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*Malawi declares state of disaster over drought
*UNSC approves resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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*Malawi declares state of disaster over drought
*UNSC approves resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 In Venezuela, the candidate registration process
00:12 for July 28 presidential election
00:13 continues on his fifth and last day.
00:15 In Malawi, President Lázaro Chácuera
00:21 declared a state of disaster in 23 districts
00:23 hit by a dry spell caused by El Niño.
00:29 And the UN Security Council passed for the first time
00:32 a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
00:35 during the month of Ramadan.
00:36 Hello, welcome from the south.
00:44 I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesus studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:48 We begin with the news.
00:49 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
00:51 will present his candidacy before the National Electoral
00:53 Council to seek re-election on this fifth day of registration
00:57 for the upcoming presidential elections.
00:59 Candidates of nine opposition political organizations
01:01 have already registered before the National Electoral Council
01:04 to test their political strength.
01:06 After the nominations, the Electoral Council
01:08 will have between March 28 and April 1
01:11 to decide if the registered candidates comply
01:13 with the respective regulations.
01:15 The Venezuelan electoral power began the process
01:17 of registration of candidates last Thursday
01:20 and concludes this Monday with the registration of President
01:22 Maduro.
01:28 We stay in Venezuela.
01:29 Citizens rally across the country
01:31 to show their support for President Nicolás Maduro's
01:34 candidacy.
01:35 The caravan of La Furia Bolivariana
01:37 will accompany the president as he formalizes his candidacy
01:41 for the next presidential elections.
01:43 From the main cities and states of the country,
01:45 the Venezuelan people travel to Caracas in a massive caravan
01:48 to support their candidate.
01:50 Supporters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela
01:52 affirm that they stand by their candidate for the defense
01:55 and peace of the country.
01:57 They have confidence also in the revolutionary project
02:01 for the transformation of the country.
02:03 In Ecuador, Brigitte Garcia, mayor of Caton Municipality
02:12 of San Vicente, and her communication director,
02:15 Javier Lur, were murdered this Sunday
02:17 in the department of Manabi.
02:19 The murder was confirmed by police authorities
02:21 who found two bodies in early morning hours
02:23 with no vital signs and gunshot wounds inside a vehicle
02:26 details are known so far.
02:28 So security forces began investigations
02:30 to determine the causes and responsible for the double
02:33 crime.
02:34 It's worth remembering that Garcia was elected mayor
02:37 by the Citizen Revolution Party at the age of 26,
02:40 being the youngest mayor in the country.
02:42 On Sunday, Argentine citizens had a new march
02:49 for memory, truth, and justice as they commemorate
02:52 48 years of the beginning of the last civil military
02:55 dictatorship.
02:56 Human rights organizations, political parties,
02:58 and social movements called to march
03:01 throughout the country on the slogan
03:03 "Never Against State Terrorism."
03:05 The epicenter of the mobilizations
03:06 will be the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires.
03:09 The day was expected to be one of the most massive
03:12 in the 40 years since the return of democracy.
03:14 In addition to the historic condemnation
03:16 of the systematic plan of kidnapping, torture,
03:18 and disappearance, and the demand for trial and punishment
03:20 of those responsible, this year activists
03:23 reject the negationist declarations
03:25 and the neoliberal economic policies of Javier Milet's
03:29 government.
03:29 On Sunday, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López
03:38 Obrador, was interviewed by the United States program
03:41 "60 Minutes," where he reviewed topics
03:43 such as Mexico's relationship with the US government.
03:48 President Trump, as well as President Biden,
03:51 has been very respectful, both of them.
03:53 We have had differences, but we have put the general interest
03:56 first, the interest of both people,
03:59 the people of the United States and the people of Mexico.
04:03 And we have understood each other.
04:05 And that is why we are economic and commercial partners.
04:07 During the interview, the Mexican president
04:12 also expressed his position on the actions taken
04:15 by the governor of Texas and the approval
04:17 of the law against illegal immigrants
04:18 in the border territory, describing them
04:21 as acts of opportunism and politicking.
04:23 The governor of Texas, to make propaganda,
04:29 because I think he wants to be a candidate for the vice
04:31 president of the United States, goes to the Rio Bravo
04:34 and puts up barbed wire fences and makes an spectacle.
04:38 That is opportunism.
04:39 That, with all due respect, is politicking.
04:42 That's not serious.
04:43 Let's take now a short break, but remember,
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04:54 Other stories coming up.
04:55 Stay with us.
04:56 [MUSIC PLAYING]
05:00 [THEME MUSIC]
05:03 Welcome back from the South.
05:29 In Russia, the Moscow busman in district court on Sunday
05:32 revealed that two detainees suspected
05:34 of a recent attack on the Krakow City Hall concert hall
05:36 have pleaded guilty.
