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00:00In Palestine, nine people were killed early this morning by new Israeli airstrikes on
00:14various areas of the Gaza Strip.
00:18The Mexican government on Friday presented a consular protection plan for its nationals
00:23in the United States in the face of Donald Trump's massive deportations announcement.
00:31In Argentina, the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announced the finding of a new grandchild,
00:37Case 138, to be solved in 47 years of tireless search for truth and identity.
00:46Hello welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televisual Studios in Havana,
00:50Cuba.
00:51We begin with the news.
01:10In Palestine, nine people were killed early this morning by new Israeli airstrikes on
01:14various areas of the Gaza Strip.
01:17Rescue teams recovered the bodies of nine victims, including children, and pulled out
01:20several injured from the rubble of a house belonging to the al-Nami family in the al-Maghazi
01:26refugee camp in central Gaza.
01:28The victims were transferred to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the nearby city of Deir al-Bala.
01:33In addition, medical teams from the Palestinian Red Crescent evacuated several wounded to
01:37Nasser Hospital in Hanounis in the southern Gaza Strip.
01:41These injuries resulted from artillery shelling and gunfire that targeted the tents of displaced
01:46families in the Mawassi area of Rafa, in the southern part of the Strip.
01:54The World Health Organization denounced that the last health care center in northern Gaza
01:58was put out of service after an Israeli attack.
02:02The UN body pointed out that several floors were burned and destroyed after the Israeli
02:07strike.
02:08In this sense, WHO authorities assert that the systematic dismantling of hospitals in
02:12Gaza constitutes a death sentence for tens of thousands of Palestinians in need of medical
02:18assistance.
02:19The organization also warned that 60 health care workers and 25 patients are in critical
02:24health condition while the wounded were forced to evacuate the hospital.
02:33Continue to call on all parties to comply with their obligation to respect and protect
02:38in all circumstances medical personnel and medical units including hospitals and health
02:43facilities.
02:44Kamal Adwan is one of the last, if not the last, hospitals that was operating in this
02:52part of Gaza.
02:55Sick and injured children are going into this hospital, were going into this hospital to
03:00get treatment.
03:03Sick and injured men, women were also going there with medical personnel risking their
03:08lives in some cases to continue to provide services to people who really need it.
03:13And this is why we continue to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
03:18We continue to call for the protection of all medical facilities in Gaza.
03:25The Israeli forces committed two massacres against Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip
03:29in the last 24 hours, killing at least 48 civilians.
03:34The Israeli attack left another 52 people wounded, while emergency teams are having
03:38difficulties in reaching and rescuing victims trapped under rubble as the occupation continues
03:43to obstruct the movement of ambulances.
03:46Health authorities warned that the death toll would likely increase.
03:49Since October 7, 2023, occupation forces have killed 45,484 people and injured 108,090 others
04:00most of them women and children.
04:06And in Yemen, Sana'a International Airport resumed operations one day after an airstrike
04:11by the Israeli occupation forces.
04:13That Thursday, the Saudi army stated in a communique that it attacked infrastructure
04:17used by the Iranian-backed Yemenis at the airport of Sana'a and the seaports of Hodeidah,
04:23al-Salih and Ras Kantib.
04:25According to the Yemeni health ministry, the recent Israeli bombings at the airport killed
04:29three people and wounded 30 others, while at the port of Al-Hodeidah, three people were
04:35killed and 10 others were wounded.
04:37The airport's director-general Khaled Al-Shaif stressed that on previous occasions, the site
04:41had been besieged by Israeli attacks, and emphasized that operational staff are prepared
04:45to repair damage and find alternatives.
04:54There are alternatives to operate flights and maintain the operational availability
04:59of the airport.
05:01This is not the first time the airport has been attacked and we are ready around the
05:06clock to operate the terminal.
05:09Repair the damage and find alternatives.
05:13And in South Sudan, thousands of people that had been forced to flee their homes in western
05:17Equatorial State following weeks of violence in the town of Tambura and its surrounding
05:21areas returned.
05:23The United Nations mission in South Sudan said that COM had returned to the area following
05:28the violence which saw many of those displaced taking shelter near a temporary UN base.
05:34Meanwhile, authorities prepared a plan of action to control violence and the action
05:38of armed groups.
05:40Also, political parties and social movements in the region have reached an agreement to
05:44hold free and fair elections in two years.
