FTS 12:30 17-09: Israeli cyber-attack left 8 dead and over 2,700 injured in Lebanon

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17/09/2024 FTS 12.30  *Israel commits 3 massacres in Gaza in past 24hs *Venezuelan govt. reports seizure of new illegal arms shipment from the U.S.

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00:00In Lebanon, the government condemned an Israeli cyber-attack that targeted citizens' pagers

00:17leaving 8 dead and over 2,700 others wounded, 200 of them in critical conditions.

00:28In the last 24 hours alone, Israel has committed three massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing

00:3226 people and injuring 84 others.

00:39And the government of Venezuela reported that it seized a new illegal shipment of arms from

00:42the United States.

00:46Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Televisual Studios

00:55in Havana, Cuba.

00:57We begin with the news.

00:58In Lebanon, on Tuesday, eight people have reportedly died and a large number were injured

01:03as a result of the explosion of wireless devices in several regions of the country.

01:07Preliminary reports indicate that the cyber-attack managed to hack into message-receiving devices

01:12known as pagers, which exploded almost simultaneously, injuring imposition of the equipment.

01:19The Lebanese Minister of Health, Firas al-Abyad, said that the number of wounded amounts to

01:23more than 2,700, with 200 critical cases being treated in 100 hospitals.

01:30Al-Abyad called on all citizens with wireless communication devices to stay away from them.

01:34In an initial statement, the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah informed that their agencies

01:38are conducting an extensive scientific and security investigation to discover the reasons

01:43that led to the simultaneous explosions.

01:45Meanwhile, the Minister of Information of Lebanon, Ziad Makari, has called the attack

01:49an Israeli aggression.

01:53In Palestine, authorities denounced that in the last 24 hours alone, Israel has committed

02:19three massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing 26 people and injuring 84.

02:24At least four people, including a child, were killed by shelling by the occupation army

02:27on Tuesday morning on Homs in the Bureid refugee camp, while some 30 civilians were left buried

02:33under the rubble.

02:34According to civil defense rescue teams, it was a two-fold attack that struck firstly

02:39on a block of houses and secondly on emergency teams searching through the rubble.

02:44The death toll of the genocide launched by Israel on October 7 has increased to more

02:48than 41,000 victims, most of them children and women, while more than 95,000 Palestinians

02:54have been wounded.

03:02Palestinian aid groups say Israel is preventing 83% of food aid from reaching Gaza.

03:07A group of 15 aid organizations declared in a joint statement that the people of Gaza

03:11are only eating an average of one meal a day because the Israeli military is blocking

03:1583% of the food needed to reach the besieged enclave.

03:20They added that the amount of aid blocked by Israel has increased substantially since

03:242023, when only 34% of food aid was blocked.

03:28Director of the Palestinian NGO Amjad Al-Shawa said in the statement that 100% of Gaza's

03:34population is now dependent on aid and the shortages mean that people are starving.

03:45U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Israel's collective punishment of the Palestinian

03:49people in Gaza.

03:52It is unimaginable, the level of suffering in Gaza, the level of death and destruction

03:58have no parallel in everything I've witnessed since I am Secretary-General.

04:04Obviously we all condemn the terror attacks made by Hamas as well as the taking of hostages

04:14that is an absolute violation of international humanitarian law, but the truth is that nothing

04:20justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people and that is what we are

04:26witnessing in a dramatic way.

04:29In turn, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right Situation in the Occupied Palestinian

04:32Territory, Francesca Albanese, said that Israel has become a pariah and suggested that the

04:37country's membership in the U.N. should be questioned.

04:40It is unavoidable for Israel to become a pariah in the face of its continuous, relentless,

04:48vilifying assault on the United Nations on top of millions of Palestinians.

04:55But this year, the U.N. Secretary-General, the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council

05:01have been constantly vilified, not that it has not happened before, but never with this intensity.

05:06Let's take now a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok, at Telesview English,

05:09where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.

05:14We'll be right back, stay with us.

05:18Welcome back.

05:40During the podcast with Maduro Mas, the government of Venezuela reported it seized a new illegal

05:44shipment of arms from the United States.

05:46During a dialogue between the Minister of Interior, Diosdado Cabello, and the Venezuelan

05:50Head of State, Nicolás Maduro, informed that on Monday, a new seizure of U.S. armament

05:56was made in the country, which was introduced by the CIA prior to the elections held on

06:00July 28.

06:01In this regard, President Maduro blamed the CIA for including footage from the Venezuelan

06:05Justice in destabilizing acts against the country.

06:17Today, I was informing the President, all these weapons come from the United States,

06:23all of them.

06:23Today, thanks to the intelligence work at this moment before the program, right President,

06:29before the program, in a place in Venezuela, we made a new seizure of weapons.

06:34It is in full swing.

06:36It is in full development.

06:38At this time that you see me, the intelligence and protection security forces are acting

06:43so that peace and tranquility continue to reign in Venezuela, because Madeline asks

06:49and I answer.

06:51What would have happened?

06:53We would have fought.

06:55We would have triumphed.

06:57And perhaps they would not have been arrested.

