01/04/2025
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*Russian pres. Putin meets with Chinese FM Wang Yi
*Palestinians flee Rafah amid new Israeli evacuation order
FTS 12.30
*Russian pres. Putin meets with Chinese FM Wang Yi
*Palestinians flee Rafah amid new Israeli evacuation order
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00:00In Ecuador, ahead of April 13th run-off election, recent polls reveal Citizens' Revolution
00:15Party candidate Luisa González leading the presidential race.
00:24As part of the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two nations, Chinese
00:29foreign minister Wang Yi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin after his meeting
00:33with his Russian counterpart.
00:41Thousands of displaced Palestinians continue to leave Rafa following the evacuation order
00:45issued by the Israeli Occupation Army.
00:55Hello and welcome from the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televisa Studios in Caracas,
01:00Venezuela.
01:01We begin with the news, stay with us.
01:16In Ecuador, ahead of April 13th run-off election, recent polls reveal Citizens' Revolution
01:21Party candidate Luisa González leading the presidential race.
01:25This way, two surveys authorized by the country's National Electoral Council show a lead for
01:29González in front of presidential candidate and President Daniel Novoa.
01:33Precisely, a Negocios y Estrategias poll of some 3,000 voters conducted between March
01:3824th and March 26th showed on Monday a 51.4 percent of voting intention for González.
01:44In addition, she was also leading a poll by Pedro Cango that surveyed over 5,400 Ecuadorians,
01:51which showed a 51.9 percent voting intention compared to Novoa's 48.1 percent.
01:56It is worth recalling that President Novoa won by a narrow margin of less than 1 percent
02:00of votes in February's first round of election, a difference which triggered the upcoming
02:05run-off electoral process.
02:16In Venezuela, the Great Patriotic Poll presented the candidates that will participate in the
02:20upcoming regional elections on May 25th.
02:22The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced that the elections of governors,
02:26legislators for each state's legislative councils and deputies to the National Assembly
02:30for the 2025-2031 period will be held next May 25th.
02:34Likewise, during the event, the President of the Special Electoral Commission of the
02:38United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, highlighted that the candidates were
02:43elected by the democratic participatory and proactive elections.
02:47Moreover, the EA emphasized that for the first time, the state of Guayana-Zaquiva will participate
02:52in the regional elections.
03:03And California Federal Judge Edward Shen blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's intention to
03:08end temporary protected status for Venezuelan nationals who have been granted this condition.
03:13Shen paused Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's decision to withdraw the status
03:17that protects some 600,000 Venezuelans from being deported to their country of origin.
03:23The ruling states that the U.S. government has no evidence that granting such status
03:27to Venezuelan citizens would cause any harm.
03:29After the inauguration of the current president, the Biden government updated the TPS so that
03:34it would be valid for another 18 months.
03:37However, Trump opposed this decision and requested the suspension of this prerogative.
03:43Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Huerta is expected to meet Tuesday U.S. Secretary
03:56of State Marco Rubio for initiating a trade deal between the two nations despite U.S.
04:00President Donald Trump plans to impose sweeping tariffs on Argentina as of April 2nd.
04:05Therefore, the minister is trying to negotiate with Washington to dodge the taxes.
04:10Argentina produces $13 to $16 billion worth of grains, lithium and energy, and since Trump
04:16took office in January, the Millet government has been strengthening their alleged strategic
04:19alliance.
04:20In this context, the senior diplomat would meet not only Rubio but also U.S. Trade Representative
04:25Jameson Greer to boost bilateral trade and seal a solid trade deal.
04:40Meanwhile in Haiti, Kenyan foreign forces sustain casualties after clashes with armed
04:44groups in the country.
04:45The international police and military force reported that two police officers were assaulted
04:50while another is missing.
04:51The Multinational Security Support Mission has over 1,000 security personnel, with the
04:55mission of restoring adequate security for the country to hold elections by February
04:592026.
05:00The Kenyan government has cited humanitarian reasons for its intervention in Haiti, while
05:04the deployment is also said to be motivated by a desire to boost the country's international
05:09profile and curry favor with the United States.
05:30In Thailand, rescue work continues for the fourth consecutive day in a collapsed building
05:34in Bangkok after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that had its epicenter in Myanmar last Friday.
05:40Authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 20, while they are still searching for
05:43more than 70 workers who were trapped when a building under construction collapsed on
05:47top of them.
05:49According to the latest official death toll, some 34 people suffered injuries of varying
05:53severity during the earthquake in Bangkok, where the two citizens who were in their respective
05:58apartments also lost their lives.
06:00On the 30-floor building that collapsed, the death toll stands at 13, with the last
06:05victim reported on Monday night.
06:11Meanwhile, in Myanmar, rescue efforts are being hampered on Tuesday by the risk of landslides
06:20and aftershocks in parts of Burma worst affected by Friday's powerful earthquake.
06:25Some rescue operations in Mandalay, the country's second city and one of the places most affected
06:30by the 7.7 magnitude quake, located about 17 kilometers from the epicenter, had to be
06:34suspended on Tuesday.
