06/06/2024
FTS 12.30
*Palestine: Israeli army attacks refugee center, leaves 32 dead
*Cuba: Social Communication law gets officially published
FTS 12.30
*Palestine: Israeli army attacks refugee center, leaves 32 dead
*Cuba: Social Communication law gets officially published
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00:00The Israeli occupation army killed 32 Palestinian civilians after bombing a United Nations agency
00:19school in the central Gaza Strip.
00:24In the Netherlands, more than 13 million citizens had to depose on Thursday to elect a New York
00:29European Parliament.
00:36And in Cuba, the social communication law was presented after getting approved by the
00:40National Assembly in May of 2023.
00:47Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:50My name is Belén de los Santos and from the Telesoro studios in Havana, Cuba, we begin
00:54with the news.
01:11On Thursday, the Israeli occupation army killed 32 Palestinian civilians after bombing a United
01:17Nations agency school in the central Gaza Strip.
01:20In this sense, the WAFA news agency reported that hundreds of displaced Palestinians were
01:25sheltering in the Al-Sadi school in the Nusrat Refugee Camp, which was targeted by the Israeli
01:31army.
01:32Meanwhile, local authorities reported that a large number of dead and wounded bodies
01:37arrived at the collapsed Al-Aqsa Hospital.
01:40The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the attack as a horrible massacre
01:45and said that among the victims there were many women and children.
01:48Since the October onslaught of its genocidal war against Palestine, Israel has killed 36,586
01:57people and wounded more than 83,000.
02:05And images were released on Thursday morning showing the devastation caused at the Nusrat
02:10Preparatory School for Boys, affiliated to the UNRWA.
02:14Local sources reported that an Israeli warplane attacked the upper floors of the school compound
02:18at night while the people were sleeping.
02:21UNRWA schools throughout Gaza have functioned as shelters since the beginning of the genocidal
02:26war perpetrated by Israel, which has displaced most of the territory's population.
02:32According to UN agencies, more than 200 schools have been attacked since October 7th.
02:43And in Spain, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, JosĂ© Manuel Ălvarez, announced on Thursday
02:47the inclusion of the country in the lawsuit against the Israeli aggression of the Palestinian
02:52people filed by South Africa before the Hague.
02:55From Andalusia, our correspondent Sergio Rodrigo offers us more details.
03:05Very good morning.
03:06The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Spanish government announced this morning that Spain
03:10will join South Africa's lawsuit before the Hague against Israel's genocide in the Gaza
03:15Strip.
03:18The Minister of Foreign Affairs himself has announced it today in which he has assured
03:22that he does it to preserve international law but also to give greater capacity to this
03:27court of the United Nations so that it can carry out all kinds of actions in the situation
03:31in Gaza and to achieve the end of the conflict not only in the Gaza Strip but also to bring
03:39stability and peace to the Middle East.
03:44In addition, Minister Ălvarez insisted that this measure joins the measures that are being
03:48taken and also joins other countries that are joining South Africa in this international
03:53demand.
03:56He also supported the precautionary measures announced by this court in which among them
04:00was requested the arrest of Netanyahu.
04:06The Prime Minister of Israel accused in this international conflict and in which now Spain
04:15also joins this international lawsuit in which he assures will work and collaborate with
04:19the court to try to continue adding evidence to stop and reach a peace agreement to end
04:24the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
04:28All this has also occurred in this climate a few days since Spain recognized by the Spanish
04:33government to Palestine as a full state within this nation of the European Union.
04:38In the affairs of Spain, JosĂ© Manuel Ălvarez ratified his support for the peace initiatives
04:46for Gaza and the two-state solution.
04:48Let's listen.
04:51We reiterate our support for peace initiatives such as those launched by President Biden,
04:56together with Egypt and Qatar.
04:58With this intervention in the International Court of Justice, our sole objective is to
05:02put an end to the war and finally move towards the implementation of the two-state solution,
05:07which is the only guarantee of peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis and for the
05:12whole region.
05:13They all have a right to peace.
05:14The same right.
