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00:00In Havana, Cuba, power has been restored to over 89.3% of the population.
00:16Heads of state and representatives from the BRICS group began arriving in Russia one day
00:21before the summit to be held in Kazan.
00:27And in Lebanon, the Israeli regime continues massive aggressions against the southern suburbs
00:31of Beirut.
00:38Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:43We begin with news.
00:44The Cuban government is making progress in strengthening the national electricity system
00:49after the gradual restoration of energy coverage in the city of Havana and the western region
00:54of the Caribbean country.
00:55Precisely, the Director of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Lázaro
00:59Guerra Hernández, informed about the activation of electrical stations in different parts
01:04of the country.
01:06In the capital, Havana, power has been restored to over 89.3% of the population with 301 functioning
01:13circuits that supply a total of 769,810 customers.
01:20He also stressed that in the province, the 10 main sources of water supply are operating.
01:25For the more, Guerra explained that work is underway to add fundamental power stations
01:30to the national power grid during Monday afternoon, thus providing a major energy coverage to
01:35the rest of the provinces.
01:56In Cuba, meteorological authorities reported that Tropical Storm Oscar is advancing slowly
02:01over Cuban territory, moving through Holguín and Guantánamo provinces.
02:05Likewise, authorities communicated it has been moving towards the west-northeast at
02:116 km per hour, and that is 25 km west-northeast of Guantánamo City, and 35 km southwest from
02:20Sagua de Tánhama, Holguín.
02:22They also pointed out that the most heavy rainfalls are occurring in Guantánamo and
02:26Holguín provinces.
02:28They added that storm surges will be likely at the northern coast of Guantánamo, Holguín
02:32and Las Tunas provinces, triggering coastal floods.
02:40In Cali, Colombia, global leaders and environmental experts gathered on Sunday for the opening
02:44ceremony of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological
02:50Diversity, COP16, a 12-day meeting aimed at advancing biodiversity conservation.
02:56The meeting begins on Monday and runs through November 1st.
03:00The COP16 brings together more than 15,000 people from over 190 countries to push for
03:07action on biodiversity conservation, making it the most attended event since these conferences
03:13began in 1994.
03:15The Colombian government is pushing as host for the meeting to be the most inclusive in
03:20the organization's history.
03:22The goal of this meeting is for countries to take action to protect the world's flora
03:26and fauna.
03:32This conference seeks to highlight the role of Latin America in issues such as biodiversity
03:37and climate change.
03:38Several countries presented their progress under the agreed targets up to 2030, demonstrating
03:44their commitment to the agreed goals.
03:46In this regard, the countries have committed to contribute up to $250 million to the Global
03:52Biodiversity Framework Fund, a contribution that seeks to halt the loss of natural species
03:58at a global level.
04:05In other information on Monday, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Venezuela announced
04:09the detention of the former president of flagship oil company PDVSA, Pedro Tellechea, through
04:15a communiqué, the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, informed that after an
04:20exhaustive scientific research, Pedro Tellechea Ruiz was arrested alongside his immediate
04:25collaborators under the accusations of committing felonies against the nation, specifically
04:30the hand-out of company Intel and the automated control-and-command system of PDVSA to a CIA-ruled
04:38enterprise, thus violating all legal mechanisms and our national sovereignty.
04:43The Prosecutor's Office also stated that these actions were conducted under strict
04:48legality and needed in full constitutional cooperation with the Venezuelan head of state.
04:58In Mexico, dozens of people attended the funeral of human rights activist priest Marcelo Pérez,
05:03who was shot to death in the state of Chiapas.
05:06This way, funeral attendees paid homage to the parish priest and demanded the government
05:11justice for the crime.
05:12Pérez was murdered inside his truck on Sunday morning, when leaving the church of Guadalupe
05:17after celebrating a mass in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
05:21In disregard to the incident, President Claudia Sheinbaum informed on Monday that investigations
05:27are underway and that the Secretary of Government has made contact with the local and ecclesiastical
05:32authorities.
05:38In Haiti, violence by criminal groups keeps escalating despite the efforts made by the
05:43United Nations MSS Mission and the National Police.
