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00:00In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro denounced a media campaign being waged by the national
00:15and international extreme right wing against the country.
00:22The Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement Hamas requested the International Court of
00:26Justice to investigate the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by the Israeli
00:32army.
00:33And in Uganda, authorities reported 26 dead and 39 missing after the recent collapse of
00:42a landfill in Kampala.
00:50Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba,
00:55we begin with the news.
00:56In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro denounced a media campaign being waged by the national
01:02and international extreme right wing against the country.
01:05During the inauguration of the Ludovico Silva Integral Diagnostic Center in Caracas, the
01:10Venezuelan head of state denounced that the international media have been in charge of
01:15spreading false information about the events of July 29th and 30th after the presidential
01:21elections in the country.
01:22In this sense, the Venezuelan president pointed out that agencies and media speak on protest
01:27in the country, when in reality there were an attempt coup d'etat.
01:32Likewise, the Venezuelan head of state questioned the double standards of the social networks
01:37that have censored their accounts, but on the 29th and 30th allowed the transmission
01:43and broadcasting of violent scenarios in the country.
01:52President Maduro denounced censorship in social networks and pointed out that their morality
01:57transmitted the events of July 29th and 30th.
02:00It was recorded and it was broadcast live on TikTok.
02:05TikTok banned my account before yesterday because they said that I was broadcasting
02:11a scene, a violent scene, through which media they broadcast the violence.
02:18It was not through TikTok, it was live.
02:21I took my phone and I went into my account, TikTok account, when all the other accounts,
02:28you know, when they send their messages, out of ten accounts, eight were live and direct.
02:33And I was looking at it, I was telling, look, you have to go to the street number, street,
02:39you know, this, they're trying to burn down that, please go there, alert the popular powers,
02:46the police should go there.
02:49TikTok was broadcasted live, all the evidence, all the evidence that we have was provided
02:54by TikTok, the criminals, because they were trained, they were told to transmit, to broadcast
03:00all the violence actions live and direct, so to generate terror in the country, so that
03:07the people inhibited themselves and to go out to defend theirs.
03:13Venezuelan National Assembly begins on Wednesday a public consultation process across the country
03:18on a bill against fascism, which seeks to protect the population from the violence
03:23promoted by the extreme right.
03:25The bill was presented last April to the National Assembly by Executive Vice President Delsi
03:30RodrĂguez and passed its first reading by a qualified majority.
03:34The purpose of the law is to establish the means and procedures of preserve peaceful
03:40coexistence, public tranquility, democratic exercise and the recognition of diversity
03:45and tolerance.
03:46The norm has a chapter dedicated to social media, described in the law as a new machinery
03:52designed to promote hate and violence over tolerance, love and coexistence.
03:57After the popular consultation, the bill will be sent back to Parliament for a final approval
04:02and its immediate implementation.
04:09On Wednesday the Government of Venezuela rejected the criticisms of the High Commissioner for
04:14Human Rights Volker Turk about the initiatives of the National Assembly to confront interference
04:19and violence in the country.
04:21On a communiqué, the Venezuelan Government expressed the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
04:26rejects in the strongest terms the intemperate statements of the High Commissioner for Human
04:31Rights Volker Turk, in which he dares to give his opinion on the legislative initiatives
04:37of the Venezuelan National Assembly concerning the regulation of non-governmental organizations
04:43and the fight against hate speech and the eradication of fascism and Nazism as political
04:48expressions contrary to the constitutional principles.
04:52The Venezuelan administration further stated, Mr. Turk takes off his mask and plays the
04:58role for which he was appointed at, the bureaucratic post in the international system by the imperialist
05:04powers, playing the role of plaintiff against the Bolivarian government and dismissive of
05:10the violent riots that attempted against the peace and tranquility of Venezuelans,
05:15killing innocent people, setting fire to schools, hospitals, political parties, headquarters
05:21and public spaces of the community, clear crimes that violate human rights.
05:26The text stressed the following, the Bolivarian government is certain that it is not Mr. Turk's
05:33ignorance that pushes him to disregard that the vast majority of the countries worldwide
05:38and all continents have fostered laws to protect the people from the evils of fascism
05:43and Nazism, as well as have pursued an important package of legal instruments to regulate the
05:50functions of non-governmental organizations, which in many cases represent obscure interests
05:55that seek to twist the welfare of the people over the duty of the states.
06:00Finally, the Comunique noted, Venezuela reiterates its call to the High Commissioner to let aside
06:07his provocative behavior and approach his responsibilities to cease his brutal attack
06:12on Venezuelan institutions and to take the side of the victims of the far-right violence,
06:17as the far-right has tried to inflict damage to the Venezuelan population by using fascist
06:23methods.
