10/06/2024
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*Palestine: Israel killed 150 journalists
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*Palestine: Israel killed 150 journalists
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00:00 In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro met on Sunday in Caracas with the Venezuelan militancy
00:16 to review the strategic plan "One Times Ten, House by House" in view of the presidential
00:22 elections on July 28.
00:26 The Palestinian Government Information Office reported that the Israeli Zionist regime killed
00:32 more than 150 journalists in the Gaza Strip during the last eight months.
00:41 And European parliamentary elections leave a parliament that is swinging to the right
00:46 as the far right increases its influence, although it is slightly contained.
00:55 Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:58 My name is Belén de los Santos.
00:59 I'm from the Telesor Studios in Havana, Cuba.
01:02 We begin with the news.
01:03 In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro met on Sunday in Caracas with the Venezuelan militancy
01:08 to review the strategic plan "One Times Ten, House by House" in view of the presidential
01:13 elections of next July 28.
01:16 Community leaders participated in the review of the program promoted by the Venezuelan
01:20 president and the work team of the Venezuelan Nuestra Campaña Comand, also took part in
01:28 the activity.
01:29 The head of state shared with the Chavista militants several recreational activities.
01:34 Likewise, the mechanism of popular organization for the revision and reinforcement of the
01:40 "One by Ten" program and all the mobilization strategies to guarantee the victory of the
01:45 Venezuelan people in the next elections will be discussed.
01:50 The "One Times Ten" machinery of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela has always been
02:05 a good machinery.
02:12 But now it is aiming to be a powerful machinery, and everybody wants to participate.
02:21 And that is the announcement I am going to make.
02:27 I have received proposals from the Great Patriotic Pole, I have received proposals from the communes,
02:32 the social movements, from the social forces of the CLAP, from the sovereignty fighters,
02:37 I have received proposals from all sectors, from the missions, great missions, mission
02:42 bases, that want to join the "One Times Ten".
02:50 So today, June 9, beautiful Sunday, blessed Sunday, I announce the constitution of a more
02:56 powerful and superior political, social, cultural, electoral machinery, which will be the machinery
03:02 of the "One Times Ten Times Seven" that is born today with the union of all the social,
03:08 political and cultural forces of Venezuela.
03:13 And the "One Times Ten" electoral strategy consists in the creation of electoral support
03:18 networks, where the Chavist people commit themselves to guarantee the attendance of
03:23 ten voters to the electoral process.
03:27 According to the Great Patriotic Pole, these organization structures must comply with three
03:32 steps.
03:33 First, the mobilizers must go house by house in their communities to explain the reason
03:39 why people should vote for the relevant national forces.
03:42 In the second step, the "One Times Ten" members should convince the voters through
03:46 example.
03:48 And thirdly, these voters must be organized so that they go to exercise their right to
03:53 vote in their respective polling stations and guarantee the victory on July 28.
03:58 In this context, the Venezuelan government has denounced a censorship campaign in the
04:07 social networks to which the Chavist supporters have responded by creating more content.
04:13 Let's review the Venezuelan president's profile on social networks.
04:21 The Nicolai campaign in Venezuela is an initiative that seeks to twist the algorithm of social
04:26 networks, which makes Nicolás Maduro's digital activity invisible.
04:31 The government also denounces that they are not allowed to use advertising tools on equal
04:36 terms.
04:41 President Nicolás Maduro, for example, in TikTok has 1.7 million followers at this moment.
04:46 A post by President Nicolás Maduro would easily reach 90,000, 100,000 reproductions,
04:53 and out of the sudden it reaches 9,000 or 10,000.
04:57 All the conditions are the same.
04:59 He posts at the same time.
05:01 The contents are practically identical to what he has been doing.
05:05 What happened there?
05:06 It's part of the communication dispute that his figure and the Bolivarian revolution has
05:11 faced, especially after the death of Comandante Chávez.
05:15 Several discrediting campaigns went on Maduro, which are not consistent with reality.
05:20 For Venezuelan philosopher and communicator Miguel PĂ©rez Pirela, Maduro has not had a
05:25 day of truth.
05:30 Several profiles have been created for him.
05:32 The profile of the loser, even though he ended up winning the elections against Enrique Capriles
05:37 Radusky.
05:38 Then, the profile of the incompetent.
05:41 Later, the profile of the dictator.
05:44 And all this regardless of what he may do, because in the case, for example, of the treatment
05:49 he gave to the issue of COVID, to the pandemic, Venezuela was one of the most successful countries.
05:57 Spanish analyst Juan Carlos Monedero agrees with this view, stating that in the struggle
06:02 for democracy, the elites have always treated the majorities as rebel or people with no
06:06 criteria to lead.
