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*Attendance at the polls exceeds 75% in Belarus.
*Brazilian govt. receives 88 Brazilian migrants from the U.S.
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*Attendance at the polls exceeds 75% in Belarus.
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00:00The United Nations Development Program denounced that the Israeli occupation in Gaza set back
00:10the development of the Strip by 60 years.
00:16In Beirut, the Central Election Commission reported that the attendance at the presidential
00:20polls, 2025-2030, exceeded 75% hours before closing.
00:29And in Brazil, authorities received 88 Brazilian citizens deported by the United States government.
00:39Hello welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televiso Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:45We begin with the news.
01:03The United Nations Development Program denounced that the Israeli occupation in Gaza set back
01:08the development of the Strip by 60 years.
01:11The organization detailed that for the reconstruction of the infrastructures in the territory, 10
01:15tens of billions of dollars will be needed due to the fact that 70% of the buildings
01:19are completely damaged and affected by the bombardments.
01:23Furthermore, the economic system was totally destroyed after Israel erased the productive
01:27infrastructure and eliminated basic services in what experts describe as a loss of at least
01:3360 years of development.
01:39In Yemen, Houthi forces unilaterally released 153 prisoners of war in coordination with
01:45the International Committee of the Red Cross.
01:48The National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs in Sana'a informed that most of those released
01:53are combatants captured in different battlefronts.
01:56It detailed that the measure, which includes humanitarian cases such as the sick, wounded
02:01and the elderly, was also coordinated with the United Nations.
02:05The committee pointed out that the release coincides with the UN and its team's efforts
02:10to advance in the humanitarian field and to comply with the agreements reached.
02:25To facilitate the release of 153 detainees, we have conducted private interviews with
02:30them to verify their identities, that they are in contact with their families and that
02:34they are ready to return to their homes.
02:39A broad initiative to pardon and release 153 prisoners from the other side, who were
02:46captured on multiple battlefronts and from multiple governorates.
02:52It is a unilateral initiative from one side.
02:58I am very happy to be released from prison.
03:01I spent six years there, and I thank everyone who contributed to our release from captivity,
03:06headed by Mr. Abdul Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi.
03:08I also thank the Red Cross for its cooperation and response to us.
03:14The Lebanese army denounced on Saturday the destruction of civilian infrastructure and
03:18the delay of Israeli troops in their withdrawal from the southern part of the territory.
03:23The Armed Forces Guidance Directorate condemned the demolition and burning of houses in border
03:28villages.
03:29Meanwhile, the army command reported delays in the implementation of several phases of
03:33the ceasefire agreement, complicating the Lebanese military deployment.
03:38The statement urged residents of the south of the country not to rush back to the border
03:42areas due to the presence of mines and other suspicious objects left behind by the Zionist
03:46army.
03:48Since last November 27, when the cessation of hostilities came into force, the number
03:52of Israeli violations of the agreement has risen to almost 1,000, claiming the lives
03:57of more than 45 civilians in Lebanese territory.
04:05Also in Lebanon, Israeli forces killed at least three civilians and injured 31 others
04:10as people sought to return to their homes in the south of the country.
04:14The Lebanese public health needs reported the victims were from Hula, Bleda and Aytaroun,
04:19areas still occupied by the Zionist army.
04:22The 60-day deadline set by the agreement for Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanese
04:27territory expired on Sunday.
04:29However, the extremist government of Benjamin Netanyahu said it would not pull out in time
04:34its forces, which have remained in Lebanon since the invasion launched on October 1,
04:422024.
04:45U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the lifting of the veto on the supply of aerial bombs
04:49to Israel approved by the administration of former President Joe Biden.
04:54According to media, the Trump administration ordered the Pentagon to suspend the decree
04:58that prohibits the supply of 2,000 pounds of bombs to the Zionist regime.
05:03Likewise, sources clarified that in the next few days, at least 1,800 Mk-84-class aerial
05:09bombs that are in warehouses in the country will be loaded on ships and delivered to Israel.
05:15On their side, the Israeli forces retreated to the borders of the Gaza Strip, although
05:19they remain within its limits, after reaching a ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian
05:23movement Hamas on January 15.
05:30The Syrian civil defense reported that six civilians were injured by the explosion of
05:35mines and bombs left over from the war in rural areas of the northern province of Idlib.
05:41Four youths were injured when a mine exploded while they were removing debris from their
05:46home in southern Idlib.
05:48Likewise, two minors were injured in two separate explosions of a grenade and a cluster bomb,
05:54respectively, in the municipality of Areha.
05:57The civil defense reported that more than 30 people were killed and over 40 injured
06:02between late 2024 and early 2025 in explosions of objects left over from the armed conflict
06:08that erupted in 2011.
06:10The current scenario makes it difficult for displaced people to return to their homes
06:14and for agricultural land to be developed.
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06:40In Belarus, general elections moved forward, with authorities reporting a 75.49% turnout
06:45so far.
06:46The Central Electoral Commission said that since the opening of the polls, the turnout
06:50of over 4.5 million citizens exceeded expectations.
06:54More than 6 million citizens are called to participate in Sunday's election day.
06:58486 international observers from 48 countries, in addition to 800 national and foreign journalists,
07:05are in-country covering the day, which is running smoothly.
07:08Russia denounces that the United Nations war crimes committed by Ukraine against innocent
07:26civilians.
07:27Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenshia, condemned
07:32the systematic and flagrant violation of the principles of international and humanitarian
07:38law by Ukraine, where it has committed war crimes on a large scale.