06:28The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, warned on Wednesday about a regrouping
06:33of the right-wing movement in Venezuela.
06:36During his daily morning meeting with the press, the Mexican head of state referred
06:41to the statements issued by international organizations about the Venezuelan elections
06:46and warned that several countries and the OAS seek to drag Mexico into interfering in
06:53matters that only concern the Venezuelan people.
06:56In relation to the electoral process held in the Bolivarian nation, LĂłpez Obrador reiterated
07:02that his government is waiting for the ruling of Venezuela's highest electoral authority
07:06before taking a position.
07:18Now for example in the case of Venezuela, I don't know if you have noticed that there
07:22is a regrouping of the right-wing movement, even the OAS, I don't know if yesterday,
07:27did they resolve anything yesterday?
07:43Didn't the OAS meet yesterday?
07:46And what did it resolve?
07:47Nothing.
07:48The OAS is trying to resolve.
07:50The same isn't it?
07:57If one candidate won, yes, but they are into that.
08:09They are even trying to get us involved in that.
08:11We already said we are going to wait for the ruling of the electoral authority.
08:22The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced the submission of a diplomatic
08:26letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, protesting the financing of opposition
08:32candidates.
08:33The head of state considers as an interference of Washington in matters that only concern
08:37the Mexican people, the sending of funds to other non-governmental organizations, action
08:43with which the Mexican President seeks to formalize a request for review of a transfer
08:48of resources as donations to a civil organization.
08:57Argentina's former President Cristina Fernández testified before court on Wednesday in the
09:03trial for the assassination attempt she suffered in September 2022.
09:07Fernández questioned the failure to present in court the material and financial authors
09:12of the aggression against her and affirmed that it was a debt that must be paid with
09:18democracy.
09:19The former president described the investigation and the handling of the judicial case as a
09:24disaster.
09:25She was the victim of an assassination attempt on September 1, 2022, by an individual linked
09:31to the extreme right-wing groups who pointed a firearm at her in the vicinity of her residence.
09:45A total and absolute disaster, only with the material authors, they never in general tried
09:50the power, because it's not only Dr. Cappuccetti, because it would be very unfair, there may
09:55be a bad investigating judge, there may be a bad judge of first instance, the problem
10:00is when that judge is ratified in the things he or she does wrong by the higher instances,
10:05that is when the power needs to be questioned beyond any expressions, which are everywhere
10:10and cannot be generalized.
10:16The truth is that the attempt to unify the case of the federal revolution with the case
10:20of my attack was rejected several times when I asked the magistrate in charge of the investigation,
10:26it was rejected by Dr. Cappuccetti and Dr. Cappuccetti's decision was ratified by the
10:31criminal court, which means that it is not only Dr. Cappuccetti, but also the judiciary.
10:41The Argentinian former president also accused the police of allowing the development of
10:46hotspots of violence outside her home after the assassination attempt she was victim of.
10:54The police were very aggressive with the Peronists of the city or the Kitcheneristas, whatever
10:58you want to call them, and were very tolerant, almost careful, to protect those who came
11:03to hurl insults and offenses at the door of my house, this is how it is.
11:07There are testimonies, graphic evidence, not only that, but they also did intelligence
11:12work on me.
11:14Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at TeleCity English
11:18where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and more.
11:21We'll be right back, stay with us.
11:44Welcome back.
11:49The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, requested the International Court of
11:53Justice to investigate the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by the Israeli
11:58army.
11:59Hamas political bureau member Issaad al-Rishq asked the International Court of Justice to
12:04investigate the confessions of Israeli soldiers on the use of Palestinian civilians as human
12:09shields to search tunnels and buildings during their military operations in the Gaza Strip.
12:15The Palestinian resistance leader referred to a report based on testimonies of soldiers
12:19and officers of the occupation forces, requesting that they be annexed to the war crimes file
12:25for which the Israeli occupation is on trial.
12:29It also demanded that international and human rights organizations condemn these crimes
12:34and hold the leaders of the Tel Aviv regime accountable.
12:43The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that he will not allow Israel to
12:48set the region on fire.
12:50The Turkish head of state vowed to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its crimes
12:55committed against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
12:58The head of state reiterated Turkey's opposition to Israel's attempts to spread the conflict
13:03in the Middle East and vowed to fight until the Tel Aviv regime faces the law.
13:08The Turkish leader highlighted the invitation extended to the Palestinian President Mahmoud
13:12Abbas to meet in Parliament in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation with Palestine.