05:52Senegal announced the forthcoming closure of all foreign military bases, especially
05:55French ones, as part of its General Policy Statement.
05:59Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko declared that the time has come for Senegal to manage its
06:03own defence and territory without outside influence.
06:07In 2010, a new political orientation began with regard to the foreign military presence
06:11in Senegal, especially the French military apparatus.
06:15Since then, the number of military personnel has been reduced from an initial 1,200 to
06:20a recurring approximately 350.
06:26And in the United States, data showed that the number of homeless people rose to more
06:30than 771,000, the highest in the history of the country.
06:34In a statement, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said the number of homeless
06:38people in families with children rose to 259,473, this year a 39% increase.
06:46The document also highlighted that the increase in homelessness is due to factors such as
06:50the lack of affordable housing, inflation, stagnant wage growth.
06:54In addition, the Department of Housing and Urban Development stressed that the health
06:57crisis and natural disasters have also had a negative impact on the situation.
07:07Now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at TELUS
07:10for English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
07:15We'll be right back, stay with us.
07:25Welcome back.
07:26The Mexican government on Friday presented a consular protection plan for its nationals
07:30in the United States in the face of Donald Trump's massive deportations announcement.
07:35The plan was presented by Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
07:39The aim of the plan is to protect the legal guarantees of Mexicans living in the United States.
07:43In this context, it has even proposed the creation of an alert button for arbitrary
07:47detentions.
07:48In the 53 Mexican consulates in the United States, legal protection actions are already
07:52being carried out.
07:54Likewise, applications for mobile phones are being prepared with the aim of establishing
07:58direct contact between the foreign ministry and citizens.
08:06The governments of Panama and Cuba have signed an agreement to continue the literacy program
08:10based on the Caribbean nation's pedagogical methods until 2025.
08:15The document that lays the foundation for the program, known as Mueve de Port Panamá,
08:19was signed at the Ministry of Social Development by the Director of the Ministry and the Ambassador
08:23to Cuba.
08:24For her part, the Director of the Social Development Agency emphasized the interest in continuing
08:29this collaboration, which began in 2007, and contributes to the development of human capital
08:34and the well-being of vulnerable sectors of the population.
08:38She also said that next year there are plans to broaden the scope of the strategy with
08:42visits to the communities and awarding those who have become literate.
08:50In Ecuador, on December 31st, the hearing for the formulation of charges of enforced
08:54disappearance against 16 officers will take place.
08:57There have been 19 days since December 8th of last year, when four minors disappeared
09:03in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, in the province of Guayas, causing outrage throughout
09:08the country.
09:09They are brothers Josue and Ismael Arroyo, 14 and 15 years old, respectively, and their
09:14friends Saul Arboleda, 15, and Steven Medina, 11, who come from the impoverished sector
09:20of Las Malvinas, in the south of the city.
09:2216 soldiers in two vehicles were allegedly involved in the incident.
09:26A video appeared this week showing two minors being abducted by people wearing army gear
09:31and helmets.
09:38In Colombia, the Agricultural Institute declared a sanitary emergency in the department of
09:42La Guajira after confirming an outbreak of anthrax in a goat farm.
09:46According to the Colombian Agricultural Institute, the resolution establishes immediate prevention
09:51and control measures in addition to the deployment of brigades to contain the outbreak and prevent
09:56its spread in the region.
09:58It also implemented sanitary fences, vaccination campaigns, and epidemiological surveillance
10:03in a radius of five kilometers around the affected area.
10:06In this sense, the authorities urged the population to avoid contact with animals suspected of
10:10carrying the disease, while reiterating their commitment to protect and preserve productive
10:14activities in the region.
10:21And in Peru, the government of Dina Boloarte authorized the entry of U.S. Department of
10:25Defense military personnel into their territory to conduct training cooperation activities.
10:30In a legislative resolution published on Friday in the official Gazette El Peruano, it was
10:36established that U.S. soldiers will stay from January 1 to December 31, 2025.
10:42More than 50 U.S. military personnel will be deployed, most of them from the Special
10:46Forces Unit, armed with different types of rifles, machine guns, and pistols.
10:51They will also carry grenade launchers, mortars, shotguns, and small arms.
11:14Also in Peru, strong waves hit central and northern areas, forcing 81 ports to close
11:18and damaging dozens of ships.