05:47As a result, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to extend the
05:52arms embargo on the Caribbean nation to include all kinds of weapons and ammunition.
05:57This resolution empowers the 193 United Nations member states to take appropriate steps to
06:04toward the illicit arms trafficking in Haiti, which has been on the rise, mainly coming
06:09from fraud in the United States.
06:11Moreover, criminal groups not only control up to 80% of the capital but also are impacting
06:17surrounding areas.
06:18In this context, a resident of Salina shared her life story.
06:28Bandits drove US out of the area and now we can't sleep at home.
06:31I'm staying with my brother, but he won't be able to keep US for long, as he's already
06:36taken our children to Pechenegville.
06:38The house is too narrow and can't hold US all.
06:40We have nowhere to go and all our belongings have been left behind.
06:44We've only just heard that one of my brother's houses has been burnt down.
06:47He and I had our houses on one plot of land.
06:50Mine hasn't been burnt down yet, because a police tank is now in the area.
06:55We go now to the United States, where presidential candidate for the Democratic Party Kamala
06:59Harris continued with her electoral campaign ahead of the November 5th election day.
07:04During her visit to the state of Georgia, Harris emphasized that US citizens must remember
07:08the power they have in their hands.
07:10During an interview, the Vice President expressed that Donald Trump should never again stand
07:15behind the seal of the President of the United States.
07:18Furthermore, after insults made by her Republican rival on Saturday, Harris asserted that Trump's
07:25behavior will degrade the presidency, adding that the country deserves better.
07:34For his part, Republican candidate and candidate for re-election Donald Trump visited a McDonald's
07:39restaurant in Pennsylvania.
07:40During the day, Trump also held a presidential rally in the city of Lancaster, where he again
07:46made special emphasis on immigration and the increased crime in the United States.
07:52Recent polls showed that both candidates are on equal footing to assume the presidency,
07:57and the race is expected to be defined by how they do in the country's key states.
08:06Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at TeleCity English,
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08:22Welcome back.
08:34In Russia, the 16th BRICS Summit will be held from October 22nd to 24th in Kazan under the
08:40motto Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security.
08:45Leaders of BRICS countries will exchange views on main affairs as corporations, security,
08:50economic and humanitarian ties.
08:53They will address a likely expansion of BRICS via establishing the Partner State status.
08:58The heads of the New Development Bank, the BRICS Business Council, the Interbank Cooperation
09:02Mechanism and the Women's Business Alliance will be holding debates, whose results will
09:07be provided in the Summit's Kazan declaration.
09:11On the closing day, a BRICS Plus meeting will take place, participating almost 40 countries
09:16to discuss about the war escalation in the Middle East and cooperation of BRICS states
09:21and the Global South in the interest of ensuring sustainable development.
09:30This Sunday, the Presidency of Brazil informed through a communique that President Luiz Inácio
09:35Lula da Silva will not attend to the BRICS Plus Summit held in the Russian city of Kazan
09:40for health issues.
09:41The press service of the country informed the Brazilian President suffered a domestic
09:46injury in the back of his head and was received by the Syrian Lebanese hospital in Brasilia.
09:52The personnel of the hospital said that it was not a serious injury, but he must avoid
09:56long-duration trips.
09:58Lula da Silva was going to travel on Saturday to the BRICS Summit, however, despite this
10:03injury, the President will be participating in the BRICS Plus Summit through videoconference.
10:13In this context, the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, arrived in Russia on
10:17Monday.
10:18His visit comes just one day before the BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan, where it will
10:22be held for the first time in an expanded format between October 22 and 24.
10:28During the summit, the leaders of the current 10 member countries will discuss global issues
10:33such as the Middle East crisis and political and financial operations within the bloc.
10:44The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delsi Rodríguez, arrived this Monday in Russia
10:48to participate of the BRICS Summit to be held in the city of Kazan from October 22 to 24.
10:55The Vice President is accompanied by the Foreign Minister of the South American country, Iván
11:00Gil.
11:01The Venezuelan delegation, headed by Delsi Rodríguez, joins the leaders of more than
11:0520 emerging countries arriving in the Russian nation for the bloc's summit.
