The candidate registration process for the july 28th presidential election reaches its third day in Venezuela. // President Vladimir Putin denounces ukraine's involvement in terrorist attack. // Palestinian authorities report new israeli airstrikes in the city of Rafah. teleSUR
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00:02 In Venezuela, the candidate registration process
00:14 for the July 28 presidential election, which is its third day.
00:17 In Russia, President Vladimir Putin
00:24 denounced Ukraine's authorities for their involvement
00:26 in a terrorist attack in which 150 people were killed.
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00:33 And in Palestine, authorities report
00:35 new airstrikes by the Israeli occupation army
00:36 in the city of Rafah that left at least eight dead
00:39 and several injured.
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00:44 Hello, welcome to "From the South."
00:52 I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Televisual Studios
00:54 in Havana, Cuba.
00:55 We begin with the news.
00:56 On Saturday, the nomination of candidates
00:59 for the presidential elections to be held next July 28
01:01 continues in Venezuela.
01:03 During the process, the political organizations Podemos
01:06 and Partido Comunista de Venezuela,
01:08 which are part of the Gran Polo Patriotico,
01:10 registered before the National Electoral Council,
01:12 the current president, Nicolás Maduro,
01:14 as candidates for re-election to the presidency of Venezuela.
01:18 Also, Luis Eduardo Martínez was nominated
01:20 as presidential candidate by the Acción Democrática Party,
01:23 while with the support of the opposition political movement
01:25 ZAP Popular and the Arepa Party, the candidate Daniel Ceballos
01:30 presented his candidacy for the presidential elections.
01:33 The process of registration of candidacy
01:35 has been taking place since March 24
01:38 and will conclude on March 25 before the electoral authorities,
01:42 the main Venezuelan electoral body,
01:44 in compliance with the electoral chronogram.
01:54 And as we have been reporting,
01:56 the registration process of presidential candidates
01:58 continues in Venezuela.
01:59 For more details, our correspondent,
02:00 Gladys Quesada, live from Caracas.
02:02 Thanks, Luis, for the context and also for the time
02:09 here in Telesor English and also from the South.
02:12 Yes, as you were saying, the process of the registry
02:15 of each nominee continues here in Caracas, in Venezuela,
02:19 as part of the electoral schedule
02:21 ahead of the presidential elections of July 28.
02:24 As we have been covering this,
02:27 it started two days ago on March 21
02:29 and will conclude on March 25 on Monday.
02:32 And all the political forces there,
02:35 even from the opposition and also from the affiliates
02:39 of the government, they have the opportunity to come here
02:43 to the National Electoral Council
02:44 after submitting their virtual and digital nomination
02:48 and registry and come here and in person,
02:51 deliver not only the evidence of their nomination
02:53 and the evidence of the financial support
02:56 for the campaign events,
02:59 also they have the opportunity to registry their nominee
03:02 as the candidate for the political force.
03:05 So far in the two days prior to this,
03:08 the opposition forces in coalitions also have come here
03:12 as the Democratic Action, as Popular Will
03:15 and other, the Arepa Digital and Alianza Lapiz.
03:19 Those are opposition parties
03:21 that have traction in the country
03:23 and have come here to submit their candidacies
03:26 and to do the registration.
03:28 So far today, a new organization
03:31 affiliated with the government,
03:33 El Movimiento Futuro, the Future Movement,
03:36 have come here with their affiliates
03:38 and other delegates in grassroots organizations
03:42 to do their endorsement for President Nicolás Maduro Moros
03:46 as the candidate for the political force
03:48 as part of the great patriotic poll.
03:50 Let's recall that a week ago was the official nomination
03:54 of President Nicolás Maduro Moros
03:55 as the candidate by this political force in the country,
03:59 which is the greatest, the largest political force,
04:02 a leftist political force here in Venezuela.
04:05 Also, it's the political force
04:07 that has been leading the country for the past 25 years.
04:11 So it's paramount to know that Movimiento Futuro
04:14 is a new organization that is affiliated to this one,
04:17 but also it gathers feminists, LGBTQI people,
04:21 ecologists, scientists, technicians,
04:24 intellectuals, and artists.
04:26 So this is a broad grassroots affiliate basis,
04:31 and also it comprehends various sectors
04:33 of the Venezuelan society.