07:42Nebenshia said Kiev is trying to use its crimes to orchestrate a provocation in order to blame
07:47Russia for its actions.
07:49The Russian diplomat said Russian authorities have investigated and documented all cases
07:54of violence by Ukrainian soldiers against civilians, but he denounced that the only
07:59ones refusing to acknowledge the situation are Western countries.
08:07The Serbian government confirmed that it will not impose sanctions against Russia despite
08:11pressure from Western nations.
08:13President Aleksandar Vucic denounced the Western pressure, which wants to tell Serbia when
08:19and against whom to impose sanctions.
08:21During the founding event of the Movement for the People and the State, which gathers
08:25all patriotic forces of the Balkan country, Vucic reminded that it is up to the Serbian
08:30people and government to analyze the geopolitical situation and to decide on matters concerning
08:35the nation.
08:37The head of state also reiterated that the most important issue for his country is its
08:42independence and asserted that Serbia follows the European path, but it will always maintain
08:47brotherly and friendly relations with Russia, China and other friendly nations.
08:54Meanwhile, Italian railroad workers went on a general strike this Sunday to demand better
09:01salaries and other labor rights.
09:03The strike also denounces an increase in workload and reductions in salary, rest and free time.
09:10In this context, the trade unions claim that for decades jobs have been downsized and production
09:16and service facilities closed.
09:18Among the personnel involved in this measure are maintenance workers, train drivers, conductors
09:23and staff of the state railway group's operating rooms.
09:31The United Nations has announced that on January 26, its Security Council will hold
09:36an extraordinary session to address the crisis facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
09:41Due to the complex situation in the African country, the meeting was brought forward since
09:46it was initially scheduled for January 27.
09:49In the last hours, the conflict spread for the first time to the province of South Kivu,
09:54where the advance of the M23 caused the loss of human lives and the displacement of more
09:58than 250,000 people.
10:02In general, about 6 million deaths have accumulated in the African nation since 1998 due to the
10:08internal armed conflict, diseases and famine.
10:27On Sunday, U.S. authorities reported at least 11 people killed as a result of a severe cold
10:32wave that hit the southeastern region of the country.
10:36The deaths were recorded in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Texas and South Carolina,
10:41most of them due to the hypothermia and car accidents following landslides on the highways.
10:47In New Orleans, Louisiana and part of the state of Florida, the cold storm brought the
10:53heaviest snowfall recorded in the last 130 years.
10:57In this sense, U.S. authorities issued an extreme cold warning from the state of Mississippi
11:01to the Florida Panhandle.
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11:35In Brazil, authorities received 88 Brazilian citizens reported by the United States government.
11:38The 88 Brazilians were received in a context of attention and security protocols by government
11:43authorities.
11:44Upon landing, the deportees arrived handcuffed and with their feet tied, but the federal
11:49police immediately released them.
11:51guaranteeing respect for sovereignty.
11:53Passengers were received and attended in the airport's restricted area.
12:02The government of Honduras announced that it is preparing to support the nationals deported
12:06from the United States as part of President Donald Trump's plans to carry out massive
12:10deportations of migrants.
12:12The foreign minister of Honduras, Enrique Reyna, said that they will have to coordinate
12:17with the U.S. government everything necessary to receive the repatriated nationals in the
12:21most appropriate, humanitarian and safe way.
12:24In this regard, he explained that President Zumara Castro has defined the development
12:28of a program called Brother Sister Come Back Home, whose purpose is to provide returning
12:33Hondurans with certain resources to mobilize themselves, such as food and jobs.
12:44Mexico prepares a shelter in Tijuana to receive Mexicans deported from the United States
12:47due to Donald Trump's new policies.
12:50Authorities from the three levels of government visited the shelter facilities, which were
12:54equipped with basic spaces, plus a medical office and a module for processing birth certificates
12:59and job searches.
13:01The space has a capacity for approximately 2,600 people.
13:05For her part, the governor of the state of Baja California pointed out that the attention
13:09center will be exclusively for people repatriated by the policies signed by President Donald
13:14Trump.
13:20It is a care center.
13:21The idea is not to keep them here for many days, but to take them immediately, as soon
13:27as possible, to their loved ones, to their families, to their places where they are waiting
13:32for them.
13:33Meanwhile, in the United States, citizens took to the streets of Chicago to protest
13:38against the policies of President Donald Trump.
13:40During the massive mobilization, citizens reiterated their demands for causes they consider
13:47threatened by the president's administration, such as women's civil rights and liberties,
13:51including abortion, as well as the rights of the immigrant community, the LGBTIQ community,
13:57and the defense of the Palestinian cause.
14:00In this way, citizens, together with social organizations, urged the generation of solidarity
14:04actions on social justice issues to confront the measures promoted by the current government.
14:16In Argentina, a massive convention of the Anti-Fascist Tribune of LGBTIQ-plus people
14:21in Buenos Aires rejected President Javier Mele's homophobic speech.
14:25The concentration was held in Lesama Park, where hundreds of LGBTIQ-plus people self-convened
14:32against Mele's speech, who asserted that the people of that sex-educated community
14:37are pedophiles.
14:38The head of state's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was
14:42based on strong attacks on what he considers to be the woke agenda, which included homophobic
14:48references that aroused rejection on social media.
14:51In this sense, it is expected that, in different parts of the country, organizations that defend
14:56the rights of the LGBTIQ-plus community will pronounce themselves on this matter.
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