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*Argentina, election ban in effect ahead of legislative polls
*Russia denies violating Lithuania's airspace
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*Argentina, election ban in effect ahead of legislative polls
*Russia denies violating Lithuania's airspace
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00:00US President Donald Trump announced the
00:12cancellation of trade relations with
00:14Canada after accusing the country's
00:16authorities of manipulating a speech by
00:19former president Donald Ronald Reagan
00:21in Argentina the authorities have
00:27imposed an election ban on the eve of
00:29the legislative process and the Russian
00:35government rejected Lithuania's
00:37accusations of alleged violation of
00:39reserve space by Russian fighter
00:41cadets hello and welcome to from the
00:47south I'm Alejandra Garcia from TELESUR
00:49studios in Havana Cuba we begin with the
00:51news
00:59the world health organization reported
01:12that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has
01:14reached 89 since the ceasefire was
01:16declared on October 11th the organization
01:18stated that 317 people were injured after
01:22the ceasefire was announced adding that the
01:24crisis in the Gaza Strip is far from over
01:26while the needs of the population are
01:29enormous director general revealed that the
01:32world health organization had evacuated 41
01:35critically ill patients and 141
01:38accompanying people from the enclave for
01:41the first time since the ceasefire
01:43agreement on October 10th after Israel and
01:46the Palestinian movement Hamas accepted the peace
01:50agreement which included the return of
01:52Israeli hostages both living and dead and
01:55the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza in
02:03this context a quarter of the population in the
02:06Gaza Strip is suffering from hunger due to the
02:08Israeli blockade according to the United Nations
02:10population fund the executive director of the
02:14organization Andrew Saberton emphasized the
02:17extreme vulnerability of women many of whom
02:20have lost everything and lack access to basic
02:23personal hygiene items the situation is
02:26critical for the more than 11,500 pregnant
02:29women affected by the food crisis which
02:33Saberton described as a serious disaster as for
02:36aid the official said the shipments that
02:39managed to enter Gaza after the ceasefire were
02:41absolutely insufficient however the fund
02:44plans to deliver critical medical supplies
02:47such as incubators heart monitors and
02:49products for safe childbirth
02:54and in other news tropical storm melissa moves slowly
03:11across the caribbean sea increasing the risk of
03:14landslides and flooding in this context in the
03:17coastal city of marigot in the southern haiti civil
03:20protection officials reported the death of an
03:23elder elderly man due to the impact of a
03:26fallen tree while the in the central region of
03:29Artibonid five people were injured in the
03:31flooding meanwhile in jamaica authorities
03:34announced that 881 shelters will be set up as
03:38they are ordered the temporary closure of
03:41businesses and government agencies melissa is
03:44the 13th named storm of the atlantic hurricane season and
03:48the first storm to form in the caribbean this year
03:53and the mexican government reported that an
03:59oil spill in the state of pera cruz caused by
04:01heavy rains that hit the east of the country where
04:04there were at least 78 people and 23 people still
04:09missing was brought under control the secretary of
04:12the navy issued a statement informing that the
04:15spill has been contained which occurred in a pipeline
04:18belonging to the state-owned company petroleos
04:20mexicanos per max it is specified that containment
04:24barriers were placed to prevent the liquid from spreading
04:27into the pantepec river with the support of local
04:30fishermen and the military the agency reported that the
04:34pipeline is operating safely and that environmental cleanup
04:38work is continuing in the affected area
04:44and now we have a short break coming up but first remember you can join us on
04:46tiktok at telesurenglish where you'll find
04:48using different formats news updates and much more
04:52we'll be right back as they're with us
05:00welcome back to from the south in venezuela president nicolas maduro thanked
05:16colombia for its support in addressing u.s imperialist aggressions against the
05:20country and the region the president emphasized that while the u.s military
05:25threat looms over the caribbean the country's well prepared to defend its
05:29territorial integrity freedom and peace president maduro also highlighted the
05:34support that venezuela has from all its brother countries especially colombia
05:39which has neutralized the violent acts that have been attempted against venezuela
05:43and insisted that imperialist and psychological warfare
05:47threats have been successfully countered with serenity and tranquility
05:54on may 3rd 2020 a group of mercenaries venezuelan mercenaries
06:10and some u.s mercenaries left from colombia supported by duke