05:38 Detainees, the son Mirzoyev and Sykhtekrami Rashabalisoda,
05:43 admitted they're guilty in the attacks that killed 100 people.
05:46 By the decision of the Moscow court,
05:48 and in order to satisfy the investigators' request,
05:51 the suspects were remanded in custody.
05:53 The court also ordered the arrest of Shamsidin Fadruduni
05:56 and Muhammadosovir Faisov.
05:59 Two more suspects in the terrorist attack of March 22.
06:02 The attack on the Moscow concert hall left at least 137 dead
06:05 and 180 wounded.
06:07 Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Scarrett
06:16 is in China to commemorate 20 years of diplomatic relations
06:19 between the two nations.
06:20 In his ways, Scarrett, accompanied by his wife
06:22 and other senior government officials,
06:24 were welcomed by China's Deputy Foreign Minister Hua Chunying.
06:27 Precisely, Scarrett stated that he intends to hold talks
06:30 with senior business leaders and attend the BOA Forum for Asia
06:34 in China's Henan province.
06:36 In his way, also Scarrett affirmed
06:38 that they will sign several cooperation agreements,
06:40 which will further cement their strong bilateral ties.
06:43 On Sunday, Scarrett and his delegation
06:45 also visited Huawei, China's leading smartphone
06:48 and technology developer.
06:56 On the other hand, Hua Chunying, Assistant Minister
06:59 of Foreign Affairs in his account of the Ossetian Network
07:02 X, highlighted that Dominica is a good friend of trust
07:06 and a good partner of China and the Caribbean.
07:08 In his way, the statement pointed out
07:09 that China and Dominica's relations
07:11 have become a good example of South-South cooperation.
07:14 In this regard, she further emphasized
07:15 that the President of China, Xi Jinping,
07:18 expressed his high appreciation for Prime Minister Scarrett's
07:21 unwavering commitment to the Dominican-Chinese friendship
07:25 and assured that both nations seek
07:27 to develop win-win cooperation and fruitful relations
07:30 for the greater benefit of their peoples.
07:32 In Indonesia, rescuers recovered the bodies
07:42 of three Rohingya refugees after the shipwreck of a boat
07:45 near Osset province.
07:47 Local fishermen first spotted the three bodies
07:49 and reported them to local authorities on Saturday.
07:51 At the rescue of the bodies, they
07:53 searched for survivors from a ship that capsized
07:55 near Osset province was ended.
07:57 On Thursday, fishermen and a team of rescuers
08:00 had pulled to safety 75 people who
08:02 remained huddled on the hull of the boat throughout the night.
08:06 Most were sent to a temporary shelter and others
08:08 to a local hospital for treatment.
08:10 We received data from the field team
08:17 that the victim was found 12 nautical miles
08:20 from the waters of Kana.
08:21 The victim was an adult of about 35 years of age.
08:26 In Senegal, the opposition candidate Basir Odiomaye
08:29 Faye leads the vote after the presidential elections held
08:31 on Sunday.
08:32 In this sense, preliminary results
08:33 show that Faye, candidate of the Patriots for Senegal party,
08:37 currently has 56.7% of the votes,
08:40 while Amadou Ba, from the Benobac-Yakar coalition,
08:43 has 31.4%.
08:45 The election day passed without serious incidents
08:48 in spite of the controversies around the elections, which
08:50 were scheduled for February 25 and whose postponement
08:53 led to violent protests.
08:55 As for us, the electoral commission
08:57 reminded that the proclamation of the results
08:59 is the sole responsibility of the authorized bodies,
09:02 while Amadou Ba insisted a runoff
09:04 will be necessary to determine the winner.
09:06 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]
09:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]
09:13 In Malawi, President Lázaro Chacuera
09:25 has declared a state of disaster in 23 districts of the country
09:28 hit by a dry spell caused by El Niño.
09:31 According to the Malawian leader,
09:33 close to 2 million farming households and 749,113 hectares
09:37 of maize, representing 44.3% of the national crop area,
09:41 have been affected by the harsh conditions.
09:43 The head of state said other important crops, such as rice,
09:46 soya beans, cow peas, and groundnuts,
09:49 have also been affected.
09:50 The president asked national and international organizations,
09:52 the United Nations, family, the World Bank,
09:54 and all other world leaders to offer help.
09:57 [END PLAYBACK]
10:00 I have seen we are distributing today.
10:02 I have a large piece of farmland that is more than 1 and 1/2
10:05 acres.
10:06 Together with the children I stay with,
10:08 we cultivate this land.
10:10 With good rains, I harvest 20 to 50 kilogram sacks of corn.
10:15 This year, I'm not going to lie to you.
