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00:03 Palestinians are returning to a devastated Jabalia camp
00:13 in the north of Gaza, as the Israeli occupation
00:16 army has partially left.
00:17 According to the World Health Organization
00:24 and the Pan-American Health Organization,
00:27 an unprecedented epidemic is underway
00:29 in the American continent, as more than 8.1 million cases
00:33 of dengue fever has been reported so far in 2024.
00:40 NATO Secretary General has succeeded
00:42 in getting some member countries to withdraw limitations
00:46 on Western weapons, so that they can be used
00:49 against the Russian territory.
00:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:54 Hello.
00:58 Welcome to "From the South."
01:00 I'm Ana Marrero from the Tel Azzur headquarters
01:02 in Caracas, Venezuela.
01:03 We'll be with the news, stay with us.
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01:12 On Friday, local authorities in Palestine
01:24 informed that residents are returning
01:27 to a devastated Jabalia camp in the north of Gaza,
01:30 as the Israeli occupation army has partially left.
01:33 In this regard, national and international humanitarian
01:37 organizations reported that locals described the return
01:40 as a shock due to the level of destruction found and stress,
01:45 that a place is in the center of the cemeteries, houses,
01:49 and public buildings where abandoned bodies have
01:53 been left in the streets.
01:55 Regarding the state of the area, Mohamed Basal,
01:58 a civil defense spokesman in the north of the Gaza Strip,
02:02 points out that around 70% of Jabalia camp
02:05 has been completely destroyed, with more than 800 houses
02:09 demolished.
02:10 The United Nations High Commissioner
02:17 for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, warns Israel
02:21 against a new forced exodus in Palestine.
02:24 The expert assured that the atrocious event in Rafah
02:29 have made a world law witness one of the most serious war
02:33 crimes in memory of humanity.
02:35 He referred to this period situation
02:38 of thousands of Palestinians who are currently trapped
02:41 and start trying to save their life.
02:44 Grandi reminds Israel that as occupying power,
02:48 they can neither force nor compel
02:51 the population of the occupied territory to flee.
02:53 In Palestine, more than 36,200 people
03:02 have been killed in the Gaza Strip
03:04 since the cancel attacks of the Israeli occupation forces
03:07 have intensified.
03:09 AIMS said the latest bombardment by the Tel Aviv regime
03:13 held authorities report the killing of thousands
03:16 of innocents, civilians, including children,
03:18 and women, while Palestinian authorities inform
03:21 of the destruction of more than 1,000 homes
03:24 in the vicinity of the Jabali refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
03:28 The sources also confirmed the increase
03:30 in the number of victims still under the rubble
03:33 left by the aerial bombardment and ground
03:35 incursions of the Israeli Genocidal Army.
03:38 Also in Palestine, in the occupied West
03:49 Band, local authorities report the destruction
03:52 of wet plantations in a village of Sebatia,
03:56 north of Nablus, for which they blame
03:59 the settlers, affirming the acts are
04:01 part of the tactic employed by the Israeli regime
04:06 to appropriate more lands and cattle and to displace farmers.
04:11 Still in Palestine, the civilian population
04:19 of the occupied West Band continues
04:21 to be struck by the Israeli occupation army,
04:24 riots, and bombardments.
04:26 On Friday, local authorities report
04:28 the injury of a young man after an assault in a northern West
04:32 Band city of Nablus.
04:33 The civilian was wounded by live ammunition
04:39 and transferred by the Red Crescent Society.
04:42 Authorities also reported that the occupation broke
04:45 into several neighborhoods in the city
04:47 and proceeded to residential buildings.
04:56 And on Friday, within the framework of the first date
04:59 of registration of candidates for Iranian early president,
05:03 elections by candidacies were registered.
05:06 In this regard, Saeed Jalili, former chief nuclear negotiator
05:11 and a member of the Assembly of Experts,
05:14 was one of the politicians to be inscribed.