05:17In other news, in the Netherlands, more than 13 million citizens go to the polls on Thursday
05:22to elect a new European Parliament.
05:24In this context, polling stations will remain open until 9 pm local time to allow voting
05:30for 31 members of the 751 that make up the European Parliament.
05:35According to the latest polls, the far-right Party for Freedom, led by Geert Wilders, is
05:41leading the polls ahead of leftist candidate and former European Commission Vice President
05:45Frans Timmermans.
05:47It should be noted that more than 370 million people in the European Union bloc are eligible
05:53to vote in this parliamentary election.
06:00The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, accused the opposition and the anti-government
06:05media of generating a scenario of hatred that led to his assassination attempt on May 15.
06:11In his first public statement after the assassination attempt that took place three weeks ago, Fico
06:17thanked the medical staff for saving his life, while stressing that the attack came from
06:22foreign-backed politicians.
06:24He also recalled that he had been warning of probable political violence for several
06:28months and criticized the major Western democracies for fueling hatred.
06:34After returning to power last October, the Slovak Prime Minister halted military aid
06:39to Ukraine, aligning himself with a policy of peace, and thus upsetting NATO.
06:50The 15th of May in Hanlova, a Slovak opposition activist tried to kill me because of my political
06:56views.
06:57The top medical team of the Roosevelt Hospital in Banska Bystrica prevented the worst.
07:02In this way, the Slovakian Prime Minister also denounced the campaign against him orchestrated
07:07by media outlets that answered to billionaire George Soros.
07:13For now, I will confine myself to saying that the attack has caused me serious damage to
07:17my health.
07:18Repeated operations and a lot of pain and suffering, it will be a minor miracle if I
07:23am able to return to work in a few weeks.
07:25I would like to ask the anti-government media, especially those owned by the financial structure
07:29of George Soros, not to go down this way and to respect not only the seriousness of the
07:34motives of the assassination attempt, but also the consequences of this attempt.
07:39On Wednesday night in the Czech Republic, a high-speed train collided head-on with a
07:44freight train, killing at least four people.
07:47The crash took place in the city of Pardubudiz, which is located some 100 kilometers east
07:53of Prague.
07:55The passenger train, owned by the private company Regiojet, was traveling overnight
08:00from Czech capital to the city of Äop in western Ukraine.
08:04The Interior Minister, VĂt RĂĄkĂșsĂĄn, regarded the accident as a tragedy for the country
08:10and confirmed that 23 people were injured out of the 380 traveling abroad.
08:16After rescue operations ended, the transport minister, MartĂn Kupka, stated that the main
08:22line between Prague and the eastern part of the nation would have to be closed while
08:26the authorities investigate the causes of the collision.
08:30Now let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on Tiktok at Telser English,
08:39where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
08:51Other stories coming up, stay with us.
09:12Welcome back to From the South, an able detachment of the Russian Federation will pay an official
09:17visit to the port of Havana from June 12th to 17th.
09:22The Russian naval group is composed of four ships, the frigate Gorshkov, the nuclear-powered
09:28submarine Kazan, the fleet oil tanker Pashin and the salvage tug Nikolaychikov.
09:34According to the Cuban Minrex statement, the visit is in line with the historical friendly
09:39relations between Cuba and the Russian Federation and strictly complies with the international
09:45regulations to which Cuba is a state party.
09:49Minrex specified that none of the vessels is a nuclear weapon carrier, so their stopover
09:55in Havana does not represent a threat to the region.
10:03In Cuba also, a social communication law was presented on Wednesday after getting approved
10:08by the National Assembly in May of 2023.
10:12The legislation that regulates the social communication system for the management of
10:15processes in the organizational, commercial, media and community areas will enter into
10:20force in 120 days.
10:23In this regard, the president of the Cuban Association of Social Communicators, Rosa
10:28MarĂa PĂ©rez, pointed out that the law promotes the development of marketing and advertising
10:34with a scientific vision and advocates for education and instruction in the area.
10:39The president of the Union of Journalists of Cuba, Ricardo Ronquillo, stated that the
10:44document collects the struggles faced by journalists and communicators and serves as a step forward
10:52in the transmission of the country's grass model.