07:00Maybe they would have been killed by the patriotic fire of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces,

07:06the Bolivarian National Police, the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, the military

07:12counterintelligence general directorate, because Venezuela has military police and

07:17security forces to defend it.

07:19It has people to defend it.

07:21That is what they cannot understand.

07:24The Venezuelan head of state also explained that the CIS armament is the official weaponry

07:28of the Navy SEALs, for which he blamed the CIA for introducing it into the country to

07:32perpetrators' actions.

07:42This rifle that is here is an assault rifle, high level.

07:48This tip here is to put an air suppressor, which is a silencer.

07:55It has a telescopic sight, medium range.

07:59It is an assault rifle built for the United States military forces.

08:06For the exclusive use of the United States military forces.

08:11It is forbidden to be traded and sold, because it is for the exclusive use of the United

08:17States military forces.

08:19Like this one, we have several rifles, exporter, and here is the caliber 7.62x39, and here

08:29is the serial number.

08:31I reserved the serial number.

08:33The United States government knows that we have this rifle and other armament, which

08:39was introduced by the CIA to Venezuela for terrorist attacks, requested by fascism in

08:46Venezuela.

08:47You can see here, restricted government of the United States.

08:56And it is important, Mr. President, that it be known that this is the official weapon

09:02of the Navy SEALs.

09:04It is the official weapon of the Navy SEALs, not of the commandos, and it is precisely

09:11Mr. Castaneda, an active U.S. military officer, who is in charge of this operation.

09:19In this sense, the Venezuelan president pointed out that the U.S. government is clearly violating

09:23international law, and specifically found in charge of the United Nations for its criminal

09:28actions against Venezuela.

09:33Because all these sectors that call for violence, for civil war, for invasion, for assassination

09:43in Venezuela, are protected in territory of the United States, which clearly violates

09:49international law, and especially violate the founding charter of the United Nations.

09:56At this moment, the government of the United States is openly violating the charter of

10:02the United Nations for its actions of instigating violence in Venezuela.

10:07In Colombia, through an agreement between the Reparation Fund of the Victims Unit and

10:11the National Land Agency, victims of parliamentarism will receive 18,000 hectares to repair the

10:16damage they have suffered.

10:18According to Lilia Solano, Director of the Victims Unit, and Felipe Hartman, Director

10:22of the National Land Agency, the FRB will receive an amount of more than $175 billion,

10:29which will make possible the distribution of the victims' resources in the purchase

10:33of the land destined to repair the community.

10:36For his part, Felipe Hartman pointed out that this is the first time that the agency makes

10:39a massive purchase from the FRB, and that this is thanks to the political will of both

10:44administrations to break down the institutional barriers that prevented the implementation

10:49of the agreement.

10:50More than 100 indigenous leaders gathered in the town of Curare, in the Sillian Mountain

11:00Range, to discuss what serves as the first International Congress of Indigenous Conservation

11:05Territories.

11:07Indigenous leaders from territories such as the Arawak of Sierra Nevada in Colombia,

11:11the Chihuahua of the Guatemalan Amazon, the Huachiperi of Peru, the Aymara of the Andean

11:16Highlands, as well as representatives from different territories of the Mapuche people,

11:20met to discuss common solutions to shared problems.

11:22The Congress also focused on community life, a fundamental characteristic of indigenous

11:27peoples undermined by extractivist capitalism.

11:36And in Argentina, thousands of students marched on Monday during the 48th anniversary of La

11:41Noche de los Lapices, in English, the Night of the Pencils.

11:45The mobilization this Monday was attended by young people, human rights organizations,

11:50and political entities honoring the victims of the Night of the Pencils, when a group

11:54of students were kidnapped on September 16, 1976, by police and army officers in Buenos

12:01Aires.

12:01The demonstration took place after the head of state introduced a budget bill to cut the

12:052025 investment in science, technology, and education.

12:09Protesters demanded the president not to veto the education funding bill.

12:13Likewise, they claimed for the continuity of the memory policies.

12:24We now have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our YouTube

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13:03The French National Assembly approved to debate the impeachment motion of President Emmanuel

13:07Macron presented by the left-wing party La France Insoumise.

13:11The action was approved with 12 votes in favor and 10 against.

13:14The initiative has the support of 81 lawmakers and more than 300,000 signatures.

13:20It is in view of the failure of the French president to elect a prime minister by passing

13:24the popular vote, which gave the majority of the seats to the left-wing parties.

13:28In this context, the Socialist Party agreed to promote the study of the impeachment, which,

13:33if carried out, would mark the end of President Macron's administration.

13:37In this context, the leader of France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, had this to say on X.

13:49The debate of the impeachment motion of Macron is approved.

13:52Where there is a will, there is a way.

13:54And now, action.

13:55Eric Coquerel is going to fetch the budget documents hidden at Matignon, and on September

14:0024th, rally with the youth for Macron's impeachment.

14:07Also, in France, in the port city of Calais, a vigil was held to pay tribute to the 8 migrants

14:17who died on Sunday while trying to cross the English Channel.

