21/10/2024
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*BRICS leaders begin arriving to Russia ahead of Kazan Summit
*Israeli army continues shelling Southern suburb of Lebanon
FTS 10.30
*BRICS leaders begin arriving to Russia ahead of Kazan Summit
*Israeli army continues shelling Southern suburb of Lebanon
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00:00In Havana, on Monday morning, the power has been restored to about 50% of the people.
00:19Heads of state and representatives from the BRICS group begin arriving to Russia one day
00:24before the summit to be held in Kazan.
00:30In Lebanon, the Israeli regime continues massive aggressions against the southern suburbs of
00:34Beirut.
00:37Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesoth studios in Havana,
00:47Cuba.
00:48We begin with the news.
00:50In Havana, Cuba, on Monday morning, the power was restored to about 50% of the people.
00:55The Electric Union of the capital province reported that currently 172 circuits have
00:59service, which represents 317 megawatts that serve around 50% of clients.
01:05In this regard, the General Director of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Cuba,
01:10Lázaro Guerra Hernández, informed that there are 700 megawatts served in the country and
01:16work is being done to consolidate the existing microsystems.
01:20The Mariel Unit No. 8 is already in service, and so are the floating power plants of Havana,
01:25Mariel and Energas Boca de Jaduco, which are collectively providing coverage to the capital
01:30and some areas of the provinces of Mayabeque and Artemisa.
01:34The central microsystem is supplying more than 200 megawatts from the provinces of Matanzas
01:39to Camaguey.
01:40The rest of the provinces have functional subsystems.
01:42The Electric Union stressed it keeps working to follow the strategy in place to guarantee
01:47the connection of the national electric system.
02:09In Cuba, meteorological authorities report that Tropical Storm Oscar is advancing slowly
02:14over Cuban territory, transiting in the province of Guantanamo.
02:17Likewise, authorities communicated it has been moving towards the west at 4 km per hour
02:23and that it is 15 km northeastern from Guantanamo City and 45 km from Olguín.
02:31They also pointed out that the most heavy rainfalls are occurring in Maisey, Baracoa
02:35and San Antonio del Sur in Guantanamo province.
02:38They added that storm surges will be likely at northern coasts of Guantanamo, Olguín
02:42and La Astuna.
02:50And in Cali, Colombia, global leaders and environmental experts gather on Sunday for
02:54the opening ceremony of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
02:58on Biological Diversity, COP16, a 12-day meeting aimed at advancing biodiversity conservation.
03:05The meeting begins on Monday and runs through November 1st.
03:10COP16 brings together more than 15,000 people from over 190 countries to push for action
03:16on biodiversity conservation, making it the most attended event since these conferences
03:21began in 1994, UN officials said.
03:24The Colombian government is pushing as host for the meeting to be the most inclusive in
03:29the organization's history.
03:31The goal of this meeting is for countries to take action to protect the world's flora
03:35and fauna.
03:41And thousands of Venezuelan women mobilize and develop activities in different states
03:46of the country for the fight against breast cancer.
03:49The Venezuelan women enjoy physical activities as a space for recreation and sharing among
03:53breast cancer survivors and those who defend this fight.
03:57During the day, participants from different states of the country urge the people to go
04:02for medical check-ups to detect this pathology in time.
04:05Venezuelan men also took part in these activities, developed by the national executive, as a
04:10joint fight against this disease.
04:18Let's now take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at TeleZoolinglish
04:22where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
04:29We'll be right back, stay with us.
04:35Welcome back.
04:50In Russia, the 16th BRICS Summit will be held from October 22nd to the 24th in Kazan, on
04:56the motto Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security.
05:01Leaders of BRICS countries will exchange views on main affairs as cooperation, security,
05:06economic and humanitarian ties.
05:07They will address a likely expansion of BRICS via establishing the partner state status.
05:12The heads of the New Development Bank, the BRICS Business Council, the Interbank Cooperation
05:17Mechanism and the Women's Business Alliance will be holding debates, whose results will
05:21be provided in the Summit's Kazan declaration.
05:24On the closing day, a BRICS Plus meeting will take place participating almost 40 countries
05:29to discuss about the world escalation in the Middle East and cooperation of BRICS states
05:32and the Global South in the interest of ensuring sustainable development.