06:15now the whole truth has come out because the organizer
06:18john woodrock has confessed everything they did
06:22who financed it who prepared it who leave it
06:26how did he order it where did they train them
06:29and he has said everything about even duke
06:33then president of colombia we also said it because we knew everything even duke
06:38was doing thanks to the fact that there are many
06:41patriots in the military forces and in the intelligence forces of colombia
06:46and from here i thank you for all the support you have given us for many years
06:51to all those who have supported the military and intelligence forces of colombia
06:56who have their hearts in bolivar and love us as the common homeland of bolivar
07:10in other topics u.s president donald trump announced the cancellation of trade relations with canada
07:18after accusing the country's authorities of manipulating a speech by former president
07:23donald reagan ronald reagan on this his social media truth social trump called the canadian television
07:30advertisement false claiming that it misquotes former president reagan talking about tariff policy
07:37the u.s president accused the announcement issued by the province of ontario of attempting to interfere
07:43with the u.s supreme court's decision to raise tariffs on canada in this scenario trump announced
07:50that he would end all trade negotiations with canada with immediate effect
07:55and on thursday hundreds of people in the united states took to the streets of san francisco to
08:05protest against immigration raids and escalation in the enforcement of immigration laws the protesters
08:11sang anthems and carried signs with direct messages such as protect our neighbors and no eyes or
08:17troops in the bay in reference to immigration and customs enforcement eyes the protest stands out in a
08:24context of context of growing tension as customs and border protection agents arrived in the region as
08:30part of the intensification of operations and escalation in the enforcement of immigration laws coupled
08:36with president donald trump's threat to send the national guard to the city under the predicts of controlling crime
08:43meanwhile in chile high school students protested against interventionism promoted by far-right politicians
08:56regarding freedom of expression in the educational community in addition to attempting to censor national
09:02historical facts for their own convenience the students marched to the superintendency of education to
09:08reject and express their concern about the censorship that these right-wing sectors are trying to impose
09:16on educational content they demanded an end to political repression against the students and teachers
09:22through illegal proceedings and summaries against them suspensions and loss of classes the students
09:28denounced the action of a consular who attempted to censor historical education about the coup d'etat in
09:35chile against president salvador allende describing it as alleged indoctrination
09:45statement by a republican councilwoman from the municipal council in which she claimed that our
09:50school and our principal were receiving threats from teachers and that there were ultra-left indoctrination
09:55and our school had been targeted for an activity to commemorating the coup d'etat
10:00a fact that was the coup d'etat and that led to a dictatorship in our country and that is a reality
10:08so it is not possible that the people who are supposed to be educating us teaching us and training us
10:14are also denying things that actually happened in our country and now we go to brazil after overcoming
10:22a legal challenge from the far right brazil's first medical school course for a gradient
10:26reform settlement residence is underway our correspondent brian meer has more information
10:33in 1997 brazil's social movements pressured the federal government to create university courses for
10:39youth in agrarian reform settlements and quilombolas which are villages of descendants of people who
10:44escaped slavery since then 190 000 people have gotten bachelor's degrees through the pronera program
10:52now it's starting its first medical school course at pernambuco federal university
10:58we believe that brazil's public universities especially the federal university of pernambuco
11:05need to address the structural problems in our society when we look at rural areas we understand
11:12that there are populations which still face barriers in accessing both university education
11:19and quality health care after 21 years pronera was cancelled by far-right president jair bolsonaro but
11:26it was reinstated when lula da silva took office in 2023 when the government announced the new medical
11:32school program however a legal challenge was mounted to attempt to stop it from happening it's important
11:40to say that we never had any legal problems with our courses in areas like education and geography
11:45but now this medical course bothers brazil's elites this is why legal challenges are on the way mainly
12:02from the right and the far right who are attempting to cancel the medical school program the first legal
