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*Hamas requests ICJ to investigate use of Palestinians as human shields by Israel.
*26 dead and 39 missing after recent landfill collapse in Uganda.
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00:00Hello, and welcome to From the South.
00:11I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:15We begin with the news.
00:16The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, warned on Wednesday about the regrouping
00:22of the right-wing movement in Venezuela.
00:24During his daily morning meeting with the press, the Mexican head of state referred
00:28to the statements issued by international organizations about the Venezuelan elections
00:33and warned that several countries and the OAS seek to drag Mexico into interfering in
00:40matters that only concern the Venezuelan people.
00:43In relation to the electoral process held in the Bolivarian nation, LĂłpez Obrador reiterated
00:48that his government is waiting for the ruling of Venezuela's highest electoral authority
00:52before taking a position.
00:55Now, for example, in the case of Venezuela, I don't know if you have noticed that there
01:08is a regrouping of the right-wing movement, even the OAS, I don't know if yesterday,
01:13Did they resolve anything yesterday?
01:29Didn't the OAS meet yesterday?
01:32And what did it resolve?
01:33Nothing.
01:34The OAS is trying to resolve, the same isn't it?
01:51If one candidate won, yes, but they are into that.
01:55They are even trying to get us involved in that, we already said we are going to wait
01:59for the ruling of the electoral authority.
02:08Venezuelan National Assembly begins on Wednesday a public consultation process across the country
02:13on a bill against fascism which seeks to protect the population from the violence promoted
02:18by the extreme right.
02:19The bill was presented last April to the National Assembly by Executive Vice President Delsi
02:24RodrĂguez and passed its first reading by a qualified majority.
02:28The purpose of the law is to establish the means and procedures to preserve peaceful
02:33coexistence, public tranquility, democratic exercise and the recognition of diversity
02:38and tolerance.
02:39The norm has a chapter dedicated to social media, described in the law as a new machinery
02:45designed to promote hate and violence, over-tolerance, love and coexistence.
02:50After the popular consultation, the bill will be sent back to the Parliament for a final
02:54approval and its immediate implementation.
03:02On Wednesday the Government of Venezuela rejected the criticisms of the High Commissioner for
03:06Human Rights Volker Turk about the initiatives of the National Assembly to confront interference
03:11and violence in the country.
03:13On a communiqué, the Venezuelan Government expressed, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
03:17rejects in the strongest terms the intemperate statements of the High Commissioner for Human
03:23Rights Volker Turk, in which he dares to give his opinion on the legislative initiatives
03:28of the Venezuelan National Assembly concerning the regulation of non-governmental organizations
03:34and the fight against hate speech and the eradication of fascism and Nazism as political
03:39expressions contrary to the constitutional principles.
03:43The Venezuelan Administration further stated, Mr. Turk takes off his mask and plays the
03:49role for which he was appointed, at the bureaucratic post in the United Nations system by the imperialist
03:55powers, playing the role of plaintiff against the Bolivarian Government and the dismissive
04:02of the violent riots that attempted against the peace and tranquility of Venezuelans,
04:07killing innocent people, setting fire to schools, hospitals, political party headquarters and
04:12public spaces of the community, clear crimes that violate human rights.
04:17The text stressed the following, the Bolivarian Government is certain that it is not Mr. Turk's
04:22ignorance that pushes him to disregard that the vast majority of the countries worldwide,
04:29in all continents, have fostered laws to protect the people from the evils of fascism and Nazism,
04:35as well as have pursued an important package of legal instruments to regulate the functions
04:39of non-governmental organizations, which in many cases represent obscure interests that
04:45seek to twist the welfare of the people over the duty of the states.
04:49Finally, the Comunique noted, Venezuela reiterates its call to the High Commissioner to let aside
04:56his provocative behavior and approach his responsibilities to cease his brutal attack
05:01on Venezuelan institutions and to take the side of the victims of the far-right violence,
05:06as the far-right has tried to inflict damage to the Venezuelan population by using fascist
05:12methods.
05:13Argentina's former President Cristina Fernández testified before court on Wednesday in the
05:25trial for the assassination attempt she suffered in September 2022.
05:30Fernández questioned the failure to present in court the material and financial authors
05:35of the aggression against her and affirmed that it was a debt that must be paid with
05:40democracy.
05:41The former president described the investigation and the handling of the judicial case as a
05:46disaster.
05:47She was the victim of an assassination attempt on September 1, 2022, by an individual linked
05:53to extreme right-wing groups who pointed a firearm at her in the vicinity of her residence.
