01/07/2024
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*French snap elections: FAR-RIGTH party wins first polling round
*Israeli siege on Gaza continues as death toll rises to 37,877
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*French snap elections: FAR-RIGTH party wins first polling round
*Israeli siege on Gaza continues as death toll rises to 37,877
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00:00The world faces strong heavy rains and floods in different regions, leaving many people
00:19affected.
00:20Experts point to climate change as the main driver for the adverse weather.
00:26In France, the far-right National Rally Party won the first round of the snap elections
00:30with 34.2% of the votes in the 2024 legislative polls.
00:34Centrist Macron and the Left Coalition have called to block the path to power.
00:41In Palestine, Israeli occupational forces continue their genocidal actions against Gaza
00:47killing a wounding dozens in the last hours.
00:51Hello, welcome back from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Resolute Studios
00:59in Havana, Cuba.
01:00We begin with the news.
01:16The U.S. National Hurricane Center reported Monday that Hurricane Beryl upgraded to Category
01:214 after a brief debilitation, posing as a dangerous threat to the Lesser Antilles in
01:26the Caribbean with strong winds, heavy rains and storm surge.
01:29The agency indicated that the cyclone's maximum sustained winds are near 215 km per hour,
01:34with stronger gusts.
01:35In the next few hours, the phenomenon is expected to remain a dangerous major hurricane as its
01:40core moves through the Windward Islands to the eastern Caribbean.
01:43Potentially catastrophic wind damage is expected on Monday in impacted areas with the greatest
01:47risk from the Caribbean forecast for the Sand Basin and the Grenadines and Grenada.
02:18In Mexico, the center of a tropical storm, Greece, made landfall in the vicinity of the
02:25town of Les Uguillas, municipality of Vega de Alatore, Veracruz, at 20 to 50 hours local
02:31time.
02:32On June 30, Greece has maximum winds of 65 km per hour and gusts of 85 km per hour, accompanied
02:38by heavy rain and intense thunderstorms in the center and south of Nuevo León, and very
02:44heavy rains with winds of 70 to 90 km per hour in the south of Tamaulipas.
02:49Communities in Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí and Querétaro are experiencing
02:54increased rainfall on Sunday as Tropical Storm Chris, which recently formed in the Bay of
02:58Campeche, advances through Mexico.
03:05So all about all for this report this weekend that evacuated 45 people in San Alejo, La
03:10Unión and an undetermined number of inhabitants of El Tránsito, San Miguel due to the rains
03:15that are affecting them.
03:16The fire department also reported that the water level in the Jogotal Lagoon affected
03:22homes in neighboring communities, while flood-prone areas in Colonia, Santa Lucía y Lopango and
03:27San Salvador were monitored.
03:30The press secretary of the presidency declared that institutions that are part of the national
03:34sewer protection system remain deployed throughout the country, providing assistance in any type
03:38of emergency caused by the storms.
03:46Also in Honduras, heavy rains have caused floods and landslides across the nation as
03:51the country stays in vigilance of Hurricane Beryl's trajectory, according to rescue teams
03:55due to rainfall on Saturday, landslides and rocks falls were reported, which damaged more
04:01than 20 houses.
04:04The most impacted areas have been the departments of Copan, Ocotopeque, Lempira, Intibuca, La
04:10Paz, Francisco Morazán, Valle and Choluteca.
04:13In this context, authorities extended until Sunday afternoon their state of red alert
04:18due to the saturation of the soils and the danger of landslides and urged citizens to
04:22take precautions on alternative routes while they work to re-establish security and anonymity
04:26in the affected areas.
04:29Meanwhile, in Europe, heavy rains have hit towns in Switzerland and France, leaving at
04:37least five dead and one person missing, authorities reported that the loss of lives was due to
04:41landslides and downed trees caused by gusts during the storm.
04:45In this regard, civil defense teams recommended evacuating residents of the Swiss towns of
04:49Bratton-sur-Nicot and Vallemaglia, where rescue teams are still looking for a missing person.
04:59Meanwhile, in China, heavy rains have affected over 811,000 residents and forced almost 200,000
05:08to evacuate, as authorities reported the Yangtze River and other 19 province rivers surpassed
05:14warning levels, noting their flows continue to rise.
05:17In defense, in response, the leaders of eight cities in Anhui ordered the deployment of
05:23several emergency teams, as well as 26,000 people, to guard the region's dams and dikes.
05:28Meanwhile, the Central Meteorological Observatory of China warned that downpours would be present
05:33throughout the weekend and part of Monday and requested the suspension of classes, meetings
05:37and business activities in the affected regions.
05:45Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at TeleZoolinglish,
05:48where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
05:54For the stories, coming up, stay with us.
05:59Welcome back.
06:20The month-long LGBTQ plus Pride celebration reached its grand finale on Sunday, as rainbow
06:25of revelers took to the streets of New York to participate in one of the most prominent
06:29parades.