11:00In Haiti, 5 million people are victims of the biggest food crisis since the 2010 earthquake.
11:06According to a report published by the United Nations from the Central Kitchen of the World
11:12Food Program in Port-au-Prince, the agency's director Jean-Martin Bauer indicated that
11:17of the 5 million people suffering from acute food insecurity, close to 1.6 million are
11:23classified as emergency food insecure, the highest figure ever recorded.
11:28The problem in the country worsened at the beginning of March after criminal groups tightened
11:34their grip on the Haitian capital through coordinated attacks on police stations, freeing
11:39thousands of prisoners from jail.
11:47We go now to Venezuela, where hundreds of citizens mobilized in the state of Bolivar
11:51in support of the government and in rejection of the sanctions imposed by the United States
11:56against the country.
11:57The demonstration was led by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge RodrĂguez,
12:02and the executive vice president, Delsi RodrĂguez.
12:04The people gathered in the streets to show their support to the policies implemented
12:09by President NicolĂĄs Maduro.
12:10Moreover, the citizens raised slogans in rejection to the sanctions imposed by the U.S. government.
12:16It should be noted that these mobilizations are being carried out throughout the national
12:20territory, as indicated by President Maduro.
12:31Those who stole our gold from England, who stole a company in Colombia called Monomeros,
12:38who became multi-millionaires by stealing what belongs to the people of Venezuela, they
12:44provoked us.
12:47They believed with their bold faces that they could steal, ask for sanctions, ask for invasions,
12:55send a letter to the government of Netanyahu telling Netanyahu, go and do in Venezuela
13:01the same barbarity that you are doing in Gaza.
13:07They are now coming to ask for the vote of the people, as if the people have no memory,
13:14as if the people don't remember all the damage they did.
13:17And we stay in Venezuela, where, according to the Confederation of Industries, the sector
13:22had a 16.9 percent growth during the first quarter of 2024, compared to the same period
13:28last year.
13:29The industrialists recognize the importance of the incentive that the national government
13:33gave to entrepreneurs and their trade.
13:36Our correspondent Santiago Correa with the details.
13:41Since the creation and application of government credits, entrepreneurs are part of growing
13:46and recovering Venezuela.
13:48Carmen Ascanio, owner of a block factory, tell us about its development.
13:56My project has developed a lot.
13:58This year for me has been a year of much, much production.
14:02I thank FONAEN for the support, for the credit contribution.
14:06We have a lot of sales.
14:07People are calling us to place many orders.
14:10We want to keep moving forward, although we really need another little push.
14:14We are very, very grateful for the push they gave us, and we want to keep moving forward.
14:19I would like to tell the community, to all Venezuelans, not to give up, to keep moving
14:23forward, to have faith and a positive mind, to set goals, not to fall asleep, to make
14:29our dreams come true, because we can.
14:38Cement and gravel are part of the elements to produce blocks of all sizes, which from
14:46the sector of La Mata de Charallave in the state of Miranda go to the hardware stores
14:51in Caracas, Okumare del Tui and other destinations.
14:58We are in charge of distributing a block that has been produced with good quality.
15:03The mixed designs are already in three models, either 50-50, heavy or only alive, and with
15:10a good finish, which is what the end customer is looking for.
15:15In general, sales have grown this last month.
15:18There have been a lot of material rotation.
15:20It is a shame.
15:22A lot of people buy from us, and we, the suppliers, make the request.
15:25But yes, there has been a growth.
15:27We can see that.
15:28There has been a growth in our profits and our sales.
15:34From production to distribution, and from there, the wheel keeps turning towards the
15:38social territories, where the blocks become the necessary foundations for the construction
15:44of communal areas.
15:50Fifteen hundred quality blocks were purchased for our project.
15:53This is going to be our mission base, thanks to our president.
15:57It is going to include a home for senior citizens, a doctor's office, a preschool, also for
16:02our territory.
16:03It will also include services for our pregnant women.
16:07They will be assisted here in our mission base, and all the missions are also going
16:11to be programmed from here.
