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00:00 In Haiti, gun violence continues to increase.
00:12 The death toll after a shooting rampage on Saturday rose to 10.
00:18 In China, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo arrived to work on preserving trade relations
00:24 amid geopolitical tensions.
00:28 And in Zimbabwe, Emerson Nangakwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term following
00:33 another troubled vote.
00:39 Hello welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesus Studios in Havana,
00:44 Cuba.
00:45 We begin with the news.
00:46 In Haiti, 10 protesters were killed amid gun violence in Saturday's shooting rampage.
00:51 A march led by a Christian church in Canaan, a makeshift neighborhood on the outskirts
00:56 of Port-au-Prince, was attacked by a gun that fired indiscriminately into the crowd.
01:01 Protesters from the Eglise Président de Bethesda, some armed men with machetes and sticks, had
01:06 gathered in an attempt to free the suburbs from the influence of guns.
01:12 For the moment, government authorities, police and religious associations in the bouquets
01:16 in the north of Port-au-Prince have not issued any official statement about this massacre.
01:25 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated in the 14th Conference for the
01:30 Heads of States and Government from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, which is
01:35 held in South Tome and Prince.
01:37 The Brazilian president traveled to the African country from Angola to attend the meeting.
01:43 In a message published on his account on the social media X, Lula da Silva described this
01:48 meeting as an important moment of strengthening and exchange among member countries.
01:53 The CPLP is an organization that brings together Portuguese-speaking countries and Equatorial
01:58 Guinea, a nation where Portuguese has been one of the official languages since 2010,
02:03 along with Spanish and French.
02:05 His goal is to deepen friendship and cooperation among its members in all fields.
02:10 This is the last stop of his tour around countries of the continent before returning to Brazil.
02:20 Brazil's Ministry of Finance approved the allocation of resources for the Youth in Peace
02:25 Social Program.
02:26 This is a plan with which the government of Gustavo Petro hopes to subsidize young people
02:31 in vulnerable regions to steer them away from crime and delinquency.
02:34 It is estimated that the program will benefit some 100,000 people between the ages of 14
02:40 and 28, with an investment of almost US$300,000.
02:45 The youngsters will receive a monthly stipend of at least US$245, which will allow them
02:50 to cover their basic needs and prevent them from being recruited to commit crime.
02:59 Equatorians living abroad will have to vote again to elect their representatives to the
03:02 legislature after the failures of the dramatic vote last Sunday as decided by the National
03:07 Electoral Council.
03:08 In total, there are six seats in dispute, two for each of the special constituencies
03:12 of Europe, Asia and Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Canada and the
03:17 United States.
03:18 The National Electoral Council stated that the elections abroad for presidential binomial,
03:22 president and vice president, the popular consultation, oil extraction in Yasuni, will
03:26 not be repeated because although the votes were declared null, their figures do not affect
03:30 the total results.
03:31 The decision comes after the accusations of fraud due to the problems that occurred last
03:36 August 20.
03:39 Brazil's government invests in upgrading and equipping military forces.
03:45 The measure consists of doubling the size of its fighter fleet and financing projects
03:50 of the local aeronautical manufacturer Embraer for aerial refueling planes.
03:55 The amount of the investment is $10.8 billion for research, development and acquisition
04:01 of state-of-the-art tactical equipment.
04:03 This is part of the growth acceleration program with a view to equipping the armed forces
04:08 with advanced technology, improving the country's defense capabilities and guarding the country's
04:12 borders.
04:18 The government of Bolivia denounced as biased the country's economic performance evaluation
04:22 made by U.S. agency Fitch Ratings.
04:26 Fitch Ratings downgraded Bolivia's rating to -B after the decrease in its international
04:31 reserve, which according to the agency weakened the country's economy.
04:34 This approach was described as pessimistic by the Bolivian economic authorities, who
04:40 explained in a statement that they did not take into account the progress in the implementation
04:44 of projects initiated in previous stages and which will begin to generate income for the
04:49 country.
04:50 Likewise, the document states that Bolivia has been able to maintain price stability
04:54 at a time of international volatility and uncertainty and urges a responsible and balanced
04:59 approach to the evaluation of the credit rating and the issuance of comments on this matter.
05:06 Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok @TelesorEnglish where
05:13 you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
05:17 Other stories coming up, stay with us.
05:19 [Music]
05:26 Welcome back from the South.