05:44In this context, the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, arrived in Russia on Monday.
05:50His visit comes just one day before the BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan, which will be
05:55held for the first time in an expanded format between October 22 and 24.
06:00During the Summit, the leaders of the 10 member countries will discuss global issues such
06:05as the Middle East crisis and political and financial operations within the bloc.
06:10An Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delsi Rodriguez, arrived this Monday in Russia
06:24to participate in the BRICS Summit to be held in the city of Kazan from October 22 to 24.
06:30The Vice President is accompanied by the Foreign Minister of the South American country, Ivan
06:34Hill.
06:35The Venezuelan delegation, headed by Delsi Rodriguez, joins the leaders of more than
06:3820 emerging countries arriving in the Russian nation for the bloc summit.
06:42The Venezuelan participation occurs after recent remarks by President Nicolas Maduro,
06:46who affirmed the country is ready to join the bloc.
06:49The BRICS has been chaired by Russia since January 24, when five countries joined the
06:54group, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia.
06:59In other news, in Spain, tens of thousands of citizens mobilized to demand general elections
07:10to the government of Pedro Sánchez.
07:12This Sunday, demonstrators gathered in Plaza de Castilla, in the city of Madrid, to express
07:17their dissatisfaction with the management of Sánchez's government.
07:20Demonstrators, supported by the right-wing parties, affirmed that the exertive is weakened
07:25due to the officials' under-investigation for corruption cases.
07:28In this regard, dissatisfied sectors warned that Sánchez will have complications in getting
07:32support from the Spanish Parliament.
07:55Also in Spain, thousands of people mobilized in the tourist areas of the Canary Islands
08:00in rejection of the tourist model.
08:02This Sunday, demonstrators went through the main streets of the island to demand better
08:06living conditions, fair wages and a decent housing plan.
08:10The islanders demanded real changes from the government due to the lack of water and infrastructure
08:15for new projects.
08:16The mobilized people affirmed that tourism companies in the Canary Islands are profiting
08:21and destroying the people of the island.
08:32And after the presidential elections in Moldova, the current president, Maía Sandu, and the
08:36candidate, Alexander Estolianoglou, will face each other in the second round of November 3rd.
08:42With 36% of the votes, the candidate, Maía Sandu, will face November 3rd with the candidate,
08:48Alexander Estolianoglou, who reached 29% of the votes.
08:52According to the latest data of the Central Electoral Commission, less than one hour after
08:56the closing of the polls in the presidential elections, more than 50% of the voters had
09:00voted.
09:01It should be noted that in 2020, Sandu became the first woman to lead the country, which
09:06is located between the NATO Atlantic Alliance and the Russian zone of influence.
09:11Furthermore, this Sunday, Moldova was voted against joining the European Union.
09:19This is in the context of the referendum on this issue held in conjunction with the presidential
09:24elections.
09:25With 91.5% of the votes counted, preliminary results indicate that 53.4% of voters rejected
09:31the proposal to join the European Organization.
09:34As the results were known, the current pro-European president, Maía Sandu, denounced electoral
09:39fraud due to the victory of the no-vote in the consultation claiming to have evidence
09:43that a criminal group intended to buy votes.
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10:37Welcome back.
10:48In Lebanon, the Israeli regime continues massive aggressions against the southern suburbs of
10:53Beirut.
10:54The bombardment by the Israeli Zionist regime hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, affecting
10:58the areas of al-Hadath and Hararik, where a residential building near al-Hassanine mosque
11:04was also hit.
11:05In addition, the Israeli army launched a series of violent raids against the city of Nabatyeh,
11:09resulting in the death of four Lebanese.
11:11It should be noted that since October 8, the Israeli aggression against Lebanon has claimed
11:15the lives of 2,448 civilians and wounded 11,471 others.
11:28In Palestine, local sources reported heavy casualties and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes
11:33on two schools in the northern Gaza Strip.
11:35Local media indicated that the Israeli regime bombed the Hafsa school administered by the
11:39Umrah and Abu Hussein school in the Jabali refugee camp, causing the dozens of dead and
11:45wounded who were sheltering inside.
11:47Also, civil defense teams were prohibited from accessing the area to rescue the wounded.
