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00:00 I declare the 10th Immigration Resolution in Gaza calling for ceasefire and release
00:14 of hostages.
00:15 10 countries voted against, including Israel, the US, and Central and Eastern Europe.
00:25 In Kenya, President Muthamuda pointed out that they are out of danger over in Dubna,
00:30 phrasing his economic policy despite public anger, had to hike some subsidy cuts.
00:39 In Idlib, a ballot counting began and presidential election polls closed after three days of
00:44 voting.
00:52 Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Razaval from the WTO studios in Havana,
00:56 Cuba, where we begin with the news.
01:13 The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand humanitarian ceasefire
01:18 in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
01:23 The vote also shows the growing isolation of the United States and Israel.
01:28 After the United States on Friday vetoed a Security Council resolution calling for humanitarian
01:33 ceasefire, Arab and Islamic countries convened an emergency session of the 193-member General
01:39 Assembly to vote on a resolution to the same effect.
01:43 The General Assembly vote reflects the growing isolation of the United States, which refuses
01:48 to join the ban for a ceasefire.
01:51 More than the United Nations or any other international organization, the United States
01:55 sees itself as the only entity capable of persuading Israel to accept a ceasefire as
02:00 it is a close ally and its largest arms supplier.
02:04 The adopted text called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire or compliance, but all parties within
02:09 the national law, in particular the protection of civilians, the immediate and unconditional
02:13 release of all hostages and humanitarian access.
02:22 The Prime Minister of Palestine, Mohammed Stayeb, condemned the support of the United
02:26 States to Israel in the midst of the growing number of deaths in the Gaza Strip.
02:31 He also criticized the position of Israel that seeks to divide the unity of the Palestinian
02:36 people by separating the occupied territories.
02:39 Let's listen.
02:40 We condemn anyone who encourages Israel to continue its killings.
02:46 We closely monitor the United States' policy, mired by chaos and international confusion,
02:51 in their support for Israel.
02:54 While claiming to be against the killing of civilians, the United States obstructs the
02:58 Security Council resolutions to halt the war.
03:02 This unconditional support for Israel occurs without Israel adhering to the rules of international
03:07 humanitarian law.
03:14 Israel continues to withhold our funds, imposing unjustified and unlawful deductions with its
03:19 sole political aim to isolate Gaza from the rest of the Palestinian territory.
03:25 We reject these deductions and actions.
03:30 I am aware that every penny is crucial for you, my fellow employees, and for our people
03:34 in the Gaza Strip.
03:40 On behalf of the cabinet, I say to you all, we are facing a test of unity.
03:44 I commend you for your honorable stance against Israeli's measures.
03:52 Whether related to prisoners or our people in the Gaza Strip, we will continue to do
03:56 everything possible to secure our rights, including our funds.
04:04 In Lebanon, a senior Hamas official said, U.S. President Joe Biden realizes Israeli
04:09 military operation is a crazy act, after Biden made comments that Israel risks losing international
04:17 support because of an indiscriminate bombing in Gaza.
04:23 The only explanation I have is that the resistance by its action and the Palestinian people by
04:28 its steadfastness pushed Biden to realize that the Israeli military operation is a crazy
04:34 act.
04:35 The repercussions will be catastrophic on the entity and on the results of elections
04:38 in which Biden might lose his seat in the White House.
04:44 Speaking about the men who were detained and shot online in this freeze-walled Strip to
04:49 their unaware, Hamas officials said that these are crimes similar to what the Nazis did to
04:55 the Jews, and what the American did at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the
05:00 U.S. occupation of Iraq.
05:06 This scene that the occupation is, is an attempt to break our will and to show his power over
05:11 the people.
05:12 Don't you remember this picture?
05:13 This is what the American, who is a supporter of the occupation in Abu Ghraib prison, how
05:18 they abused the Iraqi people?
05:20 These pictures are the same images that we see today at the hands of this Nazi occupation.
05:25 They are the extension of the same culture from the American administration to the Zionist
05:30 entity and vice versa.
05:35 The Yemeni armed forces claim responsibility for the attack on an American tanker, a Sfrina,
05:41 and said that they will not hesitate to attack any ships that violate the above statements.
05:46 They also said that they will not hesitate to attack any ship that violates the above
05:50 statements, recalling that the Yemeni armed forces reported over the weekend that as long
05:55 as Israel does not allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip, they will attack
05:59 any vessel traveling to the ports of that country.
06:02 The naval forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a qualitative military operation
06:10 against a Norwegian ship, a Sfrina, which was loaded with oil and headed to the Israeli
06:15 entity.
06:16 It was targeted with a suitable naval missile.