16:13Also a community kitchen, everything built with real quality materials, because we deserve
16:18it.
16:20They asked for quality blocks, and they brought quality blocks.
16:26They didn't bring rubbish.
16:28I am a bricklayer, and sometimes you find that they are selling five blocks for a dollar,
16:33and those won't work.
16:35These are quality blocks.
16:38Everybody agrees that to boost the country's economic growth, it is necessary to improve
16:43the competitiveness of industry, generate jobs, and recover the purchasing power of
16:50the people who live in hope.
16:53We now move on to other topics.
17:13In Brazil, on the occasion of the World Environmental Day, the landless movement MST carried out
17:19massive planting throughout the week for the reforestation of the areas near Rio Grande
17:24do Sul.
17:25The initiative of the MST movement is part of the National Day in Defense of Nature and
17:30its People in cooperation with indigenous communities, universities, and Lula da Silva's
17:35government agencies.
17:37The massive planting is being carried out from a helicopter with 12 tons of seeds of
17:42jucara and araucaria trees, species at risk of extinction.
17:46The main objective of the movement is to increase biodiversity, confront global warming, and
17:51help regenerate the flora that was destroyed by the floods and rains that affected Rio
17:56Grande do Sul.
18:02It is an extraordinary experience.
18:04First, the initiative of the organized social movements, of the landless rural workers movement,
18:12plus the indigenous communities, to have this concern with a project that can generate income
18:16and protect the forest, in this case the Atlantic Forest.
18:21It is an alliance between universities, social movements, and government that demonstrates
18:26that it is possible to preserve and produce healthy food for the population.
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19:11Welcome back to From the South.
19:12After an important meeting in New Delhi, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, secured
19:17the backing of his coalition partners to form a new government.
19:21In a statement issued by the National Democratic Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition
19:27informed that they had unanimously elected Modi as their leader, thus he will have the
19:32support needed to be appointed as Prime Minister for the third consecutive time.
19:37The National Head of State is scheduled to be sworn in this Saturday, June 8th.
19:42The Prime Minister's party won 240 seats after being the most voted force in India's general
19:48election and the National Democratic Alliance won with a majority of more than 290 seats
19:55in the 543-member parliament.
20:01In Sudan, more than 9 million people have been internally displaced due to the ongoing
20:06armed conflict in the country.
20:08The data was reported in a statement issued by the United Nations' Internal Organization
20:13for Migration, which also warned that the number could exceed 10 million in just a few
20:19days.
20:20The organization affirmed that after more than a year of internal conflict, the clashes
20:25between the army and irregular groups are causing the largest force displacement ever
20:30known in the country.
20:32In this context, the entity called for an immediate ceasefire of hostilities and urged
20:36to allow the access of humanitarian aid to mitigate the risk of famine.
20:44And on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov continued his agenda in Burkina
20:49Faso as part of his African tour.
20:52The Russian Foreign Minister met with the acting president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim
20:57Lavrov expressed the Russian President Vladimir Putin's best wishes to him and reaffirmed
21:02Moscow's openness to dialogue with the African country at the highest level.
21:07Lavrov previously visited the Republic of Guinea and the Republic of Congo, where he
21:13held talks with the leaders of those countries on economic and military-technical cooperation.
21:19It should be noted that this is Lavrov's first visit to Ugadougou, the capital of Burkina
21:24Faso.
21:27A woman who never, ever fails to deliver.
21:40In other news, the French justice banned on Wednesday the sale of Mexico's 1986 World
21:46Cup Golden Ball won by Diego Maradona and ordered its seizure until the dispute over
21:51the trophy's whereabouts gets resolved.
21:54The Argentine football star's trophy was due to be auctioned in France on Friday in
21:59what could have been a record sale for a sporting object.
22:03With the decision, the Versailles Court of Appeal upheld the request of Maradona's heirs,
22:09who claimed the object had reappeared in 2016 after nearly three decades, had been lost
22:17after it got stolen from a bank safe in Italy in 1989.
22:25And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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22:43Thank you for watching.