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*Israeli forces killed nearly 50 civilians in four massacres in Palestine.
*Candidates for Justices of Peace visit communities in Venezuela.
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00:00The President of Syria Bashar al-Assad arrives in Moscow with his family receiving political
00:17asylum after the fall of the Syrian government by terrorist groups.
00:26The Israeli occupation forces carried out four massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing
00:3050 people in less than 24 hours.
00:37And in Venezuela, the second day of the international colloquium Ayacucho 18-24-2024 is underway.
00:49Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:51My name is Belén de los Santos, I'm from El Salazar Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.
00:55We begin with the news.
01:09And now we begin with the information.
01:11Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Moscow with his family on Sunday after being
01:16granted political asylum in Russia, according to local media reports.
01:21The media has confirmed that the head of state arrived on humanitarian grounds after
01:26militants from terrorist organizations launched a major offensive in Syria against government
01:31forces on Saturday.
01:33The groups entered the country's capital, Damascus, taking government institutions together
01:38with key media headquarters, effectively ceasing power in the country.
01:43In this context, the Russian Foreign Ministry urged all parties involved to renounce to
01:48the use of violence and resolve governance issues by political means.
01:58And after the terrorist takeover in Syria, the extremist groups have been looting and
02:03robbing several institutions throughout the capital, Damascus.
02:08This way, local news outlets informed the groups struck the Central Bank of Syria, transferring
02:14parts of the money from and to unknown destinations, while another sum was extracted in cash on
02:22bags.
02:23At the same time, the Iranian embassy was vandalized, with diplomats fleeing the building
02:28to protect their lives.
02:29In addition, rebel groups entered the area of Shaheeda Sainav and looted the shrine of
02:34Sayyeda Sainav, grandson of the Prophet, a sacred place for many Syrians.
02:40During the incident, they set on fire the tomb and the flames spread to adjacent buildings,
02:47affecting various infrastructures.
02:54In this context, the Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalili addressed the country and
02:59called citizens to spread security and think rationally.
03:03Dear Syrians, who are dear to my heart, and who I am to you, and you are to me.
03:15I am at home, I did not leave it, because I belong to this country, and I do not know
03:20any other country other than my homeland.
03:23In these times when people feel anxiety and fear, although they are all keen in this country
03:29and its institutions and facilities, I am keen on the public facilities of the state,
03:34which does not belong to me and does not belong to anyone else, but belongs to all Syrians.
03:42Therefore, we extend our hand to all Syrians who are keen on the facilities in this country,
03:47and that is to preserve its facilities.
03:50I urge all citizens not to touch any public property, because in the end it is their property
03:57and I am at home.
03:59I did not leave it, and I do not intend to leave it, except in a peaceful way, to ensure
04:05the continuation of the work of public institutions and facilities of the state, and to spread
04:11security and reassurance to the citizens, that everyone will think rationally, and to
04:18think about their homeland and their country.
04:20We extend our hand even to the opponents who extended their hand and ensured that they
04:25did not touch anyone belonging to the Syrian homeland.
04:28I have always worked day and night in the private sector, in the public sector, and
04:33in the government, and in front of my eyes, I see the interest of this country, and the
04:40interest of this country, and we believe in Syria, for all Syrians, and that it is the
04:46country of all its people, and that this country can live in peace."
04:57And also in this scenario, following the seizure of the Syrian capital by armed terrorist groups,
05:02attacks by Israeli forces against military bases were reported in Damascus.
05:07Precisely the attacks by the Israeli aviation caused a fire in a residential area of the
05:13capital, where state and service offices were located.
05:16In the aftermath of the government takeover by terrorist organizations, Israel announced
05:21the reinforcement of its troops and the entry of military tanks in the buffer zone of the
05:28Syrian Golan Heights and nearby areas.
05:35And the Syrian army authorities reported that Israeli occupation forces took control of
05:41a Syrian military base on Mount Jermon in the Golan Heights.
05:45The takeover took place after Syrian troops withdrew from the area amidst the crisis in
05:51the country, following the seizure of power by armed groups.
05:54In this regard, Tel Aviv troops confirmed the deployment in the buffer zone between
05:59Israel and Syria, but without revealing the specific locations.
06:09And the first images of Damascus this Sunday, after the overthrow of the government of Syrian
06:14President Bashar al-Assad, re-edited the events that took place in Libya in the year 2011.
