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*Colombian pres. denounces existence of foreign criminal organizations
*Brazil: finance minister meets with Chinese and Russian counterparts
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*Colombian pres. denounces existence of foreign criminal organizations
*Brazil: finance minister meets with Chinese and Russian counterparts
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00:00Hamas resistance movement is currently in touch with leaders of the Palestinian groups to discuss
00:14a new ceasefire proposal received from mediators. The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro,
00:24denounced on Thursday the existence of new foreign criminal organizations in the country
00:27that control territories to export cocaine. In Brazil, finance minister Fernando Haddad met with his
00:37counterparts from China and Russia to agree on the strengthening of the bilateral financial dialogue
00:43on the eve of the BRICS leaders' meeting. Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos
00:53from Delsus Studios in Havana, Cuba. We'll begin with the news. Stay with us.
01:15The resistance movement Hamas is currently in touch with leaders of the Palestinian groups to discuss a
01:19new ceasefire proposal received from the mediators. Hamas declared that it will present its final
01:24decision to mediators, including in the agreement a gradual exchange of 10 living and 18 dead hostages
01:30for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The proposal follows a report of an alleged agreement by Israel
01:35to carry out a near-complete withdrawal of its military troops from Gaza under a possible 60-day
01:40ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression in the Palestinian
01:45territory, killing 16 people and wounding dozens more in an attack on people waiting for egg trucks
01:51east of Hanjunis. At least 20 were killed and several more wounded. When Israeli forces
02:02showed an open fire on displaced people's tents in Hanjunis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on
02:07Friday morning. According to local media reports, 15 people were killed in a bombardment near the
02:12Taiba Towers, three in the El Sabra neighborhood and two at the humanitarian aid center north of Rafa.
02:18These deaths are in addition to the more than 100 people killed by the Israeli army in various areas
02:23of the Gaza Strip on Thursday. It is believed that Palestinian armed factions ambushed an Israeli maneuver force
02:29operating in the region, prompting the army to intensify its operations early Friday morning.
02:33Our authorities recorded explosions and plumes of smoke after Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
02:46The Israeli army claimed to have carried out airstrikes against military positions containing weapons
02:52cached as well as military buildings and terrorist infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah resistance
02:58movement in southern Lebanon. This incident comes amidst a recent escalation of tensions on the
03:03Lebanon-Israel border where exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah group have
03:07intensified in recent weeks. The shedding also caused panic among residents, although no fatalities
03:12have been confirmed so far.
03:20And after the British band Bob Dylan used the slogan against the Israeli armed forces at the
03:25Glastonbury Festival, a German concert venue canceled their opening act performance for Gogol Bordello's
03:31European tour. The decision came after the media outrage generated by Last Start Saturday's performance
03:36on the West Holt stage amid Israeli aggression that has resulted in the death of more than 57,000
03:42Palestinians. Similarly, organizers of the Raider Festival in Manchester and Cave Fest in France
03:48canceled their events. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of State revoked the band's visas,
03:52jeopardizing their planned October tour despite the sanctions. The band reaffirmed its position,
03:57staying in silence is not an option. The Palestinian people are suffering.
04:07And in Sudan, humanitarian organizations warned of attacks on health institutions across the country,
04:12calling them atrocities against civilians. In a report on the title,
04:16besieged attacked starving. The entity maintained that health care is unviable due to systematic
04:23attacks. Doctors without borders state that 70 percent of medical cities in Sudan have been
04:27shut down or are simply operating and that there is no sign of an end to the conflict. This war,
04:36which began in April 2023, has left the population struggling with a lack of food security and the
04:41danger of famine exposing citizens to the vulnerability of disease, outbreaks such as cholera, which given
04:47the collapse of the health system, has become difficult to control.
04:56As to international actors, UN member states and bodies, the states with influence over the warring
05:02parties who provide them military, economic or diplomatic support, they must use all their leverage.
05:10Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban-led regime in Afghanistan
05:15since it took power in 2021. The Russian Foreign Minister said in a statement that the act of official
05:21recognition of the government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will boost the development of
05:26fruitful bilateral cooperation between the two countries in different areas. The Russian Ministry
05:31stressed that this future cooperation will have its main focus in trade, energy, transport,
05:36agriculture and infrastructure, as well as the fight against crimes related to drug trafficking.
05:41For its part, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs described their recognition as positive and important.
05:54Meanwhile in Indonesia, rescue teams continue to search for 29 people missing after a ferry
05:59bound for the island of Beli, Capsize, an accident that has so far left six people dead. Teams from the
06:05National Search and Rescue Agency are searching by land, water and air in the Beli Strait where the
06:11boat with 53 passengers and 12 crew members sank on Wednesday night. So far, 29 people have been
06:17rescued. The search for was halted on Thursday night to be heard soon on Friday at 8 a.m local time with
06:23the deployment of aircrafts. Authorities anticipate a strong tide for the day with waves of four meters that
06:29will make the search more difficult. At least 20 people were injured in Italy when an explosion occurred
06:42at a gas station southwest of Rome. According to police sources, the initial explosion occurred around
06:478 a.m local time in the Prenestino neighborhood which is located southwest of the capital. So far,
06:5220 people have been injured including nine police officers and a firefighter. The initial hypothesis suggests
06:58that firefighters were alerted by a truck that hit a gas pipe. When they arrived from the scene,
07:03a strong explosion occurred. This explosion was preceded by smaller explosions which caused a column of
07:08black smoke and large fire that firefighters are trying to control. It's estimated that the number
07:13of injured individuals may increase.
