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00:00In Venezuela, the candidate for the great patriotic Paul Nicolás Maduro reiterated

00:12his denunciation that international media, together with the local far-right, seeks to

00:17make invisible the forces of the Bolivarian revolution.

00:23In China, 14 Palestinian movements signed the Beijing Declaration, agreeing to promote

00:28a national unity government in the midst of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the expansion

00:33of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

00:39And in France, the New Popular Front proposed Lucie Castex as Prime Minister of France.

00:48Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra García from Telesur Studios in

00:52Havana, Cuba.

00:53We begin with the news.

01:06In Venezuela, the candidate for the great patriotic Paul Nicolás Maduro reiterated

01:10his denunciation that international media, together with the local far-right, seeks to

01:15make invisible the forces of the Bolivarian revolution.

01:18In this sense, during his visit to the state of Mérida, Maduro warned that the Venezuelan

01:24far-right, together with its communicational allies, such as the Spanish agency EFE, the

01:30public television of Spain, the Spanish newspaper El País, financed by the United States, are

01:35preparing to shut fraud in the upcoming presidential elections.

01:39In this way, Maduro described these international media as anti-Venezuelan communicative psycheries

01:45who are linked to the far-right to generate violence and hate in his nation.

01:58They have the resource of shooting fraud left, they are already doing it, with their United

02:05States allies, the far-right and what I call the media hitmen of the first and the like,

02:13the Spanish agency EFE, the Spanish public television, the newspaper El País, are the

02:19three sources in Spanish, where every day they speak badly of Venezuela.

02:24Every day they lie and they are ready to shoot fraud, CNN in Spanish, media hitmen, anti-Venezuelans,

02:32but I have news for you.

02:35After 30 elections we are used to it and we are going to win, we are going to celebrate

02:41and on the 29th Venezuelans dance, in peace, peace, peace.

02:49Likewise, the candidate for the great patriotic poll assured that in Venezuela the fascist

02:54far-right will be defeated through the votes on July 28th.

03:01And that those garbage international hitmen stay with their lies and manipulations, because

03:07the fascist far-right like Vox in Spain, the fascist far-right like Bolsonaro in Brazil,

03:14the fascist far-right like Uribe, Iván Duque, the fascist far-right like Millet in Argentina,

03:20in Venezuela shall not pass, they will not come here, they will not return.

03:26We will defeat them with votes, vote, vote, vote, and popular triumph.

03:35We go now to Caracas, as our special envoy Juno Zuner brings us an update from the Bolivar

03:40Theatre, where the second gathering for the World Social Alternative is taking place.

03:47Hello from Caracas, actually from the Bolivar Theatre in the centre of Caracas, from the

03:52second meeting of the World Social Alternative convened by ALBA-TCP, the Bolivarian Alliance

04:01of the Peoples of America, Treaty of the Peoples, together with the Simon Bolivar

04:06Institute located here in Caracas. During two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, experts from all

04:13over the country, as well as from all kind of Latin American countries and beyond, will discuss

04:20global topics here in the theatre, and they have started today's morning with presentations from

04:27the foreign minister of Venezuela, Ivan Gil, from the former foreign minister of Venezuela and

04:33current executive secretary of the ALBA, Jorge Arreaza, and different speakers from different

04:40countries, especially also from the European countries, that took up on the coming up

04:46elections on July 28th, and also media campaigns. In that context, they warned of possible imperialist

04:54media campaigns against Venezuela's election institutions, and destabilizing the country by

05:02spreading false and illegal news. An example was given by Patricia Villegas, the president of

05:09Teresur. She said that the opposition here was going to emanate results of the elections

05:17before the National Election Council would do so. But remember, the National Election Council

05:22is the only authority that can do so legally, so these news will be spread out illegally and

05:30falsely, and international media organs will disseminate them and will distribute them,

05:35thus causing instability and thus causing damage to the institutions of the country, Villegas said,

05:41who also called to alphabetize the citizens digitally, to teach them how to read the news,

05:49how to read the social news specifically, and she also called, this was another demand also

05:54applauded by other participants, to create our own spaces, our own virtual spaces, and our own

06:01social networks, because all participants agreed upon the one idea that these social networks that

06:09are right now existing are being dominated by the US empire. Some of them gave even examples,

06:17name by name, how US government employees were deployed to lead these social media companies.

06:25So the discussions have started. They will also continue along topics such as networking among

06:32different social movements, and they will continue tomorrow, on Wednesday, also looking for how to

06:38maintain global peace, given the increasing imperialist aggressions in Europe and elsewhere.

06:47Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at TeleCity English,

06:51where you will find news in different formats, news updates and more.

06:54We'll be right back, stay with us.

06:57Welcome back. In Palestine, the Israeli occupation army killed around 100 Palestinians after shelling

07:21the central and southern Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. Palestinian authorities reported that

07:26Israeli forces targeted Gaza's homes in the center and south, leaving over 200 injured,

07:32including children and women. They further warned that thousands of Palestinians were

07:37forced to move amid humanitarian and medical conditions described as catastrophic as a result

07:42of the Israeli occupation army's aggression. Palestinian rescue teams denounced the difficulties

07:48they face in reaching thousands of victims who are still missing under the rubble or scattered

07:54on the roads in the aftermath of the constant bombardments by the Tel Aviv regime.

