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*ICE arrests in the United States increase by 49% since January 2025.
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00:00The Venezuelan government updated on the ongoing operation to dismantle terrorist plans by criminal groups linked to the extreme far-right opposition.
00:19The U.S. government is increasingly relying on local private for-profit detention facilities to hold migrants detained by ISIS after the number of arrests has increased by 49% since the beginning of the year.
00:39And more than 200,000 children in Gaza are suffering from malnutrition as a result of the blockade preventing humanitarian aid from breaching the area and the extension of the Israeli siege.
00:59Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with the news.
01:09On Thursday, the Venezuelan government updated on the ongoing operation to dismantle terrorist plans by criminal groups linked to the extreme far-right opposition.
01:26In a press conference, the Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of the South American nation, Diosdado Cabello, shared part of the evidence that has been gathered during the probe into the Destabilizing Act.
01:38In this regard, the authorities stressed on these criminal groups' ties with Colombia as he informed of a criminal alliance made up of drug traffickers, conspirators and criminal gangs currently protected by former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, Iván Duque, Andrés Pastrana and Juan Manuel Santos.
01:57In this context, Cabello assured the state security forces continue to work to maintain peace in the country in the face of those who attempt to generate chaos and destroy the tranquility of its citizens.
02:11In Colombia, economic policies are bearing fruit in areas such as poverty and unemployment. The figures were highlighted by the government of Gustavo Petro and acknowledged by analyst political trade union and business organizations. Our correspondent Hernán Trobar with the details.
02:31In the third year of President Petro's administration, the National Statistics Department reported in June 2025, the lowest unemployment rate, 8.6%, compared to 10, 3% in 2024, which meant that approximately 500,000 more people were employed.
02:56There has been a policy that has allowed in spite of the announced crisis, which is not true in economic matters. The population is recovering through the policies and opportunities provided by this progressive and alternative government.
03:16Opportunities to seek employment to satisfy their basic needs and for the significant reduction of unemployment and, of course, of inequality and poverty. Because a family that can access a job, a decent job, a decent job, because work has to consider the nature of human beings and the satisfaction of their fundamental needs.
03:38The sectors that have contributed to the fall in unemployment are services, agriculture, and tourism, areas in which there could be greater projection if the policies of promotion and investment continue, according to the workers' centers.
03:57Colombia is one of the most inequitable countries in the world.
04:01Colombia is one of the most inequitable countries in the world. This inequality is impressive and this concentration of power and wealth did not translate into benefits for the majority of the Colombian people, but rather for a minority population that made of the country what they wanted.
04:16Today we see a different possibility and that is why we hope that the process that the people are going through will show that we need to continue with this political project, so that there will be an alternative and progressive government that will join these initiatives.
04:31Another indicator of good economic management and social policies is the reduction of monetary poverty, which by 2024 has the lowest rates in history, which means that at least two million people will be lifted out of this condition.
04:49Monetary poverty is a calculation of a line, and it is calculated if the income per person in a household is less than 460,000 pesos per month.
05:02This means that people are below the monetary poverty line, and if it is higher, they are above it.
05:14It is an indicator, it will not be the most perfect, but it is one of the indicators we have to be able to understand the progress of poverty.
05:28In Colombia, monetary poverty has been calculated in the same way since 2012, which allows us to make comparisons between years of how poverty evolves.
05:37What comes out in the figures and what the President mentioned yesterday in his speech is that we have reached 31.8% of households below the monetary poverty line, which is the lowest since 2012 and represents a strategic and important advance in this area.
05:56For analysts, the economic policy promoted by the executive has achieved significant progress. Important data such as the drop in inflation, which stood at 4.82% for the month of June of this year, the lowest figure since 2021, while the considerable increase in the minimum wage, which has ranged between 9.53% and 16%, has been maintained.
06:23In other information, the chief of staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces Major General Pavel Nikolaevich Murak-Veiko arrived in Cuba to further strengthen the bonds of broadhood and cooperation between Havana and Minsk.
06:42The Belarusian High Command took part in a busy work agenda, including visits to military units, industries in the sector and training academies.
06:53The official visit aims to strengthen bilateral ties and promoting the exchange of experiences in defense and national security.
07:00The visit also served as an opportunity to pay tribute to historical Cuban figures and to reaffirm the mutual commitment to the sovereignty and historical memory of the peoples.
07:14The U.S. government is increasingly relying on local private for-profit detention facilities to hold migrants detained by ICE after the number of arrests has increased by 49% since the beginning of the year.
07:31According to the Trump administration, the government had to rely on up to 150 local jails to hold migrants arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE.
