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00:00Venezuela's Vice President for Policy, Citizen Security and Peace, Diosdado Cabello announced training sessions for militia members, including recent recruits, as part of the preparations to defend the country's sovereignty.
00:30The President of China, Xi Jinping, and his Cuban counterpart, Miguel DĂaz-Canel BermĂşdez, reinforced their alliance by signing 11 cooperation documents.
00:42An Israeli force has killed more than 30 Palestinians in a genocidal attack. Bombing in the north has intensified, wiping out entire families who have refused to leave their homes.
00:59Hello and welcome to From the South. My name is Belen de los Santos. I'm from the Tesor Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with the news.
01:10We begin with the information. On Wednesday, Venezuela's Vice President for Policy, Citizen Security, N.P. Diosdado Cabello announced training sessions for militia members, including recent recruits, as part of the preparations to defend the country's sovereignty.
01:37The leader emphasized that President Nicolás Maduro is spearheading these efforts, underlining the importance of national unity in the face of external attacks and pressure.
01:49These measures, which have already seen over 8 million Venezuelans enlist, are being taken within the framework of massive recruitment
01:58and aim to ensure that the people are organized and prepared to defend the country's peace, independence, and sovereignty against constant threats from the United States.
02:14And we stay in Venezuela because President Nicolás Maduro asserted that his country remains unyielding in its effort to achieve victory and preserve peace.
02:24This is what he said during the tribute paid by the Bolivarian nation on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the victory in the war of resistance of the Chinese people against Japanese aggression.
02:38In this context, accompanied by the Executive Vice President Elcio RodrĂguez, members of the Executive Committee of the Peoples of Caracas,
02:46the President unveiled a commemorative monument.
02:49President Maduro also took the opportunity to ensure that the most recent attacks by Washington against Caracas are not the first,
03:00and they won't also be the last, renewing the call for serenity and firmness.
03:06And also in Venezuela, flight number 64 arrived from Texas, United States, carrying 286 repatriated nationals through the government's return to the homeland program.
03:23On this occasion, the group of Venezuelans consisted of 30 women, 250 men, 3 boys and 3 girls,
03:31who were received by security personnel upon arrival on Venezuelan soil in full compliance with established health protocols.
03:39Since the resumption of the return to the homeland plan in February of this year,
03:44more than 10,000 Venezuelans have returned to the country.
03:47Through this initiative, the Venezuelan government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring family unit
03:54and the social and economic well-being of all Venezuelans,
03:58despite the persecution and criminalization campaigns driven by the U.S. administration
04:04against the Venezuelan migrant community.
04:07And we go now to the United States because Venezuelan representative and Republican representative from Georgia,
04:22Marjorie Taylor Greene, joins forces with Democrats to pressure the Trump administration
04:28to release the entirety of the Epstein files.
04:32Taylor Greene claimed that the CIA, the FBI and Department of Justice
04:36hold the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and vowed to reveal every name of the alleged powerful clients
04:44involved in the late financiers' underage sex trafficking operation.
04:49In doing so, the Congresswoman increased pressure on her own party
04:53by speaking at a Capitol Hill press conference organized by fellow Republican Thomas Massey
04:59and Democratic Representative Rochanna of California.
05:04Greene also urged House Republicans to join her in supporting Massey's bill
05:09to release all the files in the name of full transparency.
05:14And a U.S. federal judge overturned on Wednesday the Trump administration's freeze
05:26on over $2.2 billion in federal funding to Harvard University.
05:31Boston District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the orders issued after April 14th of 2025
05:38constituted a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution.
05:42She also noted that the federal funding cuts had an impact on the issue of anti-Semitism
05:49on campus, which Harper itself had acknowledged.
05:53The university stated that it had taken steps to ensure that religious students and staff
05:59do not feel excluded or intimidated on campus, while arguing that the federal government's actions
06:07have threatened the freedom of speech and academic liberty.
06:10The judge agreed that the funding freeze was unrelated to the programs affected, many of which include
06:17high-impact medical and scientific research.
06:23We're here to learn and not my co-editors at the Crimson.
06:27Most importantly, they're our friends.