08:04Meanwhile, on Tuesday, 14 Palestinian movements signed the Beijing Declaration agreeing to promote

08:10a national unity government in the midst of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the expansion of

08:14illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. This way, under the mediation of China,

08:20the signatories, including Fatah Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,

08:25pledged to promote comprehensive national unity, including all factions within the framework of the

08:31Organization for the Liberation of Palestine. In this regard, they also agreed to establish

08:36an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the United

08:41Nations resolution. The signing culminated the second round of intra-Palestinian dialogue that

08:47took place in Gaza. Today we sign an agreement for national unity, and we say that the path

08:59to completing this journey is national unity. We are committed to national unity and we call for it.

09:06For his part, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who attended the signing ceremony,

09:11called the event an important historic milestone in the cause of Palestinian liberation.

09:19The most important consensus of this Beijing dialogue among Palestinian factions is to commit

09:24to the great reconciliation and great unity of all 14 factions. The core result is that it is clear

09:32that the Palestine Liberation Organization is the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.

09:42The most prominent highlight is the agreement to form an interim national

09:46reconciliation government around the governance of post-war Gaza.

09:51In this context, the head of Chinese diplomacy called for a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

09:58The first step is to push for a comprehensive, lasting and sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza

10:05Strip as soon as possible to ensure smooth access for humanitarian aid and relief. No excuse can

10:12justify harming civilians and prolong the war. The international community should further

10:17consolidate its efforts on the issue of ceasefire and cessation of hostilities.

10:22And in this context, on Monday, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu arrived

10:28in the United States amidst demands for his accountability in the genocide perpetrated in

10:33the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu landed in Washington, D.C., where the far-right leader will address a

10:39joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, despite boycott plans by dozens of Democrat

10:45legislators. The Prime Minister furthered plans to meet with President Joe Biden,

10:50who kept strong economic and military support to the Tel Aviv regime during his administration.

10:55The visit by the Zionist Prime Minister comes two months after the Chief Prosecutor of the

11:00International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, requested an arrest warrant for the

11:05Israeli Prime Minister for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

11:10I will seek to anchor the bipartisan support that is so important for Israel,

11:15and I will tell my friends on both sides of the aisle that, regardless of who the American people

11:20choose as their next president, Israel remains America's indispensable and strong ally in the Middle East.

11:31In this context, dozens of activists protested in front of the White House

11:35In this context, dozens of activists protested in front of the White House to condemn the visit

11:40of the Israeli Prime Minister. With banners and speeches, the demonstrators questioned

11:45the authorities who were on the scene. Meanwhile, the Center for Constitutional Rights urged the U.S.

11:50Justice Department to investigate Netanyahu for his responsibility in acts of genocide,

11:56war crimes and torture against the Palestinian population.

12:00In Yemen, residents attended the funeral of nine workers killed during an Israeli attack on the

12:05port of Hodeidah city. For the burial, the coffins were carried in a caravan through the streets of

12:11Hodeidah, accompanied by a crowd of relatives, friends and other residents of the town. The

12:16Zionist aggression targeted the city's port and Hodeidah's electrical and oil facilities,

12:21leaving at least 80 people injured in addition to those killed in the attack.

12:26The Yemeni army promised a resounding response to the attacks and bombardments launched by the

12:30Israeli occupation forces, so it warned of striking Tel Aviv once again.

12:43We have a final short break coming up, but before we invite you to join our WhatsApp

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13:00as well as the rest of the world. Final short break, don't go away.

13:08Welcome back to From the South. On Tuesday in France, the New Popular Front proposed

13:13Lucie Castex as Prime Minister of the country. In this way, after 15 days of negotiations,

13:18the left-wing parties through the New Popular Front reached an agreement to propose Lucie

13:23Castex as Prime Minister. The appointment comes after Laurence Tuviana, the previous

13:29candidate proposed by the Coalition of Socialists, Ecologists and Communists, announced her

13:33withdrawal on Monday after considering that her name did not receive the necessary consensus.

13:39Castex has made her career as a civil servant, fighting tax fraud and organized crime. It must

13:45be noted that these proposals still need Emmanuel Macron to agree the appointment,

13:50in addition to requiring the support of the French Parliament.

13:58The European Parliament, with the most extreme right-wing in history, is being used by the

14:03ultras to spread their ideas. What could be the consequences of this situation?

14:08Let's see the details with our correspondent Andres Flores.

14:11Following the European elections last June,

14:14far-right groups have become more prominent in the European Parliament.

14:19In the new composition of the European Parliament, the element that stands out after these European

14:24elections is the much stronger emergence of the extreme right, including three groups with Marine

14:29Le Pen, with Meloni, with Vox, and also with Alternative for Germany. With this anti-rights

14:34agenda against women, against LGBT people, and in the case of the European Union,

14:39also very strongly against migrants.

