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ICJ members demand immediate arms embargo against Israeli Government. // Palestinian authorities call for immediate international intervention to stop genocide in Gaza. // China calls on Shanghai Cooperation Organization to take lead role in stabilizing the world. teleSUR
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00:03 In the Netherlands, representatives
00:10 of several nations from the International
00:12 Court of the Hague called for a total and immediate arms
00:16 embargo against the Israeli government.
00:18 On Thursday, the president of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas,
00:24 called for immediate international intervention
00:26 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
00:30 And the foreign minister of China
00:34 asked the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
00:37 to assume the role of stabilizing an anchor in times
00:40 of change and turbulence.
00:42 Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:49 I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:52 We begin with the news.
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00:57 The sanctions of the International Court
01:11 of Justice in the Hague on the legal consequences
01:14 of the Israeli occupation on Gaza Strip
01:16 reaches its fourth day.
01:18 The commissioners highlighted the request
01:20 made by the United Nations rapporteurs
01:23 to carry out the weapons withdrawn
01:25 by the Israeli occupation army.
01:27 The proposal is based on the commitment of the states
01:30 to warranty the respect for international peace,
01:33 as it is required by the Geneva Convention.
01:35 They also assured that the decision
01:37 of the International Court of January 26th
01:40 emphasizes the need for this procedure.
01:42 On Thursday, Palestinians reacted
01:50 after the Israeli attacks in Al-Zawahida in central Gaza,
01:53 denouncing that the search for survivors
01:55 becomes complex and remembered that those who dwell
01:59 in that area are human beings.
02:01 They bombed this house next to my father's house.
02:06 As you can see, the scene speaks for itself.
02:11 They used bulldozers and simple machines
02:13 that are only useful for basic tasks.
02:16 We need heavy machinery that is not available.
02:19 Unfortunately, our neighbors are finding it difficult
02:21 to extract any possible survivors,
02:23 and time is running out.
02:26 Our message to the world is look at those in the Gaza Strip
02:30 as human beings.
02:31 Consider those in the Gaza Strip as human beings, like you.
02:37 The occupying forces carrying out
02:40 the genocidal operation in Gaza abandoned the Nasser Hospital,
02:44 leaving destruction and death behind them.
02:46 The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed
02:48 in a statement the complete withdrawal
02:51 of the Zionist troops.
02:52 No hostages, no terrorists, no tunnels to report.
02:55 They leave the largest hospital in Cancun
02:57 is completely destroyed, where patients and staff are
03:00 without supplies and medical equipment.
03:03 Hostilities continue outside this health center,
03:06 which was also the second largest
03:08 in the Palestinian enclave.
03:09 The international organization Doctors Without Borders
03:16 accused the United States and the United Nations Security
03:19 Council of encouraging the slaughter of thousands
03:22 of Palestinians.
03:23 The Secretary General of this organization, Christopher
03:26 Lockyer, presented a raw narration
03:29 of the daily reality of his doctors in the Strip.
03:33 In a heartbreaking testimony, Lockyer
03:35 explained how his teams have had to amputate children's limbs
03:39 without anesthetic, detailed how mothers in labor
03:43 receive minimal care in unhygienic plastic tents.
03:48 He also stated that many children confessed
03:50 to their doctors that they would rather die than live
03:53 orphaned and mutilated.
03:55 The delegation of the Palestinian movement Hamas,
04:02 led by Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement's political
04:06 bureau, concluded its visit to Egypt,
04:09 which lasted several days, according to a press statement
04:12 issued by Hamas leaders' office.
04:14 The Hamas statement announcing the end of the visit
04:17 detailed that they held meetings with Israel officials
04:20 and with the head of the Egyptian intelligence services,
04:23 Abbas Kamel.
04:25 The Israeli hostages and the Palestinian hostages
04:27 were part of the agenda, as well as
04:29 the flow of humanitarian aid to the north of the Strip
04:33 and the current tensions around the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
04:36 The delegation continues the travels, now going to Paris.
04:40 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
04:43 called for immediate international intervention
04:46 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
04:49 The head of the state made this known
04:52 during a meeting held in Ramallah
04:54 with the president of the Red Crescent Society,
04:57 condemning the policies of assassinations and attacks,
05:00 both by the occupation forces and the settles.
05:03 He also demanded an end to the war of starvation
05:06 against the settlers.
