17/09/2024
FTS 12.30
*Israel commits 3 massacres in Gaza in past 24hs
*Venezuelan govt. reports seizure of new illegal arms shipment from the U.S.
FTS 12.30
*Israel commits 3 massacres in Gaza in past 24hs
*Venezuelan govt. reports seizure of new illegal arms shipment from the U.S.
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00:00In Lebanon, the government condemned an Israeli cyber-attack that targeted citizens' pagers
00:17leaving 8 dead and over 2,700 others wounded, 200 of them in critical conditions.
00:28In the last 24 hours alone, Israel has committed three massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing
00:3226 people and injuring 84 others.
00:39And the government of Venezuela reported that it seized a new illegal shipment of arms from
00:42the United States.
00:46Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Televisual Studios
00:55in Havana, Cuba.
00:57We begin with the news.
00:58In Lebanon, on Tuesday, eight people have reportedly died and a large number were injured
01:03as a result of the explosion of wireless devices in several regions of the country.
01:07Preliminary reports indicate that the cyber-attack managed to hack into message-receiving devices
01:12known as pagers, which exploded almost simultaneously, injuring imposition of the equipment.
01:19The Lebanese Minister of Health, Firas al-Abyad, said that the number of wounded amounts to
01:23more than 2,700, with 200 critical cases being treated in 100 hospitals.
01:30Al-Abyad called on all citizens with wireless communication devices to stay away from them.
01:34In an initial statement, the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah informed that their agencies
01:38are conducting an extensive scientific and security investigation to discover the reasons
01:43that led to the simultaneous explosions.
01:45Meanwhile, the Minister of Information of Lebanon, Ziad Makari, has called the attack
01:49an Israeli aggression.
01:53In Palestine, authorities denounced that in the last 24 hours alone, Israel has committed
02:19three massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing 26 people and injuring 84.
02:24At least four people, including a child, were killed by shelling by the occupation army
02:27on Tuesday morning on Homs in the Bureid refugee camp, while some 30 civilians were left buried
02:33under the rubble.
02:34According to civil defense rescue teams, it was a two-fold attack that struck firstly
02:39on a block of houses and secondly on emergency teams searching through the rubble.
02:44The death toll of the genocide launched by Israel on October 7 has increased to more
02:48than 41,000 victims, most of them children and women, while more than 95,000 Palestinians
02:54have been wounded.
03:02Palestinian aid groups say Israel is preventing 83% of food aid from reaching Gaza.
03:07A group of 15 aid organizations declared in a joint statement that the people of Gaza
03:11are only eating an average of one meal a day because the Israeli military is blocking
03:1583% of the food needed to reach the besieged enclave.
03:20They added that the amount of aid blocked by Israel has increased substantially since
03:242023, when only 34% of food aid was blocked.
03:28Director of the Palestinian NGO Amjad Al-Shawa said in the statement that 100% of Gaza's
03:34population is now dependent on aid and the shortages mean that people are starving.
03:45U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Israel's collective punishment of the Palestinian
03:49people in Gaza.
03:52It is unimaginable, the level of suffering in Gaza, the level of death and destruction
03:58have no parallel in everything I've witnessed since I am Secretary-General.
04:04Obviously we all condemn the terror attacks made by Hamas as well as the taking of hostages
04:14that is an absolute violation of international humanitarian law, but the truth is that nothing
04:20justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people and that is what we are
04:26witnessing in a dramatic way.
04:29In turn, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right Situation in the Occupied Palestinian
04:32Territory, Francesca Albanese, said that Israel has become a pariah and suggested that the
04:37country's membership in the U.N. should be questioned.
04:40It is unavoidable for Israel to become a pariah in the face of its continuous, relentless,
04:48vilifying assault on the United Nations on top of millions of Palestinians.
04:55But this year, the U.N. Secretary-General, the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council
05:01have been constantly vilified, not that it has not happened before, but never with this intensity.
05:06Let's take now a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok, at Telesview English,
05:09where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
05:14We'll be right back, stay with us.
05:18Welcome back.
05:40During the podcast with Maduro Mas, the government of Venezuela reported it seized a new illegal
05:44shipment of arms from the United States.
05:46During a dialogue between the Minister of Interior, Diosdado Cabello, and the Venezuelan
05:50Head of State, Nicolás Maduro, informed that on Monday, a new seizure of U.S. armament
05:56was made in the country, which was introduced by the CIA prior to the elections held on
06:00July 28.
06:01In this regard, President Maduro blamed the CIA for including footage from the Venezuelan
06:05Justice in destabilizing acts against the country.
06:17Today, I was informing the President, all these weapons come from the United States,
06:23all of them.
06:23Today, thanks to the intelligence work at this moment before the program, right President,
06:29before the program, in a place in Venezuela, we made a new seizure of weapons.
06:34It is in full swing.
06:36It is in full development.
06:38At this time that you see me, the intelligence and protection security forces are acting
06:43so that peace and tranquility continue to reign in Venezuela, because Madeline asks
06:49and I answer.
06:51What would have happened?
06:53We would have fought.
06:55We would have triumphed.
