FTS 16:30 22-01: U.S. President Trump approves $500 billion AI project

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Donald Trump announced 500 billion of dollars in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure // President Nicolas Maduro leads the police and military exercises “Escudo Bolivariano 2025” // Israel's Zionist regime continues large-scale operations in the West Bank. teleSUR

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00:00The President of the United States, Donald Trump, approved on Tuesday the investment

00:13of at least $500 billion for the Stargate project in artificial intelligence.

00:22The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, together with the high command, led the military

00:26march as part of the start of the first popular military and police exercise Escudo Bolivariano

00:322025.

00:33And in Palestine, Israeli occupation forces continue with large-scale operations in the

00:41West Bank, one day after having killed 10 people and injuring over 40.

00:50Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.

00:55To begin with the news, stay with us.

01:11The President of the United States, Donald Trump, approved on Tuesday the investment

01:15of at least $500 billion for a project in artificial intelligence called Stargate.

01:21So far, it is the most expensive project in the history of humanity.

01:26Stargate is a project that consists of the creation of a mega artificial intelligence

01:31computer which will have thousands of data centers stored globally.

01:35The project, which aims to position the United States as a world leader in artificial intelligence,

01:41will be built in the state of Texas and will be led by companies such as Microsoft, NVIDIA

01:47and OpenA.

01:49In this sense, the U.S. President assured that this investment will generate close to

01:54100,000 jobs and will have, according to Trump, economic benefits for humanity.

02:01Together, these world-leading technology giants are announcing the formation of Stargate.

02:09So put that name down in your books, because I think you're going to hear a lot about it

02:14in the future.

02:15This is a new American company that will invest $500 billion, at least, in AI infrastructure

02:21in the United States and very, very quickly, moving very rapidly, creating over 100,000

02:28American jobs almost immediately.

02:31This monumental undertaking is a resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential

02:37under a new president.

02:40Let me be — a new president.

02:42I didn't say it.

02:43They did.

02:44I didn't say it.

02:48In the United States, demonstrators are rallying against President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant

02:53measures in front of the Lloyd George courthouse in Las Vegas.

02:57A day after his sworn-in ceremony, Trump abrogated a century-old policy known as birthright citizenship

03:04that warranted citizenship to the children of immigrants born in the U.S., regardless

03:09of the status of their parents.

03:11In addition, the Republican president eliminated all protection for irregular migrants taking

03:17refugee in churches, shelters, schools and other places in order to expand anti-immigrant

03:22law enforcement to arrest and deport them back to their countries of origin.

03:32The Chinese government ratified its commitment to defend its national interest after the

03:37U.S. President Donald Trump announced the imposition of a 10 percent tariff on Chinese

03:42imports as of February 1.

03:49We have repeatedly expressed China's stance on this issue.

03:52We have always believed that there are no winners in a trade war or a tariff war.

03:56China remains firmly committed to safeguarding national interests.

04:04The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement the death on Tuesday night

04:08of the former president of El Salvador, Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, as a result of his

04:14serious chronic illness.

04:16Mauricio Funes became president of El Salvador on the hand of the Faramundo Martín National

04:22Liberation Front with 51.32% of the valid votes and governed along with his vice president,

04:29Salvador Sánchez Serén, from 2009 to 2014.

04:33Funes, who was living in Nicaragua since 2016 after being persecuted by Salvadoran

04:38authorities who accused him of embezzlement, illicit enrichment and bribery.

04:48And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at

04:52TeleCity English where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and more.

04:56We'll be right back, stay with us.

05:03Welcome back to From the South.

05:19The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, led the military march together with the high

05:24command at the opening of the first popular military and police exercise named Polivarian

05:29Shield 2025.

05:31The Venezuelan president informed that this Wednesday, the Integral Defense Board became

05:36active in all the states, municipalities, parishes and communes of the country.

05:41The head of state declared that Venezuela has had ample success in combating and defeating

05:46criminal groups, besides offering other nations the experience that the national security

05:51entities acquired during their operations.

05:54In this sense, Maduro announced that the drills would be carried out through Wednesday and

05:59Thursday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Bolivarian Shield exercises.

