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00:00Venezuela denounced the use of nuclear intimidation by the United States in the Caribbean Sea.
00:16Argentina's Chamber of the Peace debates illegal manoeuvres by Javier Milei's government
00:23amid corruption scandal in National Disability Agency.
00:26And the Israeli attack on the Nasser hospital in the Gaza Strip, which killed 20 Palestinians, has sparked world condemnation.
00:41Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:46We begin with the news.
00:56Venezuela denounced the use of nuclear intimidation by the United States in the Caribbean Sea.
01:05The permanent mission of Venezuela to the United Nations condemned the escalation of hostile actions and threats from Washington in the region.
01:12The Venezuelan representation pointed out that the provocations from the White House now include the deployment of additional warships in the Caribbean,
01:21among them cruise missile launchers and a nuclear submarine whose arrival at the Venezuelan coasts is expected in the next few days.
01:31In an official communique, Venezuela's permanent mission to the United Nations said its government was obliged to inform about the escalation of hostile actions and threats from the government of the United States of America,
01:46which now include the deployment of additional warships to the Caribbean, including the USS Lake Erie, a guided missile cruiser, and the USS Newport News, a fast-attack nuclear submarine which is expected to arrive on the Venezuelan coast at the beginning of next week, as confirmed by various international sources.
02:05The Venezuelan government also denounced with the greatest firmness this deployment as it constitutes a serious threat to regional peace and security.
02:14It also stressed that the presence of a nuclear submarine of an offensive nature in the Latin American and Caribbean region contradicts the historical commitment of our nations and peoples to avoid the use of weapons and to the peaceful solution of disputes,
02:29and it represents a clear act of intimidation contrary to the letter and spirit of the Charter of the United Nations.
02:36The Bolivarian nation also reminded that Latin America and the Caribbean have been declared a nuclear weapon-free zone through the Treaty of Tratelolco,
02:45whose Protocol II was ratified by the United States in 1971, thus committing itself to fully respect the nuclear weapon-free character of the region.
02:56And Mexican President Claudia Sheimer rejected the recent U.S. threats against Venezuela and expressed her government's firm position against all forms of U.S. intervention in the region.
03:09No intervention. We are constitutionally against interventions.
03:16Mexico's foreign policy clearly rejects interventionism, and our position will always be for the defense of the people's self-determination.
03:32One can agree with a government or not, but we will never be in favor of the interventionism of a foreign government in a sovereign country,
03:45and I repeat, it is not only due to our own convictions.
03:49That should be the position of any Mexican President because it is established in our Constitution.
03:55The Minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, informed about the deployment of the nation's armed forces in the border with Colombia,
04:05intended to strengthen with 15,000 troops the so-called Catatumbo Lightning Operation.
04:11I am in a meeting here, in the Operational Strategic Command with your Commander, General-in-Chief Domingo Hernandez Léers,
04:22reviewing the entire deployment ordered by our Commander-in-Chief, a deployment that is intended to strengthen a large operation,
04:29which was already deployed early this year, in the southern region of the lake, in the municipalities of Catatumbo, Semprem,
04:37which we call Lightning Operation in Catatumbo. Today we are going to strengthen it with 15,000 troops, with 15,000 troops in a front from up there in Castilla de Tichera,
04:48which includes 851 kilometers of the 20 to 19 kilometers that we have in the borderline with Colombia.
04:59Padrino López also reported the deployment of 60 Quick Reaction Units called URRAs in the states of Zulia and Tachira
05:06ordered by President Nicolás Maduro to guarantee the peace and security of the country.
05:11The strategic commander explains to me that there is going to be an important deployment, an important deployment of air corridor, of air resources, of helicopters, of listening, surveillance and intelligence devices, of scanning devices.
05:30And each of those 60 URRAs, 30 in Zulia, and 30 in Tichera, are made up of 250 men who complete the 15,000 troops that our Commander-in-Chief has ordered.
05:42The commanders of the units who are going to be involved, will soon receive the order to operate.
05:47This is a very quick planning, since we know the territory, we know the geographical conditions, and we know the conditions and characteristics of the armed terrorist groups, the drug trafficking groups that operate on the border, and that intend to cross into Venezuelan territory.
06:04And they, of course, has also the mission to fight, all the drug trafficking mafias.
06:11And now we have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English where you'll see news in different formats, news updates and more.
06:19We'll be right back, stay with us.
