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00:00In Palestine, Israeli occupation forces shelled the al-Mawassi humanitarian zone, killing
00:15at least 11 civilians.
00:20In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump will ask the State Department to restrict
00:25birthright citizenship as of January 20th.
00:32And in Cuba, authorities registered a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern provinces.
00:44Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:49We begin with the news, stay with us.
01:07In Palestine, at least 11 people were killed in a wave of attacks by the Israeli occupation
01:13forces in the al-Mawassi area, south of the Gaza Strip.
01:18The Zionist armed forces said that the attack allegedly targeted Hamas members located in
01:24the designated humanitarian zone near the town of Kanjonis.
01:27During the aggression, an Israeli drone strike set fire to refugee tents in addition to attacking
01:33a civilian car and a vehicle carrying security personnel.
01:37In the aftermath, the Gaza Strip's civil defense services indicated they were able to recover
01:43a number of bodies and wounded from the site of the bombing.
01:52We were sleeping in the tent, none of us is wanted nor is anyone around us.
01:57So why are they bombing us while we're sitting in our tents?
02:00They are the ones who told us to head to the tents in the Mawassi area of Kanjonis.
02:05So how can they bombard us with their missiles on our tents?
02:13In Palestine on Monday, Israeli genocidal troops shelled the Nusayrat refugee camp in
02:18the Gaza Strip, leaving many dead and wounded.
02:21According to medical sources, at least five people were killed and over 20 were injured.
02:26The northwest of the Palestinian enclave, where this refugee camp is located, has been
02:31under attack since early morning Monday.
02:34In this context, Zionist troops hit a school that housed refugees, killing one.
02:39So far, Israel's genocidal onslaught has killed 45,259 people in Gaza, more than 70% of whom
02:47are women and children, a figure that is not conclusive as there are thousands of bodies
02:52still under the rubble.
03:00Israeli occupation forces made 10 illegal arrests against Palestinian citizens in the
03:09West Bank on Monday.
03:11According to social organizations of former Palestinian prisoners, the detentions by Zionist
03:16forces took place in the governorates of Hebron, Nablus, Ramallah and Bethlehem, among others.
03:22Likewise, they denounced that since the onset of the Israeli offensive in October 2023,
03:27the Tel Aviv regime increased its investigation and arrest operations in civilian populated
03:32areas in the Gaza Strip.
03:34The recent wave of Israeli repression coincides with the constant bombings on Palestinian
03:39families that have claimed over 45,000 lives, mostly those of women and children.
03:51The Iranian government reaffirmed its support for the sovereignty of Syria and stressed
03:56that this country should not become a safe haven for terrorism.
03:59Regarding the latest development in Syria, Iran emphasized that its main stance is to
04:04preserve the sovereignty and integrity of this country and that Syrians should decide
04:09on their future without foreign interference.
04:12Government authorities further warned that all countries should be careful not to normalize
04:16Israel's psychological warfare and its plan to create insecurity in the region.
04:26In the future, based on the approach of the ruling authorities, we will decide on our
04:32relations.
04:37The current situation in Syria is unclear.
04:44It is important that Syria does not become a safe haven and a place for the rise of terrorism.
04:54And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok
04:57at TELUS in English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and more.
05:02We'll be right back, stay with us.
05:20Welcome back to From the South.
05:22In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump will ask the State Department not to
05:27grant birthright citizenship as of January 20.
05:30According to the President-elect's team, among the eventual measures from Trump's
05:35second administration will be not issuing passports to children with undocumented parents
05:41and tightening requirements for tourist visas.
05:44In this sense, Trump is a candidate developed his 2024 election campaign with an anti-immigrant
05:50rhetoric and promised the largest deportations in U.S. history.
05:55Sources familiar with the issue assured that the plans of not granting birthright citizenship
06:01would end in a legal battle that would go all the way to the Supreme Court.
06:11U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his threat to Panamanian officials, assuring
06:16that if they do not follow the relevant instructions, they will have to hand over the Panama Canal
06:22to Washington promptly and without question.
06:25In a statement, Trump stressed that if the Panamanian government fails to comply with
06:29orders, he will demand that the inter-oceanic waterway be returned to Washington in its
06:35entirety.
06:36Likewise, the U.S. President-elect emphasized that if Panama cannot respect the historic
06:41agreement of warranty, a safe, efficient and reliable operation of the canal, then it should
06:47be taken away from them.
06:49Furthermore, Donald Trump assured that the United States will not tolerate that Panama
06:53wants to ignore its instructions.
07:11If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are
07:18not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States
07:24of America in full, quickly and without question.
07:29I'm not going to stand for it.
07:32So to the officials of Panama, please be guided accordingly.
07:39In this context, China reaffirmed its support to Panama in the face of the U.S. threats
07:44regarding the sovereignty of the canal.
07:49The Panama Canal is a great creation of the Panamanian people and a golden waterway that
07:53promotes global connectivity.
07:55China has always supported the Panamanian people in their just struggle to preserve
07:58the sovereignty of the canal.
08:04South Korean police found evidence of provocative plans against North Korea as part of the investigation
08:11launched into the executive over martial law degree.
08:15The material was among the possessions seized from the residence of former military intelligence
08:20commander Noh Sang-won, who is currently detained.
08:23The police report accounted for a memorandum of some 70 pages detailing an attack on the
08:29northern boundary line and the inter-Korean maritime border.
08:33The discovery reinforces the frequent allegations by North Korea, which the United Nations Security
08:38Council has disregarded several times.
08:57Russian Defense Ministry announced Monday that its armed forces liberated the major
09:02Storosheve village in Donetsk.
09:05The military briefing ensured that liberating such village, located about 5 km southwest
09:11of Belka-Novoselka town, was a key breakthrough.
