* In Venezuela, indigenous peoples vote in 2025 legislative elections
* Russian govt. Denounces terrorist attacks in Bryansk and Kursk regions. teleSUR
* Russian govt. Denounces terrorist attacks in Bryansk and Kursk regions. teleSUR
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00:00The latest 99 million Mexicans are called to vote on Sunday in the first judicial elections aimed at democratizing justice.
00:21Venezuela's indigenous communities vote on Sunday in the second stage of the legislative elections 2025.
00:30The Russian delegation arrived in Turkey to participate in the second round of direct negotiations with the Ukrainian government.
00:46Hello, welcome from the south. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Derezo Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:51We'll begin with the news. Stay with us.
01:00At least 99 million Mexicans are called to vote on Sunday in the first judicial elections aimed at democratizing justice.
01:14The election kick-started with a civic ceremony headed by the National Electoral Institute, which began with the raising of the flag on the institute's planet.
01:21Citizens are going to the polls on June 1st to elect 881 judicial officials at the federal level.
01:28The process is expected to end in the afternoon. However, the schedule may vary depending on each entity.
01:33These positions are fundamental to the administration of civil, criminal and electoral justice in Mexico.
01:39In this context, the president of Mexico, Clara Champaón, exercised her right to vote early on Sunday at the polling station located at the Museum of Art of the Secretariat of the Treasury in the historic center of Mexico City.
01:58The president was accompanied during the democratic exercise by her husband, Jesús MarÃa.
02:03Afterwards, while being greeted by the population at the site, the head of state explained long-lived democracy and showed her thumb stained with indelible ink.
02:11This was why she inbound first vote as head of the federal executive and the first vote ever cast by a woman president in the country.
02:18Similarly, former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador exercised his right to vote at a polling station located in the municipality of Palenque in the state of Chiapas.
02:36The former Mexican leader was greeted with hugs and recognition by citizens after participating in the democratic process.
02:43López Obrador highlighted the importance of the election for a fair judiciary in the country.
02:48A historic election, never in the history of our country.
03:05The people, in a direct manner, had decided, and had had the right to elect judges, magistrates, ministers of the judiciary.
03:20It is the first time in history that is why I wanted to participate in these historic elections.
03:34Mexican National Electro-Institut President Guadalupe Tadej described these direct power vote elections to the judiciary as unprecedented and as a way to strengthen the separation of powers.
03:49So far, we have set up 79,931 polling stations throughout the country, which represents 95.8% of the initially foreseen total number of polling stations.
04:02Today, we're witnessing an unprecedented moment in the democratic history of Mexico, with people actively taking part in the formation of one of the three powers of the union.
04:15This is a unique opportunity to strengthen the division of powers and to have a judicial system that's closer to the people.
04:22Venezuela's indigenous communities voted on Sunday in the second stage of the legislative elections 2025.
04:29The newly elected deputies and legislators would represent almost 170,000 indigenous peoples.
04:35It divided in more than 3,900 communities in states such as Amazonas, San Suategui, and Apure.
04:41For this election day, the National Electro Council set up 95 polling centers and 118 polling stations in 77 municipalities of the country.
04:50Parliamentary and legislative elections for the indigenous communities reinforced the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples who contribute with their ancestral knowledge and culture to the development of Venezuela.
05:02It is important to recognize the electoral process that right now we are complying with those articles and the 126 with our indigenous culture of our indigenous people.
05:21Today, we said with great pride, we are electing our deputies to the National Assembly and our legislators of the state of Francoategui.
05:29It is something essential and special for us because it is a pride as indigenous people.
05:42For the preparation of those children to come, the new generations that come after us so that they follow the path of maintaining our culture, our customs, in our communities, and so we have a good representation in the National Assembly.
05:58To defend our rights as indigenous peoples and communities always united and strengthened in compliance with indigenous laws.
06:05Meanwhile, in Poland, polls have closed on Sunday's run-off presidential election, a tight race with major implications for the country's role in Europe.
06:17Voting ended at 9 p.m. local time in the election where Warsaw's pro-European Major Rafael Traskowski, an ally of the centrist government, was facing off against nationalist historian Karol Nauroki.
06:28A first round of voting was held on May 18th with Traskowski winning by a razor-thin margin of 31% against Nauroki's 30%, which triggered Sunday's second round.
06:38Exit poll suggested the race is too tight to call despite Traskowski declaring himself winner in the aftermath.
06:44The state electoral commission expected to release the final vote count on Monday, though official results could be known sooner.
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07:06Welcome back. Venezuela welcomes the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohamed Bagar Khalibaf, with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations.
07:33Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Hill welcomed the head of the Iranian Consultative Assembly at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiketia.
07:40Iran and Venezuela celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations, which were deepened by Commander Hugo Chavez and President Nicolas Maduro.
07:47Both countries have signed at least 300 joint development agreements in strategic areas such as energy, oil, gas, transportation, tourism, among others.
07:56And as part of his visit, the President of the Consolative Assembly of Iran, Mohamed Bagar Khalibaf, participated in the presentation of a floral offering at the sarcophagus of the Liberator Simon Bolivar.
08:15With this act, Venezuela reaffirms its diplomacy of peace and brotherhood with Iran.
08:20The Persian delegation will fulfill an extensive agenda of activities in the South American nation to strengthen the strategic alliances between both nations.
08:28The Russian delegation arrived in Turkey to participate in the second round of direct negotiations with the Ukrainian government.
08:49Russian Foreign Minister Zakaria Lavrov said that the second phase of talks is scheduled for Monday, June 2, in Istanbul.
