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*Colombians Regional and Local election day advances
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*Colombians Regional and Local election day advances
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00:00 In Palestine, authorities registered more than 8,000 people killed and over 21,000 wounded
00:14 in Israel's relentless bombings of Gaza.
00:21 In Colombia, regional and local elections are underway.
00:24 Over 38 million citizens are called to the polls.
00:30 In Kazakhstan, the death toll in coal mine collapse rose to 42.
00:46 Hello welcome to From the South.
00:47 I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Medellin Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:51 We begin with the news.
01:04 Since the beginning of the Israeli attacks on Palestine, 8,005 people have been killed
01:08 and more than 21,000 injured as a result of the bombings.
01:12 The Gaza Health Ministry reports that the Israeli occupation forces committed 56 massacres
01:16 in the last 24 hours, claiming the lives of 302 people.
01:22 These attacks bring the number of Palestinians killed to 8,005.
01:26 According to the health authority, more than 21,000 people have been injured so far as
01:31 a result of the bombardments.
01:33 The Gaza health authorities warn that the collapse of the health system in the Strip
01:36 is increasing every day.
01:37 It was confirmed that 12 hospitals have been shut down and 32 health care centers have
01:42 stopped operating.
01:57 Support demonstrations for the Palestinian people continue.
02:00 In Lebanon, citizens took to the streets of Beirut to show their support for the Palestinian
02:04 cause on the 23rd day of the Israeli siege.
02:08 Citizens of the Lebanese capital came out to demonstrate their rejection of the attacks
02:11 perpetrated by Israel on the Gaza Strip.
02:15 Demonstrators also rejected Israel's illegal occupation not only of Palestinian territories
02:19 but also of the southern Lebanese territories.
02:21 People also rejected Israeli attacks against strongholds of the Hezbollah resistance organization
02:26 inside Lebanese territory.
02:37 Also in Tunisia, citizens took to the streets to show their solidarity with the Palestinian
02:41 people in the Gaza Strip besieged by Israel for the last 23 days.
02:46 Demonstrations took place after the Committee on Rights and Freedoms of the Assembly of
02:49 People's Representatives approved a bill defining the normalization of diplomatic relations
02:54 with Israel as a crime.
03:23 Let's review what happened yesterday in Palestine, where a murder death toll is already
03:29 over 8,000 today, Sunday.
03:35 United Nations spokesman Stefan Dujarric said his organization has full confidence in the
03:40 figures published by the Palestinian Health Ministry.
03:44 He made the statement after the U.S. President Joe Biden, during a visit to Australia, questioned
03:49 the numbers presented by the Palestinian Authority.
03:55 Local media denounced that Gaza is more isolated from the outside world after the announcement
04:00 made on Friday by the Paltel Palestinian Communications Company about a complete shutdown of communications,
04:06 telephone and internet services due to the Israeli siege.
04:11 The internet is slowly starting to work again in some parts of Gaza.
04:14 It is the 23rd day of the Israeli siege against the Palestinian people and the humanitarian
04:17 situation is worsening as time goes by.
04:20 Our correspondent Noor Harsine has more details in the following report.
04:26 We are back.
04:27 The internet has eventually come back to some areas around the Gaza Strip, only in southern
04:35 Gaza and middle Gaza.
04:36 People who are still residing in northern Gaza and central Gaza City, they still do
04:40 not have internet access.
04:43 At the same time, the lines, the network lines are still down.
04:48 We still facing so much hardship to call each other and to get information from the other
04:55 sides of the Gaza Strip.
04:58 However, this is something good for Palestinians, at least for Palestinian journalists, that
05:03 they can spread what is really happening here on the ground on Gaza over the past two days.
05:10 And because we were not able to report from Gaza, Israel intensified its air strikes on
05:17 Gaza.
05:18 At the same time, it started its wide-scale land invasion here in the Gaza Strip.
05:24 Still, they did not encourage much because there is clashes that erupted between them
05:30 and between the Israeli troops and Palestinian militants here in Gaza.
05:37 The situation, the humanitarian situation is deteriorating.
05:42 Tens of hospitals have totally shut down by now, and other hospitals that are still operating,
05:49 they've totally collapsed because the humanitarian aid is not enough and because what they really
05:55 want is fuel.
05:58 According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, one of the hardest air strikes on the Gaza
06:04 Strip last night was when the Israeli warplanes targeted al-Habush family home, Habush neighborhood.
06:12 Thirty-three Palestinians were killed, most of them are children and women, and this is
06:17 happening daily basis here.
06:20 Hopefully in the next few hours we will be able to connect everyone around Gaza to see
06:26 what's the latest also in the news from this side.
06:29 Nur Harazin, TELESUR, Gaza.