05:07 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
05:10 called for immediate international intervention
05:12 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
05:16 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
05:18 called for immediate international intervention
05:20 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
05:24 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
05:26 called for immediate international intervention
05:28 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
05:32 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
05:34 called for immediate international intervention
05:36 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
05:40 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
05:42 called for immediate international intervention
05:44 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
05:48 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
05:50 called for immediate international intervention
05:52 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
05:56 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
05:58 called for immediate international intervention
06:00 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:04 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:06 called for immediate international intervention
06:08 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:11 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:13 called for immediate international intervention
06:15 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:18 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:20 called for immediate international intervention
06:22 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:25 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:27 called for immediate international intervention
06:29 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:32 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:34 called for immediate international intervention
06:36 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:39 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:41 called for immediate international intervention
06:43 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:46 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:48 called for immediate international intervention
06:50 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
06:53 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
06:55 called for immediate international intervention
06:57 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:00 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:02 called for immediate international intervention
07:04 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:07 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:09 called for immediate international intervention
07:11 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:14 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:16 called for immediate international intervention
07:18 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:21 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:23 called for immediate international intervention
07:25 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:28 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:30 called for immediate international intervention
07:32 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:35 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:37 called for immediate international intervention
07:39 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:42 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:44 called for immediate international intervention
07:46 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:49 The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
07:51 called for immediate international intervention
07:53 to stop the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
07:56 In Argentina, the Secretary of International Relations
07:59 of the Workers' Central Union, Gerardo MartÃnez,
08:02 met on Thursday with the Deputy Director
08:05 of the International Monetary Fund, Gita Conipa,
08:08 who was visiting the country.
08:10 Both analysed the worrisome socio-economic situation
08:14 and its impact on labour and production.
08:17 The meeting, which lasted several hours
08:19 at the IMF's Metropolitan Headquarters
08:22 in the capital of Buenos Aires,
08:24 served, according to the leader,
08:26 for the organisation to obtain first-hand information
08:29 from the workers severely affected
08:31 by the situation of the country.
08:33 He also added that in order to meet IMF targets,
08:36 productive investment policies must be generated
08:39 to produce income and economic growth in general.
08:42 The IMF is an organisation, isn't it?
08:49 They gave a credit of the magnitude
08:51 that was given in 2018.
08:53 Therefore, they are concerned to see
08:55 how they charge this loan,
08:57 in order to have a more complete analysis
08:59 because they observe the serious situation
09:01 that Argentina is going through.
09:04 In Argentina, the debates on the National Emergency Decree,
09:08 DNEU, which will last for 10 days, began.
09:11 The permanent bicameral commission
09:13 of legislative procedures began the treatment
09:16 of the DNEU 70 of economic deregulation
09:19 issued by the government of Javier Millet.
09:22 Until the next 7th of March,
09:24 it will be defined if the decree meets
09:26 the requirements of necessity and urgency
09:29 and if it does not legislate over
09:32 the constitution to establish its possible enforce.
09:35 In order for the commission to invalidate the decree,
09:38 the rejection of both chambers is necessary,
09:41 otherwise the DNEU will be enacted and in effect.
09:50 The association of parents committed to a heightened school
09:53 demanded the reopening of schools
09:55 to put an end to the paralysis of the school's activities.
09:58 The parents rejected the prolonged closure
10:01 of educational centers due to the violence
10:03 generated by criminal gangs
10:05 and the political contradictions
10:07 between the government and the opposition.
10:09 They requested the state to adopt drastic security measures
10:12 to effectively open all schools in the national territory.
10:16 Furthermore, they agreed that the children of today
10:19 are the future of tomorrow
10:21 and if nothing is done to warranty their education,
10:24 the dream of a new Haiti will never be released.
10:27 On Friday, in the United States,
10:33 Californian company Scorpius celebrated the landing
10:36 on the moon of the US' first commercial spacecraft
10:39 in more than 50 years.
10:41 In the meantime, Scorpius Company highlighted
10:44 that for the first time since the Apollo era,
10:47 an American spacecraft has landed on the moon.
10:50 Precisely this time, a commercial unmanned robot
10:53 founded by NASA, achieved the task
10:56 to pave the way for local astronauts
10:58 to return to Earth's cosmic neighbor later this decade.
11:02 In this sense, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson noted
11:06 they are working to send the first images
11:08 of the lunar surface.
11:10 At every step along the way,
11:15 there was a chance that something would go unexpectedly
11:19 and maybe we would not complete.
11:22 But this has certainly been a very exciting time for our team.