12:08hurdle was overcome this month when a federal regional court ruled in favor of pronera the plaintiffs still
12:14have a right to appeal to the supreme court but the judges order that the program be allowed to start
12:19immediately the law and medical schools have always been occupied by the children of the rich in brazil
12:27this is why this bothers them they don't want their children to study in the same spaces as the
12:34children of poor people brazil's first medical program for agrarian reform settlement and kilombola
12:41residents is scheduled to start by the end of the month brian mere tell us sir caruaru pernambuco
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13:27welcome back to from the south in argentina the authorities have imposed an election
13:32ban on the proceedings the national electoral chamber has announced restrictions on campaign
13:38advertising events and sport activities in order to guarantee the transparency of the electoral
13:44process and protect the will of the voters the ban was put in place on friday at 8 a.m local time
13:51as specified by the designated authority and will remain in effect until the conclusion
13:57of the elections on sunday october 26th argentina will renew as well a total of 127 deputies and 24 senators
14:11and the electoral service of chile surveil begins preparations for the november 16th presidential
14:17and parliamentary elections 15 million 70 000 voters are called to the polls as part of the preparations
14:24for the election process the surveil will publish on its website the list of the 203 646 poll workers
14:33this weekend and this method of publishing the names of the designated poll workers from that used in
14:40previous elections where they were notified by registered letter or in the print media servile reported that
14:46a total of 3498 polling stations will be opened of which 3379 will be in the country and 119 abroad on november
14:5916th chileans will not only elect their next president but also the 155 members of the chamber of deputies and
15:0623 of the 50 senators
15:09and japan's new prime minister takaishi sanae stated during her first speech that there will be an
15:19improvement in security and military strategy as tensions with china north korea and russia increase
15:26according to takaishi her government will aim to celebrate annual military spending to two percent of
15:32class domestic products by next march instead of 2027 as previously planned the official also assured
15:40that she will review the security strategy in advance to have it ready by the end of 2026 which will
15:46include significant updates takaishi took office as prime minister on tuesday october 21st ending months of
15:54political vacuum marked by power struggle within her party and consecutive electoral defeats
16:02and north korean president kim jong-un reaffirm military and friendly ties with russia assuring continued
16:11cooperation without hesitation the leader confirmed the death of bilateral relations during the initial
16:19ceremony for the construction of a museum dedicated to the participation of korean military personnel in
16:26operations abroad in his speech kim jong-un paid tribute to his country's soldiers who
16:32participated in the liberation of the russian province of koreks alongside russian military personnel he also
16:39highlighted this event as the beginning of a new history of combat unity in the relations between the
16:45two nations which were consolidated as the most reliable firm and invincible in sharing the same destiny
17:02and the russian government rejected lithuania's accusations of alleged violation of its airspace by russian
17:11fighter jets the russian ministry of defense stated that on october 23rd seu-30 fighter jets conducted
17:20a schedule training flights over the kaliningrad region in accordance with the rules for the use of
17:25airspace over the territory the minister specified that the aircraft did not deviate from their flight
17:32path or violate the borders of other states in this scenario the russian government reported that the
17:37information on the flight route was confirmed through objective monitoring tools
17:47and in this context russia's air defense forces shot down approximately 111 ukrainian attack drones in
17:53southwest of the country during the last day through the telegram social network the russian ministry of
17:59defense stated that the operations were carried out in 13 regions of the country including the capital
18:06moscow and the sea of of asov for its part moscow governor andrei borovyev reported that the impact
18:14of a drone on a residential building caused four adults and one minor to be injured in recent months ukraine
18:20has focused its attacks on refineries fuel depots and other facilities of russia's oil industry
18:30and like this we have come to the end of this news brief remember you can find this and many
18:35other stories on our website at telesurenglish.net also we invite you to join us on social media we
18:41are on facebook x instagram telegram and tiktok as well for telesurenglish am alejandra garcia thank you for
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