09/08/2024
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*International pressure forces Israel to return to cease-fire negotiations in Gaza
*4 Russian province evacuated due to Ukrainian drone attacks
FTS 12.30
*International pressure forces Israel to return to cease-fire negotiations in Gaza
*4 Russian province evacuated due to Ukrainian drone attacks
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00:00On Friday in Venezuela, the Supreme Court hearings concluded over the July 28 election
00:14process, where candidates and representatives of political parties were summoned to attend.
00:23In Israel, due to international pressure, the office of the Prime Minister, Benjamin
00:28Netanyahu, announced on Thursday the willingness to resume negotiations on a possible ceasefire
00:34in Gaza.
00:38And in Russia, several localities of the province of Lipetsk have been attacked by Ukrainian
00:44drones on Friday morning.
00:55Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:57My name is Belén Delos Santos and from the Televiso studios in Havana, Cuba, we begin
01:02with the news.
01:03On Friday in Venezuela, the Supreme Court hearings concluded over the July 28 election
01:08process, where candidates and representatives of political parties were summoned to attend
01:12as part of a process of evaluation of the presidential elections.
01:18In this third and last day of appearances, more than 15 political organizations and three
01:23former presidential candidates and representatives will appear before the Electoral Court.
01:28In this sense, Frédéric Villegas of the Centrados en la Gente party and the former opposition
01:35candidate BenjamĂn Rauzeo for the Conde party are scheduled to appear and have already appeared
01:41before the Electoral Chamber.
01:43In this regard, President Nicolás Maduro and the Vice President of the Socialist Party
01:47United of Venezuela, Diosa do Cabello, also attended.
01:58We stay in Venezuela as re-elected President Nicolás Maduro denounced that 83% of the
02:04elect's reports published by the far right are false, affirming that it is a strategy
02:08to stage a coup against the state.
02:11From the media Flores Palace, the President stated that after a thorough analysis by experts
02:16who reviewed the webpage created by Edmundo González, it was concluded that most of the
02:21alleged minutes are actually false documents.
02:25The head of state also announced that he signed a document proposed by the National Telecommunication
02:30Commission of Venezuela to suspend the social network X for 10 days.
02:42We go now live to Caracas as this process that we were describing continues before the
02:48Supreme Court.
02:49Let's look at live images.
02:56We are looking at...
02:59Let's listen to Diosa do Cabello who is about to give statements.
03:06The first question, Marcos Salgado.
03:11Good afternoon.
03:12I want to know your opinion about some current stances of some Latin American countries and
03:30President Boric said he is assured that President Maduro cheated and also in Argentina, he said,
03:41Millet said that he acknowledges Edmundo González as President-elect.
03:48I want to know your opinion about it.
03:51Well, at the beginning, it is an activity within the formality of the Supreme Court
03:58of Justice, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and those spokespersons of the different
04:05parties of the great Patriotic Pole.
04:09We all attended the Supreme Court of Justice summons concerning the affair of the electoral
04:20process.
04:21And there we have delivered all pieces of evidence, all documents that the Supreme Court
04:30of Justice requested, a list of witnesses and everything that we have been requested.
04:36And basically, all the information has been delivered by all the parties that participated
04:43in the elections.
04:45Depending what some governments think about the elections in Venezuela, the elections
04:53are made, are conducted by the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, not them.
04:59We have been requesting these ministers who are spokespersons of the imperialism.
05:08They use them for some things to try to meddle in the businesses that are not theirs.
05:17We have demanded them respect because they don't have anything to deem about the results
05:28of the Venezuelan elections, which are based.
05:33We don't know how come they recognize these Mundo González, because the biggest cheat
05:48is to continue governing, to continue ruling through the principles of dictator Pinochet.
05:55Well, from Millet, we can expect everything.
05:59As he said, he recognized another president.
06:05Tomorrow, he could say that he recognized other governments.
06:13Conclusion, Venezuela wants peace and they shouldn't interfere in our affairs.
06:21Thank you, good afternoon.
06:27First of all, I want to ask you if you are willing to publish all the tally sheets as
06:36the Unitary Platform did, and also your opinion about the statement of Maria Corina Machado,
06:47who said that President of Panama said that he offered an asylum, well, also the validation
07:06of this process be from independent experts.
07:11Well, I challenge everyone, including CNN media, that said here in Venezuela, tally
07:23sheets are published.
07:26When the tally sheets are published, we give, we provide results, in which if someone feels
07:40deceived, you have to present evidence.
07:45Those are the laws of Venezuela.
07:47There are countries in which elections are made by photocopies, and here I am requesting
07:53a tally sheet in Venezuela.
07:55We have legislation, organic law, and general regulation, organic law of electoral processes.
08:06Here we have everything in detail, and there is so much thought, so much detail, and we
08:14wonder, well, the opposition has not published the tally sheets.
