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00:00Caracas celebrated the launch of the Programme for Co-existence and Peace, led by acting

00:18President El Cid Rodriguez and members of the executive branch. In the United States,

00:25protests continue across the nation against the immigration policies of the

00:29Trump administration and to demand the retreat of ISIS troops of their territories.

00:38Representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the United States held Friday the first round

00:43of direct negotiations in the city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

00:53Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Sofia Fernanda from Natal Azul Studios in Havana, Cuba.

00:58We'll begin with the news. Stay with us.

01:13In Venezuela, Acting President El Cid Rodriguez launched the Programme for Co-existence and Peace,

01:17with the goal of holding an immediate meeting with all political sectors in the country.

01:21The meeting was intended to strengthen peace in Venezuela, unified political and social actors

01:26to move forward in a single direction in which the nation is prioritized. For her part, Rodriguez

01:32indicated that the intention is to eradicate social, political and economic expressions that

01:37incite hatred, as these have led to very dangerous situations for the country. She also said that

01:43next Monday, January 26th, she will be in contact with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

01:49to discuss the implementation of policies based on respect for the Venezuelan people.

01:54But a second step, and I want to call President of the National Assembly, Dr. Jorge Rodriguez,

02:07in his condition of President of the Council of Sovereignty and Peace of Venezuela, to call

02:14immediately to the meeting with all of the political sectors of the country, political sectors that

02:25coincide and those who diverge, opposition, political opposition, and to call to a true political dialogue

02:33with results that are concrete, immediate, and for that political dialogue to have a last name,

02:40to be a Venezuelan political dialogue where the orders, the outside orders are not imposed,

02:48not from Washington or Bogota or Madrid, no, for it to be a political dialogue that is

02:55Venezuelan and nationalized, that is what the country asks for, for the common good of Venezuela.

03:04Acting President Elcio Rodriguez also presented a 100-day plan to monitor violence and hate speech

03:09as part of a strategy to address the consequences of sanctions imposed by the U.S. government.

03:15And to do a plan of 100 days, the first 100 days of this plan and program for the coexistence

03:25and peace that we'll have as the first has, the mapping of violence and political, economical

03:30and social hate in Venezuela. It must be done. See where we are, Angel Prado, in the communities,

03:38where is the peace, the judges of peace, the justice of peace, the neighbors' justice, where we are and

03:45where are we starting from an external economical aggression that this republic had never known,

03:54but that we have lived since the year 2015, with impositions of unilateral coercitive measures

04:02that are illegitimate sanctions, but exist in Venezuela and that have created a tremendous weight

04:10in the economical life of the country, but has also generated important social wounds in our homeland.

04:17Venezuela's Acting President Elcio Rodriguez also promoted a reform of the country's justice system.

04:23In the context of the announcement of the release of more than 600 people from prisons.

04:31I call to the reflection and I open the doors to all of the Venezuelan sectors of academia,

04:41non-academia, from the communities and from the communal circuits, the judges of peace,

04:48the neighborhood movement, for us to think in a model of criminal justice that is alternative,

04:56where poverty is not punished, when the poor are not punished for being poor,

05:02it is an immediate asking. And in this process, this political process that we live,

05:08I also want to inform that today, till today, 626 people have been released.

05:17In other news, the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, MST, closed its 14th National Congress,

05:25with the participation of Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva.

05:29The President expressed the existence of the social movement MST, now celebrating its 42 years,

05:35highlighting its willingness to fight for social justice and against the harmful agority business.

05:40At his speech during the closing event, Lula slammed the U.S. military attack on Venezuela

05:46and the kidnapping of Fresia Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and the Epictive Celia Flores,

05:50stressing that Latin America is a zone of peace.

05:53The MST, the largest social movement in the continent, has been for decades a strong actor

05:58in defense of solidarity among the peoples of the Global South, regional sovereignty and fair access to land.

06:10Honestly, every night I'm abraded by what happened in Venezuela. I can't believe it.

06:18Maduro knew there were 15,000 U.S. soldiers in the Caribbean Sea.

06:22They knew there were threats every day. There were threats every day.

06:26He knew there were threats every day.

06:28He knew there were threats every day.

06:32I mean, the guys enter Venezuela at night, break into Nicolas Maduro's barracks,

06:40and take Maduro away, and no one knew that Maduro was gone.

06:43I mean, it's not possible.

06:45It's a lack of respect for the territorial integrity of a country that doesn't exist in South America.

07:00South America is a territory of peace.