06:27 The Yemeni armed forces will not hesitate to target any ship that violates what was
06:31 stated in the previous statements.
06:33 The Yemeni armed forces claim that they continue to prevent all ships of all nationalities
06:38 heading to Israeli ports from navigating in the Arab and Red Seas until they bring in
06:43 the food and medicine that our Steadfast Brothers in the Gaza Strip need.
06:49 In Palestine, Israel armed forces have begun pumping sea water into tunnels under the Gaza
06:54 Strip.
06:55 This action is part of Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip to defeat the Palestinian
06:59 resistance led by Hamas.
07:01 These acts concern Palestinian authorities as it will potentially lead to the destruction
07:06 of natural water wells, raising serious concerns about the humanitarian and environmental repercussions.
07:12 The flooding of the tunnels in the conflict zone like Gaza has serious humanitarian implications,
07:16 especially if it disrupts access to essential resources such as water.
07:21 Gaza already faces a difficult water situation with limited access to clean and safe drinking
07:26 water.
07:27 These actions jeopardize civilian infrastructure and basic needs such as water supply and are
07:33 considered a violation of international humanitarian law.
07:42 In Palestine, the people of Gaza started using Babur, a kerosene in light of the siege, and
07:47 it is a return of fuel and gas from the Strip.
07:50 Citizens of the Gaza Strip have returned to using their jet Babur.
07:54 This Babur has been used for many years and with the development of life it has been dispensed
07:59 with due to the presence of gas, diesel and electricity to heat water.
08:04 In these difficult days that the residents of the Gaza Strip are going through, they
08:07 have returned to use Babur due to the outage of gas, diesel and electricity and that there
08:13 is a great demand from citizens to buy it.
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08:46 The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed his attendance to the face-to-face
08:50 meeting with his counterpart from Guyana on Thursday in San Vicente and the Grenadines
08:55 to discuss a territorial dispute over the esquiva Guyana.
08:58 A territory ceased in 1899 by the United Kingdom and the Guyana refuses to settle the controversy
09:04 through the Geneva Agreement.
09:06 The report went Madelaine Garcia.
09:10 In this same scenario, in August, in his program with Maduro Mas, the Venezuelan President
09:15 invited the President of Guyana, Irfan Malik, to meet face-to-face to resolve the controversy
09:21 over the Guyana's esquiva through the dialogue established in the Geneva Agreement.
09:25 Four months after so much refusal by the Guyanese government, with the support of Salah Kharikom
09:30 and the President of Brazil, Lula da Silva, a step was taken.
09:35 I say we have done it.
09:37 We have achieved face-to-face dialogue.
09:39 It is a great achievement of the people of Venezuela, of the will of the sovereignty
09:45 of Venezuela.
09:46 It is one of the first great achievements of the historic step of December 3rd, because
09:52 this is resolved by talking face-to-face.
09:55 I say it.
10:01 But when and why was the dialogue of the Geneva Agreement interrupted?
10:05 In 2015, the US transnational company ExxonMobil acquired a world-famous oil field in maritime
10:12 Territory pending the demarcation between Guyana and Venezuela.
10:16 In 2018, the Guyanese government made a move that Venezuela did not expect.
10:20 It unilaterally took the case to the International Court of Justice and was endorsed by the Secretary-General
10:26 of the United Nations.
10:29 The action of the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, was erroneous.
10:33 He exceeded his functions contained in the Geneva Agreement by using or supporting in
10:38 one way or another the territory of Guyana to denuclearize the case without having exhausted
10:43 the mechanisms previously foreseen for a peaceful solution, such as mediation, good office,
10:48 or reconciliation, which are typified in Article 33 of the UN Charter and also included in
10:54 Article 4 of the Geneva Agreement.
11:01 It's absurd that the United Nations, whose role is to promote peace, to promote dialogue,
11:06 to promote agreements, to promote reconciliation, has acted in such a way that its behavior,
11:12 as well as that of the International Court of Justice, has caused the conflict to increase
11:17 and to aggravate.
11:19 And that is the role of these institutions.
11:21 The role is rather to seek solutions that are beneficial to peace and to agreement between
11:26 countries.
11:27 Article 33 of the United Nations Charter states that any dispute which may threaten the maintenance
11:37 of international peace and security shall be settled primarily by negotiation, mediation,
11:43 and other peaceful means, and that the Council may invite the parties to use such means to
11:49 settle their dispute.
11:51 The statute of the International Court of Justice also states that the countries in
11:56 dispute must agree to its jurisdiction.
11:59 They cannot force a state to recognize it.
12:02 But a phone call changed everything.