06:21Also in this context, the Venezuelan president ratified that former Colombian presidents

06:26Salvador Uribe and Iván Duque are public enemies of the national armed forces and of

06:31the people of Venezuela.

06:39Venezuela has had ample success in combating, defeating and dismembering at the root the

06:47criminal groups that generate violence as a priority.

06:52And today we can say that, with some exceptions in some places, these groups have been totally

07:00defeated and crushed.

07:03If any country wants the experience of Venezuela, I extend my hand.

07:08For the fight against these violence-generating groups that have sustained, from Colombia,

07:17the paramilitarism, drug trafficking, the number one public enemy of Venezuela, Mr.

07:25Uribe and Mr. Duque, legally declared by the National Assembly as public number one enemies

07:31of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, of the people of Venezuela and of the popular

07:36military-police fusion.

07:39Displaced Colombians fleeing the armed conflict in the Catatumbo region were transferred from

07:43Casigua, El Cubo, to Santa Bárbara, de Zulia.

07:47According to Venezuelan authorities, the displaced have been attended to in terms of security

07:52and health.

07:53The military deployment has been key to warranting access to shelters set up in an organized

07:59manner.

08:00The armed confrontations in the border region have forced hundreds of people to abandon

08:04their homes.

08:05In view of this fact, the Venezuelan government, in solidarity with the Colombian people, set

08:10up checkpoints under the supervision of the Bolivarian National Guard for the immediate

08:14attention of the Colombian families affected during this situation.

08:26More than a hundred people have been killed in Colombia as a result of the armed conflict

08:30between the National Liberation Army, ELN, and the 33rd Front, a dissident faction of

08:36the now disbanded FARC-IP.

08:38So far, about 80 people have been killed in the Catatumbo region, while the conflict between

08:43armed groups has spread to other regions such as Guaviare, where over 20 deaths have been

08:48recorded.

08:50For its part, the Colombian government deployed thousands of military troops in the conflict

08:54zones to stop the violence and safeguard lives.

08:57This measure was intensified after the president declared a national state of internal commotion

09:03and economic emergency.

09:04However, despite the state's initiative, over 20,000 Colombians fled their homes, looking

09:10for refugees, of which some 1,000 have found shelter in Venezuela.

09:29In Indonesia, at least 25 people were killed and 17 others were injured in several land

09:34slides in Bali and Java.

09:36According to the National Search and Rescue Agency, the landslides occurred at three different

09:41locations on the island of Java, home to more than 150 million people, and left 16 people

09:48dead, 10 seriously injured and 11 missing.

09:51Meanwhile, on the tourist island of Bali, the disasters hit two locations, leaving nine

09:57dead and seven injured, while preliminary reports still do not give details on the missing.

10:05There were other smaller landslides that blocked the roads leading to the affected areas, but

10:09we already have rescue teams searching around the village chief's house and the cafeteria.

10:13Finally, we will also send a team to search along the river because the victims could

10:17have been swept into the river.

10:18We have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our YouTube

10:23channel at Telecity English, there you'll be able to re-watch our interviews, top stories,

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10:30Hit the subscribe button and activate the notification bell to stay up to date on the

10:34world's most recent events.

10:36Find us, short break, don't go away!

11:00Welcome back to From the South.

11:14In Palestine, Israeli occupation forces continue with their large-scale operation in the West

11:19Bank, one day after having killed 10 people and injuring over 40.

11:24For the second consecutive day, Zionist troops have mounted Wednesday an offensive against

11:28Yenin and its refugee camp.

11:31Wafaa News Agency reported that on early morning, bulldozers began to demolish the streets and

11:36the entrance of the government hospital in Yenin, which was surrounded by the military.

11:42Furthermore, as part of the siege, the occupying army arrested 18 citizens in the West Bank.

11:47According to the governor of Yenin, Kamal Abu Al-Rub, Israel took advantage of the truce

11:53in Gaza to transfer its forces to the occupied West Bank and harass its population.