07:02We don't want, we don't have nuclear weapons.

07:05We don't have atomic bombs.

07:06We only have poor people who want to work, who want to live, who want to eat, who want to have lunch,

07:13who want to have dinner, who want to study.

07:16We don't want war.

07:17What we have to show you is our character and our dignity.

07:19And now we have a short break coming up.

07:26But first, remember, you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English,

07:29where you will find news in different formats, news updates, and more.

07:34Stay with us.

07:34Welcome back.

07:47In the United States, the city of Minneapolis stationed an economic boycott with hundreds of businesses closed,

07:54in a protest against immigration enforcement operations named the Day of Truth and Freedom.

08:00A powerful network of unions, social movements, clergy, and small businesses called for a complete shutdown in this Friday,

08:08urging residents to suspend work, classes, and shopping as part of a significant economic boycott

08:13against the operations of immigration and customs enforcement.

08:16On Friday, hundreds of businesses closed their doors, despite the dangerous freezing temperatures forecast by the National Weather Service.

08:24Minneapolis has been protesting nonstop since the murder on January 7th of 37-year-old Renini Koolgood,

08:31by a nice agent, to demand a stomp to the persecution of migrants.

08:34On the other hand, in the state of Georgia, around 600 high school students in the city of Dultous

08:47walk out of class to join the protests against immigration and customs enforcement operations,

08:53and in solidarity with the Minnesota General Strike.

08:56Tensions in Minnesota escalated following the death of René Good,

08:59who was shot by a nice agent in early January,

09:02and the arrest of several minors, including a five-year-old boy,

09:06an event that has generated outrage among residents and activists.

09:10Protesters in solidarity with Minnesota have also spread to various parts of the country.

09:24In this context, despite frigid and windy conditions,

09:28several hundred people gathered at night in Portland's Monument Square,

09:32to protest, immigration and customs enforcement.

09:35The demonstration was peaceful and attracted minimum police attention.

09:39For their part, speakers criticized the source in anti-migrant operations,

09:43holding signs with slogans such as AIDS out of Maine.

09:47So far, detentions in Maine have worried Portland and Lewiston,

09:51which have large immigrant and refugee communities, particularly from Africa.

09:55Community leaders said that, like in other U.S. cities where AIDS has increased its operations,

10:01some families are staying indoors, avoiding work,

10:03and keeping children home from school, for fear of arrest.

10:06A powerful winter storm is sweeping across nearly half of the United States,

10:27bringing heavy snow, extreme temperatures and potential ice.

10:31The disaster has affected approximately 230 million people in nearly all 50 states,

10:37with 14 states so far declaring states of emergency.

10:41The winter storm is expected to reach the East Coast between Saturday and Sunday.

10:46Meanwhile, record lows are anticipated in Minneapolis, Chicago and Cleveland.

10:51The National Weather Service has warned of potential power outages,

10:54downed trees and extremely dangerous road conditions,

10:57and freezing temperatures that can set in within minutes due to the extreme cold.

11:03Meteorologists warn that the damage, especially in areas affected by ice,

11:07could be comparable to that of a hurricane.

11:19In other news, France is one of a growing number of nations considering banning social media for children,

11:25as experts warn of the mental health dangers social media poses to young people.

11:30Countries worldwide are viewing social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube as harmful to young people.

11:38Experts said social media can be good for creativity, building communities and connecting marginalized groups,

11:44like neurodevelopers of LGBTQ children.

11:47However, they also recognize the potential for harm for children.

11:50On Monday, the French National Assembly will debate a ban on social media for people under 15.

11:57Meanwhile, the UK and Denmark are considering similar legislation.

12:01Also, Albania banned TikTok in March 2025,

12:04and Australia banned under 16-year-olds from all social media.

12:08In other news on Thursday, South Korea became the first country to formally enact legislation regulating the use of artificial intelligence,

12:21including specific provisions for deepfakes.

12:24The country, home to microprocessor giants,

12:27announced its aspiration to join the United States and China as one of the three major AI powers.

12:32The law requires companies to notify users when their products or services use generative AI.

12:39It also stipulates that they must clearly label continent,

12:43including deepfakes, that cannot easily be distinguished from reality.

12:48Passed in December 2024,

12:49the law aims to establish a secure and reliable foundation to support AI innovation,

12:54according to a statement from the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT.

13:02Meanwhile, on Friday, authorities announced that Chinese rescue teams had retrieved 17 Filipino crew members

13:11from a shipwreck in the South China Sea.