06:29And now we have a short break coming up, but first, remember you can join us on TikTok
06:32at Telesor English, where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
06:38Stay with us.
06:39Welcome back to From the South.
06:59We continue with more information on Thursday.
07:02The President of China, Xi Jinping, and his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canal-BarmĂşdez,
07:07reinforced their alliance by signing 11 cooperation documents.
07:12The agreements cover fields related to the Belt and Road Initiative, political consultations,
07:18practical cooperation, global security initiative, and even cultural exchanges.
07:24During their meeting at the Greek People's Palace, they ratified the high level of relations,
07:31which serves as the basis for these arrangements that also cover the sphere of artificial intelligence,
07:37medicine, press, cinema, and television.
07:40The Cuban president was the only Latin American head of state present at the historic event in Tiananmen Square.
07:47And Nicaragua celebrated the 46th anniversary of the foundation of its national army
08:01in honor of those who fight and fought for the determination of their homeland.
08:06The event was held at Plaza de la Fe, led by co-presidents commander Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo,
08:14with the aim of honoring the work of the armed forces in defending national sovereignty.
08:21In the sense, co-president Ortega paid tribute to the martyrs who gave their lives for the nation
08:26in historic struggles, such as the Battle of San Jacinto.
08:31Likewise, he remembered the legacy of the Sandinista leader in the Nicaraguan resistance.
08:36Those who serve the people, serve the homeland, from the ranks of the army, of the people.
08:54As General Aviles usually says,
09:09the people, the uniformed people of the Nicaraguan army.
09:16Today, commemorating the 46th anniversary of the army,
09:33commemorating also the historic death of the General of the Free Men and Women,
09:40General Sandinista, the General Sandinista,
09:47General Sandinista, commemorating this historic death of the first defeat
09:54that our homeland gave to the northern Philistines,
10:01the Battle of San Jacinto.
10:03And we now move on to other topics.
10:10Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced on Wednesday
10:14to 13 years and four months in prison for money laundering,
10:18marking his second conviction in the sweeping corruption case
10:22tied to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
10:26We continue with this information as prosecutors accused Toledo
10:29of accepting $35 million in bribes from Odebrecht
10:34in exchange for greenlighting a major highway project
10:38during his presidency from 2001 to 2006.
10:42He is the latest of a string of Peruvian leaders
10:44who have been implicated in this scandal,
10:47which has rocked Latin America since Odebrecht admitted in 2016
10:52to paying massive bribes to secure public contracts across the region.
10:57Toledo, now 79, is serving his sentence at a police base in Lima
11:03alongside his other former presidents facing similar charges.
11:07And we go now to Chile as civil servants are outraged
11:21with a bail that could modify the working conditions
11:25that regulate the use of medical leave
11:27after the scandal over the misuse of leaves of absence
11:31that was uncovered in the country.
11:33From Santiago de Chile, Paula Dracnic with the report.
11:37They went out to protest in front of the headquarters
11:41of the same government they support.
11:43That's the contradiction.
11:44That's why what was going to be a public sector strike
11:46finally turned into just a banderazo,
11:49but not for that reason, with less rage.
11:51The fact is that public workers will be the most affected
11:53by the bill that intends to change the system
11:55of medical leaves of absence.
11:59This effectively puts at risk,
12:01also the approach to absenteeism and presenteeism.
12:04Why do we mention this?
12:06Because, by affecting the workers' remuneration,
12:09what will happen in the end
12:10is that our colleagues will work sick.
12:13This criminalizes illness,
12:14and this can finally translate into a risk
12:16for the quality of care,
12:18and also into an increase in work-related accidents.
12:21The scandal uncovered by the National Comptroller's Office
12:27when it discovered that more than 13,000 public employees
12:30were using medical leave to travel abroad
12:32or engage in other activities,
12:34had its consequences.
12:35It was President Boric himself
12:37who introduced the bill
12:38to modify the operation of the work and capacity subsidy,
12:41known as SIL.