06:30The varied celebrations served as both a celebration of joy and political protest, as participants
06:34recognized the community's achievements, while also calling attention to recent anti-LGBTQ
06:39plus legislation, such as the ban on transgender health care passed by Republican-led states.
06:44In addition to NYC's Pride march, the largest in the country, the city was also expected
06:49to host Sunday's Queer Liberation March, an activist-focused event that was launched five
06:53years ago over concerns that the month's conventional parade had become too corporate.
07:05In Bolivia, President Luis Alces rejects self-coup narrative promoted by the fascist right-wing.
07:11The president stressed on Sunday that what happened in the country on June 26 was a failed
07:15coup d'etat, and asked former President Evo Morales not to replicate the narrative of
07:19fascism, which not only denies it, but insists it was a self-coup planned by the government.
07:25On Sunday morning, during statements to a local radio station, Evo Morales, who had
07:29vehemently condemned the failed coup d'etat, admitted that he is confused about the coup.
07:33Despite this, he blamed Arce for committing a self-coup.
07:37After his criteria, the Minister of the Presidency, Maria Nea La Prada, made statements to the
07:41media and said that Evo Morales ended up joining the story of the coup of General Zúñiga
07:46and the fascist right-wing in denying the girly lasso.
07:53The President of Argentina, Javier Mele, defended this on the bill to lower the age of criminal
07:58responsibility to 13 years old that the government sent to Congress last Friday.
08:03The bill sets the minimum age for criminal prosecution at 13, establishes sentences of
08:08up to 20 years of imprisonment for children and adolescents who would be incarcerated
08:12in special establishments or separate sections within the penitentiary complexes.
08:17Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice explained a statement that the initiative seeks to combat
08:21the persistent growth of juvenile criminality, pointing out that organized crime takes advantage
08:26of children and adolescents to commit crimes without restrictions, evading in that way
08:31criminal responsibility.
08:39The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Iván Gil, categorically rejected the statement issued
08:43on June 30 by Argentinean President Javier Mele, where he ignored the attempted coup
08:48of the time in Bolivia, further defeating the narrative created by the Latin American
08:52right-wing, which tries to deny the actions of criminals who tried to overthrow the legitimate
08:56president Luis Arce.
08:58In a statement posted on social media X, Gil stated this dark neo-Nazi character is used
09:06as a pawn of macabre interests that try to impose fascism as a political trend in our
09:11region through the ridiculous spokesmanship inflated by lies spread through social media
09:15and complicit media.
09:17The foreign minister added that Venezuela reiterates the call to condemn this and any
09:21other coup d'etat attempt in our Latin America, as was done unanimously by the South American
09:26countries, including by Argentina itself, a fact that unfortunately is not unknown by
09:32those who claim to govern this country.
09:54The National Electoral Council of Venezuela extended on Sunday the voting hours until
09:58seven o'clock.
09:59A total of 1,174 voting centers throughout the country opened their doors at 8 a.m. local
10:04time to begin the day of familiarization and training with the voting system.
10:08The people registered in the electoral registry may participate in any voting center.
10:14The only requirement was to present the identity card.
10:17In this regard, the president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, stated that
10:21this is a demonstration of the country's democratic strength to the world.
10:31Within the democratic electoral exercise, the president of the Barbarian Republic of
10:34Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, addressed the population through his social media.
10:38On said post, President Maduro expressed it was beautiful to see people turning in large
10:42numbers to polling stations all over the country.
10:54On Sunday, Uruguay defined the presidential candidacies that will compete at the polls
10:58on October 27.
10:59In this way, the former mayor of Canelones, Yamando Orsi, won from the opposition coalition
11:04the broad front and quickly announced that his main rival, the head of the municipal
11:08government of Montevideo, Carolina Cossé, will be his running mate.
11:14For the current ruling National Party, known as the Whites, Álvaro Delgado, the first
11:17bit of the outgoing president de la calle, won very comfortably, while among his allies
11:22in the Colorado Party, Andrés Ojeda, declared himself the winner.
11:26In total, around 36% of eligible voters participated in the process.
11:36And in France, the far-right National Rally Party won a victory in the first round of
11:40the legislative elections with 33.15% of the votes.
11:44For its part, the left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front obtained 27.99%, establishing
11:49itself as the second-largest political force, surpassing President Emmanuel Macron's party,
11:53which collected 20.04% of the votes.
11:57During this first round, 37 deputies of the National Rally, 32 of the New Popular Front,
12:012 of the Macronist bloc, and 3 of the Republicans and their allies were elected.
12:05In a second round to be held next Sunday, Marine Le Pen's National Rally and its associates
12:09will contest 485 constituencies out of 577.
12:19Also in France, leaders of the left-wing coalition New Popular Front called for unity in the
12:22face of the second round of legislative elections this coming weekend, in order to avoid the
12:27advance of the far-right.