05:53 In South Korea, citizens protested against the release of radioactive water from Japan's
05:58 Fukushima power plant into the ocean.
06:01 Demonstrators gathered in the special city of Seoul, the country's capital, to express
06:05 their rejection against the release of treated radioactive wastewater by Japan into the sea
06:10 and to criticize the South Korean government for supporting the release plan.
06:14 Protesters urged the Japanese government to safely store radioactive water in tanks instead
06:18 of releasing it into the Pacific Ocean.
06:20 During these demonstrations, over 10 people were arrested.
06:24 Although the Japanese government and some scientists have insisted that these waters
06:28 pose no risk to ecosystems, several neighboring countries have expressed their displeasure
06:33 with the measure.
06:37 "Japan once in the past invaded the people and lands of the world, killing them with
06:48 guns and knives for their own profit.
06:54 Japan has started a Pacific war again by committing this environmental crime.
07:01 If it is that safe, why won't Japan store it in their own land instead of releasing
07:12 it into the world's well, the Pacific Ocean, and worrying everyone and harming their health?
07:24 Deluding it would make it disappear.
07:28 Japan is a war criminal that has committed crimes against the world's environment."
07:41 "Japan has banned all Japanese imports so that we, South Koreans, can safely eat our
07:47 own seafood."
07:48 France recorded a heatwave with record temperatures, the highest on the Mediterranean coast.
07:54 The World Meteorological Organization reported that gas emissions are causing intense and
07:58 long-lasting temperatures, especially in the European territory.
08:02 It also highlighted that the heat record was set last Thursday.
08:05 Conditions are already improving, and by the end of the week, no department in France declared
08:09 a maximum red alert level for temperatures over 39 degrees Celsius.
08:18 In France, the former socialist candidate for the Elysee in 2007, Ségolène Royal,
08:24 announced on the weekend that she intends to head a united list of the left for the
08:29 European elections in June 2024, with La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's radical
08:34 left party.
08:35 Royal, who has distanced herself from the socialist party, intends to launch her own
08:41 list for the European elections, along with ecologists and communists.
08:46 Presented her plans during the LFI summer university sessions in Chateauneuf-sur-Rizer
08:52 in a press appearance, she explained that what she is looking for is a dynamic of convergence.
08:58 Royal backed Mélenchon in the first round of the presidential election last year, rather
09:03 than the socialist candidate, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, who had the worst result in
09:08 parties' history, with 1.75% of the vote.
09:16 The head of the left-wing French En Bâle party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, says he approved
09:20 the Ségolène Royal's initiative to unite left-wing parties for the next European elections.
09:26 It's a tremendous help.
09:28 We, En Bâle, are unionists.
09:31 We are united.
09:33 We are in favor of a joint list because we have a shared agenda for Europe.
09:38 Ségolène Royal has shown boldness and courage, and she knows very well that she won't just
09:44 get compliments, but I want to approve her initiative and her contribution to the battle.
09:50 On Saturday, the United Kingdom Rail, Maritime and Transport Union workers started a state
09:55 strike.
09:56 The strike is a protest measure against stalled negotiations with the government to reach
10:00 a negotiated settlement to the stalled dispute over jobs, wages and working conditions.
10:05 Close to 20,000 workers attended the call of the union to demand that the government
10:09 listen to the union's proposals.
10:12 The union requested the fulfillment of commitments by the shipping company.
10:16 The workers suggested a roadmap of protest actions until a negotiated agreement is reached.
10:25 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Hina Raimondo is on an official visit in China to work on preserving
10:30 trade relations amid geopolitical tensions.
10:33 During her four-day trip, Raimondo will visit the cities of Beijing and Shanghai, where
10:37 she will meet with senior Chinese officials to discuss various issues of common interest,
10:43 including U.S. restrictions on technology exports to China.
10:47 Raimondo's visit, the third by a senior U.S. official in the past two months, comes
10:50 at a time of rising tensions, especially over technology transfer.
11:17 Enjoy.
11:34 Welcome back to From the South.
11:50 In Zimbabwe, President Emerson Ngang'wa was re-elected for a second and final five-year
11:54 term.
11:55 Ngang'wa's victory meant the Sano-Pfef party retained the governmental leadership
11:59 it has held for all 43 years of Zimbabwe's history since the nation was renamed following
12:04 independence from white minority rule in 1980.
