29/12/2023
FTS 12.30
*Honduras authorizes free flow of migrants
*Chad: Supreme Court validates constitutional referendum result
FTS 12.30
*Honduras authorizes free flow of migrants
*Chad: Supreme Court validates constitutional referendum result
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00:09 In Palestine, the Israeli army continues to kill civilians.
00:13 At least 220 people perished under the occupier's bombardment
00:16 in the last 24 hours.
00:18 The National Institute of Migration of Honduras
00:23 announced free flow of migrants following instructions given
00:27 by President Xiomara Castro.
00:29 And in Chad, the Supreme Court confirmed the results
00:32 of the constitutional referendum for a new constitution
00:34 in the country.
00:35 Hello.
00:39 Welcome to "From the South."
00:41 My name is Belén de los Santos.
00:42 And from the TeleSur studios in Havana, Cuba,
00:45 we begin with the news.
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00:53 The Syrian army, in the face of the failure of the offensive
01:09 against Hamas, continues to kill Palestinian civilians.
01:12 At least 220 people perished under the occupier's
01:15 bombardment in the last 24 hours.
01:18 On the 84th day of the war, bombs ravaged the entire strip.
01:23 According to the Red Crescent, only in the vicinity
01:25 of the Al-Amal Hospital, south of Gaza, 41 people
01:29 have been killed, almost all of them women and children.
01:32 In the West Bank, the occupier's troops
01:34 killed four young people and wounded and detained
01:37 an undetermined number of people.
01:39 Conyounes is currently one of the most besieged areas
01:43 in the Gaza Strip.
01:44 About 90 fatalities have been counted in the last 24 hours.
01:48 The coordinator of the UN Office for Palestine, Thomas White,
01:51 also confirmed that Israel attacked
01:54 one of his humanitarian convoys.
01:55 In Lebanon, the Hezbollah resistance group
02:04 warned that it is ready to respond militarily
02:06 to any aggression by the occupying army.
02:09 The border area between southern Lebanon and Israel
02:12 has intensified tensions in recent days,
02:15 as the parties exchanged fire with losses on both sides.
02:19 In this sense, the leader of the military group, Naim Kassem,
02:22 pointed out that they are ready to take
02:24 any necessary action in the face of the genocide triggered
02:27 in the Gaza Strip.
02:28 He added that they have been part of the battle
02:31 since the beginning of the intensification
02:33 of the Israeli siege.
02:42 If Israel goes too far, we will retaliate twice.
02:47 We will not be afraid of any Israeli or US threats
02:51 or intimidation, because the future of the region
02:54 now depends on this hope and this sacrifice.
02:57 In Russia this Friday, the defense ministry
03:11 reported that it is making massive attacks
03:13 with high-precision weapons and drones
03:15 against the Ukrainian territory.
03:17 According to a defense statement in the period
03:20 from December 23 to December 29, attacks
03:23 were carried out against facilities
03:25 of the military-industrial complex, airfield
03:27 infrastructure, and military arsenals,
03:30 as well as artillery ammunition storage sites,
03:32 autonomous ships, weapons, and fuel for military equipment.
03:36 On Friday morning, a massive attack
03:38 was carried out against the territory of Ukraine.
03:41 Explosions were recorded in Kiev and several other regions.
03:45 According to the authorities, at least one
03:47 polygon, several warehouses, and critical infrastructure
03:50 facility and a military plant were hit.
03:52 In the period from 23 to December 29,
04:00 the armed forces of the Russian Federation
04:03 carried out 50 group strikes and one massive strike
04:07 using high-precision weapons and drones,
04:09 targeting the military-industrial complex,
04:11 air force infrastructure, arsenals and storage sites
04:15 for artillery ammunition, naval surface drones, weapons,
04:18 and fuel for military equipment.
04:20 In addition, places where Ukrainian army units were
04:23 stationed were hit, as well as the nationalist grouping
04:27 and foreign mercenaries.
04:29 All the intended targets were hit.
04:32 And now let's take a short break.
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04:42 Other stories coming up.
04:43 Stay with us.
04:43 Welcome back.
05:04 In Honduras, the National Institute of Migration
05:07 announced free flow of migrants.
