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00:00Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced a new attack on the country's electricity

00:12system, this time at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power station in Guri.

00:20The Palestinian-Israeli attack at the New Zerat refugee camp killed 20 civilians, bringing

00:25the total death toll in Gaza to over 40,600.

00:33And in Niger, after 11 years of occupation, German troops completed their departure from

00:37the African nation.

00:45Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesus Studios

00:49in Havana, Cuba.

00:50We begin with the news.

00:51In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro denounced a new attack on the country's electricity

00:56system, this time at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power station at the Guri Dam.

01:01President Maduro detailed the attack affected the 23 states of the country and the capital.

01:06The Venezuelan president highlighted that his team carried out a successful identification

01:11process of the mechanisms used to attack the Guri Dam.

01:14The Venezuelan president also informed that thanks to the authorities' work, the country

01:20is at peace.

01:30We now go live with our correspondent in Caracas, Gladys Quesada.

01:34Welcome Gladys.

01:35What are the latest updates from Venezuela?

01:37Hi Luis, thanks for this time and the opportunity to contact with you and with our audience

01:48through Telesur English and the screens.

01:50Currently, I'm at Petare, one of the most populous neighborhoods in all the town and

01:56also in Caracas, Venezuela.

01:58And this is one of the main zones in the western part of the city that was affected by the

02:03electric cut, the power grid attack suffered yesterday in early morning hours.

02:10As you know and our audience, yesterday the government had a full task force for repairing

02:18and also recovering the electric power grid here in Venezuela.

02:24But also I want to tell you that today, August 31st, the recovery of the coverage is 100%.

02:33I mean all the power grid is up, it's working, it's effective and everyone here in Caracas

02:39is enjoying the service once again.

02:42And the water bombing and the water pumping also is back because this is one of the main

02:46services that get affected when the electricity is out and the power is out here in Caracas

02:52and in all Venezuela.

02:54Currently, I'm at a farmer's market, which means that people is just here buying their

03:00goods for the week.

03:01They are buying, you know, the vegetables, the fruits, they are buying also whatever

03:07they need to be in storage in their houses in order to be prepared, to be ready for the

03:14week.

03:15But I want to tell you and I want to stress, the city is totally recovered in terms of

03:20transportation because as we were reporting yesterday, one of the main affectations here

03:25and the impacts of this electric cut is that the lines, the subway lines are out of power

03:31and also they are out of service.

03:34So they are not operative, which means that people had to mobilize using the landlines

03:39or using maybe the roads, which means crowded roads in every instance because out of the

03:47seven million inhabitants in Caracas, the metro line or I mean the subway line is one

03:54service for three million people here in the city, so it is a lot.

03:58But as I was saying yesterday, the government ensured the transportation means using two

04:04hundred and fifty buses, special buses that were summing up or adding up to the current

04:10means of transportation from the private sector.

04:13Right now, as you can see, there are some people in the streets, many people that are

04:18using the subway lines and they are coming here to these farmers markets here in Petare,

04:24which are more economic and they have better prices than other parts of the city, so people

04:29coming here to do their shops, to do their groceries.

04:34And as you can see behind me, there is a long line of people just buying and choosing and

04:39picking up their fruits, their vegetables, as I was saying.

04:42And there is music in the city.

04:44There is other services.

04:46People are just going to the beauty salons.

04:48They are going to buy some repair car parts.

04:52And also those are the ones that are going to the beaches, to the parks and enjoying

04:57the Saturday, because let's recall, aside from the attack yesterday on the national

05:03power grid and the electric system, aside from the sabotages, aside from maybe this

05:09kind of liabilities and difficulties, Venezuela is still moving on.

05:13And people are just working when they have to and enjoying their leisure time and their

05:17weekend and their free time as long as they can, no matter what happened here in the country.

05:23So today, the city is moving on with normalcy.

05:26As you can see behind me, people are just buying what they need.

05:30They're coming in here.

05:31And we are showing just one market, because we have to stay in a place.

05:35We have to be still.

05:37But in other markets, you know, the fish market, the shoe stores, they have also many, many

05:44customers doing lines, many people who are taking advantage of the offers of Saturday.