06:33 Let's take now a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok @telesurenglish
06:37 where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
06:41 Other stories coming up, stay with us.
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06:53 Welcome back from the south.
07:18 In Chile, the twelfth day of the Pan American Games, Santiago 2023 moves forward.
07:22 Eduardo Recones has the latest details.
07:25 Hello, Eduardo, what can you tell us of today's sporting events?
07:30 Right now we are on a lunch break.
07:31 The actions are going to renew around 1500 hours, 3 o'clock, 3 p.m. local time, where
07:39 there's going to be a bronze medal match between Prisca Awiti from Mexico and Agustina de
07:44 Lucia from Argentina, that's in the judo discipline.
07:49 But tonight we want to talk about what happened earlier this morning, the big controversy
07:54 of Santiago 2023 so far.
07:57 A big problem happened early this morning at the 20 kilometer racewalk final.
08:04 Let me do a quick recap of the events.
08:06 Around 7 a.m. the female 20 kilometer racewalk started and something was off, something was
08:12 not right since the beginning.
08:14 The athletes knew it.
08:15 As soon as they finished the first turn, the coaching staff knew that something was off.
08:21 The GPS signal told them that they were going faster, the times didn't match, the distance
08:28 didn't match and the reason was because the field, the track where they were running was
08:32 200 meters shorter than regulatory.
08:36 This is a big, big mistake.
08:38 Just so you have an idea, 200 meters shorter in a 20 kilometer race, it's about two to
08:43 three kilometers shorter.
08:44 The race was around, instead of 20 kilometers, was around 17 to 18 kilometers.
08:49 Of course, this is a huge, huge problem and already there's a lot of controversy going
08:54 on here in Santiago.
08:56 The organization of Santiago 2023 already said that this is not their responsibility.
09:01 They blame directly the Association of Pan American Athletics.
09:06 They said they are the entity that's supposed to measure, supposed to see that everything
09:11 is in place in Santiago 2023.
09:12 According to Harold May Nichols, the executive director, they're not responsible for this.
09:17 What does this mean to the athletes?
09:20 Also a big problem.
09:21 Kimberly Garcia was the gold medalist from Peru.
09:24 She won gold medal and just so you can dimension, so you can picture how big a mistake this
09:30 was, she finished with a time of one hour, 12 minutes and 26 seconds.
09:37 The world record for this discipline is one hour, 26 minutes, 51 seconds by Maria Garcia
09:43 from Spain.
09:44 That's the record.
09:45 So Kimberly Garcia today finished 14 minutes shorter of that record.
09:50 That's a huge difference.
09:51 So of course, something was not right and they noticed it right away.
09:55 Kimberly Garcia won gold and silver was for Estefania Morjon from Ecuador and bronze was
10:01 for Carla Inga from Peru.
10:03 What's going to happen?
10:04 They still keep their medals.
10:06 They're going to remain gold winners, but the big problem is that the times that they
10:13 did today are not going to count.
10:15 They're going to be eliminated.
10:17 That's a big problem, especially since this discipline was one of those in the Pan American
10:22 2023 games that allow athletes to obtain a ticket to Tokyo 2024.
10:27 These athletes were competing to finish first place so they can win the gold medal and also
10:33 make it to Tokyo 2024.
10:35 That is not going to happen because of the big, big mistake that happened earlier this
10:39 morning.
10:40 Big mistake, they caught it, but after that they had to review the whole field.
10:45 The organization came in, they reviewed the distances and they fixed it for the men's
10:50 competition that took place.
10:51 Instead of 9.30, it took place at 10 because of this huge mess that was happening.
10:56 And it happened normally.
10:59 Nothing new.
11:00 It's going to count.
11:01 The information that we're managing right now is that it's a valid race where Alexandre
11:07 Hurtado from Ecuador won the gold, Caio Bonfim from Brazil got the bronze medal, and Andres
11:13 Oliva from Mexico got the bronze medal.
11:16 Excuse me, Caio Bonfim from Brazil got the silver medal.
11:20 Mexico got the bronze medal.
11:22 First medal for Mexico in this type of discipline in 20 years.
11:25 So he was very, very excited.
11:28 We're going to keep reporting on this because, as we said, it's a big error, one of the biggest
11:33 errors here so far in Santiago 2023.
11:36 We want to see what the authorities have to say about this.
11:39 We're going to go, as soon as we're done with you, we're going to go in there to Judo because,
11:43 as we said, it's a long day of competition in Judo, and we're going to find out what's
11:47 going on with the 20 kilometer race walk that happened early this morning.
11:53 Reporting from Santiago, I'm Eduardo Regonesi.
11:55 Back to you guys.
11:56 Thank you, Eduardo, for the latest information.
11:58 We'll stay tuned to learn what's happening at Santiago in the Pan American Games.
12:03 Let's now move on to other news.
