2/04/2023
FTS 8.30
*Israeli airstrike kills seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza
*Russian border authorities dismantle explosives smuggling channel
FTS 8.30
*Israeli airstrike kills seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza
*Russian border authorities dismantle explosives smuggling channel
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro
00:12 denounced that Washington carries out
00:14 destabilizing campaigns for the upcoming 2024 elections.
00:17 In Palestine, a new Israeli airstrike
00:22 killed seven workers of the charity World Central Kitchen
00:25 after delivery of food and supplies to North Gaza.
00:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:32 In Russia, authorities seized over 27 explosive devices
00:35 while being transported from Ukraine to Russia
00:38 via EU member states.
00:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:43 Hello, welcome from the South.
00:57 I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesus Studios in Havana, Cuba.
01:01 We'll begin with the news.
01:02 In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro
01:04 denounced that Washington carries out
01:05 destabilizing campaigns for the upcoming 2024 elections.
01:09 The president's statements were made during his program
01:11 Con Maduro Mas, from where he urged the United States
01:14 and the Venezuelan right wing to cease their boycott
01:16 attempts against the nation.
01:18 He also condemned the recent forest
01:19 fires in several regions of the country
01:21 and accused the destabilizing sectors
01:23 of promoting a psychological war to create anxiety.
01:27 In this regard, he ordered the intelligence agencies
01:29 to increase the levels of surveillance.
01:31 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
01:46 In 2023, we dismantled five conspiracies.
01:50 And I give you the scoop.
01:51 In this year, 2024, we have dismantled four conspiracies,
01:56 all prepared from Miami, financed in Miami
02:00 by the gringos.
02:02 All the conspiracies, the five of last year
02:04 and the four of this year, all five conspiracies
02:08 were prepared from Colombia by the secret base of the CIA
02:12 and the FBI with conspiracy of former officials.
02:15 I have the names.
02:17 I reserved them for the next few days.
02:19 But I have the names.
02:20 Earlier, Venezuela's attorney general, Tarek William Zab,
02:29 denounced that former members of the military linked
02:31 to the so-called Operation Gideon
02:33 are organizing a destabilizing movement from the United States
02:36 and Colombian territories.
02:37 Zab denounced that the Colombian right wing media
02:39 and former presidents, Alvaro Rivera and IvĂĄn Duque,
02:42 collaborated with extremists and anti-Venezuelan sectors.
02:45 The prosecutor pointed out that this is the ninth action
02:47 unveiled and investigated by the government, which
02:50 had its highest point in the so-called White Armband
02:52 Plan, intended to end the life of President NicolĂĄs Maduro.
02:55 This would be the ninth action that we have publicly
03:04 not only unveiled, but investigated or prosecuted.
03:07 If we added to the four previous ones of the year 2023,
03:16 we had one of the worst figures in the murder of La Viñera,
03:24 that attempted the frustrated assassination
03:27 against the president of the republic and high authorities.
03:30 The attorney general of Venezuela State,
03:35 a defendant from Justice Mario Cajara,
03:38 to confirm that contacts were being
03:40 made with groups of ex-military personnel in the United States
03:42 to organize a coup movement.
03:44 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
03:49 This March 30, just a few days ago,
03:51 a fugitive from Venezuelan justice
03:53 who has been issued an arrest warrant
03:55 for the White Bracelet conspiracy, Mario IvĂĄn
03:58 Carvatumolina, said on Next, formerly Twitter,
04:08 that contacts were being made.
04:10 He denounces this himself.
04:11 Unbelievable.
04:12 Of course, he is all scared because he knows that we know.
04:16 Then he makes a false step forward
04:18 because he already knows that he is going to say.
04:20 He said on X that contacts were being
04:29 made with Venezuelan military in the United States.
04:32 These are his exact words, to organize a freedom
04:34 movement, within quotations, which is nothing more
04:37 than an euphemism to refer to a put-kiss criminal and terrorist
04:41 movement.
04:44 In Peru, the Minister of the Interior
04:46 and the Ministers of Education and Women's Affairs
04:48 resigned from their posts in view of the investigation
04:51 against the president of the country, Dina Boluarte,
04:53 for alleged illicit enrichment.
04:55 The Peruvian Minister of the Interior, VĂctor Torres,
04:57 resigned on Monday amidst the investigation
05:00 that President Boluarte is facing due to some Rolex
05:02 watches that she did not declare among her assets.
05:05 In response to this, the minister
05:07 alleged family problems for his resignation.
05:10 In turn, the Minister of Women, Nancy Tolentino,
05:12 also announced her resignation through a series of messages
05:15 in her account on the social media X,
05:17 while the head of the education portfolio, Miriam Ponce
05:20 Vertiz, announced her retirement from the post
05:22 through a statement without specifying her motives.