05:50And they're just living their lives as long as they can and as long as they have the opportunity

05:56to do so, despite, as I was saying, this kind of liabilities and this kind of attacks.

06:01This morning, there was this news that they had the 100 percent coverage of the electric

06:07system once again back in the city.

06:10But I want to tell you that the president yesterday was saying that Venezuela is ready,

06:15is prepared for this kind of attacks.

06:18And in all times, they have contingency plans.

06:21They are ready.

06:22They are already planning in advance to face this kind of issues, this kind of attacks

06:26and liabilities.

06:27And as yesterday he was saying, in the nighttime and today in the morning, other authorities,

06:34they were stressing that there are also other actions by the national police, like the one

06:40that had place in Tashira before the elections on July 28, and they deactivated one criminal

06:46ban that intended to do the same thing that happened yesterday, an attack, a sabotage

06:51against the electric system.

06:52Also, I want to tell you that the first vice president of the country, Delcy Rodriguez,

06:57she mobilized to Bolivar State and mobilized with the minister of electricity here in Venezuela.

07:04Together they assessed the recovery tasks, and together they gave some addresses this

07:10morning.

07:11They were saying that the hydroelectric plant of Guri is reestablished, and they were saying

07:17that the service is 100% again back in the city.

07:22And some commercials, some market owners, they were saying that yesterday was a difficult

07:27day because they don't have or they lacked yesterday the means of doing the digital financial

07:33transactions, but that today they are full in tax, they are working at 100% capacity,

07:41and that yesterday they, the first thing they did was selling the freeze or the frozen

07:47goods because they were fearing, you know, that they came to be robbed in cash transactions.

07:57This is the reality of Venezuela, a resilient country that is facing every impact, every

08:02attack with creativity, with a joyful spirit, and as you can see behind me, they are just

08:08prepared for this kind of attacks that they have been suffering since 2019, when they

08:13were one week, a whole week without electricity because one of these sabotages.

08:19So Luis, this is the information we will be reporting from different points of the city,

08:24so we can show you the situation today on Saturday noon, because this is noontime already

08:30here in Caracas, in Caracas hours, and we will be reporting for you and for our audience.

08:36So Luis, now we are back to you, we are giving you the signal.

08:40Thank you, Gladys.

08:41We are going to stay tuned with you to continue following up on the situation in Caracas,

08:44so we will be in touch in upcoming news briefs.

08:48Yeah, we will, we will, Luis.

08:52Well, let's move on to other news related to the topic.

08:55Early Saturday morning, Diosdado Cabello, the Minister of the Interior, Justice and

08:59Peace of Venezuela, gave a detailed report on the situation in the Bolivarian nation

09:04after suffering what the executive has described as one of the largest attacks on the national

09:09electricity sector.

09:10Accompanied by representatives of the security forces who guaranteed, together with the courage

09:14of the Venezuelan people, that the brutal attack would not affect the peace of the nation,

09:18Cabello gave details about the situation in the capital and at the national level after

09:22an intense, highly technical and coordinated operation disarticulated the operation led

09:27by the national far-right in coordination with its agents abroad.

09:34After today's terrorist attack, which is intended to scare, they think they are going

09:50to scare our people, but our people have a lot of conscience.

09:56The people are in the streets sharing with their families.

09:59The security agencies are deployed and the people feel safe and calm.

10:05They can walk calmly because there is the police, their police, imperfect civic police

10:12military union.

10:15The Bolivarian National Guard is also deployed and it is part of the doctrine.

10:24The Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace assured that the state security forces

10:28guaranteed peace throughout the country.

10:30Today, they preserved the peace of this country all day long.

10:36All day long our people felt safe and calm and we saw it right now when we stopped somewhere

10:41and the people felt safe.

10:43They enjoyed with their children, with their wives, with their families.

10:48For all the tour we did, we went to the Barral, to the National Assembly, peace and tranquility.

10:56Let's now take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at Terrestrial English,

11:00where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.

11:04We'll be right back, stay with us.

11:24Welcome back.

11:25Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed his support and solidarity with the people

11:29of Honduras and its President Xiomara Castro in the context of her accusation to the United

11:34States government's interference in the Central American nation's internal affairs.

