23/09/2024
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*Colombia calls for security summit with Venezuela and Mexico.
*Latin American countries face devastating forest fires.
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*Colombia calls for security summit with Venezuela and Mexico.
*Latin American countries face devastating forest fires.
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00:00Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:15We begin with the news.
00:17Israeli occupation forces killed at least 275 people in new airstrikes against southern Lebanon.
00:23Local media reported that occupation troops carried out this Monday new air raids
00:28against several Hezbollah resistance military centres as part of the escalation of hostilities.
00:33This is one of the most intense air raids in almost a year against the Lebanese resistance movement,
00:39which have also left more than 1,025 wounded.
00:43However, Israeli leaders promise harsher actions in the coming days.
00:48The Lebanese Ministry of Health warned that the death toll and wounded are mostly women and children,
00:54and also affirmed that at least 300 targets, including civilian areas, have been bombed.
01:05United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that Lebanon could become another Gaza
01:10in the midst of escalating Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah resistance movement.
01:14Guterres referred to the recent detonation of communication devices in Lebanon
01:19and considered that such action shows that there is a potential for a much stronger escalation,
01:25which he fears could be a devastating tragedy for the world.
01:29The Israeli army and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire across their border since October 8th last year,
01:35raising fears that the clashes could escalate into a full-scale war.
01:41Meanwhile, the Lebanese Information Minister Siad Makkari denounced on Monday
01:46the Israeli genocidal war on his country.
01:51The continuing Israeli aggression on Lebanon is a war of extermination in every sense of the word,
01:57and a destructive plan aimed at destroying Lebanese villages and towns and eliminating green areas.
02:04On Monday, Israeli Occupation Forces Spokesperson Daniel Hagari assured to go on the Israeli offensive
02:10at the Bekaa Valley, regardless what this might take the lives of innocent civilians.
02:19Today, for the first time in this manner, we have warned the residents of Lebanon,
02:25and I am warning now the residents of the Bekaa Valley,
02:30ahead of a targeted and large-scale strike that we will carry out in the Bekaa Valley.
02:35Our mission is to return the residents of the north to their homes in safety,
02:40and we will do whatever is necessary to achieve this.
02:44Palestinian authorities denounced the detention of over 10,000 civilians in the occupied West Bank
02:49by the Israeli Occupation Forces since October 2023.
02:53Several organizations defending the rights of Palestinian prisoners claimed
02:57that Tel Aviv troops have been conducting constant detention operations
03:01in various governorates of the occupied West Bank,
03:04an information backed by Palestinian authorities that further assured
03:08the Zionist regime commits abuses, aggressions and threats against detainees and their families,
03:14in addition to vandalism and destruction of citizens' homes.
03:17According to data from these entities,
03:19the Israeli Genocidal Forces have arrested over 10,800 people since October 7th, 2023.
03:31During the United Nations Summit of the Future,
03:33Venezuelan Foreign Minister Iván Gil, on behalf of the Group of Friends
03:37in defense of the United Nations Charter, reiterated the importance of respecting people's right
03:43to self-determination and called, once again, for a ceasefire in Gaza,
03:47the end of the Israeli occupation in the territory,
03:50and the recognition of Palestine as a member state.
03:55We reiterate our appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza,
04:00as well as for justice in the end to the illegal Israeli occupation,
04:05and our appeal for the Security Council to fully shoulder its responsibilities,
04:11including by favorably reconsidering the application of Palestine
04:17for fully-fledged membership of the United Nations.
04:21Remaining silent is not an option,
04:27as this will only embolden the occupying power
04:31as it continues to commit grave violations of international law and complete impunity.
04:39For his part, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for a future of peace and tranquility
04:44during his speech at the United Nations Summit of the Future.
04:52China proposes that we need to build a future of peace and tranquility.
04:56In this changing and turbulent world, new risks and challenges keep cropping up.
05:01No country can stay unaffected.
05:03Greater solidarity and cooperation of the international community is not a choice but a must.
05:10Major countries in particular should lead by example.
05:14They should break geopolitical circles by pursuing the greater good,
05:17rise above bloc confrontation and serve as propellers for world solidarity
05:21and anchors for international peace.
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05:43Welcome back.
05:44On Monday, the government of Colombia requested a security summit with Venezuela and Mexico
05:49to debate on the risk posed by the Israeli software Pegasus and the scope of espionage.
05:54This way, Colombian Senator Antonio Correa reported that the Pegasus spy software
05:59purchased for $11 million by the government of Van Ducke from Israel
06:04aims at destabilizing progressive governments such as Venezuela and Mexico.
06:09Pegasus, developed by the Israeli corporation NSO Group,
06:13has become a high-level espionage tool capable of infiltrating mobile devices
06:19in an almost imperceptible way.
06:21President Gonzalo Petro described the acquisition of the spy software
06:25as a serious violation of the privacy of citizens
06:28so an investigation was initiated to determine
06:31whether crimes were committed in this alleged espionage operation or not.
06:44I believe that information must be urgently shared among brotherly countries
06:53so that we can determine who was the person or entity
06:55that took the $11 million in financial transactions and cash to Israel.
07:04Because this issue cannot be forgotten
07:06and it cannot be said that because we did not find legal traces, then there was no spyware.
07:15Furthermore, Senator Correa indicated that Colombia will provide all the warranties
07:19that exist before the investigation that will be carried out on the Israeli software Pegasus.