08:55A group added that Moscow has drafted a memorandum outlining its position on the most important aspects of the root causes of the crisis and conflict.
09:03It is hoped that Russia and Ukraine will engage in dialogue and reach a joint agreement.
09:07Russian authorities denounced as terrorist attacks the explosions that caused strange derailments over the weekend.
09:20The first attack occurred at 10.50 p.m. local time on Saturday at a railway line in the Vigonewski district of the Bryansk region.
09:28The structure of a road bridge was detonated and the debris fell on a passenger train.
09:32The incident left seven people dead and 66 wounded.
09:35In addition, at 3 a.m. local time on Sunday, a railway bridge was also blown up in Kursoplast, leaving an engineer and his two assistants injured.
09:44In this context, the Russian Investigative Committee classified the bridge collapses as terrorist attacks,
09:49with official representative Svetlana Petrenko informing they were deliberately blown up.
09:54Russia announces drone attacks on military units in southeast Siberia by the Ukrainian regime.
10:05This way, the local authorities of the Russian region of Irkutsk reported that the unmanager vehicle attack was aimed at the town of Svetny.
10:12They also noted that a building in the locality of Novomaltinsk was attacked.
10:17The Ministry of Emergencies and National Guardsmen said that the drones were launched from a truck, which was already blocked, and Federal Security Service officers were on the scene.
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11:25At least 30 people were killed by Israel in a new attack on an aid distribution center in southern Gaza,
11:31to where thousands of people turned in desperation amid the famine ravaging the Palestinian enclave.
11:36The attack distribution center is run by a U.S. black group in Rafa.
11:40The Gaza government media office issued a statement confirming that the attack by the occupation army also left 150 people injured,
11:48and that the number of casualties is likely to rise.
11:51They said the killings reflect the nature of these areas as mass death traps, not as humanitarian aid points.
11:57They also denounced what they described as a systematic and malicious use of aid as a tool of war,
12:02used to blackmail starving civilians and forcibly round them up at exposed extermination points.
12:10We don't want aid from them. They are killing us and they won't give us aid. We want a solution.
12:19Do you think someone throwing a missile at us will give us aid? They want to take my son to kill him.
12:24We have lost enough. We want a solution and to live in freedom. We want to work and eat with our money.
12:29We don't want aid from Israel. We don't want our children to die.
12:34What, you give me food and then kill me with a missile? What did I gain from this food? You feed me and then you kill me?
12:39No, we don't want that. We want our children to live as they were before.
12:42And for my son to go to school and come back home and find a plate of lentils. I will be satisfied with that.
12:47I want him to come back safely from school. I don't want anything. And this is what I hope from God, that they find a solution. I don't want more than that.
12:54Human rights organizations on behalf of Palestinian prisoners are denouncing violence by Israeli Megiddo, a prison administration especially against minor prisoners.
13:07According to the organizations, the prisoners are subjected to systematic malnutrition and repeated beatings.
13:13Lawyers claim that the prison administration frequently denies inmates the legally stipulated outdoor time of one hour a day.
13:19They also pointed out that illnesses are on the rise among the inmate population due to poor hygiene, lack of ventilation and medical treatment.
13:38Climate activist Greta Thunberg and 11 other activists set sail for Gaza on Sunday afternoon in a vote with the aim of breaking the Israeli blockade against the Gaza Strip.
13:47The Matlin sailboat operated by the activist group Freedom Fotila Coalition set sail from the Sicilian port of Catania in Italy.
13:56Activists will attempt to reach the Gaza coast in order to deliver aid and raise awareness among the international community about the humanitarian crisis being experienced by its inhabitants.
14:07A previous attempt to reach Gaza by sea in May failed after an order of the group's ships, the conscience, was attacked by drones in international waters off the coast of Malta.
14:16The group blamed Israel for the attack.
14:25In other news, in France two people were killed and over 500 were arrested overnight at riots following the 5-0 win of the Paris Saint-Germain team over Inter Milan at the Champions League final in Munich, Germany.
14:35A total of 11.5 million people tuned in across France to watch the game and although the majority of fans celebrated peacefully, the interior minister said that 491 people were arrested in Paris after a crowd converged on the Champs-Élysées Avenue and clashes broke out with the police.
14:51Across France a total of 559 people were arrested.
14:54The PSG team was to hold a victory party on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday with tens of thousands of supporters expected to gather to catch a glimpse at their returning heroes.
15:03At least 30 people have died in India's northeast after monsoon rains caused floods and landslides over the weekend.
15:12This regard report is reported on Sunday the death of at least eight people in the Assam state and nine more in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh, many of them buried on the earth and debris dislodged by the downpour.
15:27In addition, three members of one family were killed in a mudslide in a mudslide in Guwahati on Saturday as heavy rains led to flooding in many areas of the city, leading to long-power outages and prompting authorities to shut schools and colleges.
15:42The natural rains have continued for three straight days, with the country's weather agency forecasting more downpours in the region in the coming days, prompting authorities to issue a red alert for several northeastern districts.
16:07In Costa Rica, the authorities have warned about the proximity of a new tropical wave with heavy rains to hit the country shortly.
16:22The National Metrological Institute said the weather phenomenon will impact the Central Pacific, South Pacific and Northern regions and that the rain will be accompanied by thunderstorms and increased humidity levels.
16:34This is the fourth tropical wave of the season, which coincides with hundreds of reports of flooding throughout the country due to seasonal rainfall over the last days.
16:42Therefore, the authorities warned the effects would be greater.
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