LIPIETZ, MEP European Green, Philippe MARTIN, President of the General Council of Gers, and Michel SANROMA, mayor of Vic-Fezensac.
Report in Bordeaux on the inauguration by Mayor Alain JUPPE of the new tramway, a revolutionary technology. Comment on factual and archival images alternating with an interview with Alain JUPPE, deputy mayor of Bordeaux.
Point on the state of the search for 6 skiers in Val d'Isère (Savoie), probably victims of an avalanche. Comment on factual images and interviews Jean-Lou COSTERG (Director of Track Safety), a manager of ski rental store and Thierry ETIENNE (captain of the Gendarmerie).
Report devoted to the Etna eruption in Sicily. A new mouth opened near the crater and lava flows destroyed the funicular station that usually allows tourists to go to the top of the volcano. Images of the volcano and works to prevent lava flows. Interviews with Giovanni FRAZZETTA, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology and Nello MUSUMECI, President of the Province of Catania. Plateau in Stéphanie PEREZ, sent special in Sicily.