06:21Welcome back to From the South.
06:33Argentina's Chamber of Deputies debates illegal manoeuvres by Javier Millet's government amid corruption scandal in National Disability Agency.
06:41The opposition pushes a new offensive in the Chamber following corruption scandals involving the Argentine government, demanding officials be held accountable.
06:50Health Minister and head of National Disability Agency were summoned for Wednesday.
06:56The British will also elect leaders of the Investigative Commission on the Libra cryptocurrency scam next Thursday.
07:09And Argentina's air traffic controllers continue with their third day of national strike affecting all airports in the country after failing to reach a wage agreement with the national government.
07:19The Association of Air Navigation Protection of Safety Technicians and Employees, a TEPSA, specified that the strike does not include medical, humanitarian and search and rescue flights.
07:30The initiative against the government of Javier Millet paralysed 178 flights and another 295 scheduled trips.
07:38In this regard, the National Transportation Secretary warned that companies that responded to the call for a strike could be sanctioned with fines and disqualification from the concession.
07:49And the Departmental Court of Justice in La Paz, Bolivia opened a hearing to review preventive detention periods for former civic leaders Luis Fernando Camacho and Marco Antonio Pumari, both accused of the 2019 coup.
08:06As it is said, the hearing takes place within the coup.
08:07As it is said, the hearing takes place within the coup.
08:09As it is said, the hearing takes place within the coup d'etat 1 case, defense lawyers argue there are no legal grounds to continue the detentions claiming statutory deadlines have passed.
08:19However, a new link either case could set a legal precedent for impunity.
08:24Both accused faced multiple preventive detentions in other cases related to electoral crimes, terrorism and attacks on public institutions.
08:33Social organizations and 2019 coup victims denounced what they call the politicization of justice.
08:44And in Colombia, President Gustavo Petro questioned former President Iván Duque for his recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Naranyahu.
08:52Former Colombian President Duque outlined on his social media the investment and trade agenda that both countries promoted during his administration.
09:01In response, President Petro stated the following.
09:05They do not care that there is genocide, that people are dying of hunger, that children are being bombed.
09:11They have done the same in Colombia. They have lost their hearts.
09:14Colombia broke off diplomatic relations with Israel in May 2024 in protest against Israel's offensive in Gaza.
09:26Banco do Brasil formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro's allies, including his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, of spreading false rumors on social media to destabilize the state-owned financial institution.
09:40The complaint filed with the Attorney General's Office reported that messages were posted saying the bank would be kicked out of the SWIFT international payment system.
09:51In this regard, the institution rejected these allegations and warned that it would take legal action to defend its reputation.
09:58It also pointed out that it operates in strict compliance with Brazilian law, international regulations and the regulations of more than 20 countries where it has a presence.
10:09China activated on Tuesday the emergency protocols to ensure the safety of citizens in view of the floods in several regions of the country.
10:33China's Ministry of Water Resources activated a Level 4 flood emergency for Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, and according to forecast regions in northern China will be affected by heavy to torrential rains through Thursday.
10:48The national government urged local authorities to keep a watch, timely forecast and warnings and take the necessary precautions over the risk of mudslides and city floodings.
11:00It also urged authorities to quickly evacuate residents in risky areas and to guarantee people's lives and their properties.
11:07Pakistan has evacuated more than 80,000 people to safer areas after India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers in low-lying border regions.
11:22The National Disaster Management Authority confirmed the evacuation of more than 89,000 people to safer areas of the city of Baha Gwandagar near the Indian border.
11:33The agency urged residents to stay away from rivers, streams and low-lying areas and to limit unnecessary travel.
11:40According to health organizations of Pakistan, floods caused by seasonal rains have killed more than 800 people in the country since June 26.
11:49In other information, economic experts warned the UK stands on the brink of a crisis like the 1970s with high public deficit, runway inflation and troubling fiscal policies under Chancellor of the Executive, Rachel Reeves.
12:09British economists blame Treasury for debt exceeding 96% of GDP, rising interest payments and fiscal deficit according to latest reports.
12:19They compare the current crisis to one nearly 50 years ago when the government had to seek an emergency IMF loan.
12:27The warning comes ahead of the first autumn budget where further tax hikes are expected from the Treasury.
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13:22The recent Israeli attack on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip has sparked world condemnation.
13:28On Monday, the Zionist regime bombed the Palestinian health facility twice, deliberately murdering 20 people, among them civilians, members of the rescue corps and five journalists.