06:08 Maduro and the Bolivarian revolution have been demonized and vilified.
06:14 Here suddenly, those majorities that were despised met with the leadership of a president
06:19 who was also despised, and the two together met to vindicate the best of the Chavista
06:24 and Bolivarian tradition in the very tough contest.
06:28 Western media have played a particular role displaying prejudices and attacks against
06:33 Maduro and, incidentally, against Venezuela.
06:38 These are too many challenges to the powerful in a complicated moment, where it was about
06:42 continuing the task of a leader who marked a new stage as its president Chavez, which
06:48 in other countries needs decades to be able to articulate that alternative, and which
06:53 here has also been demonstrated with a special warmth as something feasible when the leader
06:58 trusts the people, and the people end up trusting the leader.
07:05 In addition to communication attacks, Maduro has faced assassination attempts, conspiracies,
07:11 court invasion and coup d'Ă©tat, sanctions and international isolation.
07:18 In other news, on Friday, Ecuador's top appeals court rejected the Aviaz Corpus requesting
07:23 the immediate release of former Vice President Jorge Glas.
07:27 The court also reversed the original ruling that qualified as legal, illegitimate and
07:32 arbitrary Glas' arrest at the Mexican embassy in Quito, but it rejected the police invasion
07:39 of the Mexican embassy for not respecting the Ecuadorian protocol for raiding a foreign
07:44 diplomatic delegation.
07:46 Meanwhile, former Vice President Jorge Glas remains in La Roca, the maximum security prison
07:51 in Guayaquil, pending to serve an eight-year prison sentence for bribery and illicit association
07:57 in corruption charges.
07:59 His arrest spurred a standing diplomatic conflict between Ecuador and Mexico.
08:04 Mexico said it was willing to resume relations if former Vice President is handed over, which
08:10 is not the option for the administration of Daniel Novoa.
08:19 And Chile is holding primary elections to choose the mayors of 60 municipalities and
08:23 the governors of two regions.
08:25 Over 4.8 million registered voters are expected to take part in these primaries, leading up
08:31 to general elections next October, where governors, regional councillors, mayors and councilmen
08:37 will be chosen in the country's 345 communes.
08:41 The polling stations opened on Sunday at 8 a.m. local time and closed at 6 p.m. local
08:48 time.
08:49 Authorities said that most electoral tables were constituted at polling stations, but
08:53 that there had been three arrests of citizens who refused to participate as polling station
09:00 officials.
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09:30 - Welcome back to "From the South."
09:57 The Palestinian Government Information Office
09:59 reported on Monday that the Israeli Sinist Regime
10:02 killed more than 150 journalists in the Gaza Strip
10:06 during the last eight months.
10:08 The statement reflects the daily struggles
10:10 of journalists in Gaza,
10:11 while it also praises the work of the local media workers
10:15 and congratulates them for their coverage
10:17 of Israeli genocide.
10:19 It should be noted that the Israeli army
10:21 has also attacked thousands of media institutions,
10:24 including the offices of outlets
10:27 such as Al Jazeera and Palestine TV.
10:30 In this regard, while Al-Dudu,
10:32 head of the Al Jazeera network in Gaza,
10:35 stated that the number of journalists killed
10:37 is an unprecedented figure,
10:39 exceeding the number of journalists killed in world wars
10:42 and the war in Vietnam.
10:43 We stay in Palestine as the Gaza Media Office
10:51 announced the use of a dock built by the United States
10:55 used by the Israeli occupation forces
10:57 to launch attacks against the Al-Nusra Refugee Camp,
11:00 which left at least 210 civilians killed.
11:04 The report stating that the Sinist forces
11:06 directly targeted civilians, including children,
11:10 in their aggression against the camp
11:12 located in the center of the Gaza Strip.
11:16 The document pointed out that these attacks
11:18 were launched from the floating dock
11:20 built by the United States off the coast of Gaza,
11:23 which was supposed to serve as a maritime corridor
11:26 to bring humanitarian aid to the Strip.
11:28 In the wake of the massacre,
11:30 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
11:32 ordered Israel to stop the genocide in Gaza,
11:35 while the Palestinian government has called
11:37 for an urgent session of the Security Council.
11:40 Meanwhile, Palestinian prisoners' right organizations
11:48 denounced the kidnapping of at least 22 civilians
11:51 in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli occupation army.
11:55 Most of the arrests were made in the northern governorate
11:58 of Yennen, and the number includes one woman and one minor.
12:02 They were carried out in the context of the continuation
12:05 of widespread raids and harassment actions
12:08 carried out by the troops of the Israeli regime.