12:05 In Colombia, the regional and local elections are moving forward.
12:08 More than 38 million citizens are summoned to the polls to vote.
12:12 The more than 19,922 polling stations set up by the National Electoral Council opened
12:17 their doors at 8 a.m. local time.
12:20 Citizens will have to elect 1,102 mayors, 32 governors, 12,072 councilmen, 418 deputies
12:27 and 6,885 town councilmen.
12:31 Within the framework of this day, approximately 120,193 police officers were deployed to ensure
12:36 the security of the elections.
12:38 Polls are expected to close at 4 p.m. local time.
12:49 Mexico's National Meteorological Service reported on Saturday the formation of a tropical
12:53 depression south of the state of Chiapas, which, due to its dynamics and wind evolution,
12:58 may constitute a danger for the hydrometeorological situation in the region.
13:02 In a statement, the institution declared the formation of Tropical Depression-19e to the
13:07 south of the coast of Chiapas.
13:09 This extensive area of clouds will originate punctual intense rains.
13:13 Winds with strong gusts and high waves are foreseen on the coasts of Oaxaca, Chiapas
13:17 and the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
13:20 The forecast stresses the possibility of the occurrence of strong gusts of wind that can
13:23 go from 40 to 60 km/h, responsible for waves and swells with waves of 1 to 2 meters high
13:30 on the coasts of Oaxaca, Chiapas and in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
13:34 The SMA calls on the population to take extreme safety measures and precautions in areas of
13:40 the aforementioned states.
13:47 In Brazil, at least 60 municipalities in the state of Amazonas are in emergency because
13:51 of the drought that affects the region.
13:55 These districts in Brazil, at least 60 municipalities are in a state of emergency due to a drought
14:00 affecting 62 municipalities in the state of Amazonas of an upkeep, iron alert, affecting
14:06 more than 600,000 people and 152,000 families.
14:11 Authorities in Manaus say this is the worst drought in 121 years.
14:14 They also report that this Friday the Negro River reached 12.5 meters, the lowest level
14:20 since 1902.
14:22 Experts say this is a consequence of the El Niño phenomenon, combined with the abnormal
14:26 warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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15:12 In Kazakhstan, the death toll in coal mine collapse rose to 42.
15:15 The emergency ministers reported that so far a body of 42 people have been recovered while
15:20 the search for the missing continues.
15:22 It detailed that of the more than 252 people who were trapped, about 200 managed to exit,
15:27 and 18 were given medical attention.
15:30 Due to this incident, the government of Kazakhstan declared Sunday a day of national mourning
15:34 and ordered the care of the victims, as well as the suspension of the investment with the
15:38 mining company ArcelorMittal de Mirtau.
15:43 Australia ordered the evacuation of several towns in Queensland in the northwest of the
15:49 country on Saturday due to intensifying wildfires.
15:53 Local authorities issued three emergency warnings on Saturday morning to municipalities in the
15:57 area, ordering them to evacuate immediately and confirm that more than 35 homes had been
16:02 destroyed by some heavy fires.
16:04 20 units equipped with firefighting equipment and mapping aircraft arrived on the scene
16:08 to continue firefighting missions.
16:09 According to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman, wind forecasts do not
16:14 indicate that conditions are likely to improve.
16:22 The European Union will maintain sluggish economic growth in 2023 despite a slowdown
16:27 in inflation.
16:28 Inflation fell from 10.6 percentage points in October 2022 to 4.3 percent in September
16:34 2023.
16:35 However, the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, considered that the
16:39 member states of the bloc should agree before the end of 2023 on new fiscal rules.
16:43 Lagarde recalled that they should promote the sustainability of public debt and the
16:47 necessary investments in competitiveness and resilience.
16:50 The European Union's fiscal rules have been frozen for almost four years and if not reformed
16:55 by 2024, the most indebted countries will be forced to cut spending and raise taxes.
17:05 Matthew Perry, one of the stars of the TV sitcom "Friends", was found dead at his
17:09 house on Saturday, U.S. media reported.
17:12 Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that Perry was found unconscious in
17:16 a hot tub at his Los Angeles home by first responders, who were unable to revive him.
17:21 The LA Times and TMZ, which first reported the news, both said there were no signs of
17:26 foul play, citing anonymous sources.
17:28 Perry was best known for his portrayal of Chandra Been on NBC's wildly popular "Friends",
17:33 which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004.
17:37 Perry had battled for years with addiction to painkillers and alcohol and attended rehabilitation
17:42 clinics on multiple occasions.
17:44 TMZ reported that no drugs were found at the scene on Saturday.
17:52 We have come to the end of this news brief.
17:53 Before saying goodbye, we want to thank our Caribbean audience, especially the audience
17:57 of Trinidad and Tobago.
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