06:20The events of the last few hours in the capital could be the prelude to a dark future for
06:25the Arab nation, now in the hands of terrorist groups, many of them in dispute.
06:30In October 2011, the U.S.-driven rebellion to overthrow and assassinate the President
06:35Muammar Gaddafi also began with promises of freedom and development.
06:40Just like today's images, terrorists ransacked government headquarters and state institutions.
06:46Months later, the richest nation in North Africa was fragmenting and plunging into a
06:53crisis of violence and poverty that it has not been able to overcome in 13 years, with
06:59thousands of dead, missing and displaced people.
07:05And now we have a short break coming up, but first, remember you can join us on TikTok
07:12at Tell Us Your English, where you will find news in different formats, news updates and
07:17much more.
07:19Stay with us.
07:20Welcome back to From the South.
07:37The Israeli occupation forces carried out four massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing
07:42nearly 50 Palestinians in the last 24 hours.
07:46During the day, the Tel Aviv regime's troops shelled the Al-Rais refugee camp located in
07:51the center of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 20 civilians.
07:55Similar actions were registered in several areas of the coastal enclave against homes
07:59and infrastructure that serve as shelters for Palestinian families.
08:04According to the most recent health report, in the massacres registered during the last
08:0824 hours, at least 44 Palestinians were killed and 74 others were wounded.
08:15Figures that according to official data raised the number of fatalities to over 44,700 people
08:24and of wounded to over 106,000 people since October 2023, when the Israeli war against
08:32the Gaza Strip began.
08:39And Israeli settlers took to the streets on Sunday as part of a demonstration in rejection
08:44of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies.
08:47The demonstrators gathered in the square in Tel Aviv to join the families of more than
08:52100 hostages who remain in the Gaza Strip in their weekly demonstration in front of
08:58the Israeli army headquarters.
09:00In this regard, they condemn the inability of Prime Minister Netanyahu's cabinet to reach
09:05a ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, which would allow
09:10the return of the hostages.
09:13According to a poll published by local media, 71% of Israelis support an agreement to free
09:19the hostages in exchange for a halt to the war on Gaza.
09:29We now move on to other topics.
09:30The Speaker of the South Korean National Assembly, Woo Won-shik, called the joint exercise of
09:36presidential power by the Prime Minister and the ruling party unconstitutional.
09:42This comes after Prime Minister Han Duk-seo and the leader of the ruling People's Power
09:47Party, Han Dong-hong, vowed to minimize the chaos through an early and orderly departure
09:55of the president after announcing their decision to jointly exercise presidential power.
10:01He also criticized the ruling power for not participating in the constitutional due process
10:06of voting for a no-confidence motion.
10:10The Speaker of the South Korean National Assembly recalled that if the Prime Minister and the
10:14ruling party were to jointly exercise presidential power, they would be in flagrant violation
10:20of the constitution.
10:26It is a clear commitment that the Prime Minister and the ruling party will jointly exercise
10:30the right of the president, which no one else has given, without participating in the legal
10:35procedures that ask for the responsibility of the president.
10:40And also the President of the National Assembly of South Korea, Woo Won-shik, reminded that
10:45only the people can grant and remove presidential power, and that the process must be governed
10:50by the constitution.
10:54I would like to start by saying that the legislation is not in the hands of the people.
10:59The president cannot decide the adoption of the power of the president.
11:02The power of the president and the adoption of the power of the president are both from
11:06the people, and the procedure must be in accordance with the principles of the constitution and
11:11the sovereignty of the people.
11:16In other news, in Burkina Faso, the President Junta appointed a former Minister of Education,
11:21Culture, Arts and Tourism, Riptal Bagin Emanuel Uedrogo, as new Prime Minister.
11:27This way, the President Ebrahim Traoré dissolved the government and decreed on Friday the termination
11:33of functions of the former Prime Minister, Apollinaire Joachim Clem de Tembala, who served
11:39as head of three successive governments since 2022.
11:43The decree expresses that the Prime Minister's official functions are terminated, with the
11:48country's Secretary General of Government making the announcement.
11:51Burkina Faso, a previous French colony, has prioritized restoring national sovereignty
11:57and has frequently criticized Western powers.
12:08The President of Burkina Faso, head of state, in line with the constitution and the transition
12:14charter of October 14, 2022, and its amendment of May 25, 2024, decrees that Mr. Riem Tolbe
12:23Yeni Emanuel Uedrogo is appointed Prime Minister.