12:41Currently we have been able to observe
12:47that there is a populism
12:48regarding the vulnerability of public workers
12:50to discredit us with respect to our work,
12:55when the percentage that makes or misuses
12:56this acquired right
12:57is very low
13:00in relation to the total number of state workers.
13:03The bill even contemplates imprisonment
13:10for those who make use of medical leave
13:11without being sick.
13:12Homologates the conditions
13:14for private and public workers.
13:16Establishes a new latency period
13:17for the payment of salary for medical leave,
13:19adjusts the number of days
13:20for declaring health incompatible with the position,
13:22and gives even more supervisory powers
13:24to the Comp.E.N.,
13:25a body that, together with external doctors,
13:27evaluates the workers' diagnosis
13:29and the indication of rest.
13:33Today we are condemned
13:40and they want to punish practically
13:42all the workers in the country.
13:44Well, through the cut we have been working on,
13:46we have asked the government
13:47to remove the urgency or the extreme urgency
13:50and that we can make constructive proposals,
13:52not to go backwards,
13:54but to move forward in terms of social protection.
13:59Sin embargo,
14:00trade unionists are suspicious
14:05and accuse the government of interventionism
14:07in order to reduce the state,
14:09punishing its workers
14:10and saving money
14:10by questioning their medical leaves.
14:12The figures are clear,
14:13the fiscal savings,
14:14if the project is approved,
14:16represent billions of dollars annually.
14:17It is not only the bill
14:25against medical leave
14:26that affects our work,
14:27it is also the famous fiscal rule.
14:35Many on the right
14:36and the left defend
14:37this famous fiscal rule
14:38that today has us
14:40with more than six health services
14:41that do not have money
14:42to make it to the end of the year.
14:44The bill was introduced in July of this year
14:51and is advancing in Congress
14:52as rarely before.
14:53The repudiation of the use
14:55of false medical licenses
14:56was widespread.
14:57Will the innocent pay
14:58for the sins of the guilty?
14:59And two Argentine couples
15:23were the winners
15:24of the Buenos Aires 2025
15:26Tango Festival
15:27and World Championship.
15:29Leandro Bocco
15:30and Micaela Garcia
15:31were the champions
15:33in the stage tango category
15:35during the grand finale
15:36held at the Grand Rex Theater
15:38and were representatives
15:40from more than 50 countries
15:42competed for the title.
15:44They were joined by dancers
15:45Aldana Silveira
15:46and Diego Ortega,
15:48also local,
15:49who won in the category
15:50of Tango
15:51on the dance floor.
15:52More than 2,000 amateur
15:54and professional couples
15:55participated during the entire event
15:57which included
15:58more than 500 activities
16:01carried out
16:02in more than 50 venues.
16:04The festival also offered concerts,
16:06dance classes
16:07and milongas
16:08to the attendees
16:09being a space of encounter
16:11and enhancement
16:12of this artistic expression.
16:14In fact,
16:20I still can't believe it.
16:21I went to the bathroom.
16:23I threw up everything.
16:24It's a lot to process.
16:25The truth is that
16:26we have danced for years,
16:27not together but well,
16:28he dances other genres.
16:30I do too.
16:31This brought us together
16:32and is opening up
16:33this beautiful path for us,
16:34so we're grateful
16:35to be able to walk it.
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17:06Welcome back
17:31to From the South.
17:32We continue
17:32with more information.
17:33In this case,
17:34we go to Palestine
17:35because on Thursday,
17:37Israeli forces killed
17:38more than 30 Palestinians
17:40in another genocidal attack.
17:42Bombing in the north
17:43has intensified,
17:46wiping out even entire families
17:48who were refusing
17:49to leave their homes.
17:51Amidst the intensifying
17:52ethnic cleansing
17:53and the enclave,
17:53the number of deaths
17:55caused by starvation
17:56has risen to 370,
17:58that is including 131 children.
18:02According to figures
18:03provided by the health authorities,
18:04the total number
18:05of murders
18:06perpetrated by Zionists
18:08with the support
18:09of the United States
18:10and the consent
18:11of other Western governments
18:13now stands at 63,746.