12:10 On Friday, I spoke with the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, with
12:14 whom we have marked differences because of the actions that he has taken outside the
12:19 Geneva Agreement.
12:20 And I explained to him very well the position of Venezuela with the statute of the International
12:26 Court of Justice in hand, the position of Venezuela since 1945 on the non-recognition
12:32 of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to settle the controversy of the
12:36 Czechoslovakian.
12:37 And I asked him to play a positive role as Secretary-General of the United Nations to
12:43 resume the dialogue.
12:44 And he committed to me that he would do so.
12:53 Vice President, Delce Rodríguez, explained what the Geneva Convention can achieve and
12:59 what the International Court of Justice cannot.
13:06 The defense of the Geneva Agreement of 1966, the only legal instrument that allows peaceful,
13:12 political, practical and satisfactory resolution for both sides, includes the concept of justice
13:16 for both sides, which is definitely excluding the solution through the International Court
13:21 of Justice.
13:26 The meeting in San Vincente and the Grenadines on Thursday will be an expression of the Geneva
13:31 Agreement Venezuela will put on the table, a formula for joint development based on the
13:36 PetroCaribbean experience.
13:43 In Haiti, court clerks begin a new debt on indefinite strike to demand the compliance
13:47 of agreements signed with the government in 2017.
13:50 During the day, protesters demanded the respect of respectful employees and claimed the removal
13:55 of discrimination in wages.
13:57 Court clerks are advocating for the rise of their fees and the approval of the Institute
14:01 for Notaries, which could allow them to enjoy all their benefits.
14:05 Meanwhile, the National Association of Haiti and court clerks informed that the strike
14:09 will affect the 18 national jurisdictions.
14:18 Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Belgium on Tuesday demanding better public services,
14:22 salaries and living conditions.
14:24 The protests in the central stood but placed during the EU negotiations on the disability
14:29 and growth pact, which aims to limit the member states' debts and deficits.
14:34 Critics tried to expand their weight out of the crisis, while instead implementing a series
14:38 of economic policies such as budget cuts and tax increases.
14:42 However, critics say the policies, known as austerity, won't work.
14:46 The European Trade Union Confederation, which represents 45 million members, claims the
14:50 plan of reinstatement of the disability and growth pact will force 14 member states to
14:56 get a combined 45 billion euros from the budget next year alone.
15:00 European inflation fell more than expected in November to 2.4%.
15:05 The low was more than two years, bringing some relief to households hit hard by the
15:09 economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine.
15:13 "People deserve to live in dignity, to have decent salaries, to have good working conditions
15:26 and they are not getting it from most governments in Europe and there's austerity measures being
15:35 imposed and we demand fair taxation so that there is enough money to go to the public
15:45 services and all European citizens, all European workers can live with dignity."
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16:35 On Tuesday, Kenya is out of the danger of over-indebtedness and claimed his president
16:39 Muella Ruto's president's economic policy despite polling anger and tax hikes, Samson
16:44 City Council.
16:45 "In the country of 53 million inhabitants, the economic powerhouse of this African country
16:50 is in the danger of over-indebtedness," said the head of state, Sina Roby, at a public
16:56 ceremony marking 60 years of independence from the former British colony.
17:00 The Kenyan economy was severely shaken by COVID, followed by the show ways of the war
17:05 in Ukraine and the historic droughts in the Horn of Africa, resulting in empty coffers,
17:09 dollar inflation and a plunging currency.
17:12 Because of servicing fully-debt, has risen sharply with the collapse of the Kenyan currency,
17:17 and in June 2024, Kenya was also hit by a surge in earbugs.
17:23 After his election in August 2022, Muella Ruto introduced a series of new taxes going
17:28 against his campaign promises.
17:30 Opposition protests against these new tax measures were organized between March and
17:35 July, resulting in dozens of deaths.
17:38 "In the past year, together, we have made the right choices, sometimes taken very difficult
17:48 and painful decisions to steer Kenya back from the edge of a catastrophic cliff of debt
17:55 distress and move our country in a new direction.
18:00 Inflation is now 6.8% down from a high of 9.2 a year ago.
18:08 In the last months, our GDP has grown at a rate of 5.4%, making Kenya the 29th fastest
18:17 growing economy in the world, according to the World Bank.
18:23 There is no question about it.
18:26 What we have done together, the price we have paid together, and the sacrifices we have
18:31 made together have rescued our country from an economic catastrophe."
18:41 Balo County in beginning of Egypt as presidential election polls closed on Tuesday after three
18:46 days of voting.
18:47 Police stations closed their doors at 9 p.m. local time in an election where four candidates
18:52 have run for the nation's presidency.