04:35 That was what happened today
04:37 here in the National Electoral Council.
04:39 Currently, I'm here at the registration venue,
04:42 and the nomination will continue,
04:44 the registry will continue all over the day,
04:47 and also they will come here.
04:50 And it is expected that also other candidates
04:52 of the opposition will be here present
04:55 to present their nomination
04:57 and to officially become a candidate
04:59 ahead of the July 28th presidential elections.
05:02 Right now, that's the information.
05:04 We will have more details,
05:05 and also we can advance something.
05:08 Other parties from the great patriotic poll
05:12 will be present here in the afternoon time
05:14 to do the same and to legally make
05:17 their nomination for a candidate.
05:20 That's the information, Luis.
05:21 That's the information so far.
05:23 I will be here, standing here,
05:25 to give you all the details
05:26 and to collect all the information.
05:29 Back to you.
05:30 - Thank you, Gladys, for the latest updates.
05:32 We're gonna continue now in other news.
05:33 Mexico and Venezuela signed an agreement
05:35 for the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants
05:37 which seeks to protect them
05:39 from the abuses of the United States border authorities
05:41 and guarantee them a return to their homeland
05:44 with opportunities for the future
05:45 in which, in addition to the executive of both nations,
05:48 other sectors are involved.
05:49 - We have just signed an agreement with Venezuela.
05:55 President Nicolás Maduro wishes
05:57 call for a return to the motherland.
05:59 We are sending Venezuelans back to their country
06:02 because we cannot handle these amounts.
06:04 But the president has instructed us
06:06 that every migrant that we are sending back to Venezuela
06:10 should have support like the one we are given here,
06:13 like the one from Young People Building,
06:15 the future of soul and life.
06:17 So we already have an amount.
06:19 We are already giving to the migrants
06:22 that return to Venezuela.
06:24 We are giving them a card so that they can join a program,
06:27 which is not exactly Young People Building,
06:30 but it's a welfare program.
06:32 - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel
06:37 visited Thursday several communities
06:38 and places of economic interest
06:40 in the eastern provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba.
06:43 Hundreds of people lined the streets of the communities
06:45 to give a warm and massive welcome to the Cuban president
06:48 who stopped to shake hands and talk with his residents.
06:50 Last Sunday, some localities of the area
06:52 were the focus of demonstrations due to power cuts
06:54 and instability in the distribution
06:56 of the basic food basket.
06:58 The president's tour began on Thursday morning
07:00 and included also productive centers
07:01 where he encouraged his workers to do their best
07:04 and remain united in defense of the homeland.
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07:49 Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine
07:51 of involvement in the terrorist attack
07:53 against the Krakow City Hall Concert Center in Moscow.
07:56 The Russian president described the terrorist attack
07:58 as the country's deadliest in years
08:00 and praised the work of security forces
08:01 in rescuing survivors.
08:03 He also added that the four people involved
08:05 in the attack had been detained
08:06 while trying to cross the border to Kiev
08:08 as they were trying to escape.
08:10 In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin
08:12 announced the preparation of routes from Ukraine
08:14 to allow the attackers to cross.
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08:18 Russian authorities report the arrest of 11 people
08:26 linked to the terrorist attack
08:27 in Moscow's Krakow City Hall,
08:29 in which 150 people were killed
08:30 and more than 100 were injured.
08:33 The information was communicated to President Vladimir Putin
08:35 by the head of the Federal Security Service,
08:37 Alexander Bortnikov.
08:39 The official said that among those arrested
08:41 were four terrorists who opened fire on people
08:43 gathering in the Moscow concert hall.
08:45 Bortnikov added that four of the perpetrators of the attack
08:48 were detained in the province of Pryansk,
08:49 bordering Ukraine.
08:51 Additional, the work is currently being carried out
08:53 to identify the accomplices.
08:55 In the meantime, the Russian investigative committee
08:58 reported that automatic weapons were found unseized
09:00 after the inspection of the room.
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09:04 Authorities report that the fire that developed
09:11 in the Krakow City Hall Concert near Moscow
09:14 after the terrorist attack was almost completely extinguished.
09:16 477 people and 183 teams were mobilized
09:20 to extinguish the fire that continued after the attack.
09:22 The governor of Moscow province, Andrey Vorobyov,
09:26 reported that there are still individual pockets of fire,
09:28 but that the fire has been mostly extinguished.