05:19 Jalili acknowledging the challenges
05:21 of running for the presidency and invoked
05:24 the figure of former president, Ibrahim Raisi.
05:27 It should be noted that during the first date of registration,
05:31 more than 30 applications came to the interior ministry,
05:35 but only five met the required conditions.
05:39 Let's take our first break, but remember,
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06:07 Welcome back to "From the South."
06:25 On Friday, the National Electoral Institute of Mexico,
06:29 the INE, reassured that everything
06:32 is set to guarantee the transparency of Sunday's
06:36 presidential elections.
06:37 The president of the INE, Guadalupe Tairi Zavala,
06:44 reaffirmed that she seeks to strengthen
06:47 the democratic system in the upcoming elections.
06:51 In this regard, Tairi inaugurated the information
06:55 forum for foreign visitors.
06:58 In addition to the electoral tribunal
07:01 of the federal judicial power, the institutions
07:03 seek to ensure the transparency of the process.
07:07 This comes in a context where local authorities have
07:10 highlighted that 1,309 people from the five continents
07:16 were accredited to observe on election day.
07:25 And in the American continent, more than 8.1 million cases
07:29 of dengue fever have been reported so far in 2024,
07:32 according to the World Health Organization
07:34 and the Pan-African Health Organization,
07:36 an unprecedented epidemic in the region.
07:39 Experts are already warning large outbreaks of dengue fever
07:43 could be the norm for the future.
07:46 Data attributed to climate change
07:49 cause longer and warmer rain in seasons.
07:52 They also said health systems in the region
07:55 are being put to the test.
07:57 And on Thursday, President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro,
08:08 required to speed up the process of making the agrarian reform
08:13 in the country so that his farmers could
08:17 receive more hectares.
08:19 The head of state expressed the request
08:23 at an event held in Pueblo Nuevo, a municipality
08:26 in the northern department of Cordoba.
08:28 During the gathering, Petro decreed the official granting
08:33 of 6,000 hectares in the region to agricultural workers
08:38 and assured his government intends
08:40 to pay off the historic debt that Colombia
08:43 has with the humble people.
08:44 On Thursday evening, Defense Minister of Colombia,
08:53 Ivan Velazquez, announced security forces
08:56 to prevent an attack in the southwest of the country.
08:59 A coordinated riot among the national police,
09:03 the national army and their forces
09:05 came with a heavy blow to the known FARC descendants
09:11 operating in the department of Cauca.
09:15 The Jacobo Arenas Western Bloc of the South Central General
09:19 Staff were planning an attack when intelligence
09:23 were led to the arrest of Alias Esteban
09:25 in the municipality of Yambalu.
09:28 On Thursday, the plenary session of the Peruvian Congress
09:37 approved the reform for the immediate re-election
09:40 of mayors and general governors, but excluded
09:44 the regional movements from the upcoming elections.
09:48 This measure, approved with 82 votes in favor,
09:51 has caused dissatisfaction in regional movements.
09:55 In this sense, Frederick Brackhoff,
09:57 president of the Association of Regional Movements,
10:00 rejected the approval, pointing out
10:03 that it violated their fundamental rights
10:06 to participate in the electoral process.
10:08 And in Argentina, the government of President Javier Millet,
10:16 following the intervention of the Argentinean federal justice
10:19 system, will distribute thousands of tons of foods
10:22 it had withheld from the population.
10:26 The decision comes after the claim
10:28 made by the lawyer Juan Agra Boice, who
10:31 warns that over 330,000 kilos of powdered meal
10:36 were about to spoil.
10:38 In turn, the judge Sebastian Cazanelo
10:42 issued a production order for a detailed report
10:45 on the situation of the food held by the government
10:48 in warehouses.
10:49 The repercussion of the scandal, which
10:53 causes several places to go to the hunger strike,
10:57 made the Secretary for Children and Family, Pablo
11:00 de la Torre, lost his job after the minister of human capital,
11:07 Sandra Petovello, ousted him on Tuesday.