12:28And the former President of Ghana, Jondramani Mahama, won the elections held this Saturday
12:34in the West African country, and will take office as head of state for a four-year term.
12:39Mahama, candidate of the National Democratic Congress party, bit the candidate of the new
12:45patriotic party, the MPP, the current Vice President Mahmoudou Boumia, winning the presidential
12:52election.
12:53After the result was known, Boumia conceded the defeat and expressed his congratulations
12:58to Mahama for the victory, while expressing his full support for the transition process.
13:04Mahama served as the nation's president from the year 2012 to 2017.
13:09The first president born after Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.
13:21And in other news, the Russian government announced Ukraine's refusal to engage in
13:25dialogues on the conditions for peace negotiations.
13:29The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov detailed that the proposal for peace negotiations have
13:35already been presented by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, they have been repeatedly
13:41rejected by the Ukrainian side, whose authorities maintain their refusal to start talks.
13:47Recently, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by decree prohibited himself and
13:52his administration from any contact with the Russian Executive Cabinet to discuss diplomatic
13:57agreements.
13:58The last round of talks between Moscow and Kyiv to reach an agreement to end hostilities
14:03took place in the year 2022 and have not been resumed since.
14:33Welcome back to From the South.
14:42In Venezuela, the second day of the International Colloquium Ayacucho 1824-2024 under the motto
14:49Unity, Sovereignty and Peace is underway.
14:52The event that takes place in the spaces of the Romulo Gallego Center for the Latin American
14:57Studies of the Caribbean, the CELARC, is held within the framework of the Bicentennial
15:03of the Battle of Ayacucho and counts with the participation of more than 20 national
15:08and international speakers, who during their speeches highlighted the impetus of the peoples
15:13of the Americas in the face of Spanish colonialism.
15:17In this event, a series of presentations and exhibitions have been developed in which the
15:21importance of this event will be remembered.
15:25The meeting was installed on Saturday, November 7, with the objective of establishing a space
15:32for reflection on the historical significance of this historic event.
15:43During the second day of the International Colloquium of Ayacucho, the representative
15:47of Colombia, RocĂo Castellanos, emphasized that this battle represented the liberation
15:52of the peoples of the Americas from the colonization of the Spanish Empire.
15:59The Battle of December 9, 1824 in the Ayacucho and Pampas transformed the project of liberation
16:05of South America.
16:07The liberation of what was expected to be only South America was reflected in the Latin
16:13American press as the liberation of Spanish America.
16:17It was the war-like confrontation that supported the subsequent construction of a discourse
16:23of Latin American Union.
16:24Thank you very much.
16:27We continue in Venezuela as the candidates for Justices of Peace visited communities
16:32throughout the country on Saturday as part of the campaign ahead of the December 15 elections.
16:38In this regard, the President of the National Assembly, Jorge RodrĂguez, explained that
16:42in the upcoming days, nominees will share their proposals with the communities and
16:47also listen to their needs.
16:49In these elections, more than 52,000 Venezuelans are nominated to become communal Justices
16:54of Peace, which will have the role of promoting coexistence and dealing with local problems
17:00pertaining the communities.
17:08And the government of the Ecuadorian province of Napo, Marlene Cabrera, resigned from her
17:13post in the midst of protests against the construction of a maximum security prison
17:18in the Amazonian community of Archidona.
17:21In a press conference broadcast on social networks, the now ex-representative of the
17:26executive in Napo explained that she is leaving her position due to the lack of answers from
17:32the national government to the active forces that have been protesting for five days against
17:38the construction of the new prison.
17:40Cabrera explained she requested information and was told only that the project was reserved.
17:46Marlene Cabrera will be replaced by Gary Rivanera, who was appointed as the new governor of the
17:53province by Executive Decree 476.
18:03Bolivia is negotiating the construction of a bio-oceanic train that will connect ports
18:08in Peru on the Pacific Ocean and Brazil on the Atlantic in South America.
18:14After a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, the president
18:18of Bolivia, Luis Arce, said that the project to build a corridor between the port of Santos
18:23in Brazil and a Peruvian port has been revived.
18:27In this sense, he confirmed the beginning of the works to develop the railroad, which
18:32will be financed by China.
18:35Bolivia's geographic location in the center of South America allows it to form regional
18:39integration projects and blocks such as the Andean Community of Nations and Mercosur.
18:52And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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