05:25 In the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil,
05:31 authorities reported over 17 violent deaths
05:34 during the Easter holiday.
05:35 The Interior Ministry informed that this Sunday night,
05:38 several individuals opened fire against a group of people
05:41 who were in the public road in the sector of L14.
05:43 The crime left three people dead and three others wounded,
05:46 while on Saturday night, criminal groups
05:48 carried out a massacre in Guasmo, south of Guayaquil,
05:51 leaving nine people dead and others injured.
05:54 In this regard, the investigative unit
05:56 began an operation to find the whereabouts
05:58 of the perpetrators.
05:59 In Haiti, on Monday, a deadly alliance of armed groups
06:07 continued launching a series of coordinated attacks
06:10 in the capital Port-au-Prince, including
06:11 near the national palace.
06:13 An identified policeman said in a voice note
06:15 circulated on the WhatsApp messaging platform
06:17 that at least four police officers were injured
06:19 during the violent incidents.
06:21 The officer declared that five of them
06:23 were in a police armored vehicle when everyone except for him
06:25 was shot.
06:26 The four are reportedly being treated for gunshot wounds.
06:30 A video on social media, an armed man
06:32 wearing a camouflage ski mask could
06:34 be seen commandeering the armored vehicle
06:37 as he credits gang Iso 5 Seconds for the attack.
06:41 In another video, the armored vehicle is engulfed in flames.
06:44 Former US President Donald Trump posted $175 million
06:53 US dollar bail on Monday as he appeals his conviction
06:56 in a civil fraud case in New York.
06:58 The case investigated by New York Attorney General Letitia
07:00 James accused Trump, his adult children,
07:03 and his company of inflating assets for financial gain.
07:06 Trump's lawyers' efforts got his bail amount cut nearly in half
07:10 by a state appeal court and extended his deadline
07:13 to 10 days to make the payment.
07:14 Trump has faced numerous indictments, lawsuits,
07:17 and counter suits, yet he continues
07:19 to run as the Republican Party's presidential candidate.
07:21 Let's take a short break, but remember
07:28 you can join us on TikTok at Television English,
07:30 where you will find news in different formats, news
07:32 updates, and much more.
07:34 [MUSIC PLAYING]
07:36 Other stories coming up.
07:37 Stay with us.
07:38 [MUSIC PLAYING]
07:42,
08:11 Welcome back.
08:12 In Palestine, a new Israeli airstrike
08:14 killed seven workers of the Charity World Central Kitchen
08:16 on Monday after the delivery of food and supplies to North
08:19 Gaza.
08:20 The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported
08:21 at the time of the attack the martyrs
08:23 were traveling in a vehicle on the sea road
08:25 west of the city of Deir al-Bala.
08:28 During the removal of the bodies,
08:29 the authorities confirmed the nationality
08:31 of the three of the seven dead, who
08:33 were of Polish, British, and Australian origin.
08:35 In response to the attack, the Hamas movement
08:38 reaffirmed in a statement that Israel still
08:40 insists on its policy of systematic assassinations
08:43 against civilians, humanitarian aid teams,
08:46 and international charities in order
08:47 to promote terror among humanitarian workers
08:50 so that they cannot carry out their mission.
08:52 Palestinian authorities warned that the Office
08:59 of the United Nations Middle East Organization
09:01 for Palestinian Refugees, UNRWA, faces a financial crisis
09:05 after Israeli accusations against that United Nations
09:07 agency.
09:08 The Department of Refugee Affairs of the Organization
09:11 for the Liberation of Palestine warned
09:12 about the crisis of the United Nations Public Works and Relief
09:16 Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Middle East.
09:19 The agency warned that the funds available in UNRWA's budget
09:21 cover the needs of Palestinians until the end of May.
09:25 However, after this month, it will
09:26 enter into a deficit in relation to its regular budget.
09:30 Officials noted that at least 16 countries
09:32 suspended their funding to the agency
09:34 after Israel claimed that 12 of its employees
09:36 were involved in Hamas operations
09:39 without being able of proving these accusations.
09:42 The Colombian government said it will join South Africa's court
09:53 case against Israel's violations and urged other countries
09:56 to do the same.
09:58 In an official statement issued on Monday,
10:00 the Colombian government said that in order
10:01 to cooperate with the lawsuit filed by South Africa
10:03 against Israel at the International Court of Justice
10:06 and to contribute in a tangible way
10:07 to the defense of the Palestinian cause
10:09 in the international judicial arena,
10:11 the national government has decided
10:12 to intervene in this process, invoking the mechanism provided
10:16 for in Article 63 of the Statute of the Court.