12:08 According to Zimbabwe's electoral commission, 80-year-old Ngang'wa won 52.6 percent of
12:13 the votes in the midweek election, while 45-year-old Maine opposition leader Nelson Chamisa got
12:19 44 percent.
12:20 Ahead of Saturday's announcement of the 2023 results, dozens of armed police with water
12:25 cannons guarded the National Results Center, which was the scene of deadly violence after
12:29 the previous election five years ago, when soldiers killed six people during protests
12:33 over delays in announcing presidential election results.
12:36 "It's good that there is a new confidence which is beginning to be instilled among Zimbabweans
12:46 by what the president has been doing.
12:49 And that is reflected in the increased water margin which he had this time from the previous
12:55 one.
12:56 And it also is reflected in the lower vote margin which has gone to his Maine opposition
13:02 and we held the Maine opposition advocate Nelson Chamisa for a good show.
13:09 He didn't make it, but it was a good show.
13:13 It shows that Zimbabweans are democratic.
13:16 We also want to salute the Sano-Pfef party which won an absolute majority, which we need.
13:23 We don't need anything other than an absolute majority because that's how you rule a country.
13:30 Only on extraordinary things do you need a two-thirds majority."
13:35 Speaking from Harare on Sunday, Zimbabwe's Maine opposition leader Nelson Chamisa announced
13:40 that he would contest the results.
13:42 Chamisa said the elections fell far short of international guidelines and were plagued
13:47 by unprecedented illegalities, irregularities, and encyclopedia of forces of darkness.
13:54 "It was therefore an illegality and criminality in the conduct of ZEG and all the polling
14:02 officers and officials that were involved.
14:05 The election process was fraught with unprecedented illegalities, irregularities, and encyclopedic
14:13 of opaqueness and forces of darkness, particularly FAS, which has become a spooky, ghostly, and
14:21 shadow organization that takes instructions from those spooky headquarters.
14:27 The election process itself fell far short of the SADC guidelines on elections and international
14:33 electoral guidelines."
14:34 Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel continues his agenda in Namibia.
14:40 On Sunday, he participated as a guest of honor in the celebration of the Heroes' Day of
14:44 that African nation.
14:45 During his speech at the ceremony, the Cuban head of state thanked his Namibian counterpart,
14:50 Hege Gengob, for inviting him as a special guest to this important commemoration that
14:54 pays a well-deserved tribute to the heroes of Namibia, Angola, and Cuba, who, with the
15:00 sacrifice of their lives, paved the way for the definitive independence of Namibia.
15:05 Gengob, for his part, highlighted the bonds of friendship between both nations.
15:09 Diaz-Canel received from the hands of his counterpart the honorary sash of the Order
15:13 of the Most Ancient and Well-Wisher, Mirabilis, in first degree, the highest decoration granted
15:19 by the African nation.
15:25 On Saturday, tens of thousands of people rallied in Yamé, Niger, in support of last month's
15:30 coup, a day after the country's new military leaders gave the French ambassador to Niger
15:35 48 hours to leave the country.
15:38 The Zeni Conscious Stadium, the largest in Niger with a capacity of 30,000 seats, was
15:43 two-thirds full, and vuvuzelas could be heard.
15:46 Flags of Niger, Algeria and Russia dotted the stands while acrobats painted in Niger's
15:51 national colours put on a show in the centre of the field.
15:55 Attendees say they fully support the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland,
16:00 which seized power after overthrowing the government of President Mohamed Bassem on
16:04 July 26.
16:05 The CNSP is focused on not stopping the fighting until the day when there are no more French
16:10 soldiers in Niger.
16:14 "The fight will not stop until the day there are no longer any French soldiers in Niger.
16:22 We told them to leave our country to us, to leave, to let our country be.
16:28 But it is you who will chase them away.
16:33 To chase them away, don't go to the embassy.
16:36 If the mobilisation continues, they'll leave."
16:41 "The French have been asked to leave, but they refused.
16:51 We are going to defeat those plotting against our country.
16:58 We're going to defeat them and we're going to stamp them out.
17:05 They are asking you to get ready.
17:07 You mustn't sleep or doze off.
17:12 They will leave.
17:17 Victory to the people.
17:18 It is the people of Niger who will decide what will become of this country.
17:23 United we stand."
17:25 We have come to the end of this news briefing.
17:29 You can find this and many other stories on our website at www.telesorienglish.net.
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17:38 For TELESORIENGLISH, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
17:40 Thank you for watching.
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