06:57And perhaps they would not have been arrested.
07:00Maybe they would have been killed by the patriotic fire of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces,
07:06the Bolivarian National Police, the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, the military
07:12counterintelligence general directorate, because Venezuela has military police and
07:17security forces to defend it.
07:19It has people to defend it.
07:21That is what they cannot understand.
07:24The Venezuelan head of state also explained that the CIS armament is the official weaponry
07:28of the Navy SEALs, for which he blamed the CIA for introducing it into the country to
07:32perpetrators' actions.
07:42This rifle that is here is an assault rifle, high level.
07:48This tip here is to put an air suppressor, which is a silencer.
07:55It has a telescopic sight, medium range.
07:59It is an assault rifle built for the United States military forces.
08:06For the exclusive use of the United States military forces.
08:11It is forbidden to be traded and sold, because it is for the exclusive use of the United
08:17States military forces.
08:19Like this one, we have several rifles, exporter, and here is the caliber 7.62x39, and here
08:29is the serial number.
08:31I reserved the serial number.
08:33The United States government knows that we have this rifle and other armament, which
08:39was introduced by the CIA to Venezuela for terrorist attacks, requested by fascism in
08:46Venezuela.
08:47You can see here, restricted government of the United States.
08:56And it is important, Mr. President, that it be known that this is the official weapon
09:02of the Navy SEALs.
09:04It is the official weapon of the Navy SEALs, not of the commandos, and it is precisely
09:11Mr. Castaneda, an active U.S. military officer, who is in charge of this operation.
09:19In this sense, the Venezuelan president pointed out that the U.S. government is clearly violating
09:23international law, and specifically found in charge of the United Nations for its criminal
09:28actions against Venezuela.
09:33Because all these sectors that call for violence, for civil war, for invasion, for assassination
09:43in Venezuela, are protected in territory of the United States, which clearly violates
09:49international law, and especially violate the founding charter of the United Nations.
09:56At this moment, the government of the United States is openly violating the charter of
10:02the United Nations for its actions of instigating violence in Venezuela.
10:07In Colombia, through an agreement between the Reparation Fund of the Victims Unit and
10:11the National Land Agency, victims of parliamentarism will receive 18,000 hectares to repair the
10:16damage they have suffered.
10:18According to Lilia Solano, Director of the Victims Unit, and Felipe Hartman, Director
10:22of the National Land Agency, the FRB will receive an amount of more than $175 billion,
10:29which will make possible the distribution of the victims' resources in the purchase
10:33of the land destined to repair the community.
10:36For his part, Felipe Hartman pointed out that this is the first time that the agency makes
10:39a massive purchase from the FRB, and that this is thanks to the political will of both
10:44administrations to break down the institutional barriers that prevented the implementation
10:49of the agreement.
10:50More than 100 indigenous leaders gathered in the town of Curare, in the Sillian Mountain
11:00Range, to discuss what serves as the first International Congress of Indigenous Conservation
11:05Territories.
11:07Indigenous leaders from territories such as the Arawak of Sierra Nevada in Colombia,
11:11the Chihuahua of the Guatemalan Amazon, the Huachiperi of Peru, the Aymara of the Andean
11:16Highlands, as well as representatives from different territories of the Mapuche people,
11:20met to discuss common solutions to shared problems.
11:22The Congress also focused on community life, a fundamental characteristic of indigenous
11:27peoples undermined by extractivist capitalism.
11:36And in Argentina, thousands of students marched on Monday during the 48th anniversary of La
11:41Noche de los Lapices, in English, the Night of the Pencils.
11:45The mobilization this Monday was attended by young people, human rights organizations,
11:50and political entities honoring the victims of the Night of the Pencils, when a group
11:54of students were kidnapped on September 16, 1976, by police and army officers in Buenos
12:01Aires.
12:01The demonstration took place after the head of state introduced a budget bill to cut the
12:052025 investment in science, technology, and education.
12:09Protesters demanded the president not to veto the education funding bill.
12:13Likewise, they claimed for the continuity of the memory policies.
12:24We now have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our YouTube
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13:03The French National Assembly approved to debate the impeachment motion of President Emmanuel
13:07Macron presented by the left-wing party La France Insoumise.
13:11The action was approved with 12 votes in favor and 10 against.
13:14The initiative has the support of 81 lawmakers and more than 300,000 signatures.
13:20It is in view of the failure of the French president to elect a prime minister by passing
13:24the popular vote, which gave the majority of the seats to the left-wing parties.
13:28In this context, the Socialist Party agreed to promote the study of the impeachment, which,
13:33if carried out, would mark the end of President Macron's administration.
13:37In this context, the leader of France Insoumise, Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon, had this to say on X.
13:49The debate of the impeachment motion of Macron is approved.
13:52Where there is a will, there is a way.
13:54And now, action.
13:55Eric Coquerel is going to fetch the budget documents hidden at Matignon, and on September
14:0024th, rally with the youth for Macron's impeachment.
14:07Also, in France, in the port city of Calais, a vigil was held to pay tribute to the 8 migrants
14:17who died on Sunday while trying to cross the English Channel.