08:22Don't fall in that lie.
08:24The opposition just posted on a fraudulent website, assuming the decision of just posting
08:37some documents that they said are tally sheets, but they don't have signatures of witnesses
08:45or IDs or imprints.
08:46It is a fraudulent act.
08:50They don't have the one who operated the machines, and the signatures are just even.
08:57It is part of a fraud, and the opposition chanted fraud, and they said they wouldn't
09:04accept results, but those of their own acts are not the electoral council's tally sheets.
09:16The attitude that we are very clear of the opposition's stance, and regarding the Maria
09:24Corina Machado is not in condition of negotiating anything, because she is not even a presidential
09:31candidate.
09:34Here we have a result that the National Electoral Council provided the winner of elections citizen
09:44Nicolás Maduro Moros, and Maria Corina Machado have to render accountability to justice because
09:53of their promotion to violent acts, burning down of schools, hospitals, persecution of
10:03leaders, of Chavista leaders, paid off through criminals.
10:11So we have already opened a file for her crimes, and regarding Murillo, he is offering
10:23asylum.
10:24Of course, he is a low-spouse person from imperialism, and that the chief of the southern
10:34command gave him the order, is the attack against our country, and our country will
10:42be standing up, and institutions will be strengthened, and here coming to the Supreme Court of Justice,
10:51the one who doesn't fear, who doesn't owe anything, doesn't fear.
10:59If you don't have anything to provide, to deliver, you don't come here, but certain
11:06journalists don't ask them anything about us today.
11:17Thank you very much to the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
11:42We were listening to Diosdado Cabello, Vice President of the United Party of Venezuela,
11:47who as many other representatives of different political parties involved in the July 28th
11:52election process, appeared today before the Supreme Court of Venezuela in compliance with
11:58the summon of the electoral chamber.
12:00Cabello answered questions and highlighted the importance of avoiding foreign intervention
12:05in internal affairs, and also to respect the evidence presented before the court, and not
12:10to fall for media campaigns and unverified evidence falsely distributed in social media.
12:16Now, let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at Delos or English,
12:20where you will find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
12:25Stay with us.
12:40Welcome back to From the South.
13:01In Israel, due to international pressure, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
13:06announced on Thursday the willingness to resume negotiations on a possible ceasefire in Gaza.
13:12The proposal, which has been promoted by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, will be considered
13:17by the Israeli negotiators as of August 15th.
13:21The mediators have indicated that there is already a framework of agreement, to which
13:25only small details need to be adjusted.
13:28They ratified that there is no time to lose and that none of the parties has any excuse
13:34to continue delaying it.
13:36After 10 months, this new round of negotiations is taking place in a context of growing tension
13:41following the assassination by Israel of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
13:53And while this is going on, on Friday, Israeli genocidal forces announced the onset of another
13:59offensive against the Razar Khan units in southern Gaza.
14:04A few hours earlier, the onslaught of the neighborhoods, the occupying troops ordered
14:09the evacuation and stated that they were fighting off Hamas on the ground and underground.
14:16Israeli forces' bulletins further confirmed at least 30 airstrikes, in which they claimed
14:22numerous fighters had been slaughtered.
14:24However, the latest medical reports registered plenty of civilians killed, including, as
14:30usual, many women and children.
14:32The Israeli occupier revealed that the troops' main target is to prevent Hamas from rearming
14:39in the southern Gaza Strip.
14:46And we stay in Palestine, as the Israeli occupation forces simultaneously launch shellings on
14:51the center, north and south of the Gaza Strip, killing more civilians.
14:56Palestinian health authorities reported that Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people
15:01and left several wounded on the Nusrat and al-Maghasi refugee camps in central Gaza.
15:07Meanwhile, in Khan Yunis and Rafa, in the southern Gaza Strip, the occupation forces
15:12bombed a house, claiming another three lives.
15:16Authorities claimed that dozens of victims remain under the rubble, awaiting for rescue
15:21teams.
15:27And on Friday, UN Human Rights Spokesperson Jeremy Lawrence referred to the stance of
15:32the High Commissioner concerning the statements provided by Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich.
15:37Let's listen.
15:39The High Commissioner is shocked and appalled by the words of Minister Smotrich, according
15:47to whom letting two million Palestinians in Gaza starve to death could be justified and
15:53moral in order to free hostages.
15:57Such statements, especially by public officials, must cease immediately.
16:03They must be investigated, and if found to amount to a crime, must be prosecuted and
16:10punished.
16:11And we now move on to other topics.
16:25On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suspended his work schedule in Central Asia
16:31after the National Meteorological Agency's expert committee announced a possible mega-earthquake
16:37in Japan's Kanto region.
16:39Prime Minister Kishida had scheduled to open the first summit of the Central Asia plus
16:43Japan dialogue in Kazakhstan, in addition to a visit to Uzbekistan and Mongolia, which
16:50he postponed following the seismologist's forecast of a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in
16:57the Yuga Sea on Thursday.