12:29In this sense, the leader of the France Insoumise Party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, was clear about
12:35the slogan of his coalition, declaring their intentions to end, not a single step more
12:39to the extreme right.
12:41Mélenchon also indicated that the left will withdraw its candidate if he advances from
12:45third place to the second round, in order to stop the right.
12:49The recently formed New Popular Front brings together left-wing and progressive forces
12:53such as the Socialist Party, France Insoumise, Communist Party, and the Ecologists.
13:00A large crowd gathered on Sunday at Paris Place de la République set off fireworks
13:06and chanted as part of a protest against the far-right National Rally Party, which gained
13:10a strong lead in projections for the first round of legislative elections.
13:14French President Emmanuel Macron called the election by surprise just three weeks ago
13:18and has now urged voters to unite against the far-right.
13:21Projections indicate that the National Rally has a strong chance of winning a majority
13:25in the lower house of parliament for the first time, which is nearly double the 18% it won
13:29in the first round in 2022.
13:31With another intense week of campaigning ahead before the decisive final vote next Sunday,
13:36the final outcome of the election remains uncertain.
13:46We have a fun short break coming up, but before we invite you to join our WhatsApp community
13:50for our English-speaking audience, you can scan the QR code on screen to join directly
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13:58the Caribbean as well as the rest of the world.
14:00Final short break, don't go away.
14:24Welcome back.
14:38In Palestine, Israeli bombing raids on the Gaza Strip killed several people and wounded
14:42dozens.
14:43The Israeli Guard, Wafaa News Agency reported on Sunday the Israeli Air Force raided a group
14:47of citizens in al-Zahra neighborhood in the city of Gaza, killing several of them and
14:51injuring others.
14:53On the other hand, a civilian was killed and others were injured in a bombing in the city
14:57of Hanjounis.
14:58Attacks were also reported in Wafaa and the New Zealand Refugee Camp, as death toll rose
15:02to 37,877 Palestinians after nine months of genocidal war, in addition to around 86,000
15:09people wounded.
15:18After seven months of detainment, the Israeli Occupation Army released on Monday the direct
15:22of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Mohamed Abu Salmayah, along with 50 other Palestinians.
15:28In this regard, Mohamed Abu Salmayah, during a press conference, denounced the constant
15:32torture of prisoners, asserting that many of them were killed in their cells by Israeli
15:37agents.
15:38In the meantime, he also pointed out that the prisoners had lost about 30 kilograms
15:41of weight.
15:42Abu Salmayah was arrested on November 23rd during the first Israeli military operation
15:46at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
15:53The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip warned this Sunday that medical services will be
15:59suspended in the next 48 hours due to fuel shortages.
16:03The ministry stated that the threat is imminent despite all measures taken to save fuel.
16:07The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyasus, has warned on
16:11several occasions of the danger of famine in the Gaza Strip due to the genocide of the
16:16Israeli occupation forces.
16:17According to Ghebreyasus, one in five Gazans suffer from extreme food shortages, and almost
16:22all Gazans face high levels of acute food insecurity.
16:26The United Nations Office for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women also reported
16:30that at least 557,000 women in the Gaza Strip are currently suffering from severe food insecurity.
16:40Iranian authorities confirmed on Sunday that secret agents of the Ministry of Intelligence
16:45arrested terrorists who were going to perpetrate attacks in the context of the presidential
16:48elections.
16:50In this regard, the deputy minister of the Interior for Security and Law Enforcement
16:53of Iran, Mayid Mirhamadi, said that before the election, several terrorist agents who
16:58had been sent to carry out terrorist operations were arrested by secret agents of the intelligence
17:02portfolio.
17:03Minister Mirhamadi also stressed that anti-Iranian groups devised multiple strategies to disrupt
17:08the electoral process, claiming that its first strategy was to discourage voter participation
17:12by promoting an electoral ban.
17:19Now, let's talk about the Copa America 2024, where on Sunday, the Ecuador national team
17:36qualified for the quarterfinals after a 0-0 draw with Mexico in the closing match of Group
17:40B. After 99 minutes of play, the three-color team celebrated its pass to the quarterfinals
17:46and made this match in Arizona, the last one for Mexico in the championship.
17:51Now, the winning team will face Argentina this Thursday in Texas.
18:03And more on Copa America 2024.
18:05On Sunday, Venezuela beat Jamaica 3-0 in Texas and closed Group B as leader.
18:09By scoring the goals, Beyo Randon and Ramirez moved the team to the next round.
18:13For the first time in its history, the Venezuelan national team advanced with full points after
18:17its previous victories against Ecuador and Mexico.
18:20The amino tinto team avoided Argentina and will face Canada in the quarterfinals next
18:24Friday in Texas.
18:26In the other match, Ecuador and Argentina will face each other on Thursday.
18:30Precisely that match will determine Venezuela's opponent should it defeat the Canadian team.
18:39We have come to the end of this news brief.
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18:49For Terrestrial English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
18:51Thank you for watching.