06:36Efforts to find survivors in hard-hit areas of the city, including the Sky Villa condominium,
06:41the Great Wall Hotel and the Hula Thein Monastery, had to be temporarily halted due to the risk
06:46of landslides and the impact of aftershocks, despite the hundreds of people missing at
06:51these sites.
06:53The death toll in the country after the earthquake reached 2,000 on Monday.
07:00And in Iceland, the town of GrindavĂk and the nearby Blue Lagoon tourist attraction
07:11were evacuated after the area was hit by another volcanic eruption.
07:15The eruption is the 11th since 2021, when the Reykjanes Peninsula started its new eruption
07:21period.
07:22The Icelandic Meteorological Office said an earthquake swarm started at about 6.30 a.m.
07:27local time on the Sund Nukur crater road, in a similar place to previous eruptions.
07:32The orange-red fissure, expelling lava and smoke, quickly spread southward, and by 10
07:37a.m. local time, it had already reached through the defense walls north of GrindavĂk.
07:42The fishing town has been largely uninhabited since November 10, 2023, when an eruption
07:47resulted in the town cracking open, with fissures reaching a depth of 20 meters.
07:58We now have our first break coming up, remember to join us on TikTok at TeleZoolinglish, where
08:04you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
08:08We'll be right back, stay with us.
08:28Welcome back.
08:29As part of the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two nations, Chinese
08:33Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian President Vladimir Putin after his meeting with his
08:37Russian counterpart.
08:38The Russian President asked Minister Wang Yi to convey friendly greetings to the Chinese
08:43President Xi Jinping and invited him to participate in the celebration of the 80th anniversary
08:48of the victory in the Second World War, which will take place in Moscow in May.
08:52During the conclave, Putin welcomed the way in which relations between Moscow and Beijing
08:56are developing, and pointed out that the main purpose of this visit is to prepare for
09:00future visits of the President of the Asian giant to Russia.
09:03The Chinese Foreign Minister, for his part, stressed that the cooperation between the
09:07two countries is not aimed at third countries and is not subject to external interference.
09:20We want to express our satisfaction with the way our relations are developing, including
09:25with the direct contacts between our foreign ministries.
09:31I know that you have such a large, busy program for your visit, primarily relating to preparations
09:38for the arrival in Russia of the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping.
09:45We will prepare a good, full program for him.
09:50For his part, the Chinese Foreign Minister highlighted the excellent state of bilateral
09:54relations among nations based on mutual political trust and the rejection of external interference.
10:02Thanks to the care and promotion of the two heads of state, China-Russia political mutual
10:07trust has continued to deepen, strategic coordination has become more abundant, and pragmatic cooperation
10:13has continued to deepen, safeguarding the development and revitalization of the two
10:17great powers and also safeguarding our common interests in major international and regional
10:22affairs.
10:24China-Russia cooperation has never been directed against a third party and will never be subject
10:29to external interference.
10:32Our relations will not stand still, but will only become broader and broader.
10:37Our nation's friendship is not oriented towards the present, but towards the longer-term future.
10:44In this context, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assured that countries of the
10:48world consider Russian-Chinese relations as a stabilizing factor.
10:52The Russian Foreign Minister noted he recognized the responsibility of Moscow and Beijing to
10:56maintain close coordination in the international arena in his opening speech during negotiations
11:01with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
11:03Lavrov assured that Moscow will agree with China on how to strengthen their relations
11:07as well as on further coordination in the UN and other multilateral platforms in order
11:12to build a fairer and more democratic multi-polar world order.
11:23Also in this framework, China called on the United States to bet on denuclearization and
11:27to reduce the risks of threats and tensions in global conflicts.
11:31Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on the subject of national security and highlighted the role
11:34of nuclear weapons in the face of global conflicts.
11:37Furthermore, Wang Yi stated that Washington should stop insisting on ideas of nuclear
11:41alliances in the world and also stop deploying weapons on other borders.
11:53In other news, the nations of China, Japan and South Korea unite commercially in the
12:01face of the entry into force of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff measures.
12:06According to international media, the trade ministers of China, Japan and South Korea
12:09have proposed a possible free trade agreement to counter Washington's high tariffs.
12:14The meeting agreed to strengthen cooperation in their supply chains and engage in direct
12:17dialogue on exports.
12:19This alliance was established during the trilateral meeting of Asian nations on March 30th, where
12:24they established measures to facilitate regional trade in Asia.
12:36Under President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen ensured the EU had a
12:40plan to counter U.S. tariffs imposition, but the EU would strive for reaching a bilateral
12:45negotiated solution to defuse tensions.
12:48In response to Trump's announcement of imposing tariffs on Europe, von der Leyen
12:52made clear that the bloc was ready to face such sanctions steadily.
12:56The EU leader urged to be united and ramp up their global trade with other partners
13:00worldwide.
13:01The Trump administration advanced to impose a 25% tax on cars and vehicle parts as of
13:05April 2nd, which would impact nearly 14 million European workers.