11:28 The more we bring in our private industry into this,
11:32 you'll have more modular, flexible solutions,
11:36 more lower cost approaches,
11:38 less regimentation of what you can or cannot do,
11:41 and maybe build stuff more like building a car.
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12:08 Welcome back to From the South.
12:22 In Senegal, a group of 16 candidates
12:24 for Senegal's delayed presidential elections
12:26 said Friday they will not participate
12:29 in a dialogue proposed by President Macky Soule
12:32 despite on a date for the vote he postponed earlier this month.
12:35 Separately, the United Nations Secretary-General's
12:38 Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel,
12:41 Leonardo Santos Simão,
12:43 met Thursday with the President to discuss the electoral timetable.
12:47 Soule, who is finishing two terms allowed by the country's constitution,
12:51 is due to leave office on April 2nd.
12:53 The postponement provoked protests in the streets,
12:56 which were violently repressed by the security forces,
12:59 with a total of three dead,
13:02 as well as dozens of wounded and arrested.
13:04 Political leaders of the opposition
13:06 described the presidential postponement
13:08 as a constitutional coup d'état.
13:10 On Friday in Nairobi, Saif Magango,
13:18 spokesman for the regional Human Rights Office,
13:21 referred to the terrible human rights violations in Sudan,
13:24 which he denounced as war crimes.
13:28 More than 6.7 million people have been displaced by the conflict,
13:32 both within Sudan and in neighboring countries.
13:35 This number has since increased to more than 8 million.
13:39 As for numbers, we have information to the effect that
13:45 the fatalities now stand at at least 14,600 people
13:51 who have been killed during this conflict.
13:53 These figures have been collected by an organization
13:58 that we believe to be credible,
14:01 the Armed Conflict Location Accord, an organization,
14:05 and there is indeed reason to believe
14:09 that the numbers are way up in the thousands.
14:13 In France, farmers demonstrated on Friday
14:16 against the proposal of the French president
14:19 to create a dialogue table with agricultural unions.
14:22 In this regard, the farmers' unions rallied in a parade of tractors
14:26 through the streets of Paris on the eve of the start
14:29 of the Paris International Agricultural Fair,
14:32 a week-long fair that brings annually together
14:35 the government and agricultural companies of this nation.
14:38 The 2024 edition of the Paris International Agricultural Fair
14:42 will open on Saturday in a climate of intense discontent,
14:46 fueled by President Emmanuel Macron's proposal
14:49 for a large roundtable dialogue,
14:52 an option that farmers are refusing to accept.
14:55 China's foreign minister Wang Yi affirmed
15:02 that the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
15:05 must become a stabilizing factor in the midst
15:08 of the strong changes the world is experiencing.
15:11 This was stated during his speech this Friday
15:14 at the ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary
15:17 of the Secretariat of the Organization.
15:20 Wang mentioned that the world is witnessing changes
15:23 never seen in a century, and also that it is essential
15:26 to boost the spirit of the organization
15:29 and work together to make it bigger and stronger.
15:32 In the Democratic Republic of Congo,
15:38 genocide continues by Western countries in order to steal its riches,
15:42 a reality forgotten by the international community.
15:46 The escalation of tensions with its neighbor Rwanda
15:49 has once again brought to the forefront
15:52 the desperate situation they have been suffering for decades.
15:55 In the last week alone, more than 135,000 people
15:59 fled the city of Saike due to fighting
16:02 between the M23 rebels and the Congolese armed forces.
16:06 The recent conflict has already left 2.5 million people displaced.
16:12 In Spain, the death toll in the voracious fire
16:15 that consumed a building in the city of Valencia on Thursday
16:18 has risen to 10, confirmed the government delegate
16:21 in the Valencian community, Pilar Bernabe.
16:24 The head of the Court of Instruction No. 10 of Valencia
16:27 opened preliminary proceedings to investigate the causes
16:30 and circumstances of the fire and has now
16:33 ordered the execution of the victim.
16:36 The death toll in the city of Valencia
16:39 has risen to 10, confirmed the government delegate
16:42 in the Court of Instruction No. 10 of Valencia
16:45 and has ordered the execution of the victim.
16:48 The fire started in one of the floors
16:51 and spread quickly throughout the rest of the building,
16:54 reported Levante.
16:57 According to local media, the location of the bodies
17:00 was made possible by drones.
17:03 The fire was also reported to have been
17:06 in the area of the city of Valencia.
17:09 The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez,
17:12 who declared himself dismayed on the social network X,
17:15 will visit the site on Friday.
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