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*Israeli strike in Sidon suburb in Lebanon leaves 3 dead and 9 wounded
*Delegations from around the world get together for anti-fascist global parliamentary forum
FTS 12.30
*Israeli strike in Sidon suburb in Lebanon leaves 3 dead and 9 wounded
*Delegations from around the world get together for anti-fascist global parliamentary forum
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00:00The United States enters the final stretch of the presidential election.
00:14Donald Trump and Kamala Harris step up their efforts to win votes on the eve of the polls.
00:21In Lebanon, the Zionist army committed a new aggression against a suburb in Sidon killing
00:26at least three people.
00:28And in Venezuela, more than 300 representatives of the legislative body will participate from
00:36today until tomorrow in the anti-fascist World Parliamentary Forum.
00:42Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Televisual Studios
00:51in Havana, Cuba.
00:52We begin with the news.
01:05The United States enters the final stretch of the presidential election.
01:08Donald Trump and Kamala Harris step up their efforts to win votes on the eve of the polls.
01:13Democrat Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent Donald Trump enter the final full
01:16day of campaigning amid a split in the electorate nationally and in seven key swing states.
01:22Polls show Harris and Trump are neck-and-neck in an early vote of more than 74 million citizens,
01:27with both Democrats and Republicans breaking records for turnout in the last two elections.
01:33Main parties have flooded social medias and various outlets with advertising campaigns
01:38in search of votes.
01:46Now we stay in the U.S.
01:47The last day of early voting is underway.
01:50Almost 50 percent of the electorate has already cast their ballots.
01:54Early voting in the presidential election has ended in several key states, while New
01:58York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida still hold open races.
02:03More than 74 million people have already cast ballots, representing 47 percent of the total
02:07number of ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election, a remarkable increase in voter
02:13turnout this year.
02:20In the United States, Kamala Harris quartered voters' anger by the situation in Gaza, as
02:25Donald Trump doubled down on violent voting with a comment about journalists being shot
02:29while election campaigns headed into its final hours.
02:33Harris and Trump frantically set out to win the last swing states as they try to conquer
02:37the last holdouts, with less than 36 hours left until polls open on Election Day.
02:43The 2024 race is heated, with more key states effectively tied at this point than in any
02:47comparable election.
02:48With the clock ticking, Harris spends the day in Michigan, where she risks losing the
02:53support of the Arab-American community that has denounced the U.S. handling of the Israel-Palestinian
02:58conflict.
02:59And I want to say, this year has been difficult, given the scale of death and destruction in
03:08Gaza, and given the civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon.
03:13It is devastating.
03:15And as president, I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza, to bring
03:28home the hostages, end the suffering in Gaza, ensure Israel is secure, and ensure the Palestinian
03:37people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, security, and self-determination.
03:43We're going to take a short break, but first, remember you can join us on TikTok at Teles
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03:58Welcome back.
04:24We stay on topic on the U.S. elections.
04:26Let's go live with a special envoy in Washington, Carlos Montero, for more details.
04:32Hello, almost noon here in the capital of the USA.
04:40We are getting so close to election day, and the closer we get, the tougher it's going
04:45to be to be close to the White House.
04:47Before, when we were talking in the last hour or the hour before, we were really close to
04:51the White House in this beautiful green place, and security came and said, please, you have
04:58to move away from the White House.
05:01I guess the closer we get to election day, the tougher it's going to be to be to the
05:07White House.
05:08What do we know right now?
05:10It's the last day of a long political campaign, unique in the history of the USA.
05:16In this political campaign, we have two assassination attacks against former President Donald Trump.
05:24We have the first candidate, Joe Biden, the president, he was in a debate against Donald
05:31Trump.
05:32He did so bad that the party said, it's better if we change candidate, Joe Biden.
05:38He's too old to be the next president of the USA, and then it was a moment of indecision.
05:44We didn't know who was going to replace him, and then Kamala Harris, Biden said, okay,
05:50he didn't want to leave.
05:52He believed that he could be the president for the next four years, but the party said,
05:57no way, there is no way you can be here.
05:59Kamala Harris is going to be the perfect candidate, and today is the last day.
06:04What are they going to do, the candidates today?
06:06Kamala Harris is going to be in Pennsylvania.
06:09That's one of the states that can define the election.
06:13There are seven states that they can go either way, Republican or Democrat, Pennsylvania
06:18is one of those, and Kamala wants to be there.
06:21It's going to be during the day in different places, talking to the community, convincing
06:27them they have to vote for her, and it's going to close tonight in an important act where
06:33it's going to be Lady Gaga, it's going to be some of the artists that follow, offer
06:38their support to her, and it's going to be also one of the most important journalists
06:46of this country, Oprah Winfrey, and Kamala is going to be the last word as a vice president
06:52tonight, as a candidate for the Democrat Party.