13:10This would be in addition to the 25% levy on steel and aluminum that EU exporters have
13:15paid for a month.
13:17As a result, the EU allocated $28 billion to take countermeasures on U.S. goods.
13:47is in no one's interest.
13:50The flow of goods and services between us, the United States and Europe, is nearly balanced.
13:58Of course we are willing to work on the trade balance of goods as well as on the trade balance
14:03of services.
14:05This is the largest and most prosperous trade relation worldwide.
14:11We would all be better off if we could find a constructive solution.
14:17At the same time, it also has to be clear.
14:21Europe has not started this confrontation.
14:23We do not necessarily want to retaliate, but if it is necessary, we have a strong plan
14:30to retaliate and we will use it.
14:33We now have our second and final short break coming up, before we invite you to visit our
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14:50most recent events.
14:51Final break and we'll be right back with more.
15:10Welcome back.
15:28Thousands of displaced Palestinians continue to leave Rafah following the evacuation order
15:31issued by the Israeli Occupation Army for the largest area of southern Gaza as the humanitarian
15:36crisis worsens due to the blockade of the enclave.
15:39On Monday, the Genocide Regime issued a new forced evacuation order warning that soldiers
15:43will soon resume intense combat operations, forcing some 40,000 people to flee once again.
15:50In addition, evacuation orders were also issued Tuesday for residents of Beit Hanun, Beit
15:54Lahaya and the neighborhoods of Sheikh Zayed, al-Mansiyah and Tal al-Sattar in northern
15:59Gaza.
16:00According to UN reports, 20% of the Gaza Strip is already under Israeli evacuation orders,
16:05excluding Boforson and the necessary invaders.
16:17At the United Nations Agency for Children, UNICEF announced that 322 children were killed
16:23in the course of 10 days as a result of heavy Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
16:29UNICEF explained in a statement that the intense and indiscriminate bombardment coupled with
16:33the total suspension of humanitarian aid has put civilians in Gaza, especially children,
16:38at grave risk.
16:39The organization warned that the number of child deaths could rise if basic needs, which
16:43Israel has been blocking for a month, are not met.
16:47UNICEF stressed that more than 15,000 children have been killed and more than 34,000 injured
16:52in the past 18 months in Gaza and that 1 million children have been displaced, deprived of
16:58their most basic needs.
17:10An Israeli army attack on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday claimed the lives of a journalist
17:14and his family.
17:16According to WAFA News Agency, an Israeli drone attacked the house of journalist Mohamed
17:19Saleh al-Bardawil in the known-as Japanese neighborhood west of Hanjunis, resulting in
17:25his death, along with his wife and their three children.
17:29According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 42 people were killed and 183 wounded
17:33in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours.
17:36Since Israel broke the ceasefire and resumed its genocide in Gaza on March 18, at least
17:411,001 civilians have been killed and 2,359 others have been wounded, mostly children
17:49and women.
17:59And at least three people were killed and seven wounded in an overnight new Israeli
18:02bombardment of the capital of Lebanon, Beirut.
18:04This is the second such attack on Beirut since the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel came
18:09into effect last October.
18:11Residents of the Lebanese capital woke up early Tuesday morning to the impact of shells
18:15that caused violent explosions in a residential building in the Mali neighborhood.
18:20The attack almost completely destroyed the top three floors of the building, claiming
18:23the lives of three people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
18:27The occupation army informed that a Hezbollah leader was being targeted, following the direction
18:32of the army and the Shin Bet.
18:41It's just another brutal assault by the Israelis.
18:43As they usually do, they are violating international agreements.
18:46It's a strike as all the Lebanese territory is free game to them.
18:50We were at home.
18:51You know it's Eid al-Fitr, people have finished their work and have time off.
18:55The brutal strike took place, we didn't know where it happened, but once the smoke faded
18:59it appeared it was the building directly facing us.
19:03And in Israel, Finance Minister Bessalel Smatresk has resigned from his post.
19:07Israeli Channel 12 reported Monday that Smatresk resigned in a letter to Israel Prime Minister
19:11Benjamin Netanyahu.
19:12A spokesperson for Smatresk said the resignation was a protest against Saudi's Jewish Power
19:17Party head Itamar Ben-Givir's request for more ministerial positions upon his return
19:23to join the regime again.
19:24The resignation will not collapse Netanyahu's coalition regime, but it will increase problems
19:28for it, as the move highlights growing fractures within Israel's far-right coalition.
19:42And in Malaysia, at least 33 people reported injured after gas pipeline explosion in residential
19:48areas.
19:49A major fire broke out on Tuesday morning in Putra Heights after an explosion of a gas
19:53main.
19:54The fire, which originated near a gas station, was visible from miles away and caused the
19:58immediate evacuation of nearby homes.
20:01Three nearby gas stations were temporarily closed as a precaution, although they were
20:04not directly affected.
20:06Although no fatalities have been reported, authorities are still assessing the full extent
20:10of the damage.
20:11Like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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