09:31 Vorobyov revealed that the roof of the performance hall
09:34 in the building collapsed and added that work
09:36 to clear the debris still going on.
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09:43 The Krakow City Hall is a major concert venue
09:48 right outside the Russian capital.
09:50 It opened in October 2009 and was named
09:52 after Muslim mogul, Mayev, a legendary Soviet singer
09:55 born in present-day Azerbaijan.
09:58 The complex also includes a children's amusement center
10:00 and a wedding venue.
10:02 It boasts an auditorium with over 13,000 seats,
10:05 a concert hall with a capacity of 7,500 people,
10:08 and a theater with almost 5,500 seats.
10:11 The venue hosted the 2013 Miss Universe pageant
10:14 and has also hosted numerous concerts
10:17 by prominent Western performers such as
10:19 A-ha, Eric Clapton, and Joe Cocker.
10:21 The husband of a woman who was at the concert
10:29 at the time of the attack offers some statements.
10:31 Let's listen.
10:32 - I am in a complete panic.
10:36 My whole body hurts, even my heart.
10:38 Blood pressure rose and all that.
10:40 I took medicine and felt better.
10:42 I don't know what to do.
10:43 Complete hopelessness.
10:44 My friends can only tell me to just wait
10:46 for the list of victims.
10:48 Wait for the phone line at the hospital to open up.
10:51 My wife went to the concert with friends.
10:56 My friend is standing here.
10:57 His wife also went there.
10:59 At eight o'clock, she called for literally five minutes,
11:02 but you couldn't understand anything.
11:04 I tried shouting into the phone,
11:06 but I didn't understand what was happening at all.
11:09 And as soon as I heard, I came here.
11:11 - In this context, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
11:16 of Azerbaijan has also commented on this event
11:18 and say that they strongly condemn the heinous attack
11:21 on the Krakow City Concert Complex in Moscow.
11:24 They also expressed their heartfelt condolences
11:26 to the families of the innocent victims,
11:27 as well as to the people
11:28 and the government of the Russian Federation.
11:30 In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
11:32 wishes a speedy recovery to all the injured.
11:34 As a country victim of terrorism,
11:36 Azerbaijan condemns terrorism in all its forms.
11:39 The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
11:45 Tukhayev declares that Kazakhstan strongly condemns
11:49 the terrorist act against civilians in Moscow.
11:51 The leader of the government states
11:52 that there can be no justification for terrorism
11:55 and that they call on UN member states
11:57 to declare their unanimous rejection
11:58 of this kind of violence against innocent citizens.
12:01 On behalf of the head of state,
12:02 the Kazakh Law Enforcement Agency, if necessary,
12:04 will provide assistance
12:05 to the Russian law enforcement agencies.
12:07 The president of Kazakhstan also expressed his condolences
12:10 to President Vladimir Putin
12:11 for the many victims of the terrorist attack.
12:14 In this context, families, friends, and people in general
12:20 braved the Russian capital's cold Friday night
12:23 and went to the scene of the terrorist attack
12:24 at Moscow City Hall to lay flowers
12:27 and hold a silent candlelit vigil for the victims.
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13:20 Palestinian authorities report new airstrikes
13:22 by the Israeli regime in the city of Rafa
13:24 that left at least eight dead and several injured.
13:27 The bombing took place in a residential area
13:29 in the Nassar neighborhood, northwest of Rafa.
13:31 Authorities reported that among the fatalities
13:33 were three children and three women,
13:35 while the wounded remained in critical condition.
13:37 While the Israeli occupation continues,
13:39 is invasion of the Shifa Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip,
13:42 where it deployed dozens of tanks and vehicles
13:45 to close in on the vicinity of the hospital.
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13:50 In Palestine, the Israeli Occupation Force
13:56 prevents the access of worshippers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque,
13:59 occupied Jerusalem, during the second Friday of Ramadan.
14:02 At least 1,200 worshippers arrived at the temple complex
14:06 to perform the traditional prayers related to this date,
14:09 in spite of the restrictions imposed by Israel.
14:11 Witnesses reported that the Tel Aviv army
14:13 reinforces military presence in the north
14:15 and east of Jerusalem and south of Bethlehem,
14:17 and also turned back hundreds of believers,
14:19 arguing that they lacked permits to enter.