17:00In this sense, the experts assured that if the seismic activity in the region continues,
17:05a mega-earthquake could occur in the area between Kanto and Kyushu, causing more than
17:12320,000 deaths and about 10 million displaced people.
17:30In other news, Russian troops expelled Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region.
17:37The Ministry of Defense reported that over 900 Kiev military deaths from the attempted
17:42offensive.
17:43The northern troops and reserves frustrated the attempts of the Ukrainian units on the
17:48Russian territory.
17:49According to the lately reports from Moscow, the total Ukrainian losses amounted to 945
17:57military, not only in the last hours, troops neutralized 280 servicemen loyal to Kiev.
18:07They further registered that 102 armored vehicles, including 12 tanks, 17 armored personnel carriers
18:15and 67 vehicles, were destroyed.
18:19In this regard, during a meeting with members of his cabinet, President Vladimir Putin announced
18:24plans to meet with senior defense and security officials to address this issue.
18:35We will have to start with the events unfolding in the Kursk region.
18:39As you know, the Kiev regime has launched another large-scale provocation.
18:44It is firing indiscriminately with different types of weapons, including rockets at civilian
18:49buildings, residential houses and ambulances.
19:19Welcome back to From the South.
19:34President of Kenya William Ruto appointed a new cabinet of ministers that includes several
19:39members of opposition parties, but the move fails to dampen protest on the streets nationwide.
19:45The police cordoned off some public roads as a prohibition for securing the ongoing
19:50swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet.
19:53Since June, riots have been shaking the country and the executives' measures failed to lower
19:58the tensions on the streets.
20:00The target of protesters has been to abrogate a bill which would have raised taxes by up
20:07to 16% on basic consumer products.
20:11The government did not sign the bill, but popular discontent remained.
20:15And now, President Ruto faces the worst crisis in his two years in office.
20:21Rioters shared their criteria on the country's situation.
20:25We've been calling out for good governance ever since.
20:31Right now you cannot go live on TikTok, you cannot go live on Instagram, they're all suspended.
20:36If you go live, they cut you off, if you're showing anything that shows the city, they
20:40cut you off.
20:41All my accounts have been suspended, and we are just asking for one simple thing, just
20:45good governance.
20:46We don't want them taking all our money and putting them in our pocket in offshore accounts.
20:50We want the money working for Kenyans.
20:52People are here crying for their rights.
20:53Good governance and accountability.
20:57And also another thing is allow young people to become who they want to be by not stealing
21:03from them, not looting from them.
21:06One thing that I know is that this country can be run properly without looting of public
21:13funds.
21:14Yes.
21:27We go now to sports, as Ecuador celebrated a new Olympic medal achieved by Lucia Yepes
21:32in women's wrestling, writing a new page in the history of the discipline.
21:3923-year-old Lucia Yepes, known as La Tigra, won the silver medal at the Olympics in Paris,
21:46a historic medal for Ecuador, the first in the discipline of wrestling at 53 kilograms.
21:53I am very happy because the triumph is mine.
21:56I am an Olympic silver.
21:57I celebrated with all my people in the audience, and we are going forward.
22:01I am very happy, and I already believe that I am an Olympic medalist.
22:05Last night I was like, I am not, and it really cost me a lot.
22:09I cried a lot and I suffered a lot.
22:13In the last bout, Lucia left all her effort in the wrestling area against the Japanese.
22:18Although she did not obtain the required score, she won the silver medal, a maximum award
22:24to the journey and overcoming of the athlete.
22:32She is only 23 years old, and all that she has achieved, I believe that she has no limit.
22:37I believe that the limit is in the attention she is given, in the priorities she is given,
22:41in the conditions she is given, because now there is an important economic prize
22:45that is very important and necessary, but the attention, apart from the economic prize,
22:50is also very important.
22:53With this triumph, Ecuador wins its third Olympic medal in Paris,
22:59a victory that is tirelessly celebrated by his family, in his second Olympic Games.
23:08It is something that she always wanted to achieve.
23:11It is not easy to win a silver medal in the Olympic Games, and she did it,
23:15and I feel very proud of my daughter who got what she did.
23:19Lucia not only defeated opponents throughout her short sports career,
23:23she also fought and overcame economic difficulties.
23:26Now, she achieved an Olympic victory, fulfilled her dream and thanks to this,
23:31she will fulfill her mother's dream.
23:39Of course, she called me and told me,
23:42Of course, she called me and told me,
23:44Of course, she called me and told me,
23:47Of course, she called me and told me,
23:49Of course, she called me and told me,
23:52Of course, she called me and told me,
23:55Lucia Yepes is now the first female wrestler to win an Olympic medal,
23:59riding a new page in Ecuadorian sport.
24:07And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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