11:52In this sense, the genocidal forces of Israel continue to perpetrate attacks in different
11:56points of northern Gaza, increasing the number of dead and wounded, which is estimated at
12:0142,603 killed and 99,795 wounded, mostly women and children.
12:15The Palestinian resistance neutralized the Israeli occupation commander responsible for
12:19the attacks on the Jabali refugee camp.
12:22The Israeli army confirmed that its most senior officer, Colonel Hassan Daksa, was neutralized
12:28in Gaza during a battle in Jabalia, north of Gaza.
12:31Daksa had led all major ground operations in Gaza, including attacks on al-Shifa hospital.
12:36The Palestinian resistance movement neutralized the Israeli commander with a U.S.-made bomb
12:41that had been dropped by the Zionist entity on refugee women and children.
12:45The resistance transformed it into a homemade bomb to take down this key figure in the Israeli
12:50offensive against the Palestinian people.
12:58The government of Iran warned that any attack by Israeli forces would be met with an imminent
13:02response against military targets.
13:04The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reinforced that a bombing against the country or its
13:08nuclear facilities would mean crossing the red line between the parties.
13:12In this regard, it detailed that the Iranian army knows the military locations of Israel
13:16and would not attack any civilian installation.
13:19He also remarked that the occupying troops do not have the capacity to attack Palestine
13:25and Lebanon without the military financing they received from the United States government.
13:35And in the Vatican, Pope Francis urged peace and protection from the fragile affected
13:40by armed conflict.
13:42Pope Francis, after a canonization mass, renewed the call to pray for the countries that are
13:48at war and urged against all forms of exploitation of their dignity and their territories.
13:53He also invited to continue praying for the peoples and markers of Palestine and Lebanon.
13:58He called for peace.
13:59The Supreme Pontiff urged the political and civil authorities to guarantee the protection
14:03of the most fragile and their fundamental rights.
14:11Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his interest in a lasting peace with Ukraine
14:15to ensure the long-term security interests.
14:17Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a temporary ceasefire would only allow Kiev's
14:22supporters in NATO to rearm and resupply their ammunition.
14:26The Russian head of state said that he was ready to negotiate with Ukraine on the document
14:30drawn up in Turkey, in which Kiev undertook to declare itself neutral, limit its armed
14:36forces, and eliminate discrimination against the peoples of Russian origin in Ukraine.
14:41In this connection, Putin emphasized that the Russian authorities respect and understand
14:45the determination of the BRICS member countries interested in resolving the Ukrainian conflict.
14:53Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Ukrainian forces lost at least
14:591,805 soldiers during the recent fighting in the Donbass region.
15:04The Russian defense confirmed the destruction of mercenary deployment points and workshops
15:08for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Kiev forces.
15:12Simultaneously, on the line of operations of the Southern Group, there were registered
15:16645 troops shot down and near Krestnikovak.
15:20During the operation, Ukraine also lost armored vehicles, an anti-battery radar station, and
15:25other weapons and ammunition, all manufactured by U.S. companies.
15:35In Serbia, thousands of citizens mobilized to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the
15:40liberation of Belgrade in the Second World War.
15:42During the demonstrations, the traditional march of the Immortal Regiment and the wreath-laying
15:46ceremony at the Monument to the Liberators of Belgrade took place.
15:50Citizens commemorated the liberation of Serbia from the Nazis in the Second World War, which
15:54is associated with the end of the operation in Belgrade on October 20, 1944.
15:59In that sense, according to official figures, more than 7,000 Russian soldiers belonging
16:04to the Red Army were buried in the country during the conflict against Nazi Germany.
16:10And in Vietnam, on Monday, the National Assembly voted for the new President of the Socialist
16:16Republic.
16:17The session of the Vietnamese Parliament finished on October 21, after all of the 440 National
16:23Assembly deputies voted in favor of electing Luu Quang as constitutional president of the
16:28country.
16:29Abided by the national laws, Luu Quang would serve as head of state until 2026.
16:34The presidential election came after the former President Tho Lam, who took office
16:38in May, had been appointed as Secretary General of the Vietnamese Communist Party.
16:48We have come to the end of this news brief.
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16:58For TELESULINGLISH, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.