07:42The Immigration Agency said that a total of 55,568 migrants have been held in custody in the first six months of the year who were placed in county and federal prisons and detention centers such as Alligator Alcatraz in Florida.
07:58Other prison report an average of at least 10,547 migrants held in 80 local jails between May and June, a figure that was not reported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
08:17Now we have a short break coming up. First remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English where you will find news in different formats, news updates and more.
08:25We'll be right back. Stay with us.
08:37Welcome back to From the South.
08:39The tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on several countries of the world came into effect early Thursday morning.
08:45At 12.01 local time, the North American nation started applying levies on all exports from other countries to the United States.
08:56After several days of delays, extensions and negotiations, at least the 70 countries will face tariffs based on the relations and trade balance.
09:03The most affected nations by the new tariffs so far are Syria with 41%, while the European Union, Japan and South Korea, for example, face 15%.
09:13Before announcing the entry of these taxes through his social network, the President imposed tariffs of 100% to ships and semiconductors.
09:23The Indian government firmly rejected Thursday the new 25% tariffs announced by the Trump Administration, calling the decision an unfair and unjustified measure.
09:42The U.S. move, which comes on top of a similar tax imposed weeks ago, seeks to punish New Delhi for its purchase of Russian oil.
09:52However, India recalled that other countries also buy crude from Moscow based on their own national interests.
09:58India and Foreign Minister Randir Jaiswal regretted Washington's decision and affirmed that his government will take all necessary steps to protect its nation's interests and guarantee the energy security of the Indian people.
10:11Brazil and India evaluate how to deal with the new international economic scenario in the context of the new U.S. startups in effect.
10:26During a phone conversation on Wednesday, Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated the importance of defending multilateralism against Washington's startups measures.
10:38Both leaders emphasize the need to explore new opportunities for closer economic integration between their countries to address the current situation as BRIC partners, India and Brazil, and among the nations most affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
10:55Ecuadorian trade unions, social and political groups will mobilize this Thursday to protest against the neoliberal measures of Daniel Novoa's government.
11:10The civilians will take to the streets in several provinces of Ecuador, starting in the capital city of Quito in front of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute and heading to the constitutional court.
11:19The protests are in rejection of the suspension of laws such as public integrity, national solidarity as well as the merger of ministries and other measures promoted by the government.
11:32Likewise, various sectors oppose the administrative efficiency plan announced by the executive which includes institutional restructuring and the dismissal of public servants.
11:41Scientists from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research held a vigil outside their headquarters to protest against budget cuts to the sector.
12:00On Wednesday, demonstrators gathered at the headquarters in Buenos Aires to dissent against layoffs and low wages supported by the administration of Javier Millet.
12:09The scientific organization lost 4,000 jobs in the last year between unjustified layoffs, frozen contracts and resignations due to the loss of employees' benefits after a 21% budget cut.
12:24Millet's administration has made bureaucratic cuts to research projects that contribute to the nation's development.
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13:32More than 200,000 children in Gaza are suffering from malnutrition as a result of the blockade preventing humanitarian aid from breaching the area and the extension of the Israeli siege.
13:43Human rights organizations have denounced the Zionist regime for causing a humanitarian catastrophe by almost completely cutting off the supply of food, medicine and basic necessities.
13:54Prior to the total blockade, the United Nations ran around 400 food distribution centers in the enclave.
14:01These have now reduced to just four, all of which are under Israeli control.
14:07According to the United Nations data, thousands of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops while searching for food.
14:14In Palestine, reporters and press freedom advocates have denounced the extreme situation of press members in Gaza amid continued Israeli attacks and the ongoing aid blockade.
14:33Journalists operating in the coastal enclave have reported that more than five people die of hunger every day due to food shortages as the Tel Aviv regime maintains a tight siege that prevents the entry of humanitarian aid.
14:47In this context, they call for immediate action from the international community as their lives are in danger and with them the ability to continue being the voices that convey the silenced Palestinian reality to the world.
15:00For their part, global media outlets have expressed deep concern over the state of press personnel in the street calling on Israel to open the border crossings and allow the entry of necessary aid.
15:12Iranian authorities confirmed the seizure of a shipment of U.S. weapons destined for organizations affiliated with the Israeli Mossad.
15:27The shipment was intercepted by members of the intelligence directorate in Sistan and Balochistan province, which confirmed that 210 military items were seized in the three operations that were meant to be used in terrorist operations to destabilize the country.
15:43Regarding the discovery, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that the armed forces are ready for an immediate response, noting that it would surpass the operation through Promise 3.
15:54More than a thousand pieces of various types of weaponry have been seized in six operations since March 2025.