13:24The Interim Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati stressed the importance of national
13:30unity to confront the threats and aggressions of the Israeli occupation forces.
13:34Mikati highlighted that solidarity among the Lebanese must be stronger than ever ahead
13:39of Israeli hostility.
13:41The Interim Prime Minister further called on the international community to play a decisive
13:46and immediate role in defusing tensions and stopping the current Israeli aggression.
13:52In this regard, the Authority insisted on implementing the United Nations Security Council
13:57resolutions to immediately reduce or cease Israeli provocative actions, mitigate risks
14:03and safeguard civilians.
14:22Greek authorities announced on Wednesday that the recent wildfires, which began on August
14:2611 and tore through 100,000 acres of land, are no longer active, though officials remain
14:33on high alert.
14:34The fires spread in the north of Athens due to record high temperatures and strong winds,
14:40with blazes breaking out in several towns and villages, including Nea Marki, Marathon
14:45and Pentali.
14:46According to local officials, one woman died and dozens more people, including several
14:51firefighters, were injured.
14:53Greece's official fire season began on May 1 and will continue until October 31.
15:04On Wednesday, over 700,000 residents of West and Central Africa continued to be affected
15:09by torrential rains and severe flooding.
15:12A United Nations briefing reported that these weather phenomena impacted on 746,473 lives
15:21from the Central African Republic, Chad, CĂ´te d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of
15:25the Congo, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Mali and Togo.
15:29The report further registered 72 deaths from drowning and 699 injured.
15:35Furthermore, over 62,000 houses have been damaged, leaving 54,772 people displaced.
15:43Meanwhile, the Central Emergency Response Fund allocated almost 10 million US dollars
15:49to the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Niger in response to climate
15:54emergencies.
15:59Tropical storm Ernesto strengthens and causes damage in Puerto Rico, leaving almost one
16:04million people without electric power.
16:07According to authorities, the storm has caused road closures due to flooding, persistent
16:12winds and heavy rainfall, especially on the eastern side of the island.
16:16In this sense, meteorologists warned that Ernesto is forecast to strengthen and it is
16:21estimated that within hours it will become a cyclone, which could reach a higher category
16:27in a couple of days.
16:28In this regard, the authorities mobilized the National Guard, suspended classes in public
16:33schools and sent home those officials whose work was not essential in view of the arrival
16:39of the tropical storm.
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16:59world's most recent events.
17:02Final short break, don't go away.
17:10The World Health Organization has declared Mpox an international health emergency.
17:16The agency pointed out that the risk of the virus spreading throughout the African continent
17:21is a cause for concern.
17:23The emergency committee also reported that the number of cases of the virus recorded
17:27during 2024 exceeded the figures of 2023.
17:32In addition, more than 14,000 cases and 524 associated deaths were detected.
17:39It should be noted that transmission of the virus occurs through close contact with an
17:43infected person or animal or contaminated objects.
17:51On Wednesday, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shabazz Sharif noted the government's strives for
17:56inclusive and prosperous economic growth and stability on the 77th anniversary of national
18:02independence.
18:03Prime Minister Sharif gave a message to the nation on the celebration of his independence
18:08in which he stressed that they will continue to push forward efforts to continue providing
18:13positive answers towards the country's economic prosperity.
18:21China's Navy hospital ship, the Peace Ark, has arrived in Mozambique as part of its Harmony
18:26mission 2024.
18:27During the next seven days, the ship will provide medical services to local residents.
18:34This marks the fourth stop of the Peace Ark on its current mission and its first return
18:39to Mozambique in seven years.
18:41Harmony Mission 2024 officials highlighted the significance of this cross-border medical
18:46collaboration.
18:47Following its mission in Mozambique, the Peace Ark is scheduled to continue its journey to
18:52South Africa, Angola and other locations, extending its medical services to more local
18:57residents.
19:04On Wednesday, Ice Swimming World Championship is underway at the Calafate City in Argentina
19:21as the sport event kicked off on Monday and its closing will be on Sunday.
19:26Over 100 swimmers from 14 countries are participating in the competition organized by the International
19:31Winter Swimming Association.
19:34Athletes are split into age categories from younger than 14 years old to over 90 years
19:39old and they don't wear a wetsuit.
19:43Mayra Santos from Portugal won the gold medal in the 100 metres and the silver medal in
19:48the 50 metres in the 45 to 49 age category.
19:53Earlier, she had set a world record as she has swum for 30 hours, being the longest continuous
19:59swimmer in a control flow pool.
20:02Santos and another competitor shared their views.
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