14:20Regional Prefect Jacques Villon said the incident occurred around 1 a.m. local time in waters
14:25off the coast of the northern city of Amblitus.
14:27The official stated that the vessel was carrying approximately 60 people from countries such
14:32as Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan and Iran, and capsized due to the large number of people
14:37being transported.
14:38So far this year, 46 migrants have lost their lives trying to reach British shores.
14:51Meanwhile, in the United States, former President Donald Trump was unharmed after an apparent
14:55assassination attempt on Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida, while playing on a golf course
15:00near his private club.
15:02Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old man, was arrested after being discovered with a rifle
15:08near the course.
15:09Routh had been camping in the area for more than 12 hours before he was identified by
15:14the Secret Service.
15:15Authorities noted that despite being armed and concealed in nearby vegetation, Routh
15:20did not have a direct line of sight to Trump at the time of the incident.
15:24A Secret Service agent detected the weapon and fired at the suspect, who was captured
15:28shortly thereafter in a neighboring county.
15:32Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee Kau Hsiu condemned on Tuesday the recent legal
15:42actions of the U.S. government that intend to close the three economic and trade offices
15:47the city has in the North American nation.
15:49The remarks come after the bipartisan Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification
15:54Act got passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a series of
15:59China-related proposals being scrutinized.
16:01In this context, Lee stated that the punitive bill is part of Washington's political tactics
16:06aimed at suppressing Hong Kong's development.
16:08Furthermore, the Asian leader warned that businesses in the Western nation would suffer
16:12if the government adopts the bill.
16:14The Special Administrative Region of China currently has 14 economic and trade offices
16:18overseas.
16:19I strongly condemn the U.S. House of Representatives for making use of the so-called Hong Kong
16:32Economic and Trade Office Certification Act to slander the Hong Kong laws on safeguarding
16:41national security and also smear the human rights situation in Hong Kong.
16:47These are political tactics to suppress the development of China and also Hong Kong.
16:56These are shameless and ugly political tactics.
17:01And the Meta Corporation announced on Monday the blocking on its platforms of Russia Today
17:05accounts and other related entities.
17:08According to the statement, Russia Today and other related entities are now banned on apps
17:12such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and threads, alleging foreign interference activity.
17:17Previously, Washington had accused Russia Today of supposed connections to Russian
17:21intelligence services.
17:22Special Representative of the U.S. State Department James Rubin indicated that the new sanctions
17:27against Russia Today would be the toughest possible.
17:30For her part, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, denounced
17:34that Russian journalists have been the object of real terrorist information attacks by the
17:39United States.
17:42Meanwhile, Russian authorities point out that the coercive measures imposed by the West
17:46led to an increase in the volume of business with the countries of the BRICS Group.
17:50This was reported by the Director of the Trade Negotiations Department of the Ministry of
17:54Economic Development of Russia Ekaterina Mayerova.
17:57In an interview with Sputnik News, the official explained that sanctions against Russia as
18:01a result of the military operation in Ukraine have led to restrictions in trade with the
18:05Western bloc countries.
18:07On the other hand, the data show that the increase in the volume of business with the
18:10BRICS countries.
18:12This alliance accounts for almost half of the world's population, 40% of the global
18:16oil production, and about 25% of the export of goods.
18:21The World Meteorological Organization, along with the United Nations for the Coordination
18:26of Humanitarian Affairs, issued warnings as chances are higher than 60% of facing La
18:30Niña will be in the United States.
18:33The United Nations has also issued a warning to the United States about the possibility
18:37of a nuclear war in the United States.
18:40The United Nations has also issued a warning to the United States about the possibility
18:44of a nuclear war in the United States.
18:46issued warnings as chances are higher than 60% of facing La Niña will phenomenon from
18:51September 2024 to January 2025.
18:54During La Niña, trade winds are stronger, bringing cold, nutrient-rich water off the
18:59west coast of the Americas.
19:01This phenomenon triggers droughts in the southern countries such as Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia,
19:05Argentina that burst wildfires as they face the lowest-level water records in the Amazon,
19:10Paraná and Paraguay rivers.
19:12In addition, floods are also expected as they are already occurring in Thailand, Myanmar,
19:17Austria, among other countries.
19:20These weather conditions hit crops, livelihoods and increase viruses stemmed from mosquitoes.
19:43And in the world of sports, football's best club competition returns this week to 12 countries
19:48across Europe.
20:12not only because of last season's triumph but because they ushered in a new era of the
20:16Galácticos by signing Kylian Mbappé over the summer, adding him to an already high-profile
20:22attack that includes Vinicius Jr, Rodrigo and Jude Bellingham.
20:28The new Champions League format will take centre stage on Tuesday as the league phase
20:33replaces the group stage, a change designed in part to deliver more competitive match-ups
20:38earlier in the competition.
20:40At first glance, the fixture list on matchday 1 will deliver just that with a handful of
20:45much-anticipated games, including Liverpool's trip to AC Milan on Tuesday.
20:51The game marks Liverpool's return to the competition after a year in the UEFA Europa
20:56League and more notably, their first European game under new manager Arsenal.
21:09For TS4English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos, thank you for watching.