09:15It is worth remarking that Storosheve is close to Saporozhye, where the Russian army has
09:20been deployed.
09:21Meanwhile, the Ukrainian troops have suffered casualties in the 46th and 79th brigades,
09:27according to Russian war correspondents.
09:29Moreover, they claim to be trapped in what they described as the Kurakovo Sack, in all.
09:35The heaviest clashes are being staged between Selenovka and Ulalki areas, where the key
09:41interception for the transit of troops and vehicles to Saporozhye is located.
09:52Switzerland announced that it will not hold a second conference on Ukraine, stressing
09:58that it is preparing to hold ceasefire talks.
10:00The Swiss diplomatic department has specified that the main issue now is the preservations
10:05for the ceasefire talks.
10:07For this part, the Russian embassy in Bern declared its readiness for a constructive
10:12dialogue on the situation in Ukraine, with the Swiss representatives recalling that the
10:17attempts of the Western countries to impose the Cairo-style peace formula on Russia will
10:22not change the situation.
10:30The Russian government reported at least two dead and several injured after the unexplosion
10:36in an industrial building in Abkhazia city in southern Siberia.
10:40The governor said that the incident occurred due to a safety regulation breach in a routine
10:45operation.
10:46In this regard, the deputy governor of the province explained that the accident was due
10:51to the explosion of a vessel during some hydraulic test and detailed that the investigations
10:57have begun to find its owner.
10:59In the aftermath of the incident, the authorities informed two people died and several were
11:04injured, adding no material damages were reported.
11:13The alliance of Sahel states, made up of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, declares itself on high
11:20alert following the actions of the economic community of West African states.
11:25ECOWAS extended the suspension of the three countries for another six months.
11:29Its leaders claim that this is a unilateral decision that prevents successful cooperation
11:35between the two alliances.
11:36They describe the decision as an attempt at destabilization by a few heads of state of
11:42the alliance and warn that they are serving imperialist and neo-colonialist ambitions.
11:47The alliance of Sahel states accuses foreign powers of carrying out a false withdrawal
11:53from the region.
12:17Welcome back to From the South.
12:31A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba early Monday morning.
12:37The National Center for Seismological Research reported that the tremor was registered at
12:421 a.m. local time.
12:44Preliminary data from the entity indicated that it occurred some 35 kilometers southwest
12:49of Chivirico, main town of Guamá municipality in Santiago de Cuba province.
12:54Experts for the detail that the earthquake has been felt in Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo,
12:59Camaguey and Ciego de Ávila.
13:01In addition, the authorities reported there are no registered deaths, injured or significant
13:06material damage, noting they keep monitoring the seismological activity in the area.
13:17The Ecuadorian Parliament joins families of the missing minors on December 8, 2024, in
13:23their denunciation in the Guayaquil city.
13:26Lawmakers presented Sunday an amicus curiae, Friends of the Court briefs, in favor of the
13:31parents of those missing in order to safeguard freedom of one deprived of their rights in
13:38an illegal manner.
13:39As part of the support initiatives, the legislature summoned for Monday a plenary session in a
13:45virtual way to denounce and address the case for which high military commanders were supported.
13:52According to the complaint, the minors were intercepted by the military during an anti-crime
13:56operation where, according to their families, they were beaten by the offenders after a
14:01call received by one of the victims.
14:09In El Salvador, social movements continue to protest the thousands of layoffs being
14:14implemented by the government as a pressure from the International Monetary Fund to reduce
14:20public spending.
14:21During the activity called El Casero Lazo, social organizations expressed their rejection
14:26of the illegal layoffs carried out by the government of President Nayib Bukele.
14:31The demonstrators also expressed their concern for the impact that these cuts have on essential
14:37public services, highlighting the closure of health care units.
14:41It should be noted that the layoffs affected employees of ministries, autonomous agencies,
14:46municipalities and entities such as the Supreme Court of Justice and the Supreme Electoral
14:51Court.
14:57On Monday, Salvadoran civil society, political movements and the church protested against
15:03Parliament's approval of metal mining.
15:06Salvadorans made an open national call in which they asked the legislature not to approve
15:11the metal mining law so that the people's health and the environment do not suffer.
15:15The Salvadoran left movement affirmed that mining is not socially responsible.
15:20This Monday, the National Assembly would approve the new law in the plenary session.
15:24In this regard, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar, warned priests, nuns and
15:31parishioners of the threat posed by the approval of this law.
15:41In Venezuela, Attorney General Tarek William Saab reported a new day of evaluations of
15:46judicial cases related to the post-electoral violence.
15:51In coordination with the judicial power, 177 revisions have agreed upon for those prosecuted
15:57after the serious events that sought to generate a civil war after the presidential elections
16:02of July 28.
16:03To date, a total of 910 releases from prison have been granted in the framework of the
16:10due process warranted by the Constitution of the Republic.
16:13The Attorney General said the public ministry will continue the process of exhaustive review
16:18of these cases in defense of peace, justice and human rights.
16:28And the Venezuelan government works intensively on the development of the 18 key sectors of
16:35the economy as part of the national plan for the country's recovery.
16:39Oil Minister Delsi Rodríguez supervised the production system capacity of the Western
16:44Basin in Zul, the state, and inspected the Ana María Campos petrochemical complex and
16:49the Bajo Grande thermoelectric plant.
16:52Venezuela plans to increase its oil production up to 2 million barrels per day, besides exporting
16:58gas for the first time in its history.
17:06We have come to the end of this news brief, but remember you can find this and many other
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17:18For TeleCity English, I'm Alejandra García, thank you for watching.
17:23Today, as the world continues to spin with headlines that their stories of challenges,
17:34triumphs, losses, Christmas invite us to pause, even for a moment, to reflect on the essentials.