11:13 In this context, thousands of Argentinians
11:16 are suffering due to lack of food.
11:17 The president says there are no starving people dying
11:25 on the street.
11:27 What does he want?
11:28 He wants to see me dead on the street?
11:30 It's about to happen.
11:31 Since I drink mata tea, I'd rather drink
11:34 mata tea for them to eat.
11:36 And they eat it thanks to the little I can do.
11:40 My pension is not enough.
11:41 I get the minimum wage.
11:43 And well, what shall I do?
11:46 I don't know what to do anymore.
11:48 Sometimes I think about going far away and committing
11:52 suicide, killing myself.
11:55 I am desperate.
11:56 I don't know what to do.
11:58 I need them to give me the goods because it used to save me.
12:02 I used to go to the grocery store twice a day
12:05 to pick up the food.
12:07 And still in Argentina, human rights activist Nora Cortinas
12:11 passed away on Thursday at the age of 94.
12:16 Tireless fighter and a member of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
12:20 funding line, Norita is remembered for her solidarity
12:23 with the most vulnerable.
12:27 Nora Cortinas had undergone surgery last May 17
12:31 at the Morón Hospital for a hernia, which
12:34 added to other pathologies that aggravated her condition
12:37 and led to her death.
12:39 Norita, as she was affectionately known,
12:42 was a defender of human rights in the face
12:45 of the atrocities carried out by the last military dictatorship
12:49 in Argentina.
12:50 In addition to being a social psychologist,
12:53 she was one of the founders of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
12:56 after the disappearance of her son, Gustavo Cortinas,
13:00 who was kidnapped by the civic military dictatorship
13:03 in the country on April 15, 1977.
13:08 Norita Cortinas was declared Dr. Honoris Causa
13:12 by the Free University of Brussels,
13:14 the University of Salta, and the University of Buenos Aires,
13:18 thanks to her trajectory in defense of the rise
13:21 of the Argentine population.
13:24 Norita was a beacon in the struggle
13:27 for the defense of human rights and always
13:29 stood by those most in need.
13:32 In Argentina, social and political organizations
13:35 and citizens remember her for her relentless commitment
13:39 to her country and her people.
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14:24 The Secretary General of NATO has
14:26 succeeded in getting some member countries to withdraw
14:29 limitations on Western weapons so
14:32 that they can be used against the Russian territory.
14:35 James Sollenberg expressed during a press conference held
14:38 in Prague this morning that he'd expect
14:41 Ukraine to be responsible in its attacks on Russian positions.
14:46 He also assured that many of the allies
14:48 of the Atlantic organizations support Ukraine's right
14:51 to defend itself.
14:52 And this means Moscow's announcements as threats.
14:56 In this context, Russian Foreign Minister Spokwoman Maria
14:58 Zagarova warns that this shows that weapons
15:02 have been used against targets on Russian assaults
15:05 from the very beginning.
15:07 NATO allies support Ukraine to defend itself.
15:17 And I repeat, Ukraine has the right to self-defense
15:20 and we have the right to help Ukraine to exercise it.
15:23 And that does not make NATO allies part of the conflict.
15:27 And on Thursday, the Spanish parliament
15:30 gave the green light to a bill that
15:33 will amnesty hundreds of Catalans secessionists
15:37 involved in the failed secession attempt of 17 years.
15:43 This way, the bill passed by 177 to 172 votes.
15:51 We'll see it occurred to unroll the judicial record
15:55 of hundreds of officials and activists
15:58 implicated in crimes related to Catalonia's secessionism
16:02 drive since 2011, paving the way from the return of the movement's
16:11 leaders in exile, Carles Piudemont.
16:20 Europe has said yes to the amnesty, loud and clear,
16:23 because it guarantees equality, separation of powers,
16:28 territorial function, and what is more important,
16:30 Europe has shouted to the four winds
16:32 that the amnesty helps institutional and political
16:34 normalization in Catalonia.