11:21This Friday, several coastal towns in the regions of Piura and Tumbes in northern Peru
11:26were affected by strong waves that capsized dozens of boats and caused flooding in several
11:31streets near the ports.
11:33In addition, waves of up to four meters reached the coast of Callao, a port province next
11:38to Lima, where the water reached several squares.
11:41The National Emergency Operations Center announced that the ports will remain closed until January
11:461, as the swells are expected to be light to strong.
12:16Welcome back.
12:38In Argentina, Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announced the discovery of the grandson number 138 after
12:4447 years of tireless search for truth and identity.
12:47During a press conference in the House of For Identity of the Space for Memory and Human
12:52Rights, the president of the group, Stella De Carlotto, informed that this is the son
12:56of Marta Enriqueta Purteo and Juan Carlos Villamayor, detained and disappeared during
13:02the civil military regime from 1976 to 1983.
13:07She also pointed out that Purteo and Villamayor were militants of the Montoneros organization
13:13and were abducted on December 10, 1976, from their home, when she was nine months pregnant.
13:19Carlotto also denounced that the denial of the crimes against humanity perpetrated during
13:25the dictatorship.
13:35Although late, with this finding, this crime is over.
13:41We have repudiated these crimes.
13:43That is why we call to continue to do so and we want to all those people and donor institutions
13:52and state agencies that accompanied us during this 2024 to continue sustaining the search.
14:01Today we celebrate having found the grandson number 138 and we ask for the continuation
14:10of the work of the National Secretary of Human Rights, an essential tool for the defense
14:17of these unfortunate events.
14:19In Argentina, also members of social organizations gathered on Friday to protest massive layoffs
14:24in the country's Human Rights Secretariat.
14:27Protest was led by Madres de Plaza de Mayo and took place in front of the ESMA Museum
14:32on the Site of Memory, which was a legal detention center during the dictatorship and is now
14:36a museum that houses government and NGO offices.
14:40In this sense, the layoff monitor of the State Workers' Association informed that so far
14:44this year, the Secretariat has suffered more than 800 layoffs in key sectors for its proper
14:49functioning.
14:50Likewise, it was highlighted the notable reduction in human rights policies.
15:02In a not too distant time, everyone will be impacted by the dismantling that the government
15:07is doing of each one of the public policies, and I tell you this.
15:12And I am going to put it in the example of the National Commission for the Right to Identity,
15:17which is part of the layoffs that the Secretary of Human Rights Alberto Baños is making.
15:23Without the work of the Commission for the Right to Identity, today we would not have
15:27the news of the return of a grandchild stolen during the last dictatorship.
15:32The government of Argentina, headed by Javier Millet, decreed an increase in the minimum
15:37wage of 9.3 percent, a figure considered still lower than inflation.
15:43According to reports, the figure is not enough to cover the basic food basket that a family
15:47needs in order not to starve.
15:49On December 26, the government issued a decrease in the minimum living and mobile wage at the
15:54equivalent of $206.832 by March 2025, the lowest in the last 20 years.
16:04The unilateral measure taken by the executive came after the failure of negotiations in
16:08the Wage Council, which brings together union representatives and employers with the mediation
16:12of the state.
16:19Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced on Thursday the closure of the judicial elections
16:25to choose 19 of the 26 judges to the country's High Courts.
16:29In this process, held on December 15, Bolivians selected the magistrates who will make up
16:33the Supreme Court of Justice, the Provincial and Constitutional Court, the Agroenvironmental
16:38Court and the Council of the Judiciary.
16:41President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Oscar Jacinto Fell, emphasized that in this
16:45election 64.29% of votes were valid and 35% were invalid.
16:51Of the 26 judicial authorities that were to be selected in these elections by resolution
16:56of the Constitutional Court, only 19 were selected and the remaining 7 will have to
17:00await the pre-selection of candidates.
17:20This December 28 marks the 129th anniversary of the first commercial exhibition of films
17:26produced by the Lumiere brothers in 1895, to showcase their invention of the cinematograph.
17:32In an earlier private screening on March 22, 1895, August and Louis Lumiere projected what
17:38is often considered the first film in history called The Exit from the Factory, 38 seconds
17:44long.
17:45After several presentations to scientific societies at the Sorbonne University in Brussels
17:50and other places, the first commercial exhibition was held in Paris on December 28, 1895, as
17:57the first paid screening officially marking the beginning of cinema.
18:01With this we have come to the end of this news brief.
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18:17For Televisual English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
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