18:17Meanwhile,
18:18the Palestinian resistance
18:19has confirmed
18:20its readiness
18:20for a ceasefire,
18:21the release of hostages
18:22and the assumption
18:23of authority
18:24in the enclave,
18:26a proposal
18:27that Israel
18:28has rejected
18:29once again.
18:34We continue in Palestine
18:39as the UN Committee
18:40on the Rights of Persons
18:42with Disabilities
18:43has reported
18:43at least 21,000 children
18:46disabled in Gaza
18:48since Israel's genocidal war
18:50on the besieged enclave
18:52broke out nearly two years ago.
18:54The CRPD
18:56we were just mentioning
18:57reported on Wednesday
18:58that about 40,500 children
19:02have suffered
19:03new war-related injuries
19:04during the war,
19:06leaving more than
19:06half of them disabled.
19:09The reports
19:10also described
19:11people with disabilities
19:12being forced
19:13to flee
19:14in unsafe
19:15and undignified conditions
19:16such as crawling
19:18through sand or mud
19:19without mobility
19:20or assistance.
19:21The CRPD
19:22also said
19:24that Israel's
19:25punishing blockade
19:26on humanitarian aid
19:28being brought
19:28into the Gaza Strip
19:30were disproportionately
19:31impacting
19:32the sector
19:33of the population.
19:35The committee
19:35said
19:36it had been informed
19:37of at least
19:38157,000 people
19:41sustaining injuries
19:42with more than
19:4325% of risk
19:45of lifelong impairments
19:47between October 7th
19:48of 2023
19:49and August 21st.
19:51of this year.
20:01We continue
20:02in Palestine
20:03as a senior
20:04Israeli military
20:05official said
20:06that the regime
20:07prepares to cease
20:08Gaza City
20:09with an offensive
20:10that could displace
20:11up to 1 million
20:13Palestinians.
20:14The official
20:15from Kogat,
20:16the Israeli military
20:17body overseeing
20:18civil affairs
20:19in the Palestinian
20:20territories,
20:21who refused
20:22to give his name,
20:23stated that until now
20:25approximately 70,000
20:27Gazans have left
20:28the north.
20:29Also without proving
20:31and providing a specific
20:33time frame,
20:34the Israeli official
20:36said that Israeli
20:37authorities expected
20:38a million people
20:40to move south.
20:41The military
20:42official's remarks
20:43come as Israel
20:44is pushing ahead
20:45with a plan
20:46to occupy
20:46the entire Gaza Strip,
20:48starting with
20:49Gaza City,
20:50the largest
20:50in the territory.
20:51In this context,
20:53according to the UN,
20:54at least 90%
20:55of Gaza's
20:56more than
20:572 million
20:58people
20:58have been
20:59displaced
20:59during the
21:00Israeli war
21:01and genocide
21:02on the besieged
21:04trip,
21:04many of them
21:0510 times
21:06or more.
21:07Israel has begun
21:16to mobilize
21:17more than
21:1860,000
21:19reservists
21:20for a new
21:21offensive
21:21against the
21:22Gaza Strip.
21:23The Zionist
21:24regime intends
21:24to mobilize
21:25nearly 130,000
21:27soldiers as part
21:29of the so-called
21:30Swords of Iron's
21:31War,
21:32declared against
21:32the Palestinian
21:33enclave since
21:34October of 2023.
21:36However,
21:36hundreds of
21:37reservists have
21:37said that they
21:38will not
21:39participate in
21:40the military
21:40offensive due
21:41to the complexity
21:42of the operation
21:43and the risk
21:44of Israeli
21:45hostages being
21:46killed during
21:47attack.
21:48Meanwhile,
21:48thousands of
21:49people gathered
21:50in the vicinity
21:50of the National
21:51Parliament in
21:52Occupy Jerusalem
21:54to demand
21:54the end
21:55of the
21:56Israeli
21:56operation.
22:05Also in
22:06the sense,
22:07Israeli police
22:07deployed water
22:08cannons and
22:09forcibly removed
22:10demonstrators
22:11from the
22:12light rail tracks
22:13in central
22:15Jerusalem on
22:16Wednesday as
22:17part of a
22:17broader crackdown
22:18on national
22:20and nationwide
22:21protests.