16:01On Thursday, the British government arrested the first migrants to cross the channel as part of its anti-migrant agreement with France.
16:16Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron signed this agreement back on July 10.
16:23It basically involves returning 50 migrants to France each week and only accepting those who have been granted asylum in Paris.
16:31Although the United Nations Refugee Agency has prized it, human rights organizations assert that it is only a symbolic measure with electoral effect.
16:41Moreover, they warn that the London and Paris plan criminalizes migrants ignores their dignity and fails to tackle human trafficking networks.
16:50And we stay in Argentina, where a deep sea live stream led by local scientists is a sparking fascination among the population,
17:04while rising alarms over government cuts to the nation's scientific research.
17:21Experts from the U.S. non-profit Schmidt Ocean Institute Foundation, together with researchers from the country's leading scientific and research body CONICET,
17:31are using a roving robot to capture in detail organisms of Mar del Plata's submarine canyon.
17:38The expedition maps the underwater jewel gorge, collects samples and identifies new species, often peeking at some 50,000 simultaneous viewers.
17:49The live stream, which will run until August 10, is shining a light on the Institute's work at a moment when its funding is under attack,
17:57a crisis produced by President Javier Milei's budget cuts.
18:01More than 700 active fires have been registered in Canada in 2025, burning at least 16.5 million acres of land
18:16and negatively impacting the air quality in various regions of the country.
18:20The provinces of Manitoba, Saquishowin, Ontario and British Columbia are experiencing the main outbreaks in the midst of a season worsened by high temperatures and drought.
18:32In this context, experts have warned about the impact of smoke on people's health, as they affirm it contains particles from trees, tires, construction materials and chemicals.
18:45In addition, they warn its inhalation can also irritate the lungs and worsen the symptoms of respiratory conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
18:59An Australian authorities say the Great Barrier Reef has seen its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expansion for decades on record keeping.
19:14Let's see.
19:15The Australian Institute of Marine Science said in its annual survey on Wednesday that due to increasing coral cover since 2017,
19:25the coral deaths, caused mainly by bleaching last year associated with climate change,
19:31have left the area of living coral across the iconic reef system close to its long-term average.
19:37The change underscores a new level of volatility on the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
19:43Mike Emsley heads the Tropical Marine Research Agency's Long-Term Monitoring Program.
19:49He said the live coral cover measured in 2024 was the largest recorded in 39 years of surveys.
19:56Australian Institute of Marine Science's Long-Term Monitoring Program has just released our annual report for our 39th year of monitoring the Great Barrier Reef.
20:09And what we've found has been substantial impacts from the 2024 mass coral bleaching event.
20:15We divide the Great Barrier Reef into three regions, the north, the centre and the south.
20:24And what we've found was the highest annual decline in live coral cover that we've recorded in our monitoring program in both the northern and the southern Great Barrier Reef.
20:35There were still losses in the central Great Barrier Reef, but it was somewhat less than the other two regions at only 14%.
20:44So the northern underwent a loss of about a quarter of the live coral cover and the southern Great Barrier Reef was almost a third.
20:51So these are substantial impacts and evidence that the increasing frequency of coral bleaching is really starting to have detrimental effects on the Great Barrier Reef.
21:05The losses from such a high base of coral cover had partially cushioned the serious climate impacts on the world's largest reef ecosystem, which covers 344,000 square kilometers off the northeast Australian coast.
21:20Climate change is the number one cause of these mass coral bleaching events.
21:27There is a direct link between the increases of global greenhouse emissions, rising temperatures, sea surface temperatures that lead to these heat stress events and mass coral bleaching.
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21:42Amcelia Agency divides the Great Barrier Reef, which extension 1500 kilometers along the Queensland State Coast, into three similarly sized regions, northern, central, and southern. Living coral cover shrunk by almost a third in the south in a year, a quarter in the north, and by 14% in the central region.
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22:10In the amount of live coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef, it has recovered from a previous bleaching event which finished in 2017.
22:20We saw increases through to 2024, where we recorded the highest levels of coral cover in the 39 years of monitoring.
22:29And because we came off such a high base, this has somewhat cushioned the impact of the 2024 bleaching, and coral cover has declined to about near the long term average.
22:44However, this isn't to underscore the seriousness of the impacts. While there's still a lot of coral cover out there, these are record declines that we have seen in any one year of monitoring.
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23:47And like this, we have come to the end of this brief, but you can find this and many other stories on our website at telesurenglish.net, and join us on social media. We are on Facebook, X, Instagram, Telegram, and TikTok as well.
24:00For Telesurenglish, I'm Alejandra García. Thank you for watching.
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