10:17 I haven't harvested anything.
10:19 We planted in November, and the corn
10:21 germinated because we had rains.
10:23 In December, we had less rain.
10:26 There was too much sun, which burned
10:28 the whole field in the crops.
10:30 [END PLAYBACK]
10:32 In Cuba, efforts continue to deal with the damages caused
10:35 by the heavy rains that hit the western part of the country.
10:38 After a meeting with authorities in the capital city of Havana,
10:41 Cuban President Miguel DĂaz-Canel
10:42 gave guidelines for immediate recovery actions.
10:45 These actions are focused on the collection of debris
10:48 and the reestablishment of water and electricity services.
10:51 In this regard, social organizations
10:53 of the Caribbean nation began to collect donations,
10:55 such as food, cleaning supplies, household items, clothes,
10:59 footwear, and other resources that
11:01 will contribute to the recovery of the affected families.
11:03 The commemoration of the International Day
11:11 of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic
11:14 Slave Trade on March 25th seeks to combat
11:16 the racist legacy of that process
11:18 and promote justice for the victims.
11:20 Since 2006, the United Nations General Assembly
11:22 established the Transatlantic Slave Trade Outreach Program,
11:26 which designated March 25th of each year
11:28 as the date to raise awareness of this strike page in history.
11:31 The United Nations estimates over 13 million Africans
11:34 as victims of slavery, driven by the racist ideology
11:37 that these women, men, and children
11:39 were inferior because of the color of their skin.
11:41 Despite the resilience shown by enslaved people,
11:44 the racist legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
11:46 persists today in prejudices and negative reliefs
11:50 that are still perpetrated and affect people of African
11:52 descent around the world.
11:53 [END PLAYBACK]
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12:15 [MUSIC PLAYING]
12:19 the world.
12:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]
12:48 Welcome back.
12:49 On Monday, the UN Security Council
12:51 passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire
12:53 in the Gaza Strip during the month of Ramadan.
12:55 The resolution, approved with 14 votes in favor
12:58 and the United States' abstention,
13:00 comes after the ambassador to Mozambique, Pedro Comisario
13:03 Afonso, presented the draft resolution demanding Israel
13:07 cessation of hostilities.
13:09 The official expressed his gratitude
13:10 to all the members of the council
13:11 for their contribution to this draft resolution
13:14 and to put an end to the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
13:17 Afonso stressed that the situation in Gaza
13:19 is a matter of grave concern for the entire international
13:22 community because of its catastrophic consequences.
13:24 In Palestine, at least nine people
13:32 were reported to have been killed
13:34 during a new bombing in the city of Deir al-Bala,
13:36 the center of the Gaza Strip.
13:38 Local sources reported that bodies
13:40 were removed from the rubble of a house that
13:42 was attacked by the Israeli occupation forces, most of them
13:45 belonging to women, children.
13:47 In the meantime, rescue teams continue
13:48 the search for the missing.
13:50 Since last October 7, the Israeli occupation army
13:52 continues its aggression against the Palestinians
13:55 in the Gaza Strip.
13:56 To date, 32,226 people have been killed and more than 74,000
14:01 wounded, while the enclave has been
14:02 subjected to massive destruction and an unprecedented humanitarian
14:06 crisis.
14:13 The Catholic population of the Gaza Strip
14:15 gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday
14:16 in the midst of the constant Israeli siege.
14:18 The faithful gathered at the gates
14:20 of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family
14:22 to pray for peace and an end to the genocide in Gaza
14:26 that has claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinians.
14:29 The attendees expressed that Palm Sunday
14:31 is an opportunity for hope, goodness, and peace,
14:33 both for Palestinians and for the whole world.
14:35 Palestinian Catholics also criticized the restrictions
14:38 of movement imposed on those in the occupied West Bank,
14:41 arguing that such actions prevented many of the faithful
14:44 from joining the festivities.
14:45 In Australia, police arrested 19 activists
14:53 after they organized a protest against the arrival
14:55 of an Israeli ship in one of Sydney's main ports.
14:58 Pro-Palestinian activists, including
15:00 members of the Australian Maritime Union,
15:02 gathered in Port Botany on Sunday afternoon
15:04 to protest against the arrival of the container ship
15:07 Ganesh, operated by the Israeli base shipping company Zim.
15:11 Waving Palestinian flags and calling for an end
15:13 to the genocide in Gaza, protesters
15:15 sought to block the shipment of arms to the Israeli army.
15:18 In Jordan, police officers used tear gas
15:25 to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting
15:28 in front of the Israeli embassy in the capital city of Amman
15:31 against the latest Israeli assault on hospitals in Gaza
15:34 and the massacre of civilians.