22:22The rally
22:23which briefly
22:24disrupted
22:24public transit
22:25was part of
22:27a growing
22:27movement of
22:28opposition
22:29against the
22:30government's
22:30collapse of
22:3160,000 military
22:32reservists for
22:33an expanded
22:34operation in
22:35Gaza, a move
22:36that has drawn
22:36international
22:37criticism and
22:38deepened
22:39Israel's
22:40diplomatic
22:40isolation.
22:41Protesters
22:42accused Prime
22:43Minister Benjamin
22:44Netanyahu
22:44of deliberately
22:45prolonging the
22:46war for
22:47political gain
22:48rather than
22:49pursuing a
22:50cease-fire
22:50agreement.
22:51We continue
23:07now with
23:07other topics
23:08in South
23:09Africa.
23:09A sharp rise
23:10in gang-related
23:11killings has
23:12plunged Cape
23:13Flats into
23:14crisis.
23:15With residents
23:15demanding urgent
23:17intervention,
23:18special police
23:19units struggle
23:19to contain
23:20the violence.
23:21Families of
23:22victims accused
23:23law enforcement
23:24of corruption
23:24and inadequate
23:25response,
23:26while community
23:27leaders warn
23:28that children
23:28are increasingly
23:30caught in the
23:31crossfire with
23:32over 60 youth
23:33reportedly killed
23:34in gang
23:35shootings between
23:36April and August
23:38of this year.
23:39Local lawmakers
23:40are calling
23:40for more
23:41resources and
23:42greater autonomy
23:43urging the
23:43national government
23:45to devolve
23:46policing powers
23:48to Cape Town's
23:50metro police.
23:52As pressure
23:52mounts,
23:53some activists
23:54are even
23:55advocating for
23:56military intervention
23:57arguing that
23:58the South
23:58African Police
23:59Service is
24:00overwhelmed and
24:01underequipped to
24:03manage the
24:03escalating
24:04violence.
24:08And he
24:10that's laying
24:11there,
24:11he looked
24:12after his
24:13children,
24:13his two
24:13children,
24:14his mother's
24:15children also
24:15died.
24:16They killed
24:16her because
24:17she wasn't
24:18a gangster.
24:19But the
24:19police do
24:19nothing here.
24:20They just
24:20leave everything
24:21alone and
24:22they're
24:22disrespecting
24:22the people.
24:23It's not
24:23right what
24:24they're doing.
24:25Don't even
24:25talk to me
24:28and a lot
24:29of other
24:29words.
24:29They said
24:29we're
24:30playing
24:30police.
24:31They must
24:31corrupt
24:32police.
24:33I'm not
24:33talking as
24:35anybody.
24:36I'm talking
24:36as a mother.
24:37I don't
24:37feel it.
24:37not right
24:38what's
24:38going on
24:38here.
24:50And we
24:51continue
24:51with more
24:52information.
24:53Lake
24:53Araun,
24:54Lebanon's
24:54largest
24:55reservoir,
24:56is nearing
24:57ecological
24:58collapse as
24:59extreme drought
25:00and worsening
25:00pollution pushes
25:02water levels
25:03to historical
25:04lows.
25:05Inflows into
25:06the artificial
25:07lake have
25:08plummeted to
25:08just 45
25:09million cubic
25:10meters in
25:112025.
25:13That is a
25:13dramatic drop
25:14from the
25:15annual average
25:16of 350 million
25:17cubic meters.
25:19The lake
25:19currently holds
25:20only 50 million
25:21cubic meters
25:22down from
25:23160 at this
25:26time last year.
25:27Located in the
25:28Bika Valley,
25:29Lake Arun
25:29typically spans
25:3112 square kilometers
25:33and stores up to
25:34220 million cubic
25:36meters of water.
25:37But as its
25:38elevation falls from
25:40860 to 838 meters,
25:44the surface is
25:45expected to shrink to
25:46just four square
25:47kilometers exposing
25:48eight square kilometers
25:49of cracked
25:50barren land.
25:51and like this we have
25:59come to the end of
26:00this news proof.
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