18:55 The National Election Authority reported an unprecedented turnout, and said the results
18:59 will be announced next Monday.
19:02 According to a specialist, Syrian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is suspected to win by
19:06 a landslide despite Egypt being gripped by various crises, including the Israel-Hamas
19:11 war in neighboring Gaza and in the conflicts for a cyber-economic crisis.
19:15 El-Sisi is running against three relative or non-political figures for the RAI/RAND,
19:20 leader of the left-leaning Egyptian social democrat Adel Sanaa Yamana from the century-old
19:27 but relatively marginal party WAFT, and Hassan Omar from the Republican People's Party.
19:32 If elected, El-Sisi will be the third and final term in office.
19:41 According to an election official, some citizens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while
19:45 a tides of displacement and conflict with the N23 rebel group, will not be able to vote
19:50 in the general election schedule for December 20.
19:53 "In Routrou, we have enrolled more or less 10 percent of the expected voters, haven't
20:02 we?
20:03 And we have no candidates, so the conditions are not right for opening the polling stations.
20:08 In Massissi, I think it's around 1 percent, so there's no reason to open polling stations."
20:13 "The registration was done in the camps for the displaced, but these displaced were
20:25 from Routrou, weren't they?
20:27 And you know that Routrou has no candidate, so there's no reason to open polling stations.
20:32 It's there because there's no candidate."
20:38 As they do every year, millions of faithful Catholics went to the Basilica of Our Lady
20:43 of Guadalupe to offer a favor of strength or gratitude.
20:47 The most debated figure shows that more than 4 million pilgrims are visiting the place.
20:52 From Mexico City, Daniel Rosa brings us the story.
20:55 Neither the cold nor the distance damp their faith.
20:59 They are the faithful who every year make a pilgrimage from different parts of Mexico
21:03 to the capital city to visit the dark virgin as she is known.
21:06 "We come to thank the virgin.
21:08 She loves us.
21:09 She is our mother.
21:10 Otherwise, to whom else are we going to ask for favors if not her?"
21:15 "It is not difficult to find those who walk the last few meters on their knees as penance
21:20 or gratitude.
21:21 This is the case of Maria."
21:23 "I ask for my children's health, that my children are well, that my resolutions for
21:28 the year will come true.
21:29 And thank God, my dreams have come true.
21:32 Thank God, they are coming true.
21:34 And thanks to the virgin."
21:36 "Don Sergio is one of the millions of people who went to the Marian temple.
21:40 He has to use a cane, and even so, he made the pilgrimage carrying his image of the Guadalupe,
21:45 which has been with him for 26 years."
21:49 "I come to thank God and our most holy mother, the virgin of Guadalupe, for all the time
21:55 she has given us life and because I am well at this moment, for all the things we have
21:59 gone through.
22:00 A year ago I couldn't see, but now, thanks God, the evidence is that here I am at the
22:04 feet of our most holy mother."
22:08 Sergio is not the only one who overcame his physical handicap when Carlos lived without
22:12 a leg, but he traveled 100 kilometers on a bicycle to bring his son to see the virgin
22:16 of indigenous features to express their gratitude.
22:19 "The fact of being alive, healthy, breathing, and being here with my son, living a unique
22:25 experience, for him it is his first time and for me I have been coming for several years
22:30 to give thanks to the virgin Mary."
22:33 Rebecca comes dressed as a chenelo, a traditional dancer from the state of Morelos, to thank
22:38 joyfully for the health of her granddaughter.
22:41 "She suffered from seizures.
22:45 She was in critical condition seven years ago.
22:48 She was even intubated.
22:50 She didn't give us any hope, but here she is."
22:52 Catholic tradition says that the Virgin Mary with indigenous features appeared to a person
23:08 named Juan Diego and asked for a construction of a temple on his behalf, which was built
23:12 after Fray Juan de Sumarraga saw the image of Jesus' mother in the cloak of jayate that
23:17 is now venerated by millions of faithful Mexicans.
23:20 And that is part of the Guadalupean devotion that the Mexican people show towards who they
23:24 consider to be their mother.
23:26 Every year they come to express their gratitude or to ask for favors, and this has been no
23:30 exception.
23:31 They sang her the "mañanitas" and now it is time to return to their places of origin.
23:39 And we have come to the end of this brief, but before saying goodbye we want to thank
23:43 a Caribbean audience, especially the audience of Trinidad and Tobago.
23:47 We are pleased to share our newscast and contribute to provide an alternative news source of the
23:52 latest world events.
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24:03 For TELUS Sur English, I'm Ana Rosabal, thank you for watching.
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