05:09 The measure responds to instructions
05:11 given by President Xiomara Castro.
05:13 The opposition groups in the parliament
05:15 prevented the approval of the extension
05:17 of the migratory amnesty that expires this December 31.
05:21 For this reason, the head of state
05:22 ordered the application of a humanitarian policy
05:26 based on the fact that her government recognizes
05:28 migration as a human right.
05:30 There will be no administrative sanctions.
05:33 They will be granted a special permit for 10 days.
05:35 And four interior controls offices
05:37 will be set up for their attention.
05:39 In this way, the Honduran Institute of Migration
05:42 called on the legislature to prioritize a legal framework
05:46 that protects asylum seekers.
05:48 The general coordinator of Haitian Police Union,
05:56 Lionel Lazarre, assured that 2023
05:58 has been a deadly year for the national police.
06:01 The data presented by Lazarre shows that at least 37 officers
06:05 have been killed, most of them by criminal gangs
06:08 in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince,
06:10 the country's capital.
06:12 In January alone, 10 officers were ambushed and killed
06:15 by heavily armed individuals in Metivier, a commune in Petion
06:19 Ville, where there are heavy clashes with gangs attempting
06:22 to invade police headquarters.
06:24 The union leader also gave an account
06:26 of the almost five police stations that
06:28 were attacked by the violent gangs that
06:31 control more than 80% of the metropolitan territory.
06:34 In Venezuela, diplomat Alex Saab denounced
06:41 the torture and cruel treatment received
06:43 during his kidnapping in Cape Verde
06:46 and illegal incarceration in the United States.
06:49 In an exclusive interview given in the third edition
06:51 of Maduro's podcast, the diplomat
06:53 said that during his kidnapping, the US government imposed
06:56 unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela
06:59 and blocked its economy in order to get the nation's collapse.
07:03 Saab also reported that during his abduction,
07:05 he had to drink water in the same container
07:07 that he was meant to perform his physiological needs.
07:11 And during his interview, the Venezuelan diplomat
07:19 referred to the sanctions he and his family
07:21 have been subjected to by the US government
07:24 and how he was tortured for two hours for refusing
07:27 to sign a voluntary extradition from Cape Verde
07:30 to the United States.
07:33 In July 2019, I was sanctioned.
07:36 My sons, my brothers also were sanctioned,
07:40 who didn't even have any link to the government of Venezuela.
07:48 The sanctions-- they were sanctions
07:50 because they were relatives of mine.
07:54 Since 2019, I was sanctioned for working
08:00 in the food system of Venezuela.
08:05 That first night, I was put in Yale.
08:13 No one spoke to me.
08:18 The next day and night, I had no food, no water.
08:24 At midnight, they started to talk to me,
08:29 and they urged me to sign my voluntary extradition
08:36 to the United States.
08:38 I refused.
08:39 Then the control is-- they handcuffed me and seat me
08:47 in a chair.
08:49 They put out a towel.
08:52 They put a towel on my face and start
08:56 filling my face with water.
09:00 So I had the sensation of drowning.
09:05 They tortured me for over two hours.
09:08 In this way, Alexab shared his experiences in prison
09:14 and admitted that he gets emotional when he remembers
09:16 some of these moments.
09:19 November 16, a guard came to me and said, Alex,
09:28 there are a group of people from human rights
09:32 are going to come here with the director of the prison, Yale.
09:38 You need to Yale that you are being subjected to torture.
09:44 So when I heard that they were coming up, I started to Yale.
09:48 Well, they kept walking.
09:55 They didn't listen to me.
09:59 I still get very emotional when speaking about this.
10:03 10 minutes later, they came back.
10:10 They opened the door and say, Alex, we are here for you.
10:15 They verified that I was tortured.
10:24 They say, this is not going to happen again.
10:29 They fired the director Correa from the prison.
10:36 For her part, Camila Fabri, wife of the diplomat Alexab,
10:39 recounted how the Venezuelan people were a great support
10:42 for her in the midst of this nightmare
10:44 the Fabri family was living.
10:48 This has been the victory of the diplomacy of peace.
10:52 This has been a historical victory.