12:11 As denounced by the organizations
12:13 defending the rights of Palestinian prisoners
12:15 during the arrest campaigns,
12:17 the abductees suffered beatings,
12:19 robberies and threats against their lives
12:21 and those of their relatives.
12:23 Since October 7th, when the current cycle of violence began,
12:27 more than 9,100 Palestinians
12:30 have been imprisoned in the West Bank.
12:33 We stay in Palestine as organizations warned
12:43 of an increase in abortion cases
12:45 due to the siege perpetrated by the Israeli occupation
12:48 in the Gaza Strip.
12:50 Non-governmental organizations reported
12:52 that the number of pregnant women attending hospitals
12:55 with serious hemorrhages and complications is increasing.
12:59 In this regard, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
13:03 of the Riyad Al-Saudi Hospital stated that
13:07 40 to 50 babies are born every day,
13:11 although there are only 35 beds.
13:14 They also reported that the cases that arrive with miscarriages
13:18 are due to malnutrition and anemia
13:21 since the bombings cause constant displacements.
13:24 We now move on to other topics.
13:30 In Iran, the Ministry of the Interior of the Islamic Republic
13:34 published the names of the six candidates
13:36 who have obtained the eligibility to run
13:39 in the presidential election scheduled for June 28th.
13:42 The Ministry of the Interior of the Islamic Republic of Iran
13:47 informed the names of the six candidates
13:49 who have been granted eligibility
13:51 to run in the presidential elections
13:53 called for next June 28th in connection
13:56 with the physical disappearance of President Ebrahim Raisi.
14:01 The campaign will likely include live televised debates
14:05 of the candidates on Iran's state broadcaster.
14:09 They will also advertise on billboards
14:11 and offer speeches to back up their bids.
14:14 Masoud Pesekian, Mostafa Purmohammadi,
14:18 Saeed Yalili, Alireza Sakani,
14:20 Amir Hossein Qasida Deh Hashemi,
14:23 and Mohammad Baqer Khalifaf
14:25 make up the list of approved by the Guardian Council.
14:28 And the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
14:37 will address a joint meeting of the United States Congress
14:40 on July 24th, according to top U.S. lawmakers.
14:44 The confirmation of the date late on Thursday
14:47 came a week after Netanyahu was formally invited
14:51 to speak before U.S. politicians
14:54 in the latest show of support for the longtime ally,
14:57 despite mounting political divisions
14:59 over Israel's military assaults on Gaza.
15:02 Netanyahu's appearance before an increasingly divided Congress
15:06 is sure to be controversial
15:08 and met with plenty of protests from both inside the capital
15:12 from lawmakers and outside by pro-Palestinian protesters.
15:16 Democratic lawmakers, most critical of Netanyahu's strategy,
15:21 are not expected to attend the speech.
15:24 And the U.S. Army began the withdrawal of its troops
15:31 from Niger ahead of the September 15th deadline
15:35 agreed to by both countries.
15:37 A joint statement issued by Africa Command
15:40 explained that the withdrawal of U.S. forces
15:44 will not have an impact on the development
15:45 of ongoing U.S.-Niger relationship
15:49 and that both countries remain committed
15:51 to a sustained diplomatic dialogue.
15:54 President Joe Biden's administration
15:55 had so far resisted such a step,
15:58 publicly demanded by the Nigerian board,
16:01 as it would imply the withdrawal of around 1,000 troops.
16:05 Also pending is the future of a base built by the U.S.
16:10 in the African country only six years ago
16:13 and valued at some $110 million.
16:16 And in the United States,
16:23 ahead of the upcoming election,
16:24 polls begin to show slight Biden lead over Trump.
16:29 In a poll conducted at the beginning of June by Yahoo News
16:33 and data company YouGov,
16:36 close to 1,900 U.S. citizens were surveyed
16:40 regarding their intentions to vote
16:43 for either presidential candidate.
16:45 The results showed a lead of 2% of votes for President Biden
16:50 before his Republican rival
16:52 for the first time in this poll since October, 2023.
16:56 The results of the six previous surveys
16:59 gave Trump the victory or had predicted a tie.
17:03 Therefore, the companies concluded
17:04 that the recent conviction of Trump
17:06 for falsifying business records
17:08 took its toll on the public opinion.
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17:59 In Europe, the far-right increased its influence
18:02 after the parliamentary elections
18:04 leave a legislature with a noted conservative majority.
18:08 After around 185 million voters
18:10 across 27 European Union countries casted their votes,
18:15 the first day of analysis of the polls
18:17 showcased a surge of the far-right
18:20 in nations like France, Germany and Austria.