06:06A total and absolute disaster, only with the material authors, they never in general tried
06:11to do so.
06:12The truth is that the attempt to unify the case of the Federal Revolution against the
06:13Venezuelan people is not an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:14It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:15It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:16It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:17It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:18It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:19It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:20It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:21It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:22It is an attempt to unify the case of the Venezuelan people.
06:23in the things he or she does wrong by the higher instances, that is when the power needs
06:27to be questioned beyond any expressions, which are everywhere and cannot be generalized.
06:37The truth is that the attempt to unify the case of the Federal Revolution with the case
06:41of my attack was rejected several times when I asked the Magistrate in charge of the investigation,
06:47It was rejected by Dr. Cappuccetti and Dr. Cappuccetti's decision was ratified by the
06:51criminal court, which means not only Dr. Cappuccetti, but also the judiciary.
06:57Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at TELUSudyEnglish
07:06where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and more.
07:09We'll be right back, stay with us.
07:17Welcome back to From the South.
07:34The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, requested the International Court of
07:38Justice to investigate the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by the Israeli
07:43army.
07:44Palestinian Political Bureau member Issad al-Rishq asked the International Court of
07:48Justice to investigate the confessions of Israeli soldiers on the use of Palestinian
07:53civilians as human shields to search tunnels and buildings during their military operations
07:59in the Gaza Strip.
08:00The Palestinian Resistance leader referred to a report based on testimonies of soldiers
08:05and officers of the occupation forces, requesting that they be annexed to the war crimes file
08:11for which the Israeli occupation is on trial.
08:14It also demanded that international and human rights organizations condemn these crimes
08:19and hold the leaders of the Tel Aviv regime accountable.
08:27The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared that he will not allow Israel to
08:32set the region on fire.
08:34The Turkish head of state vowed to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its crimes
08:38committed against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
08:41The head of state reiterated Turkey's opposition to Israel's attempts to spread the conflict
08:47in the Middle East and vowed to fight until the Tel Aviv regime faces the law.
08:52The Turkish leader highlighted the invitation extended to the Palestinian President Mahmoud
08:57Abbas to meet in Parliament in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation with Palestine.
09:08The Interim Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, stresses the importance of national
09:12unity to confront the threats and aggressions of the Israeli occupation forces.
09:17Mikati highlighted that solidarity among the Lebanese must be stronger than ever ahead
09:22of Israeli hostility.
09:24The Interim Prime Minister further called on the international community to play a decisive
09:28and immediate role in defusing tensions and stopping the current Israeli aggression.
09:33In this regard, the Authority insisted on implementing the United Nations Security Council
09:38resolutions to immediately reduce or cease Israeli provocative actions, mitigate risks
09:44and safeguard civilians.
10:02Tropical storm Ernesto strengthens and causes damage in Puerto Rico, leaving almost one
10:08million people without electric power.
10:10According to authorities, the storm has caused road closures due to flooding, persistent
10:15winds and heavy rains, especially on the eastern side of the island.
10:19In this sense, meteorologists warned that Ernesto is forecast to strengthen and it is
10:24estimated that within hours it will become a cyclone, which could reach a higher category
10:30in a couple of days.
10:32In this regard, the authorities mobilized the National Guard, suspended classes in public
10:37schools and sent home those officials whose work was not essential in view of the arrival
10:43of the tropical storm.
10:49On Wednesday, over 700,000 residents of West Bank and Central Africa continued to be affected
10:55by torrential rains and severe flooding.
10:58A United Nations briefing reported that this weather phenomenon impacted on 746,473 lives
11:07from the Central African Republic, Chad, CĂ´te d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
11:12Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Mali and Togo.
11:16The report further registered 72 deaths from drowning and 699 injured.
11:21Furthermore, over 62,000 houses have been damaged, leaving 54,772 displaced.
11:29Meanwhile, the Central Emergency Response Fund allocated almost 10 million US dollars
11:34to Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Niger in response to climate emergencies.
11:45In Greece, wildfires have spread over 10,000 hectares of land, leaving a fatality and thousands
11:51of evacuees.
11:52Greek firefighting authorities are striving to put out thousands of active wildfires spots
11:57across the country.
11:58For this emergency, the government deployed hundreds of firefighters, 200 trucks and nine
12:03aircraft to help control the active outbreaks.
12:06Moreover, the Turkey Aviation joined the efforts undertaken by the national authorities, sending
12:12two amphibious planes and a helicopter to assist the firefighting teams in Athens.
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12:32For TELUSCIBE ENGLISH, I'm Alejandra Garcia, thank you for watching.