11:00 And they are in pain because they
11:04 spent millions of dollars in this media war
11:10 and this demonization of Alex and Venezuela.
11:13 We are more than decided to defend the truth of Venezuela
11:21 because there are a lot of lies to justify
11:26 policies against Venezuela.
11:30 We need to fight because these people deserve
11:33 to be respected and deserves to be defended.
11:38 This is a loving people that they have given me a lot.
11:44 Now we move on to other topics.
12:01 Seven people have died and one is still missing
12:04 as a result of the floods that have affected several provinces
12:07 in southern Thailand.
12:08 The authorities informed on Friday
12:10 that the most affected region is the province of Narathiwat,
12:13 where all the fatalities were registered
12:15 and the missing person is still being sought.
12:18 According to data from the provincial department
12:20 of the Office for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation,
12:24 more than 260,000 people have been affected by the floods.
12:28 So far, the rising waters have affected 13 districts
12:31 in the province, including Yala and Patani.
12:34 The water level reached more than two meters
12:37 in some villages in Narathiwat, where residents
12:39 had to take shelter on rooftops or upper floors of their houses
12:43 while waiting for help from emergency services.
12:45 And in China, President Xi Jinping
12:53 reviewed the historic achievements
12:55 of the country's diplomatic management
12:57 during the Central Conference of Foreign Affairs work.
13:00 At the two-day event held in Beijing,
13:02 the head of state noted that new horizons have been opened
13:06 and an image of self-reliance and self-determination,
13:09 openness and inclusiveness has been established.
13:12 President Xi expressed that in the 10 years of the new era,
13:15 they have experienced many storms that
13:18 have enabled them to accumulate valuable experiences.
13:21 He particularly emphasized the need
13:23 to continue to adhere to principles
13:26 and join hands with most countries in the world
13:28 by occupying very firm moral heights.
13:30 And we have a second short break coming up.
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13:53 Final short break.
13:54 Don't go away.
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13:59 In chat, the Supreme Court confirms the results
14:18 of the constitutional referendum as announced
14:21 by the president of Supreme Court, Samir Adham Anur.
14:24 Chat, Supreme Court definitely validated
14:26 the results of the referendum for a new constitution
14:29 organized by the military junta that
14:32 has been in power for the past two and a half years,
14:35 a key step intended to pave the way for elections
14:38 in the country at the end of 2024.
14:40 For some members of the opposition and civil society,
14:43 the result of this ballot resembles
14:46 a plebiscite designed to pave the way
14:48 for the election of a transitional president,
14:51 General Mahamat Idris de Villigno.
14:53 The Supreme Court rejected an appeal
14:55 by the federal bloc and opposition coalition, which
14:58 had called for the results to be annulled
15:00 on the grounds of several irregularities in the voting
15:03 process.
15:03 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
15:09 Turnout 62.86%.
15:12 The yes side received 4,220,365 votes, or 85.90%.
15:20 The no side received 692,804 votes, or 14.10%.
15:29 Declares that the draft constitution
15:31 in trying the unitary form of the state
15:33 has been adopted by the people of Chat.
15:36 Declares that the present judgment
15:38 shall be notified to the transitional president,
15:40 president of the republic, head of the state,
15:44 to the president of the National Transitional Council,
15:47 to the president of CONAREC, to the petitioners
15:50 and published in the official Gazette of the Republic.
15:54 The Burkina Faso army claimed on Thursday
15:56 to have destroyed an alleged terrorist base in the town
15:59 of Tia, Department of Sigle, in the central west
16:01 region of the country.
16:03 The military discovered a terrorist base
16:05 in the Tia forest.
16:06 There, they launched airstrikes and killed
16:08 a significant number of insurgents,
16:10 as they said, at the site.
16:13 The military report indicated that the base and all logistics
16:16 were destroyed at the time of the attack.
16:18 They also confirmed in the same operation
16:20 the intervention of another terrorist focus
16:23 in the east of the country, near the town of Sakoani.
16:26 More than 250 babies and children
16:34 have been evacuated in the recent days
16:36 from the Sudanese city of Wat Madani,
16:38 southeast of the capital, Khartoum.
