23/07/2024
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*In China, Palestinian movements agree to 'reconciliation government'.
*In France, the New Popular Front nominates Lucie Castets as Prime Minister.
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*In China, Palestinian movements agree to 'reconciliation government'.
*In France, the New Popular Front nominates Lucie Castets as Prime Minister.
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00:00In Venezuela, the candidate for the great patriotic Paul Nicolás Maduro reiterated
00:12his denunciation that international media, together with the local far-right, seeks to
00:17make invisible the forces of the Bolivarian revolution.
00:23In China, 14 Palestinian movements signed the Beijing Declaration, agreeing to promote
00:28a national unity government in the midst of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the expansion
00:33of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
00:39And in France, the New Popular Front proposed Lucie Castex as Prime Minister of France.
00:48Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra García from Telesur Studios in
00:52Havana, Cuba.
00:53We begin with the news.
01:06In Venezuela, the candidate for the great patriotic Paul Nicolás Maduro reiterated
01:10his denunciation that international media, together with the local far-right, seeks to
01:15make invisible the forces of the Bolivarian revolution.
01:18In this sense, during his visit to the state of Mérida, Maduro warned that the Venezuelan
01:24far-right, together with its communicational allies, such as the Spanish agency EFE, the
01:30public television of Spain, the Spanish newspaper El País, financed by the United States, are
01:35preparing to shut fraud in the upcoming presidential elections.
01:39In this way, Maduro described these international media as anti-Venezuelan communicative psycheries
01:45who are linked to the far-right to generate violence and hate in his nation.
01:58They have the resource of shooting fraud left, they are already doing it, with their United
02:05States allies, the far-right and what I call the media hitmen of the first and the like,
02:13the Spanish agency EFE, the Spanish public television, the newspaper El País, are the
02:19three sources in Spanish, where every day they speak badly of Venezuela.
02:24Every day they lie and they are ready to shoot fraud, CNN in Spanish, media hitmen, anti-Venezuelans,
02:32but I have news for you.
02:35After 30 elections we are used to it and we are going to win, we are going to celebrate
02:41and on the 29th Venezuelans dance, in peace, peace, peace.
02:49Likewise, the candidate for the great patriotic poll assured that in Venezuela the fascist
02:54far-right will be defeated through the votes on July 28th.
03:01And that those garbage international hitmen stay with their lies and manipulations, because
03:07the fascist far-right like Vox in Spain, the fascist far-right like Bolsonaro in Brazil,
03:14the fascist far-right like Uribe, Iván Duque, the fascist far-right like Millet in Argentina,
03:20in Venezuela shall not pass, they will not come here, they will not return.
03:26We will defeat them with votes, vote, vote, vote, and popular triumph.
03:35We go now to Caracas, as our special envoy Juno Zuner brings us an update from the Bolivar
03:40Theatre, where the second gathering for the World Social Alternative is taking place.
03:47Hello from Caracas, actually from the Bolivar Theatre in the centre of Caracas, from the
03:52second meeting of the World Social Alternative convened by ALBA-TCP, the Bolivarian Alliance
04:01of the Peoples of America, Treaty of the Peoples, together with the Simon Bolivar
04:06Institute located here in Caracas. During two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, experts from all
04:13over the country, as well as from all kind of Latin American countries and beyond, will discuss
04:20global topics here in the theatre, and they have started today's morning with presentations from
04:27the foreign minister of Venezuela, Ivan Gil, from the former foreign minister of Venezuela and
04:33current executive secretary of the ALBA, Jorge Arreaza, and different speakers from different
04:40countries, especially also from the European countries, that took up on the coming up
04:46elections on July 28th, and also media campaigns. In that context, they warned of possible imperialist
04:54media campaigns against Venezuela's election institutions, and destabilizing the country by
05:02spreading false and illegal news. An example was given by Patricia Villegas, the president of
05:09Teresur. She said that the opposition here was going to emanate results of the elections
05:17before the National Election Council would do so. But remember, the National Election Council
05:22is the only authority that can do so legally, so these news will be spread out illegally and
05:30falsely, and international media organs will disseminate them and will distribute them,
05:35thus causing instability and thus causing damage to the institutions of the country, Villegas said,
05:41who also called to alphabetize the citizens digitally, to teach them how to read the news,
05:49how to read the social news specifically, and she also called, this was another demand also
05:54applauded by other participants, to create our own spaces, our own virtual spaces, and our own
06:01social networks, because all participants agreed upon the one idea that these social networks that
06:09are right now existing are being dominated by the US empire. Some of them gave even examples,
06:17name by name, how US government employees were deployed to lead these social media companies.