14:20Regional Prefect Jacques Villon said the incident occurred around 1 a.m. local time in waters

14:25off the coast of the northern city of Amblitus.

14:27The official stated that the vessel was carrying approximately 60 people from countries such

14:32as Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan and Iran, and capsized due to the large number of people

14:37being transported.

14:38So far this year, 46 migrants have lost their lives trying to reach British shores.

14:51Meanwhile, in the United States, former President Donald Trump was unharmed after an apparent

14:55assassination attempt on Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida, while playing on a golf course

15:00near his private club.

15:02Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old man, was arrested after being discovered with a rifle

15:08near the course.

15:09Routh had been camping in the area for more than 12 hours before he was identified by

15:14the Secret Service.

15:15Authorities noted that despite being armed and concealed in nearby vegetation, Routh

15:20did not have a direct line of sight to Trump at the time of the incident.

15:24A Secret Service agent detected the weapon and fired at the suspect, who was captured

15:28shortly thereafter in a neighboring county.

15:32Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee Kau Hsiu condemned on Tuesday the recent legal

15:42actions of the U.S. government that intend to close the three economic and trade offices

15:47the city has in the North American nation.

15:49The remarks come after the bipartisan Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification

15:54Act got passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a series of

15:59China-related proposals being scrutinized.

16:01In this context, Lee stated that the punitive bill is part of Washington's political tactics

16:06aimed at suppressing Hong Kong's development.

16:08Furthermore, the Asian leader warned that businesses in the Western nation would suffer

16:12if the government adopts the bill.

16:14The Special Administrative Region of China currently has 14 economic and trade offices

16:18overseas.

16:19I strongly condemn the U.S. House of Representatives for making use of the so-called Hong Kong

16:32Economic and Trade Office Certification Act to slander the Hong Kong laws on safeguarding

16:41national security and also smear the human rights situation in Hong Kong.

16:47These are political tactics to suppress the development of China and also Hong Kong.

16:56These are shameless and ugly political tactics.

17:01And the Meta Corporation announced on Monday the blocking on its platforms of Russia Today

17:05accounts and other related entities.

17:08According to the statement, Russia Today and other related entities are now banned on apps

17:12such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and threads, alleging foreign interference activity.

17:17Previously, Washington had accused Russia Today of supposed connections to Russian

17:21intelligence services.

17:22Special Representative of the U.S. State Department James Rubin indicated that the new sanctions

17:27against Russia Today would be the toughest possible.

17:30For her part, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, denounced

17:34that Russian journalists have been the object of real terrorist information attacks by the

17:39United States.

17:42Meanwhile, Russian authorities point out that the coercive measures imposed by the West

17:46led to an increase in the volume of business with the countries of the BRICS Group.

17:50This was reported by the Director of the Trade Negotiations Department of the Ministry of

17:54Economic Development of Russia Ekaterina Mayerova.

17:57In an interview with Sputnik News, the official explained that sanctions against Russia as

18:01a result of the military operation in Ukraine have led to restrictions in trade with the

18:05Western bloc countries.

18:07On the other hand, the data show that the increase in the volume of business with the

18:10BRICS countries.

18:12This alliance accounts for almost half of the world's population, 40% of the global

18:16oil production, and about 25% of the export of goods.

18:21The World Meteorological Organization, along with the United Nations for the Coordination

18:26of Humanitarian Affairs, issued warnings as chances are higher than 60% of facing La

18:30Niña will be in the United States.

18:33The United Nations has also issued a warning to the United States about the possibility

18:37of a nuclear war in the United States.

18:40The United Nations has also issued a warning to the United States about the possibility

18:44of a nuclear war in the United States.

18:46issued warnings as chances are higher than 60% of facing La Niña will phenomenon from

18:51September 2024 to January 2025.

18:54During La Niña, trade winds are stronger, bringing cold, nutrient-rich water off the

18:59west coast of the Americas.

19:01This phenomenon triggers droughts in the southern countries such as Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia,

19:05Argentina that burst wildfires as they face the lowest-level water records in the Amazon,

19:10Paraná and Paraguay rivers.

19:12In addition, floods are also expected as they are already occurring in Thailand, Myanmar,

19:17Austria, among other countries.

19:20These weather conditions hit crops, livelihoods and increase viruses stemmed from mosquitoes.

19:43And in the world of sports, football's best club competition returns this week to 12 countries

19:48across Europe.

20:12not only because of last season's triumph but because they ushered in a new era of the

20:16Galácticos by signing Kylian Mbappé over the summer, adding him to an already high-profile

20:22attack that includes Vinicius Jr, Rodrigo and Jude Bellingham.

20:28The new Champions League format will take centre stage on Tuesday as the league phase

20:33replaces the group stage, a change designed in part to deliver more competitive match-ups

20:38earlier in the competition.

20:40At first glance, the fixture list on matchday 1 will deliver just that with a handful of

20:45much-anticipated games, including Liverpool's trip to AC Milan on Tuesday.

20:51The game marks Liverpool's return to the competition after a year in the UEFA Europa

20:56League and more notably, their first European game under new manager Arsenal.

21:09For TS4English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos, thank you for watching.

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