06:57Donald Trump, a busy, busy Monday, he's going to be in North Carolina, another state could
07:03go either way.
07:04He's going to be in Raleigh, then he's going to go to Pennsylvania, he's going to go to
07:07two towns in Pennsylvania, and then he's going to close in Missouri, where he's going
07:12to have a very important closing act.
07:16In the same place he closed in the last election, 2020, and the one before, 2016.
07:24Tomorrow, 8 o'clock, they're going to open the centers to vote.
07:30A lot of people vote in advance, the number is really amazing, it's almost 70 million
07:36people already vote, but tomorrow is going to be very important, especially knowing that
07:42all the polls, they give a head-to-head to Kamala Harris, to Donald Trump.
07:47Here in Tel Aviv, we are going to have a very important coverage in English, and of course
07:52in Spanish, I hope you can follow us.
07:54We are going to start tomorrow very, very early, and I'm sure we are going to finish
07:59extremely late, because it's very difficult that tomorrow we know who's going to win officially
08:05the future president of the USA, even we are going to have estimation of see who, in what
08:12way the direction is going, I hope you join us for that special coverage.
08:16Going back to you at the studios.
08:20Thank you Carlos for the latest information on everything that is happening on the run-up
08:24for the key elections that is going to be held tomorrow in the United States.
08:28For now, let's continue with our news.
08:36In Lebanon, the Zionist army committed a new aggression against a suburb in Sidon, killing
08:52at least three people.
08:54The Lebanese health ministry reported that in the attack on an apartment building in
08:58Hadath Sidon on Sunday, approximately nine people were wounded, marking the third attack
09:03in the area in the past two weeks.
09:05Authorities also stated that the number of people killed as a result of the Israeli aggression
09:09amounted to 2,986, while more than 13,000 were wounded.
09:14Under the false discourse of attacking military targets of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance,
09:18the Israeli army continues destroying civilian infrastructure and murdering hundreds of innocent
09:23people, including journalists, humanitarian personnel, women and children.
09:34In Palestine, on Monday morning, Israeli settlers set fire to a large number of cars, terrorizing
09:40the population of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Bireh.
09:43The Zionists as well damaged other properties of Palestinian citizens.
09:49Hundreds of incidents involving settlers against Palestinians are recorded every year, including
09:54death or injuries and the total or partial destruction of property.
09:57In this regard, the international community has repeatedly expressed its concern over
10:01settler violence, which has reached a record level since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
10:06cabinet came into office.
10:15Next to us is the settlement of Jabal al-Tol.
10:18This settlement is tightly closed, and its security measures are strict, so how can this
10:22gate be opened and settlers be allowed to pass through the storm areas inhabited by
10:27Palestinian citizens, burn these vehicles and cause this great damage that has reached
10:3117 vehicles, in addition to terrorizing thousands of citizens, children and women.
10:38Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas received the Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed
10:41Abu Ghaid and various Palestinian authorities at his residence in the capital of Egypt.
10:45During the meeting, Abbas reported on the latest developments regarding the Israeli
10:49genocidal war against the Palestinian people.
10:52He also discussed the efforts of the Palestinian leadership to stop the continued Zionist
10:56aggressions against the Gaza Strip.
10:58The meeting also discussed the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in accordance
11:04with the UN General Assembly and the expected Arab and international efforts during this
11:09summit, which will be held on November 11 in the city of Liyad, capital of Saudi Arabia.
11:20And this Monday, the Israeli government notified the UN its decision to break ties with the
11:25United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
11:28The Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, informed through his ex-official account that
11:33the decision, which was taken after the Israeli parliament prohibited the agency's activities
11:37in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories with two laws.
11:41The Israeli foreign ministry said the legislation will come into force in the next three months.
11:45UNRWA was established in 1950 and since then has been responsible for providing special
11:50services to more than 5 million refugees now living in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Jordan
11:56and Lebanon.
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12:20Welcome back.
12:39With fear of tougher U.S. policies, migrants reunited at the U.S.-Mexico border for annual
12:44humanitarian event.
12:46Uncertainty over the possible introduction of more aggressive immigration policies in
12:49the U.S. in the run-up to Tuesday's presidential elections intensified the emotions of migrants'
12:54families who reunited over the weekend at a humanitarian event in the middle of the border
12:57with Mexico.
12:58The Hugs Not Walls reunion has been held every year since 2016 on the border between the
13:04Mexican city of Juarez and the U.S. city of El Paso.
13:08The gathering brings together people who, due to lack of documentation, are unable to
13:13leave the United States for these four free minutes to see their families again.
13:24In Venezuela, more than 300 representatives of the legislative body will participate from
13:28today until tomorrow in the Anti-Fascist World Parliamentary Forum.