13:14Of those rescued, 15 were in stable condition, while two were found dead.

13:19As of Friday evening, four others remained missing.

13:21At 12.46 a.m. Friday, the cargo ship Devon

13:25lost contact in waters about 55 nautical miles northwest of Huanjian Dao,

13:32while en route from the Philippines to southern Wandong province.

13:36The ship had 21 crew members from the Philippines on board.

13:41The last contact with the ship was at 9.26 p.m. on Thursday.

13:45Contact was lost after that,

13:47and the ship's emergency beacon later sent out an alarm signal.

13:50Multiple international commercial vessels joined the search operation.

14:01We have a second short break coming up.

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14:16Final short break, but we'll be right back with more from the South.

14:18Don't go away.

14:20Representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States

14:34held Friday their first round of direct negotiations in the city of Abu Dhabi,

14:38in the United Arab Emirates, on Friday.

14:41The talks come after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his U.S. officials in Moscow,

14:46and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Trump in Davos.

14:51Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Veskov said earlier this week that the three lateral talks would focus on security issues

14:59and retreating Moscow's stance that lost in peace requires withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbass,

15:05a condition Kiev rejects.

15:07Although no official statements were issued after the first day of talks concluded,

15:12a White House official told NBC News that the meeting had been productive.

15:16The second trilateral meeting is scheduled to be held on Saturday.

15:20In other news, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence successfully dismantled a terrorist network in Tehran,

15:33where at least 16 people involved in criminal riots were arrested.

15:37The agency reported that the operation was carried out in the last 24 hours,

15:42in cooperation with Tehran Intelligence and the Security Department.

15:45The authorities emphasized that during the operation, eight of those arrested were the main perpetrators of these attacks,

15:51on security targets, and the burning of government and private vehicles.

15:55Iranian intelligence also reported the seizure of military weapons, drugs and alcoholic beverages.

16:01Meanwhile, the Iranian government has denounced as false the United States' accusation of executions during the protests.

16:16The Iranian Prosecutions Office said that the U.S. President's statements about stopping the execution of 800 people is completely false.

16:25It explained that no such figure exists, and that the judiciary has not made any decision in this regard.

16:32The agency emphasized that it operates independently and does not obeyed orders from foreign governments.

16:37This came after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a military invasion of the Persian nation.

16:42For its part, the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that the resolution issued by the European Parliament on human rights violations in Iran

16:56contains incorrect allegations and unfounded statements.

17:00Tehran assures that the European Congress has not made a statement in favor of Palestine and international law,

17:06despite the violations and crimes committed by Israel.

17:08Meanwhile, its resolution only reflects a flood and contradictions that deprived the European Parliament of credibility

17:15in these statements related to human rights.

17:25On Thursday, the United Nations Organization reported that more than 134,000 people have been displaced in northeastern Syria

17:34as part of the recent clashes between government forces and Kurdish groups.

17:39The International Organization for Migration reports a sharp source in displaced individuals from Haasekhez province,

17:47reaching nearly 135,000 in the last three days.

17:51The Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces agreed to a temporary ceasefire,

17:55but the agency warned that 42,000 people remain housed in collected shelters and face urgent needs,

18:02especially for food and basic supplies.

18:05Reports indicate some displaced people are returning to Aleppo following a decrease in fighting

18:10and ongoing diplomatic efforts to stabilize the region.

18:13Meanwhile, Iraqi military forces reinforced the deployment of the border with Syria,

18:25with the demonstrating security and protection measures.

18:28In the province of Nibine, in northwestern Iraq, military units were mobilized,

18:33focused on preventing any possible border violations.

18:37Authorities said the deployment of military forces sent a message of tranquility to the peoples of the world,

18:42indicating that Baghdad is committed to maintaining the well-being of the people.

18:46The military movement comes amidst the occupation of Syrian forces of areas

18:50that were controlled by Kurdish forces in northeastern and eastern Syria.

19:12The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese,

19:23has described Israel's demolition of the Urwa headquarters in Al-Quds as an attack on the United Nations system.

19:30In a statement issued on Friday, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories

19:36expressed her dismay at the ongoing destruction carried out by the Israeli government without any restrictions.

19:43She also lamented the systematic dismantling of the United Nations and international law,

19:47a process that is unfolding before the world's eyes.

19:51Last Tuesday, Israeli forces stormed the Urwa headquarters in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Ha'ra neighborhood

19:57and demolished the compound using bulldozers and heavy machinery.

20:01And like this, we have come to the end of this June's brief.

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