12:03The Israeli occupation forces have continued their siege on the Palestinians in the West

12:09Bank, increasing their presence on the roads in addition to blocking the entrance of several

12:13localities.

12:14The Tel Aviv regime closed roads and blocked access to several villages in Hebron on Wednesday,

12:20preventing the free movement of Palestinian citizens.

12:24The Zionist forces also installed an iron gate at the entrance of the village of Deir

12:29Amar, west of Ramallah, in addition to the 18 iron gates and more than 898 checkpoints

12:36set up by the colonial army as part of its policy of collective punishment that hinders

12:41the daily life of the Palestinian population.

12:47Meanwhile, local authorities reported the illegal detention by Israeli forces of around

12:5330 Palestinian construction workers in the area of Kirbet al-Deir, southwest of Bethlehem.

13:00They also detailed that the detainees were subjected to harass interrogations on the

13:05spot as part of the Israeli occupation's ongoing aggressions against civilians and their property

13:10in several areas of the West Bank.

13:17Displaced Gazan citizens are returning home after over 15 months of aggressions, encountering

13:23an apocalyptic and devastating landscape in the coastal enclave.

13:28Many Gazan families are coming back to their homeland in which 92% of all houses have been

13:33severely damaged by the constant Israeli incursions.

13:37Palestinian residents are now worried about the fact that they cannot recover what they

13:41lost.

13:42Some international organizations ensure that Israel has embarked on a Scorched Earth campaign

13:48with the objective of weeping out the possibility of life in the Gaza Strip.

13:58In Israel, four citizens were wounded in a stabbing attack by a young man in Tel Aviv

14:03on Tuesday.

14:04According to Israeli media, two men aged 24 and 28 were moderately injured while the other

14:10two, aged 24 and 59, suffered minor injuries.

14:14The assailant was shot on the spot and died at the scene.

14:18The Zionist authorities managed to identify him as a 29-year-old Moroccan with US citizenship

14:25who arrived in the occupied territories a few days ago.

14:28The attack was reportedly in retaliation for the genocidal aggressions of the occupation

14:32army in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

14:40The European Union admitted that sanctions against Russia impact energy prices across

14:44the region.

14:45The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, acknowledged that energy

14:51prices across the European Union skyrocketed due to the interruption of ship supplies from

14:56Russia.

14:57Furthermore, the leader noted that the loss of Russian supplies made worse the European

15:02Union energy crisis.

15:04The authority granted that households and businesses are suffering power outages, however

15:10bills are not going down.

15:12Von der Leyen said that before 2022, the European Union received 45% of the gas and 50% of the

15:19coal from Russia and Moscow was one of the largest suppliers of oil to the European Union.

15:29In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens of people were displaced from their homes

15:35as part of the ongoing conflict between the Congolese army and the M23 insurgent group.

15:40The provincial governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Poroussi, confirmed that M23 rebels took control

15:47of the key town of Minova, an important commercial centre.

15:51Poroussi also added that the mining towns of Lumbishi, Numbi and Chanje were captured

15:57as well as the town of Weremana.

15:59The M23 or March 23 movement is one of approximately 100 armed groups that have been vying for

16:07years for control of the mineral-rich eastern region of the country, a conflict that has

16:12displaced more than 7 million people since 1998 and over 237,000 since the beginning

16:20of the year, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.

16:29The President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, leads the commemorative act for the day of the Plurinational

16:40State in the Murillo Square in the capital of La Paz.

16:44The official ceremony began Wednesday with an indigenous ritual of gratitude to the Pachamama

16:49or Mother Earth.

16:51The spiritual indigenous leaders placed their offerings on an altar made of firewood, which

16:57they later set on fire amidst prayers in the Aymara language.

17:01In 2010, the then-government of Evo Morales declared January 22nd as a holiday for the

17:08day of the Plurinational State.

17:10Likewise, four years earlier, Morales swore in as president for his first term on the

17:15same date, January 22nd.

17:21And like this we have come to the end of this news brief, but remember you can join us and

17:25find these and many other stories on our website at www.telesurenglish.net and join

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17:36For Telesur English, I'm Alejandra Garcia, thank you for watching.

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