13:32The meeting brings together parliamentarians from 70 countries, including Cuba, China,
13:37Russia, Iran, Palestine and other nations from Africa, Latin America and Europe.
13:41The event will take place at the Bolivar Park Convention Center in Miranda State.
13:46Participants will develop an intense two-day agenda that includes presentations and debates
13:50on blockades and coercive measures, as well as parliamentary diplomacy for peace, isolation
13:55against fascism, neo-fascism and similar expressions, all topics under the slogan Humanity or Fascism.
14:06Ahead of the Anti-Fascist World Parliamentary Forum, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás
14:10Maduro, posted through his social media my greetings to the delegations that will participate
14:15in the Anti-Fascist World Parliamentary Forum.
14:18Welcome to Venezuela, the epicenter of the struggle against fascism and colonialism.
14:22Let's go united, flying the flags of love and the future of peace.
14:41In Spain, President Pedro Sánchez referred to those affected by the Dana who reacted
14:46against the visit of King Philip VI to Valencia as violent outlaws.
14:51Likewise, the communities that were affected the most by the floods have reported deficiency
14:55from the state's attention in the aftermath of the catastrophe.
14:58We are not going to deviate despite what may happen with some violent people.
15:08What Valencian and Spanish citizens want is to look forward, to move their lives forward
15:13with an enormous gesture of responsibility and solidarity.
15:17That is what we are going to do from the Spanish government, in coordination with both municipal
15:22and provincial institutions, as well as the autonomous government of the Valencian community.
15:28Thank you very much.
15:30Also in Spain, while authorities issued an alert in Catalonia due to heavy rains after
15:34the passage of the Dana, the Spanish Meteorological Agency and MED issued a warning of significant
15:40danger for the coastal and pre-coastal areas of Catalonia.
15:44Authorities confirmed flooding in several places in the forecast of hail in the midst
15:48of heavy rains caused by the passage of the Dana.
15:51Authorities have also urged the population to act with caution and avoid unnecessary
15:55travel even if it is not raining heavily at certain times.
15:59In view of the situation, classes were suspended in up to nine counties.
16:09And amidst popular anger at the state inaction, rains blocked rail routes in Valencia while
16:13soldiers continued search and rescue operations.
16:15At the request of civil protection authorities, Spanish Transport Ministry authorities announced
16:20the suspension of all commuter trains in north-eastern Catalonia.
16:24Traffic on several highways was also disrupted due to flooding, while air traffic controllers
16:28operating at Barcelona Airport in the south of the city were forced to reroute at least
16:3315 flights.
16:35Meanwhile, the military and civil guards continued to search for missing people in the areas
16:39affected by the devastating floods that have so far left more than 200 people dead.
16:50In Indonesia, the Levotovi Laki-Laki volcano in eastern Flores Island erupted killing at
16:55least 10 people.
16:56The Regional Disaster Management Agency reported that among the dead are eight adults and one
17:00child, all residents of the village of Klantanglo, which is close to the volcano.
17:05It also specified that one body has yet to be located.
17:08As a result of the eruption, authorities raised the state of alert in the area to Level 4.
17:13In addition, they established an exclusion radius of 3.5 kilometers of the volcano.
17:18The ash cloud that affected the area also caused damage to infrastructure in nearby
17:22villages.
17:27Around after midnight, people started to wake up because the rocks hit houses' roofs.
17:34We were panicked.
17:35When we ran, we didn't know what to bring.
17:38We were all in panic at that moment.
17:41There were no warnings or anything.
17:43So, we were unaware of the situation.
17:47The Dominican Institute of Meteorology reported an intensification of rainfalls in the coming
17:51hours due to a low-pressure area in the north of the country, which maintains 21 Dominican
17:56provinces on alert.
17:57The meteorological agency indicated that there are currently two meteorological phenomena
18:02that generate humidity and stability conditions in the Dominican territory.
18:06One of them is the drought, located to the north, with low potential for cyclonic development.
18:10The second, an extensive area of low pressure in the southwest Caribbean Sea, with a 90%
18:15possibility of becoming a tropical depression in the next few hours.
18:18However, the Dominican agency indicated that so far, these do not represent a direct threat
18:23to the country.
18:27In eastern Pakistan, Punjab authorities ordered the closure of all primary schools in its
18:33capital, Lahore, due to high levels of air pollution.
18:36Authorities registered an air pollution of up to 45 times the level recommended by the
18:41World Health Organization.
18:42Officials said the closure is scheduled to last until Friday, but could be extended depending
18:47on the pollution by then.
18:49Lahore was the most polluted city on the planet for several days last week, and this Sunday
18:54they registered a high concentration of the most harmful particulate matter for health.
19:04We have come to the end of this news brief.
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19:14For Televisual English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
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