14:45For Castilla, the militarization of the continent is a key issue on the current

14:48European Parliament agenda. There have also been very strong agreements in the line of

14:53increasing the rearmament of all the European powers, and of increasing those military budgets,

14:58above all in the line of militarizing borders, an absolute support and shielding of European

15:03imperialism, and also the absolute consensus in the support to the genocidal state of Israel

15:08with the massacre it is carrying out against the Palestinian people.

15:14The European Union defines the Green Pact as a package of policy initiatives aimed at setting

15:18the block on the path towards a green transition, but historian Salvador Loa disagrees with that

15:22vision. Another of the axes is to maintain the Green Pact, which from my point of view is not

15:32only an impotent policy in the face of climate change, since it leaves the supposed solution

15:37in the hands of those who generated it. It also hides behind it a clearly imperialist policy of

15:44placing European companies at the head of this new nook of green capitalism.

15:49Although the far right fell farther short of the breakthrough many polls predicted,

15:53it has still managed to build a lobby to push for its policies.

15:57What they are achieving is that the political chessboard is turning more and more to the right.

16:01I believe that the extreme right must be very happy, not only because of the results they have

16:05obtained electorally, but because what they are really achieving is that their political agenda

16:10is being implemented by others. Margaret Thatcher said that her main victory had been Tony Blair,

16:15a social democrat who applied the policies of neoliberalism. Well, today the main victory of

16:19Meloni. Of Le Pen, of Vox, is that we have supposedly progressive governments or governments

16:24of conservatives and others that are applying the migratory policies that the extreme right

16:28wing have in their programs or that have been their agitation campaign in the last years.

16:33This new European parliament will be a challenge for the left,

16:37which will have to mobilize an alternative agenda in a hostile political context.

16:45On Tuesday in Kenya, the anti-government protest movement is holding demonstrations

16:49across the country after President William Ruto appointed members of the cabinet he had

16:54dismissed a week earlier. In this sense, the demonstrators organized a nationwide rally,

16:59while in Kenya's capital they also mobilized the march to the airport, prompting a police warning.

17:05For their part, social activists reiterated that they want Ruto's government to step down and

17:10demand reforms to end corruption and address poor governance and service delivery in national and

17:16regional governments. Meanwhile, protesters continue to defend their constitutional right

17:21despite government repression.

17:51On Tuesday in Italy, the airport of Catania in the region of Sicily suspended its operations

18:06due to the eruption of Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe. In this sense,

18:11the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reported that due to the eruptions

18:16and ash emissions up to 8 km high, it was decided to suspend air operations areas of

18:22southern Italy while it also caused a shower of ash in the region of Catania and other

18:27nearby towns due to the volcanic cloud that rises from the crater.

18:36Authorities in Ethiopia on Monday reported new death linked to landslides caused by heavy rains.

18:42In this regard, a local official of the Kenshasa Ghozdi district in the Ghofa region

18:48to the south of the country stressed that while search operations continue in the area,

18:53they have reported 55 new bodies, thus rising the number of dead to 146, with most of the

19:00victims being children and pregnant women. Landslides are common in Ethiopia during

19:05the rainy season, which began in July and is expected to last until mid-September.

19:12The Argentinian women's field hockey team known as Las Leonas was among the first to settle into

19:33the Paris 2024 Olympic Village. The team dreams of winning their first ever gold medal after

19:39losing in the final of the Tokyo 2020 Games. In this context, although Argentina is among the

19:44favourites to finish at the top of the podium, the Dutch team makes the road ahead for the South

19:50American nation even more difficult since it has dominated the history of women's Olympic field

19:56hockey with nine medals overall. In turn, Las Leonas have three second places and two third

20:02places under their belt as they head to the Paris tournament with where 12 teams will compete for

20:09the gold medal. I think we are very dedicated players. That's what they teach us here.

20:21Humility, commitment, effort. We know that the key to being where we are is always training.

20:27So we all know that we train here. We train one session, two sessions, three sessions all year

20:34round. Las Leonas are always on top. Like I said, there's a reason for that. We put in a lot of

20:42effort, a lot of training. Nothing comes for free. Nobody gives us anything. It's pure hard work. It's

20:48really about putting the shirt above everything else. It's a lot of love for the shirt. So to

20:53fulfill my wish, I would like the girls to give me the best Olympics of my life, which of course

20:57will be the gold medal. On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for the

21:04commitment to promote solidarity and work for peace in the context of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

21:10Bonjour and welcome to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The world gathers in Paris to celebrate

21:16the power of sport, to bring hope, to transcend cultures, to unite people, to promote mutual

21:22respect and fair play. These are also the ideals of the United Nations. In the spirit of the Olympic

21:29truce, I call on everyone to lay down their arms, build bridges, foster solidarity, and strive for

21:36the ultimate goal, peace for all. I wish every success to the Olympians and Paralympians. You

21:45inspire us to dream bigger. May the Olympic flame light the path to a world of peace and harmony.

21:51We have come to the end of this news brief, but you can find this and many other stories on our

21:56website at telecityenglish.net and join us on social media, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and

22:02TikTok as well. For Telecity English, I'm Alejandra Garcia. Thank you for watching.

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