16:36 And everything is thanks to this government.
16:40 In Beijing, the governments of China and Bahrain
16:43 established bilateral strategic alliances
16:46 at a meeting between President Xi Jinping and King Hamad bin
16:51 Isa Al Khalifa.
16:52 During the gathering, issues of economic, commercial,
16:56 and scientific interests were discussed,
16:58 as well as current international and regional geopolitics.
17:03 For his part, the monarch Al Khalifa
17:05 highlighted Beijing's work to maintain peace and stability
17:08 in the region, while Xi Jinping celebrated 35 years of China's
17:12 ties with Bahrain and prized its ability
17:16 to expand joint strategies to further date foreign relations
17:20 to the highest level.
17:21 China's Defense Minister Dong Jun and U.S. Defense Secretary
17:32 Lloyd Austin met in Singapore on Friday
17:35 on the set lines of the Shangri-La Dialogue being held
17:40 in a Saudi Asian country.
17:42 This is the first meeting of these defense offices
17:45 since 2022, the meeting which lasted for more than an hour.
17:51 Admiral Don reiterated that his country does not
17:55 provide arms to any of the parties of the conflict
17:58 in Ukraine, but advocates for dialogue and peace.
18:01 The U.S. Secretary referred to all the coercive measures
18:05 in Taiwan in connection with the change of government.
18:09 These matters, China has made no public comments.
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18:16 - --a woman who never, ever fails to deliver.
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18:25 - And now, shifting topics.
18:32 On Thursday, the Olympic flame of Paris 2024
18:35 troubled through the historic region of Normandy
18:38 on its 12,000 kilometers tour to the French territory.
18:44 Let's have a look.
18:47 - For the first time since its arrival on French soil
18:50 from Greece on early May, the Paris 2024 Olympic flame
18:54 visited the north of the country,
18:55 completing its 20th stop in the historic region of Normandy.
19:00 The journey began early with its passage
19:02 along one of the beaches, Omaha Beach,
19:04 the site of the Allied landings during the Second World War.
19:07 There, more than 100 sports stars, athletes, personalities,
19:12 and citizens carried the torch with the flame
19:14 that will light up the Olympic Games starting on July 26.
19:18 In this way, the flame will continue its trips
19:20 across France, covering nearly 12,000 kilometers
19:24 and stopping in more than 400 towns and cities
19:27 before arriving in Paris for the opening
19:29 ceremony of the games on the emblematic Seine River.
19:33 - And in the United States, everything
19:35 is ready for the National Basketball Association
19:38 finals to begin on June the 6th, where
19:41 the champion teams of the East and the West conferences
19:44 will meet in the best of seven series in search
19:47 for the league championship.
19:49 Let's see.
19:51 - After sweeping the Indiana Paces,
19:53 the Bolton Celtas secured their 23rd final appearance,
19:56 having won 17 championships in franchise history,
20:00 plus coming in 2008.
20:02 This way, in 2024, the Celtas completed a back-to-back finals
20:06 trip after losing to the Denver Nuggets in 2023.
20:10 On the other hand, the Dallas Mavericks
20:12 advanced to the NBA finals after defeating the Minnesota
20:15 Timberwolves in five games.
20:18 It is worth noting that the Dallas team has only
20:20 been to the NBA finals twice, winning once in 2011
20:25 and then losing to the Miami Heat in 2006.
20:28 In this manner, the Boston Celtas and Dallas Mavericks
20:31 will meet for the first time in NBA finals history,
20:34 starting on June 6.
20:38 - Well, sorry, we have come to the end of this news brief.
20:40 But you can find these and many other stories
20:42 on our website at telesudioenglish.net.
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20:48 For "Telestudio English" and from the South, I'm Ana Marrero.
20:50 Thank you for watching.
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