07:26The Colombian Congress has the responsibility
07:30and so everything that is within the constitutional and legal framework we will do
07:35and we will be working on that because it is our president,
07:40it is our democracy and it is the stability of a people like the Colombian people
07:45who decided and is accompanying the government of President Petro
07:50and so we have the responsibility that all the guarantees exist.
07:55That all the investigations happen and that there are no forbidden topics in our democracy.
08:01The President of Bolivia Luis Arce called on former President Evo Morales
08:05to leave aside the conditions and accept the call for a dialogue presented by the Ombudsman Office.
08:11By means of a televised message together with Vice President David Chocowanka,
08:15President Arce said that he does not plan to resign
08:19and condemned the actions of ex-President Morales.
08:22Furthermore, Arce urged him to respect the social pact materialized
08:27in the political constitution promulgated in 2019,
08:30which establishes a single continued postulation.
08:33The head of state indicated that Morales' refusal to dialogue
08:37only shows his electoral political obsession.
08:53The Ecuadorian government announced a week of power outages
08:57from Monday to Sunday in several time slots,
09:00despite the initial plan of an eight-hour blackout for four days a week.
09:04On a press release, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Antonio Gonsalves,
09:08expressed that it is necessary to redistribute power outages planned for the next couple of days.
09:15The Ecuadorian population mainly posted on social media
09:18to criticize the government's decision to warn at night of the changes in the outage program.
09:24The country has been facing blackouts since the end of 2023
09:28due to the lack of maintenance to the networks,
09:30the failure to comply with plans to increase electricity generation,
09:35as well as corruption problems and serious drought affecting hydroelectric plants.
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10:12The Brazilian government deployed its armed forces in the Amazon region of the country
10:16to fight off climate terrorism.
10:18The Ministry of Defence ordered the commanders of the National Army, Navy and Aeronautics
10:23to ensure the efforts to count on the troops in the region.
10:27The military will provide support through the supply of teledetection images,
10:31the use of the fire panel with a specialized personnel
10:34and the training of the authorities involved in combating the fires.
10:38The National Executive further requested the military entity to quantify
10:42the necessary resources to plan and execute actions in the field
10:46and to designate a series of officers to form a joint command.
10:54In this context, in Argentina, after the fires that have destroyed more than 40,000 hectares
10:59in the province of Cordoba, social movements requested the national government
11:03to declare the country in a state of emergency.
11:06To date, more than 20 houses have been burned and dozens of people have been evacuated
11:11due to the blazes that have spread to other localities such as Ascoxinga,
11:16La Granja and San Marcos Sierras.
11:19Precisely in the latter, the fire, which began in August and has had large outbreaks,
11:24devastated part of the diversity of the region's native forest and burned some 12,000 hectares.
11:32Meanwhile, in Bolivia, firefighting operations continue with two heavy aircraft
11:37and three armed forces helicopters in the affected regions.
11:41The Bolivian Air Force reported that they currently have three heavy aircraft
11:46with a total discharge capacity of 30,000 liters per mission
11:50as part of the new phase of the Guardian Air Mitigation Plan.
11:54Operations concentrated on Sunday in the Monte Verde area
11:58as a prioritized region to safeguard the population.
12:05In Colombia, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management
12:09indicated that the maximum alert continues at the national level
12:13due to at least 14 active forest fires and more than 10,000 hectares affected.
12:18To date, authorities indicated that the Department of Tolima
12:21is the hardest hit area and emergency teams remain deployed to combat the fire.
12:27Russia ships largest volume of liquefied natural gas to China
12:31in a year, raising its crude oil supply by 25%.
12:35According to custom data from both nations, Russia supplied to China
12:39about 872,000 tons of liquefied natural gas in July,
12:44being the highest figure during the last 12 months.
12:47The information points out that Moscow's surge in crude oil
12:52The information points out that Moscow's surge in crude oil
12:55to China by over a quarter, reaching 2.21 million barrels per day.
12:59This increase occurs despite attempts of the Western countries
13:03to expel the Russian hydrocarbons from the global markets
13:07and damage its economy.
13:14Anura Kumara Di Sanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's 9th consecutive president
13:19before the head of the Supreme Court, Jaya Suriya,
13:24supported by a crowd outside the venue of the event.
13:27As part of the ceremony, Di Sanayake, also known as AKD,
13:31declared his commitment to the nation and the citizens of the South Asian island.
13:36The leader and candidate of the national people's power
13:39was elected president of Sri Lanka after a second counting of votes
13:43in the elections held last Saturday, with 38 aspirants to the highest office.
13:49Di Sanayake obtained 42.31% of the ballots counted.
13:54Opposition leaders Sayyid Prema Dasa, 32.76%
13:59and former president Ranil Wirame Singh, who was seeking re-election,
14:04came in third place with 17.27%.
14:14We are inheriting a nation in a deep crisis.
14:18This crisis cannot be overcome by a government, a political party,
14:23or an individual alone.
14:25I am not a conjurer or a magician.
14:28I am a common citizen.
14:30I have strengths and limitations, things I know and things I don't.
14:35However, my priority is to identify capabilities,
14:39acquire the knowledge I lack,
14:41and make informed decisions to lead this country.
14:44We have come to the end of this news brief,
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14:55For TELUSudyEnglish, I'm Alejandra Garcia.