07:23And in France, authorities called on airlines to cancel hundreds of flights amidst the second day of
07:27air traffic controller strike. Civil Aviation General Directorate asked local airline companies to reduce
07:33by 40% their flight schedules to the country's two main airports, Charles de Gaulle and Orly in Paris.
07:39On the first day of strike, almost a thousand routes were canceled. So it's estimated that the number of
07:44passengers affected could be approximately 300,000. Unions demand better working conditions and increased staffing.
07:51We now have our first break coming up. Remember to join us on TikTok at Telesur English where you'll find news
08:02in different formats, news updates and much more. We're going to be right back. Stay with us.
08:17Welcome back. The Mercosur Summit concluded Thursday in Buenos Aires, Argentina with the announcement of
08:32a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association. In its last speech, as Mercosur's
08:37pro-temporary president, Javier Millet questioned the validity of the common market, demanded more
08:41flexibility for the bloc, called for ultra-liberal reforms in favor of commercial freedom, and warned that
08:46Argentina could abandon the bloc if the partners do not follow these measures. The Argentine president
08:52was joined at the summit by Foreign Minister Gerardo Barthain and Presidential Secretary Karina Millet.
08:57Visiting heads of states, including the presidents of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Panama,
09:02new bloc's rotating presidency was formally handed over to Brazil.
09:06The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, denounced on Thursday the existence of new foreign criminal
09:20organizations in the country that control territories to export cocaine. The president insisted that this
09:25is a problem of national sovereignty. Likewise, the heads of states say that if Colombia loses territories,
09:31it does so in the hands of Albanians, Italians, Mexicans, Paraguayans and Colombians at the service
09:36of all of them. The president also referred to the assaulted Senator Uribe Turbay and pointed out that
09:41they only know that the perpetrators are micro-traffickers.
09:44An Ecuador security block made up of police and military seized nearly three tons of drugs and
09:57arrested five people allegedly linked to the Albanian mafia. This is the result of a raid carried out on
10:02a property that operated under the facade of a cattle ranch in the town of Chongcon, one of the most
10:07insecure areas in Ecuador. The security block managed to apprehend five people allegedly linked to the Albanian
10:12mafia. He detailed that during the intervention, suspicious containers were located and they found
10:17a truck park in an irregular way, which contained approximately three tons of drugs. The drug seized
10:22in the most recent operation in Guayas are added to the 96 tons of narcotics, most of them cocaine,
10:27seized in the first six months of 2025.
10:42In Argentina, at least nine Argentines are reported dead due to the extreme polar cold wave that the
10:55South American nation is facing. The victims succumb to the cold while living on the streets in different
11:00regions of the country. According to the international meteorological records, the low temperatures
11:05registered in the capital of Buenos Aires and other provinces position the nation as the coldest country in the world.
11:10Also in Argentina, the city of Mar del Plata ran out of gas in the midst of the polar wave. Mar del Plata,
11:22the fifth largest city in the country, ran out of gas in several areas on Thursday and services were
11:27suspended in schools, hospitals, universities, industrial parks, restaurants and natural gas stations.
11:33Temperatures reached 10 degrees below zero and according to the national gas regulatory entity,
11:38consumption of the service grew by 25 percent compared to last year. Due to the high demand
11:43caused by low temperatures, the natural gas supply was completely suspended. In the last few hours,
11:48the gas distribution company reported that it has managed to reconnect the supply
11:52to more than a thousand residents and will continue to guarantee the reconnection of all users.
11:56And in Greece, a large forest fire that broke out on Thursday on the outskirts of Athens has
12:08forced local authorities to order the evacuation of more than 1,200 people. Meanwhile, hundreds of
12:14firefighters are struggling to contain the flames before nightfall forces a halt to the aerial water
12:19dropping. The most worrying outbreak is one that continues to burn near the town of Spata,
12:24with a population of about 12,000, which for the moment has not been evacuated and is not directly
12:31threatened. The fire broke out Thursday near the coastal town of Rafina, located some 20 kilometers
12:36east of the Greek capital and spread rapidly westward fueled by strong winds.
12:40We did everything we could. The firefighting planes and helicopters that arrived immediately did a
12:52great job. They lowered immensely the temperature and helped so much. We fought a big fight and we
12:56managed to contain the fire.
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13:17Welcome back. In Brazil, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad met on Thursday with his counterparts from
13:37China and Russia to agree on the strengthening of bilateral financial dialogue on the eve of the BRICS
13:42leaders meeting. Haddad received the finance ministers of China and Russia, Lan Foan and Anton Silvanov,
13:49and they agreed to a memorandum for financial cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral levels.
