FTS 10:30 21-10: Electric power restored to 50% of Havana’s population

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21/10/2024
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.

09:53We have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our YouTube

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10:06world's most recent events.

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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.

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