06:25So the discussions have started. They will also continue along topics such as networking among
06:32different social movements, and they will continue tomorrow, on Wednesday, also looking for how to
06:38maintain global peace, given the increasing imperialist aggressions in Europe and elsewhere.
06:47Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at TeleCity English,
06:51where you will find news in different formats, news updates and more.
06:54We'll be right back, stay with us.
06:57Welcome back. In Palestine, the Israeli occupation army killed around 100 Palestinians after shelling
07:21the central and southern Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. Palestinian authorities reported that
07:26Israeli forces targeted Gaza's homes in the center and south, leaving over 200 injured,
07:32including children and women. They further warned that thousands of Palestinians were
07:37forced to move amid humanitarian and medical conditions described as catastrophic as a result
07:42of the Israeli occupation army's aggression. Palestinian rescue teams denounced the difficulties
07:48they face in reaching thousands of victims who are still missing under the rubble or scattered
07:54on the roads in the aftermath of the constant bombardments by the Tel Aviv regime.
08:04Meanwhile, on Tuesday, 14 Palestinian movements signed the Beijing Declaration agreeing to promote
08:10a national unity government in the midst of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the expansion of
08:14illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. This way, under the mediation of China,
08:20the signatories, including Fatah Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
08:25pledged to promote comprehensive national unity, including all factions within the framework of the
08:31Organization for the Liberation of Palestine. In this regard, they also agreed to establish
08:36an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the United
08:41Nations resolution. The signing culminated the second round of intra-Palestinian dialogue that
08:47took place in Gaza. Today we sign an agreement for national unity, and we say that the path
08:59to completing this journey is national unity. We are committed to national unity and we call for it.
09:06For his part, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who attended the signing ceremony,
09:11called the event an important historic milestone in the cause of Palestinian liberation.
09:19The most important consensus of this Beijing dialogue among Palestinian factions is to commit
09:24to the great reconciliation and great unity of all 14 factions. The core result is that it is clear
09:32that the Palestine Liberation Organization is the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
09:42The most prominent highlight is the agreement to form an interim national
09:46reconciliation government around the governance of post-war Gaza.
09:51In this context, the head of Chinese diplomacy called for a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
09:58The first step is to push for a comprehensive, lasting and sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza
10:05Strip as soon as possible to ensure smooth access for humanitarian aid and relief. No excuse can
10:12justify harming civilians and prolong the war. The international community should further
10:17consolidate its efforts on the issue of ceasefire and cessation of hostilities.
10:22And in this context, on Monday, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu arrived
10:28in the United States amidst demands for his accountability in the genocide perpetrated in
10:33the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu landed in Washington, D.C., where the far-right leader will address a
10:39joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, despite boycott plans by dozens of Democrat
10:45legislators. The Prime Minister furthered plans to meet with President Joe Biden,
10:50who kept strong economic and military support to the Tel Aviv regime during his administration.
10:55The visit by the Zionist Prime Minister comes two months after the Chief Prosecutor of the
11:00International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, requested an arrest warrant for the
11:05Israeli Prime Minister for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
11:10I will seek to anchor the bipartisan support that is so important for Israel,
11:15and I will tell my friends on both sides of the aisle that, regardless of who the American people
11:20choose as their next president, Israel remains America's indispensable and strong ally in the Middle East.