15:36 Witnesses report that those present
15:38 were beaten and arrested by the police
15:40 when they tried to break the police cordon
15:42 around the embassy.
15:44 The country's authorities allowed the demonstration.
15:46 However, they expressed that they would not
15:48 allow any attempt to storm the Israeli embassy, a place that
15:51 has been a flashpoint of anti-Zionist protests
15:54 against the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
15:56 In Armenia, three men were charged
16:03 with acts of terrorism after they
16:05 carried out an attempted assault on a police station
16:07 in Yerevan, the capital of the country.
16:09 During the attempted assault, the suspect
16:11 detonated hand grenades, injuring two of them.
16:13 A third assault remained at this entrance
16:17 and threatened to explode another grenade.
16:22 According to local media sources,
16:24 the men aimed at freeing members of combat brotherhood
16:28 organization who were arrested earlier that Sunday.
16:31 The group opposes the planned transfer of several villages
16:34 from the Armenian region of Tabush to the neighboring region.
16:36 I come from the area of the police station.
16:46 There are no assumptions about the incident.
16:48 The proper authorities will provide more information.
16:51 I only know that any armed person with a pistol
16:53 is showing up at the police station.
16:55 According to our criminal code, it's
16:57 considered an attempted act of terrorism.
17:00 I say this on the basis, and I would
17:02 like to remind you of the criminal laws.
17:06 Spectacular aurora borealis caused
17:08 by geomagnetic storms on sun's surface
17:11 may be visible in North America as far south as the Midwest.
17:14 Solar eruptions are sending a stream of particles
17:17 towards Earth, creating spectacular auroras
17:19 in both hemispheres.
17:21 The aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere
17:23 will be potentially visible on Monday night in the US
17:26 as far south as the Midwest.
17:28 In the southern hemisphere, the aurora australis
17:31 will be visible in southern Australia from Victoria
17:34 to Western Australia.
17:35 The shimmering aurora comes on the same night
17:38 as a penumbral lunar eclipse, which
17:40 will be visible around the world.
17:42 Australia's Bureau of Meteorology's Space Weather
17:44 Forecasting Center issued an aurora alert
17:47 on Monday morning, saying a severe solar storm was
17:50 in progress and the southern lights could be visible.
17:52 Let's go now to the world of sports, specifically,
18:01 talk about football, because on Sunday,
18:02 the final of the CONCACAF Nations League was played.
18:05 In this sense, the United States team
18:07 beat Mexico two goals to nil to become
18:10 champions of the regional event.
18:12 With this result, the team coached by Greg Berhalter
18:15 won their third title of the tournament,
18:18 while the Aztecs were left with the desire
18:20 to win it for the first time.
18:22 The CONCACAF Nations League is a men's football championship
18:25 contested by 41 national teams affiliated with CONCACAF.
18:29 The tournament is held during FIFA international dates.
18:32 The first edition began in September 2019.
18:42 The Palestinian kufilla is recognized worldwide
18:44 as a symbol of the struggle of Palestinian people.
18:47 The attire is a scarf whose use has
18:49 been popularized in recent decades
18:51 to reach, to the surprise of many,
18:53 the catwalks of haute couture.
18:55 The typical piece of white cloth with black or red motifs,
18:59 which became common on the international media scene,
19:02 thanks to the leader of the Palestine Liberation
19:04 Organization, Yasser Arafat, has also
19:06 inspired fashion designers who have taken it to many fashion
19:09 shows and collections.
19:11 One of the most recent episodes came from Egyptian designer
19:14 Mohamed Nour, who, in the heat of the current Israeli
19:17 offensive against the Gaza Strip,
19:18 denounced by countries, organizations,
19:20 and personalities around the world,
19:22 presented a collection for 2024 under the title of Libha,
19:26 in which all the pieces are appropriate
19:28 and recreate the aesthetics of the kufilla.
19:31 Also this Monday, travelers across India and Nepal
19:39 smear each other with colors and water
19:41 to celebrate the Hindu Spring Festival of Colors, Holi.
19:45 The festival celebrates the arrival of spring
19:47 and participants throw color powder at each other
19:49 as a sign of love and friendship.
19:51 Bonfires are also lit to symbolize
19:53 the burning of evil, and traditional sweets
19:55 are shared to foster a sense of community.
19:58 Holi, in addition to its interpretation
20:00 in the sacred Hindu scriptures, has
20:01 its roots in the ancient Indian agricultural rituals
20:04 and practices, and is also believed
20:06 to be dedicated to fertility and the blossoming of new life.
20:09 We have come to the end of this news brief.
20:17 You can find these and many other stories
20:19 on our website at telesureinglish.net.
20:20 You can also join us on our social media,
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20:25 For Telesur English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
20:27 Thank you for watching.
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