11:38Through a statement on his social media, the head of state expressed, stop all interference

11:42in the internal affairs of Honduras, all our support and solidarity to President Xiomara

11:47Castro, her government, and the Honduran people in the face of the attacks on the sovereignty

11:51of Honduras and our America.

12:00Meanwhile in Brazil, the Federal Supreme Court issued an order to suspend the use of the

12:04social media X in the country due to legal violations by Elon Musk's company.

12:09The judge ordered the immediate and total suspension of the social media until all the

12:14court orders issued by him are complied with, the fines are paid, and the company appoints

12:19a representative in the national territory.

12:22He also expressed that there is an imminent danger due to the actions of extremist groups

12:26and these militias that use the social media to spread nasty, racist, fascist, hateful,

12:31and anti-democratic speeches, which undoubtedly create an environment of total impunity in

12:36the Brazilian social networks.

12:38In this sense, it is expected that X will gradually cease to function in the coming

12:41hours depending on the regions of the country.

12:49And also in Brazil, two people lost their lives and dozens were injured after the collapse

12:52of a roof of a Catholic church in Recife on Friday.

12:56The action occurred at the Morro da Conceição Sanctuary, where worshippers were distributing

13:01food baskets to the needy.

13:03Authorities reported that 22 people were injured, some of them seriously.

13:07The mayor of Recife, Joao Campos, decreed three days of mourning and announced an investigation

13:12to determine if the collapse is related to the recent installation of solar panels in

13:16the church or if there were structural failures.

13:19Videos on social media showed the collapsed roof and injured people on the ground, some

13:24with bloodstains.

13:46In Palestine, more than 40,600 civilians have been killed by the Israeli Occupation Forces

13:51as part of the continuing attacks on the Gaza Strip.

13:53In the last 24 hours, the Occupation Forces carried out five massacres in the Gaza Strip,

13:58leaving at least 89 Palestinians killed and 205 others wounded.

14:02Health authorities warned that the number of those killed and injured could be even

14:06higher as many of the victims remain trapped under the rubble of the infrastructure affected

14:11by the bombardments due to Israel's impediments to the entry of ambulances and civil defense

14:15teams.

14:16At one of the most recent assaults, at least 20 people have been killed by Israeli attacks

14:20in New Zerat, central Gaza.

14:26We stay in context.

14:27In the Middle East, a brutal Israeli attack on a humanitarian convoy on Friday has left

14:31four people dead.

14:33An Hezbollah convoy, a U.S. organization, departed from the Karen Shalom border crossing

14:37with the authorization of the occupying troops.

14:40Its members were of Palestinian origin and they had all the controls imposed by Tel Aviv.

14:45They were carrying out food, medicine and fuel for the Emirate Hospital.

14:49However, the occupiers claimed that the vehicle was controlled by armed assailants.

14:54Al-Nahra denies the serious accusation and reiterates that they have a strict agreement

14:59with the Move1 company to use only unarmed guards.

15:09Also in this context, Norway has strongly condemned the recent Israeli attack on the

15:13humanitarian convoy in Gaza, joining the other countries that have expressed concern for

15:18the safety of aid workers in the region.

15:21International Development Minister Anne Beth Winterim called the attack totally unacceptable

15:26stressing that aid workers must be protected while providing vital assistance to civilians.

15:30The situation has led to an urgent call to investigate the attack and ensure respect

15:34for international humanitarian law as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens.

15:45At least seven U.S. soldiers were wounded in the western desert of Iraq after a clash

15:49with suspected Daesh militia members.

15:52The events occurred on Thursday, but it was not until Friday that the Central Command,

15:56in an unusual statement, confirmed them.

15:59According to the U.S. military office, the soldiers were participating in a joint operation

16:03with the Iraqi army in the Anbar desert.

16:06In the raid, in addition to the wounded foreigners, 15 terrorists were neutralized, who, according

16:10to the Central Command's report, were heavily armed.

16:12The Iraqi government has not yet made a statement on this incident.

16:42Welcome back.

16:52In Niger, after 11 years of occupation, German troops completed their departure from the

16:56African nation.