11:10The Venezuelan participation occurs after recent remarks by President Nicolás Maduro,
11:14who affirmed the country is ready to join the bloc.
11:17The BRICS has been shared by Russia since January 2024, when five countries joined the
11:23group – Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia.
11:33The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Sayyed al-Nayyan, arrived
11:38between Moscow and Sunday to participate of the upcoming BRICS Summit to take place
11:43in Kazan and to hold diplomatic meetings with his Russian counterpart.
11:47In this regard, President Vladimir Putin said that the volume of trade between Moscow and
11:51Abu Dhabi has tripled in the last three years, which has been beneficial for both countries'
11:57economies.
11:58Putin also took the opportunity of the Emirate's leader's arrival to talk about the current
12:02escalation of violence in the Middle East, describing it as a very complicated.
12:07The Russian head of state qualified as a pleasure the talks with al-Nayyan when addressing
12:13the cooperation opportunities between both nations.
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13:15In Lebanon, Israeli occupation forces launched 11 new attacks in the suburbs of Beirut, killing
13:21at least three Lebanese soldiers.
13:23The aerial bombardments also hit the suburbs of al-Dahija and the areas surrounding the
13:28international airport.
13:30Several residential buildings and facilities housing banking and charitable institutions
13:35went up in flames.
13:36On the other hand, an Israeli missile hit a military vehicle while it was driving on
13:41the road between Ain Ebel and Hanin in southern Lebanon, resulting in the death of three soldiers.
13:47To date, the Public Health Ministry registered 2,448 people killed and 11,471 others wounded
13:56in Israeli bombardments.
14:02In Lebanon, the National State News Agency denounced that the Israeli army used internationally
14:07banned white phosphorous munitions in deadly attacks on the country's southern region.
14:13Israeli warplanes attacked cities with white phosphorous shells on the outskirts of Kfar
14:18Shuba, causing fires in the city's forests.
14:21Furthermore, experts indicate that in recent attacks on Beirut, the missiles contained
14:26depleted uranium and chemicals which, in addition to destroying the country's infrastructure,
14:33seeks to poison the soil, air and water, but also the bodies of thousands of people.
14:38This would not be the first time Israel used banned munitions against the Lebanese people
14:44since the beginning of its bombings.
14:54Chinese authorities delivered emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon amid ongoing aggressions by
14:59the Israeli regime.
15:00This week, the Lebanese Minister of Health, Firas Abiyad, said that the delivery was made
15:06at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, where 3,601 anesthesia machines,
15:14threshold tubes and surgical gaunts were received.
15:18The Chinese authorities indicated they firmly support the country in maintaining national
15:23sovereignty, security and dignity, and are firmly opposed to any indiscriminate attacks
15:29against civilians.
15:36In Palestine, Israeli occupation forces killed 33 people following an airstrike on the Hebbalia
15:42refugee camp.
15:43In this regard, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that more than 630 Palestinians have been
15:49killed since the Zionist army restarted its military operation in northern Gaza 17 days
15:55ago.
15:56In addition, the health authority denounced that three hospitals are working at a partial
16:01capacity to tend to the wounded citizens and the thousands of civilians seeking refugee
16:07in the region.
16:08In this context, the UN has expressed its concern at the destruction caused by the Israeli
16:14occupation of the Palestinian territories.
16:24In Palestine, Israeli occupation forces intensified the blockade of food, medicine and fuel in
16:29the northern Gaza Strip, deepening the humanitarian crisis in the territory.
16:34Local authorities condemned the continuous Israeli attacks against citizens in their
16:38homes and refugee centers.
16:40They also expressed that the Israeli occupation bombed most of the water wells and attacked
16:45those who tried to access a limited amount of water.
16:49The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the new level of Israeli criminality,
16:54which coincided with the announcement by the Zionist government to initiate the so-called
16:59Comprehensive Plan to End All Aspects of Life in the North.
17:03The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine accused the United States of being the real
17:08ringleader of the aggression, which includes eliminating entire neighborhoods in Gaza.
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17:33For TELUSUR English, I'm Alejandra Garcia.
17:39For TELUSUR English, I'm Alejandra Garcia.