13:54Brazil reaffirmed its commitment to the 2025 World Climate Summit and backed the fund to conserve
14:00tropical forests. On Friday and Saturday, Rio de Janeiro will host the first meeting of the finance
14:05ministers of the BRICS and the 10th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Development Bank.
14:12In this context, the Brazilian Navy announced that naval patrols and maritime control activities
14:24will be reinforced in key areas along the Rio de Janeiro coast before the BRICS summit. Several
14:29military units will also be in charge of securing the access roads and the surroundings of the Museum
14:34of Modern Art and the Marina da Gloria, where the high-level meeting will take place. The BRICS summit will
14:39take place on July 6th and the 7th in Rio de Janeiro, bringing together heads of states of 11 member
14:44countries together with invited partners.
14:54Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum affirmed that the Mexico Plan seeks to compensate for possible losses
14:59that may occur after tensions with the United States. The Mexican President explained that the tariffs and the
15:04environment created by the new measures implemented by Washington have had some impact on the country.
15:10However, President Sheinbaum noted that the situation could be offset in the second half of the year as both
15:16public and private construction projects are gaining momentum nationwide. She also emphasized that Mexico
15:21remains competitive in terms of exports and reaffirmed the government's commitment to reaching an agreement with the U.S.
15:27U.S. migration authorities arrested Thursday in Los Angeles Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. with a deportation order.
15:41An official statement issued by the Department of Homeland Security referred to Chavez Jr. as an
15:45undocumented criminal with active arrest warrant in Mexico for his alleged involvement in organized crime
15:51and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, and explosives. U.S. authorities alleged that Chavez is an
15:56affiliate of the Sinaloa cartel, a group designated by the Trump administration as a foreign terrorist organization.
16:02According to the agency, the Mexican boxer entered the United States legally in August 2023 on a B2
16:08tourist visa valid only until February 2024.
16:20And the government of the Dominican Republic deported more than 30,757 Haitian nationals during June.
16:26A press release from the General Directorate of Migration stated that these citizens without legal
16:32documents were returned to their country. Likewise, the institution pointed out that as of August,
16:37the operations against illegal migration will be intensified throughout the territory with the arrival
16:41of some 465 migratory agents distributed in 19 of the 31 provinces of the country. The operations
16:48against migrants increased after President Luis Abinader announced 15 measures that tightened the
16:54migratory policy due to the violence that persists in the neighboring country.
17:08The Biennial Tour will celebrate its 10th anniversary this Saturday in Argentina within the framework of its 2025 edition. After inaugurating its first exhibitions in Colombia last week, this cultural event described as the largest in the world will organize new exhibitions and a performance at the Contemporary Art Center in Buenos Aires.
17:20Also next week, several exhibitions will be inaugurated in other places such as the Memory Park, the Isaac Fernandes Blanco, Hispanic American Art Museum, and the Palacio Pereira Cultural Space of the Brazilian Embassy.
17:32Artists from Italy, Mexico, France, Switzerland, Switzerland, and Uruguay and Uruguay will be present during the celebration.
17:48And the 7th edition of the National Puppet Festival, Chiapas 2025 comes to Mexico. This festival that aims to promote local talent in the creation and staging of puppets will bring together 17 companies from all over the country that will offer more than 50 activities to highlight the rich theatrical tradition of the state.
18:06From July 4th to July 6th, the Children's Museum will host workshops, artistic presentations, and exhibitions that will celebrate the world of puppets, as well as performances and workshops in schools and public squares in various municipalities of the state, with the objective of providing families with the opportunity to enjoy performances of table puppets,
18:35table puppets, string puppets, puppetry, and marionettes.
18:45The province of Carthago is preparing to receive the Costa Rica Piano Festival 2025 with a free concert for the whole family.
18:52This traditional festival, which promotes national and foreign piano talent, will take place from July 5th to the 12th at the Municipal Museum of Carthago and will feature the performance of various interpreters who will participate in a week.
19:04will participate in a week dedicated to music and artistic training. The inaugural gala will include outstanding Costa-American pianists such as Luciana Astorga, Carlos Andres Lara and Amanda Espinosa.
19:16While the closing ceremony will feature world-renowned artists. Director of the festival, Lanzo Lucconi, emphasized that the meeting will be an opportunity for young pianists to grow.
19:26Lanzo Lucconi, is 400 here today.
19:54St. Vincent and the Grenadines continues to celebrate the 2025 Vinci Mass to the rhythm of Soka and Calypso until next July 9th.
20:02The streets of the Korean nation vibrate with a festive atmosphere.
20:05On Thursday, people took part in one of the most anticipated events, a celebration where the Steel Band joins the masquerades.
20:11Throughout the day, children and teenagers participated in the Junior Edition of the Steel Band Competition and at night, the adult version was held.
20:19This year's celebrations are expected to attract thousands of visitors, both local and international.
20:33At least we have come to the end of this news brief. You can find this and many other stories on our website at Telesur English.net.
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20:43For Telesur English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos. Thank you for watching.
20:49We'll see you next time.
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