10:19 On the other hand, the statement also
10:21 states that the Colombian government invites
10:24 other signatory states of the 1948 Convention
10:26 to do the same, not only as a gesture of solidarity
10:29 with Palestine in this tragic hour,
10:31 but also as a rejection of the violations by Israel
10:33 of this important treaty, which should not go unpunished.
10:37 The document also highlights that the court recorded
10:39 that the catastrophic living conditions
10:41 of the Palestinian population in Gaza continue to deteriorate
10:44 and noted that because of Israel's actions,
10:47 residents of Gaza have been deprived of food
10:50 and other basic necessities.
10:51 The Israeli parliament passed a new law
11:01 allowing the government to close foreign media companies
11:04 considered a danger to the Tel Aviv regime.
11:06 The approved laws give the executive
11:08 the right to forbid broadcasting from Israel's territory,
11:11 close offices and websites, and seize
11:13 the equipment of foreign channels or radio stations
11:15 that are considered hostile to the government.
11:17 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
11:19 emphasized that he will take measures
11:21 to prevent the Qatari media, al-Jazeera,
11:23 from broadcasting from Israel since he
11:25 is convinced that he was involved in the al-Aqsa flood
11:28 operation last October 7.
11:30 Netanyahu also accused al-Jazeera
11:32 of allegedly inciting hostile actions
11:34 against Israeli soldiers.
11:35 The death toll from the Israeli attack
11:42 on the Iranian consulate building in Damascus on Monday
11:44 rose to seven, including two Iranian generals.
11:47 According to a statement issued by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary
11:50 Corps, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahiri
11:53 and his deputy general Mohammad Hadi al-Hadimi
11:56 were killed in the attack.
11:58 Official reports informed that several buildings
12:00 in the Iranian embassy were severely
12:01 damaged while the consulate building of the Persian nation
12:04 was completely destroyed.
12:06 Iranian government sources say the target
12:08 of the Israeli airstrike was the residence of the Iranian
12:10 ambassador Hussein Akhbari, who warned
12:13 that Tehran's response would be, in his words, "decisive."
12:17 On the other hand, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal
12:24 Mehdad rejected the attack and expressed his support
12:27 for the Palestinian people at the site of the Israeli strikes
12:30 that destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
12:34 "Our people have grown used to responding
12:37 to such cowardly attacks and to prove to humanity
12:42 that these attacks can only be met with further steadfastness
12:47 and further support for the Palestinian people
12:50 and the resistance, whether in Iraq or southern Lebanon."
12:55 In this context, Iran demanded a meeting of the UN Security
12:58 Council to discuss matters related
13:00 to the attack perpetrated by Israel on Sunday morning
13:04 on the Iranian consulate in Syria.
13:06 Iran's deputy representative to the UN, Zahra al-Rashd al-Shadi,
13:09 called the council to strongly condemn the Israeli act
13:12 described as a terrorist attack.
13:14 Iran highlighted the need to address Israel's open
13:16 violations of norms and principles
13:18 of the international law and assured
13:20 that Tehran reserves its legitimate and inherent right
13:22 to respond decisively to such terrorist acts.
13:25 In Russia, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Sakharova
13:35 condemned the attack perpetrated by Israel
13:37 against the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
13:39 In her Telegram account, Sakharova
13:41 pointed out that any attack on diplomatic and consular
13:44 buildings whose inviolability is guaranteed by the Vienna
13:47 Conventions is unacceptable.
13:50 She added that the attack was carried out
13:52 in a densely populated metropolitan area, which
13:54 created a high risk of mass casualties
13:56 among the civilian population.
13:58 The spokeswoman also assured Israel's actions
14:00 are unacceptable and they must be stopped.
14:02 The Venezuelan government expressed its solidarity
14:10 with the Iranian people after the new attack committed
14:14 by the Zionist regime against the Iranian diplomatic
14:17 and consular headquarters in Damascus.
14:19 On his official ex-account, Venezuela's foreign minister
14:22 Ivan Gil also condemned the missile attack
14:24 and called it another example of the irrationality
14:26 of the Zionist regime, which has become the greatest
14:29 source of instability in the region.
14:31 He also extended the Venezuelan government
14:33 and people's heartfelt condolences
14:34 to the families and friends of the victims
14:36 and wished a speedy recovery of the wounded.
14:38 Cuba joined the rejection of the recent Israeli attack
14:45 against the Iranian consulate in Syria
14:47 through his account on the social media ex-foreign minister
14:49 Bruno Rodriguez wrote, "We strongly
14:52 condemn this Israeli attack against diplomatic offices
14:55 of Iran in Damascus in flagrant violation of the sovereignty
14:58 of Syria and international law.
15:00 These unacceptable actions increase
15:02 the risk of escalation and regionalization
15:04 of the conflict with unpredictable consequences."