16:41 The United Nations Children's Fund
16:43 reported that heavy fighting between the National
16:46 Army and the Rapid Support Forces
16:49 forced the emergency evacuation.
16:51 According to the agency, this is yet another relocation
16:54 for many of the 253 minors in recent months,
16:58 as some have come from abandoned hortages in the capital.
17:02 In the United States, space exploration company SpaceX
17:12 successfully launched a secret US space plane
17:15 into orbit on Thursday from NASA's Kennedy Space
17:17 Center in Florida.
17:19 As on previous missions, there's no one
17:23 on board in the reusable plane, which
17:25 resembles a mini space shuttle and carries classified
17:28 experiments.
17:29 The Pentagon has disclosed few details
17:31 about its mention, which is conducted by US Space
17:35 Force under the military's National Security Space Launch
17:38 Program.
17:39 In a statement last month, the Air Force Rapid Capabilities
17:42 Office said that mission number seven
17:44 would involve tests of new orbital regimes experimenting
17:48 with future space domain awareness and technologies.
17:51 And Syrians have decided to end the current 2023
18:00 year with the launching of a large reforestation
18:03 day that covers all the areas affected
18:05 by the fires that occurred throughout this year that
18:08 is about to end.
18:09 This is a beautiful way to dismiss one year
18:11 and welcome a new one in a clear demonstration of their faith
18:15 that the future will be better.
18:16 Let's see.
18:17 The reforestation day was part of the central celebration
18:24 of the 72nd anniversary of National Tree Day held
18:27 in the city of Kardashia in the coastal province of Latakia.
18:30 Under the title, "We Protect Our Forests,"
18:36 volunteers, representatives of civil, popular, and youth
18:40 organizations, trade union members,
18:42 and employees of government institutions
18:46 planted about 10,000 forest trees
18:48 over an area of 15,000 acres.
18:52 A part of the five national reforestation campaigns
18:55 that began on September 1, 2023 and are scheduled
18:58 to end on March 31, 2024.
19:07 We plan to plant more than four million forest trees
19:11 that we plan to plant in all the areas affected
19:14 by the fires through five national reforestation
19:18 campaigns that we developed in cooperation
19:21 with all the organizations and social entities.
19:24 And we do it within the framework of the new forest
19:27 law number 39 decree on December 25 of this year
19:31 in order to protect the forest lands
19:33 and regulate the way to exploit them in order
19:36 to recover the green land of the country.
19:41 On the occasion of the National Tree Day,
19:43 we are participating in this reforestation day.
19:45 And this is our first experience,
19:47 as we have already participated in two tree replanting
19:51 campaigns in several areas of the coastal province
19:55 of Latakia.
19:57 And we want to continue with this voluntary contribution
20:01 to recover the beautiful green layer of our country.
20:05 During 2023, high temperatures and drought,
20:09 coupled with assault terrorist sabotage,
20:12 caused nearly 1,500 fires that devoured Syrian sources
20:16 and livelihoods in tens of thousands
20:18 of acres of forested areas and promulgated,
20:23 planted mainly with apples, olives, and citrus trees.
20:28 This is damage that the government
20:30 and citizens of the country are sparing no effort to repair,
20:35 determined that 2024 will be the year of cultivating life
20:38 instead of death, peace instead of war,
20:42 and prosperity and development instead of destruction.
20:44 The areas that were devastated by the fires
20:51 are today witnessing a great joint governmental and civil
20:56 society effort aimed to replant and reforestation,
21:00 following the instructions of the President of the Republic,
21:05 who, together with the Syrian First Lady,
21:08 visited all the areas and ordered them to reforest them.
21:13 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
21:15 In the margin of the celebration of this new anniversary
21:18 of the National Day of the Tree, an exhibition
21:21 of homemade products of the farmer woman,
21:23 made from natural components of the country's agricultural
21:26 crops, was held.
21:28 These exhibitions, together with the National Reforestation
21:31 Campaigns, refresh the harmony of Syrians
21:36 with Mother Earth and their firm attachment
21:38 to the International Environmental Protection
21:40 Agreement for the benefit of all mankind.
21:43 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
21:50 And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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