14:22 They also deployed their military in alleys
14:24 of the Old City of Jerusalem
14:25 and at the entrances of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,
14:28 as part of the harassment of the faithful.
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14:33 Lebanon's army intelligence arrested three suspects
14:38 involved in the assassination
14:39 of Palestinian leader Hadi Mustafa.
14:41 According to what was revealed,
14:43 one of the main members of the network
14:46 is a Lebanese and two Syrians
14:47 who were arrested in raids last night
14:49 and around the southern city of Tire.
14:52 The capture of those involved inside the camp
14:54 occurred in coordination with the intelligence directorate,
14:57 which has been tracking them since the beginning
14:59 of the investigation into the attack on Mustafa.
15:01 In this regard, Palestinian sources quoted
15:03 by the network revealed details of a cell suspected
15:06 of being involved in the assassination
15:07 of the fighter of the military wing Hamas,
15:09 Hadi Mustafa, in Lebanon.
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15:14 On Thursday, before a meeting
15:19 with Secretary of State Antony Blinken,
15:21 the foreign ministers of five Arab nations met in Egypt
15:23 with a representative of the Palestinian government.
15:26 At the end of the conclave,
15:27 the heads of the foreign offices of Saudi Arabia,
15:29 Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates
15:32 reiterated their rejection of any attempt
15:34 to displace Palestinians from their lands.
15:36 The Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs,
15:38 who attended the meeting in Cairo,
15:40 reiterated together with the senior diplomats' demand
15:42 for a complete and immediate ceasefire,
15:45 as well as the opening of all Palestinian lands,
15:47 as well as the opening of all border crossings.
15:50 The meeting took place within the framework
15:52 of intense negotiations between Arab countries
15:55 and representative of the government
15:57 of the United States and Israel.
15:59 And in the world of sports,
16:06 the Cuban athlete Mihai Lopez,
16:08 four-time Olympic wrestling champion,
16:10 announced on Friday that he is preparing to fight
16:12 for his fifth consecutive crown in Paris 2024.
16:15 It should be noted that three years ago,
16:16 in Tokyo 2020, the Cuban equalled the milestone
16:20 of the US athlete Carl Lewis in long jump,
16:22 Michael Phelps in swimming,
16:24 and Alfred Orter in discus throw.
16:26 All of them are champions
16:27 in four consecutive Olympic events
16:29 in the same sport discipline.
16:31 It was thought that the time had come
16:34 for his well-deserved retirement,
16:36 but Lopez says he will go to Paris for his fifth title,
16:39 which will make him the only male athlete
16:41 to achieve that achievement in the modern era.
16:44 Mihai Lopez, native of Pinata, Rio,
16:51 a province in the west of Cuba,
16:52 is a wrestling athlete who is a five-time
16:54 Pan-American champion and four-time Olympic champion.
16:56 He was elected among the 10 best
16:58 Latin American and Caribbean athletes
16:59 of the second decade of the 21st century,
17:02 considered the most complete wrestler of this century
17:04 at the Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan,
17:07 on August 2nd, 2021.
17:08 He won for the third consecutive time the gold medal
17:11 to secure the top of the competition
17:12 as he did in Beijing 2008, London 2012,
17:16 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.
17:18 During the opening ceremony of the same Olympics,
17:21 he also became the first Cuban representative
17:23 to become the country's flag bearer four times.
17:26 The world's biggest tulip garden
17:33 opens to the public for its 75th edition,
17:35 with hundreds of thousands of people
17:37 expected to enjoy a bewildering array of 7 million bulbs
17:40 in the western Dutch city of Lice.
17:42 It contains millions of tulips of every color
17:45 as well as other flowers across 32 hectares.
17:48 This year, one of the many highlights of the show
17:51 includes a golden yellow tulip
17:52 named after King Charles III
17:54 and a musical extravaganza to celebrate 75 years
17:57 of Gunkenhof featuring Dutch opera singer
18:00 Laetitia Gerrard.
18:01 But the opening was the excuse for a manifestation
18:04 where seven naked protesters of the climate group Extinction
18:07 Rebellion briefly staged a protest
18:09 against the use of pesticides in the bulb growing industry.
18:13 We have come to the end of this news brief.
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18:28 For Telesorienglish, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
18:30 Thank you for watching.
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