15:16 In this context, Iranian citizens
15:18 gathered at Palestine Square in central Tehran
15:20 to rally in rejection of the Israeli attack
15:23 against the Iranian consulate in Damascus,
15:25 chanting slogans and holding the Zionist regime responsible.
15:28 Demonstrators also burned US and Israeli flags at the strike.
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16:14 Approximately 27 explosive devices
16:15 were seized while being transported from Ukraine
16:17 to Russia via member states of the European Union.
16:20 Going to an official statement issued by the Russian Federal
16:23 Security Service, officials of the Federal Customs Service
16:26 dismantled a cross-border smuggling channel
16:28 for explosives during the search of a vehicle
16:30 at the Uplinka border crossing point
16:33 on the Latvian-Russian border.
16:35 70 kilograms of high-power plastic industrial explosives,
16:38 91 detonators, and components of a portable anti-tank rocket
16:41 launcher were taken from the vehicle.
16:44 Azerbaijan accused Armenia of moving troops,
16:51 armored vehicles, and artillery on the border
16:53 of both countries.
16:54 The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense
16:56 stated that in view of the intensive movement
16:58 of military troops in different directions on the common border,
17:01 it will respond effectively to any provocation.
17:04 Likewise, affirmed that the overall responsibility
17:06 for the worsening of the situation
17:08 will fully fall on Armenia and its supporters.
17:10 In this regard, the military entity
17:12 reported an increase in the activities of Armenian troops
17:15 during the last few days, but it qualifies
17:17 as provocations aimed at increasing tensions.
17:19 In Beijing, the governments of China and France
17:27 agreed to establish strategies for more
17:28 stable bilateral relationships.
17:30 The conversation were led by Chinese Prime Minister Wang Yi
17:35 and his French counterpart, Stéphane Zeyoun.
17:38 The Chinese minister expressed his wish for Paris
17:40 to provide a fair and non-discriminatory business
17:42 environment for the Asian country.
17:44 Both representatives pledged to promote
17:46 mutual communications, coordination exchanges,
17:48 and cooperation to build a reciprocal relationship
17:51 of greater stability and strategic vision.
17:53 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
17:59 Cardinal Fridolin Mbongo, at his mass for Catholic Easter,
18:03 denounced a critical security situation
18:06 that affects the country.
18:07 The cleric assured that the country is sick,
18:09 unarmed, and defenseless in the face of violence,
18:12 in particular that exhibited by militias in the north
18:15 and east of the territory.
18:16 In this context of violence, the rebel militias
18:19 have killed 16 people in the area of Irumu only
18:22 during the preparation for the holy week.
18:25 This situation has caused half a million people
18:27 to be forcibly displaced to the capital of North Kipu.
18:30 The United Nations peacekeeping mission
18:36 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
18:37 raises alarms over the unprecedented expansion
18:39 of the rebel group Movement 23, known as M23.
18:43 Bintur Keita, the head of the mission,
18:45 affirms that the deployment of the irregularities
18:47 is exponentially aggravating the humanitarian crisis.
18:50 She explains that since the December election,
18:52 the M23 has taken control of large areas of the territory.
18:56 The Congolese government points out
18:57 that the irregularities are supported
18:58 by the Kenyan executive.
19:00 They are currently in control of several access roads to Kipu,
19:03 causing the displacement of more than one million people.
19:06 The worsening of the crisis is linked to the war for minerals
19:09 triggered by the interference of Western governments.
19:12 The exhibition The Forbidden City and the Versailles Palace
19:21 opened on Monday in Beijing, China.
19:23 The exhibition focuses on exchanges
19:25 between France and China in the 17th and 18th centuries
19:28 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment
19:31 of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
19:34 This exhibition features over 200 works,
19:36 mainly from the two museums' own collections,
19:39 and will provide a fresh perspective
19:41 on a little-known story interweaving science, diplomacy,
19:44 and trade with the states of a bygone era.
19:47 Know-how and artistic creation reveal
19:49 how a symbiotic relationship between China and France
19:52 heavily influenced art and design in the regions.
19:55 The exhibition will be running from April 1st to June 30th.
19:59 Wang Yi, member of the Politburo of the Communist
20:02 Party of China Central Committee,
20:03 and Minister of Foreign Affairs and French Minister
20:06 of Foreign Affairs Stéphane de Sayournet
20:08 were present at the exhibition, which
20:09 aims to reaffirm and strengthen the bilateral ties
20:12 between the two nations.
20:13 We have come to the end of this news brief.
20:19 You can find these and many other stories
20:20 on our website at telesurlinglish.net.
20:22 You can also join us on our social media, Facebook,
20:25 Instagram, Telegram, and TikTok.
20:27 For Telesur English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
20:30 Thank you for watching.
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