11:31In this context, dozens of activists protested in front of the White House
11:35In this context, dozens of activists protested in front of the White House to condemn the visit
11:40of the Israeli Prime Minister. With banners and speeches, the demonstrators questioned
11:45the authorities who were on the scene. Meanwhile, the Center for Constitutional Rights urged the U.S.
11:50Justice Department to investigate Netanyahu for his responsibility in acts of genocide,
11:56war crimes and torture against the Palestinian population.
12:00In Yemen, residents attended the funeral of nine workers killed during an Israeli attack on the
12:05port of Hodeidah city. For the burial, the coffins were carried in a caravan through the streets of
12:11Hodeidah, accompanied by a crowd of relatives, friends and other residents of the town. The
12:16Zionist aggression targeted the city's port and Hodeidah's electrical and oil facilities,
12:21leaving at least 80 people injured in addition to those killed in the attack.
12:26The Yemeni army promised a resounding response to the attacks and bombardments launched by the
12:30Israeli occupation forces, so it warned of striking Tel Aviv once again.
12:43We have a final short break coming up, but before we invite you to join our WhatsApp
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13:00as well as the rest of the world. Final short break, don't go away.
13:08Welcome back to From the South. On Tuesday in France, the New Popular Front proposed
13:13Lucie Castex as Prime Minister of the country. In this way, after 15 days of negotiations,
13:18the left-wing parties through the New Popular Front reached an agreement to propose Lucie
13:23Castex as Prime Minister. The appointment comes after Laurence Tuviana, the previous
13:29candidate proposed by the Coalition of Socialists, Ecologists and Communists, announced her
13:33withdrawal on Monday after considering that her name did not receive the necessary consensus.
13:39Castex has made her career as a civil servant, fighting tax fraud and organized crime. It must
13:45be noted that these proposals still need Emmanuel Macron to agree the appointment,
13:50in addition to requiring the support of the French Parliament.
13:58The European Parliament, with the most extreme right-wing in history, is being used by the
14:03ultras to spread their ideas. What could be the consequences of this situation?
14:08Let's see the details with our correspondent Andres Flores.
14:11Following the European elections last June,
14:14far-right groups have become more prominent in the European Parliament.
14:19In the new composition of the European Parliament, the element that stands out after these European
14:24elections is the much stronger emergence of the extreme right, including three groups with Marine
14:29Le Pen, with Meloni, with Vox, and also with Alternative for Germany. With this anti-rights
14:34agenda against women, against LGBT people, and in the case of the European Union,
14:39also very strongly against migrants.
14:45For Castilla, the militarization of the continent is a key issue on the current
14:48European Parliament agenda. There have also been very strong agreements in the line of
14:53increasing the rearmament of all the European powers, and of increasing those military budgets,
14:58above all in the line of militarizing borders, an absolute support and shielding of European
15:03imperialism, and also the absolute consensus in the support to the genocidal state of Israel
15:08with the massacre it is carrying out against the Palestinian people.
15:14The European Union defines the Green Pact as a package of policy initiatives aimed at setting
15:18the block on the path towards a green transition, but historian Salvador Loa disagrees with that
15:22vision. Another of the axes is to maintain the Green Pact, which from my point of view is not
15:32only an impotent policy in the face of climate change, since it leaves the supposed solution
15:37in the hands of those who generated it. It also hides behind it a clearly imperialist policy of
15:44placing European companies at the head of this new nook of green capitalism.
15:49Although the far right fell farther short of the breakthrough many polls predicted,
15:53it has still managed to build a lobby to push for its policies.
15:57What they are achieving is that the political chessboard is turning more and more to the right.