16:57This was confirmed by the Hermann Nikolai, ambassador of Germany in this country, who

17:02stated that the last troops left the territory on Friday.

17:05The diplomat assured that the process was carried out in an orderly and conciliatory

17:09manner with the government council and within the established deadlines.

17:12Yemen ratified the conditions of the peaceful and respectful withdrawal and reiterated the

17:17security of the country's and internal matter, referring to the damage caused by the colonialist

17:21logic of other governments.

17:26Meanwhile, the United Nations announced on Friday the creation of a new office against

17:32racism dedicated to addressing this cause in the workplace.

17:37The head of the organization, António Guterres, called on governments to take the initiative

17:41to promote and implement policies and laws to guarantee inclusion on the occasion of

17:46the International Day for People of African Descent, which is commemorated every August

17:5031st.

17:51Guterres considered it essential to accelerate global efforts to end racial discrimination

17:56against people of African descent, calling the legacies of slavery intolerable.

18:01In this sense, he also advocated for restorative processes to address the crimes accumulated

18:06in decades of slavery, with a call to build a world of equality, opportunities and justice

18:11for all.

18:12In other news, South Korean President Jun Suk-gyo has called for an investigation into deep-fake

18:20pornography following reports of chat rooms on telegrams sharing explicit images of minors,

18:26which has sparked public outrage.

18:28Despite having the fastest internet speeds in the world, the country faces a serious

18:31epidemic of digital sex crimes, such as spy cameras and revenge porn, due to insufficient

18:37legislation.

18:38Recently, college students were found to be operating an illegal chat room on telegram

18:42where they shared deep-fake pornographic material of female classmates.

18:46Jun stressed that many of those affected are minors and called on authorities to address

18:50these digital crimes effectively.

18:53Activists have expressed concern about the difficulty of removing such online content

18:56and urged the government to declare a national emergency in the face of this crisis.

19:05When I saw the deep-fake sexual crimes at the level of a national disaster, I felt so

19:09sad and angry thinking about the feelings of the victims, whose names and faces I don't

19:14even know.

19:15I was so angry at the society that created this situation that I couldn't stand it.

19:20I think that the culture that finds pleasure in sexually humiliating women and the distorted

19:25sexual awareness is really problematic.

19:27And I also think that it is a big problem that the investigative and government agencies

19:31are not properly punishing or investigating even when it is repeatedly happening.

19:47In Poland, a drone show commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.

19:51The activity had a total of 615 drones, formed a series of pictures of symbols of Warsaw

19:56and the Polish resistance.

19:58Among these representations are a bridge with the inscription COMMUNITY, a heart with the

20:02number 44 precisely for the year the uprising took place, a Polish flag with the symbol

20:07of the Polish resistance, a picture of a shell soldier during the Warsaw Uprising with the

20:11inscription RECOGNITION, a mermaid with a shield and a sword, the symbol of Warsaw,

20:16among others.

20:23This game, this drone dance was superb.

20:27It was colorful.

20:28Someone who doesn't know what happened 80 years ago would be able to discover it in

20:32the sky.

20:38It was a very good idea to show that it can be done differently, a beautiful show without

20:45fireworks and with a message.

20:47I thought it was great that there were symbols of Warsaw, resistance and patriotism.

20:55An In Panama ship that can carry 17,640 containers broke the record on Friday as the vessel with

21:01the largest capacity to cross the Panama Canal in its 110 years of operation.

21:07According to the Canal Authority, in a press release, the container ship MSC Marie transited

21:12through the canal, paying a total of $1,361,742.

21:20The Liberian flag merchant ship Vessel became the first with the largest cargo capacity

21:24able to cross the inter-oceanic waterway, surpassing the mark of the Evermax, which

21:29held the title with a capacity of 17,312 containers in 2023.

21:34A canal recurring from a drought that forced a reduction in transits to the end of 2023

21:40projects a record revenue of $5.6 billion in 2025 when some 13,900 ships with 520 million

21:49tons of cargo are expected to pass through.

21:52We have come to the end of this newsbrief.

21:57You can find these and many other stories on our website www.telesorienglish.net.

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22:06For TELESORIENGLISH, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.

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