18:23 Also, as a result of the election,
18:25 the center-right European People's Party
18:27 gained eight seats for a total of 184 seats in the parliament,
18:32 and the Party of European Socialists
18:34 have 139 seats holding on to citizens' assessments.
18:40 In this political context,
18:41 the progressive left-wing parties
18:43 are left with a tough battle ahead.
18:46 In India, Narendra Modi has been sworn in
18:52 at the presidential palace for his third consecutive term
18:56 as the country's prime minister.
18:58 The integration ceremony was attended by over 8,000 people.
19:02 The ceremony included the swearing-in
19:04 of all 72 ministers of the new cabinet.
19:07 The ceremony was attended by leaders and heads of state
19:10 from neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
19:13 Bhutan and Nepal,
19:14 and part of the government policies on "neighborhood first".
19:19 Modi took office in 2014 and has been re-elected twice,
19:24 so he has been at the helm with a parliament majority
19:28 for the past 10 years.
19:30 Also in India, Rahul Gandhi was nominated
19:37 to lead India's opposition in parliament
19:39 following an election result
19:41 that pulled his party back from the political wilderness.
19:45 A meeting of the leadership of Congress,
19:47 the leading opposition party in the country,
19:49 on Saturday voted unanimously to recommend Gandhi's election
19:52 as India's official opposition leader,
19:55 a role that has been left vacant since 2014.
20:00 On Tuesday, India's governing BJP lost its majority
20:04 in the chamber in an election that defied exit polls
20:08 and shocked many supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
20:11 The BJP will still form the next government,
20:14 but it will for the first time in its 10 years in leadership
20:18 be reliant on a clutch of regional partners
20:22 under the National Democratic Alliance.
20:24 We now move on to other topics.
20:43 Higher-than-average ocean temperatures
20:46 are about to make the current global coral bleaching phenomena
20:50 the worst in history.
20:51 In this regard, scientists from Australia and Florida
20:54 highlight the plight of the world's coral reefs.
20:57 Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching
21:05 for the fourth time, a result of warming ocean waters
21:08 amid human-caused climate change, according to scientists.
21:11 In order for bleaching to be declared on a global scale,
21:20 significant bleaching had to be documented
21:22 within each of the major ocean basins,
21:24 including the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans
21:28 in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
21:31 The situation right now is pretty dire.
21:34 We are in the 11th hour in many places,
21:37 with mass coral bleaching all over the entire world.
21:41 We're right now in the fourth global mass bleaching event.
21:45 So make no mistake about it, the situation is grim.
21:49 But I have not lost all hope.
21:51 There are still things that we can do to turn this around.
21:55 Bleaching happens when stressed coral expel the algae
22:00 that are their food source and give them their colour.
22:04 If the bleaching is severe and long-lasting,
22:06 the coral can die.
22:07 In the world's largest coral reef ecosystem,
22:15 Australia's Great Barrier Reef,
22:17 bleaching affected 90% of the coral assessed in 2022.
22:21 In March 2024, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
22:25 announced a mass coral bleaching event
22:27 following aerial surveys.
22:29 The reality for what's happening in the Great Barrier Reef
22:34 unfortunately isn't a surprise,
22:36 and it's a consequence of rising global temperatures.
22:39 And we're very certain of that,
22:41 partly because of the science,
22:43 but also because of what we've seen
22:44 across the whole of the last 12 months.
22:47 The world is experiencing the second global bleaching event
22:50 in the last 10 years.
22:52 The last one ended in May 2017.
22:55 Brought on by a powerful El Nino climate pattern
22:58 that heated the world's oceans,
23:00 it lasted three years and was determined to be worse
23:03 than the prior two bleaching events in 2010 and 1998.
23:07 In this sense, also the Florida coral reef,
23:10 the third largest,
23:11 experienced significant bleaching last year.
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23:17 In mid-July 2023,
23:20 water surface temperatures averaged about 33 degrees Celsius
23:24 in the Atlantic off the lower Florida Keys,
23:27 well above the average of 29.5 degrees Celsius,
23:30 according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports.
23:34 The hot water resulted in nearly 100% bleaching
23:38 along portions of the reef.
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23:44 Scientific reports have long said loss of coral
23:47 is one of the big tipping points of future warming
23:50 as the world nears 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming
23:53 since pre-industrial times.
23:55 That's a limit that countries agreed to try to hold to
23:58 in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
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24:04 Oceans are incredibly important for the future of the world.
24:09 They're important for humanity,
24:11 for all the things they provide,
24:13 and they deserve our attention to look after them.
24:15 Climate change is a substantial threat to all of those systems,
24:20 so it's beholden upon all of us to take action on climate
24:24 because it gives the planet the best possible future
24:27 and hence all of us.
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