16:01I believe that the extreme right must be very happy, not only because of the results they have
16:05obtained electorally, but because what they are really achieving is that their political agenda
16:10is being implemented by others. Margaret Thatcher said that her main victory had been Tony Blair,
16:15a social democrat who applied the policies of neoliberalism. Well, today the main victory of
16:19Meloni. Of Le Pen, of Vox, is that we have supposedly progressive governments or governments
16:24of conservatives and others that are applying the migratory policies that the extreme right
16:28wing have in their programs or that have been their agitation campaign in the last years.
16:33This new European parliament will be a challenge for the left,
16:37which will have to mobilize an alternative agenda in a hostile political context.
16:45On Tuesday in Kenya, the anti-government protest movement is holding demonstrations
16:49across the country after President William Ruto appointed members of the cabinet he had
16:54dismissed a week earlier. In this sense, the demonstrators organized a nationwide rally,
16:59while in Kenya's capital they also mobilized the march to the airport, prompting a police warning.
17:05For their part, social activists reiterated that they want Ruto's government to step down and
17:10demand reforms to end corruption and address poor governance and service delivery in national and
17:16regional governments. Meanwhile, protesters continue to defend their constitutional right
17:21despite government repression.
17:51On Tuesday in Italy, the airport of Catania in the region of Sicily suspended its operations
18:06due to the eruption of Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe. In this sense,
18:11the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reported that due to the eruptions
18:16and ash emissions up to 8 km high, it was decided to suspend air operations areas of
18:22southern Italy while it also caused a shower of ash in the region of Catania and other
18:27nearby towns due to the volcanic cloud that rises from the crater.
18:36Authorities in Ethiopia on Monday reported new death linked to landslides caused by heavy rains.
18:42In this regard, a local official of the Kenshasa Ghozdi district in the Ghofa region
18:48to the south of the country stressed that while search operations continue in the area,
18:53they have reported 55 new bodies, thus rising the number of dead to 146, with most of the
19:00victims being children and pregnant women. Landslides are common in Ethiopia during
19:05the rainy season, which began in July and is expected to last until mid-September.
19:12The Argentinian women's field hockey team known as Las Leonas was among the first to settle into
19:33the Paris 2024 Olympic Village. The team dreams of winning their first ever gold medal after
19:39losing in the final of the Tokyo 2020 Games. In this context, although Argentina is among the
19:44favourites to finish at the top of the podium, the Dutch team makes the road ahead for the South
19:50American nation even more difficult since it has dominated the history of women's Olympic field
19:56hockey with nine medals overall. In turn, Las Leonas have three second places and two third
20:02places under their belt as they head to the Paris tournament with where 12 teams will compete for
20:09the gold medal. I think we are very dedicated players. That's what they teach us here.
20:21Humility, commitment, effort. We know that the key to being where we are is always training.
20:27So we all know that we train here. We train one session, two sessions, three sessions all year
20:34round. Las Leonas are always on top. Like I said, there's a reason for that. We put in a lot of
20:42effort, a lot of training. Nothing comes for free. Nobody gives us anything. It's pure hard work. It's
20:48really about putting the shirt above everything else. It's a lot of love for the shirt. So to
20:53fulfill my wish, I would like the girls to give me the best Olympics of my life, which of course
20:57will be the gold medal. On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for the
21:04commitment to promote solidarity and work for peace in the context of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
21:10Bonjour and welcome to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The world gathers in Paris to celebrate
21:16the power of sport, to bring hope, to transcend cultures, to unite people, to promote mutual
21:22respect and fair play. These are also the ideals of the United Nations. In the spirit of the Olympic
21:29truce, I call on everyone to lay down their arms, build bridges, foster solidarity, and strive for
21:36the ultimate goal, peace for all. I wish every success to the Olympians and Paralympians. You
21:45inspire us to dream bigger. May the Olympic flame light the path to a world of peace and harmony.
21:51We have come to the end of this news brief, but you can find this and many other stories on our
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22:02TikTok as well. For Telecity English, I'm Alejandra Garcia. Thank you for watching.