13:39The strikes have triggered worldwide outrage, being repudiated by the governments of Spain, Australia, France, Canada and Ireland, as well as the Foreign Press Federation and countless human rights organizations.
13:52The attacks on the only functioning hospital in the Palestinian enclave have been labelled as an accident by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
14:00who is under arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for several war crimes committed in Gaza.
14:06In this context, numerous journalists have expressed the repudiation to several Western news agencies for the lack of coverage of the assassination of their colleagues.
14:19The United Nations organization ordered an investigation on Tuesday into the Zionist attack on Al Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
14:27The international organization said that the investigations must be carried out thoroughly and independently and accused the Netanyahu regime of maintaining a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the Palestinian enclave.
14:39After almost two years of genocide, Tel Aviv is moving ahead with its extermination plans in Palestine, leaving in its wake more than 62,700 dead, mostly women and children.
14:56Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Belgium's capital Tuesday to pay tribute to more than 240 journalists killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.
15:07The demonstrators warned that the attacks on journalists by the Zionist regime have reached catastrophic levels not seen since 1926.
15:17They also urged the international community to stop the Israeli massacre in Gaza and called on journalists worldwide to support their colleagues and condemn the killings.
15:27Since October 7, 2023, at least 245 media workers have been killed, with hundreds more injured in airstrikes across Palestinian territories.
15:37Palestinian authorities reported that at least 70 Palestinians were killed and another 370 wounded in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours as part of Israel's genocide.
15:58Moreover, the authorities indicated that the number of Palestinians killed by Israel has risen to almost 62,820 since the escalation of Israeli attacks in October 2023.
16:11In this context, emergency services warn the death toll figure is higher since they are still unable to reach many of the victims and bodies trapped under the rubble of the Zionist strikes throughout the enclave.
16:23Furthermore, they denounced the ongoing Israeli attacks on emergency personnel, ambulances and civil defense teams.
16:36Palestinian health authorities denounced Tuesday the death of three civilians as a result of the famine affecting the enclave amid the blockade on humanitarian aid kept by the Zionist army on the area.
16:46The new victims bring the total death toll from starvation to 303, including 117 children.
16:53On the other hand, the World Health Organization confirmed that malnutrition rates in the Palestinian enclave have reached alarming levels and that almost one out of five children in the city of Gaza suffers from severe undernourishment.
17:06Meanwhile, in the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv, a mobilization is taking place to demand the release of those held in the Gaza Strip.
17:21The protesters blocked the streets of the city carrying Israeli flags and photos of the detainees in the enclave since October 7, 2023.
17:29Similarly, the Israeli police arrested several protesters who were blocking streets in Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu's policies regarding the issue of Israeli prisoners.
17:39This is in the context of an upcoming meeting of the Zionist Security Cabinet, where local media reports that the meeting will focus on negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of detainees in Gaza.
17:54The Qatari government has called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
18:01The spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Majed Al Ansari, explained that the Israeli regime has not responded to new proposals on the unending hostilities in the Palestinian enclave.
18:12In this regard, Al Ansari reiterated that the proposed agreement meets 98% of the requirements set by Tel Aviv in previous days and has already been approved by the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas.
18:25Since October 2023, the Zionist army has killed more than 62,800 Palestinians and left more than 158,000 wounded.
18:40In odd news, Australia declared Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Zagetzadegi, personal non-grada, and ordered him and three other Iranian officials to leave the country within seven days.
18:51Teheran called the move unjustified and influenced by internal political developments.
18:58The decision comes after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday without providing any proof that Iran was behind anti-Jewish attacks in the country last October and December.
19:09The action also comes as Australia's ties with Israel plummet over its criticisms for Israeli-imposed famine and the war on Gaza,
19:19as well as its decision to join France, the United Kingdom and Canada in recognizing a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.
19:31For its part, the Iranian government has categorically denied the accusation and vowed to react reciprocally to the measure.
19:38Basically, any inappropriate and unjustified action on diplomatic level will have a reciprocal reaction.
19:48This development is a new one. My colleagues are reviewing the issue to decide on the way to respond to this.
19:55But the accusation that is made is absolutely rejected.
19:59And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief, but you can find this and many other stories on our website at telesurenglish.net.
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20:14For Telesur English, I'm Alejandra Garcia. Thank you for watching.
20:18We'll see you next time.
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