06/01/2025
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*Russian troops liberate Kurakhovo city
*Israeli forces intensify attacks on Gaza
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*Russian troops liberate Kurakhovo city
*Israeli forces intensify attacks on Gaza
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00:00In Venezuela, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello warns of ongoing far-right plans to generate
00:13violence and chaos in the country.
00:18Russian armed forces fully liberated Curacovo, a city in the Donbass.
00:23And in Palestine, Israeli occupation forces fiercely intensified their attacks on Gaza
00:29amid truce negotiations.
00:36Hello and welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos, from Televisa Studios in Havana,
00:41Cuba.
00:42We begin with the news.
00:43Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello made a statement on the attempts of the far-right
00:47to generate violence in the country.
00:49Senior officials recall the violent acts that occurred in the days following the July 20
00:53elections, in which terrorist groups paid to attack public health facilities and educational
00:59centers, among other infrastructures.
01:01Cabello also stressed that the plan of the external and internal far-right is to blame
01:05the Bolivarian government for the aggravations to create destabilization.
01:09Also the Secretary-Vice President of Venezuela warned that the ultra-right is trying to seize
01:15power by violent means when it cannot achieve it through the electoral process.
01:24And the Interior Minister of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, said, referred to the unity of the
01:32people, the military, and the police forces to face all these destabilization attempts.
01:39In some, Venezuela is at peace and it continues to be at peace.
01:43Whoever wants to destroy peace must hold accountability and we will hold our responsibility
01:49too.
01:52So there's one thing that they dislike.
01:55Always national unity is fundamental, but today we are more united than ever.
02:03The President has summoned two popular military and police fusions, which is not only wars.
02:15We were just talking with the head of the military, the planning of all these days in
02:23which our armed forces participate, our people participate, and our police corps participate.
02:31So it is a teamwork, a coordinated teamwork.
02:37The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved for the 34th time an extension of the exception
02:42regime to combat criminal group remnants.
02:45The measure went into effect on March 27, 2022, and since that date, according to the
02:50authorities, more than 83,900 captures have been reported.
02:54Government legislators, including the President of the body, Ernesto Castro, have defended
02:58the application of the measure, assuring a reduction in the homicide rate.
03:02However, human rights organizations in the country, in addition to reporting the abuses
03:07of power protected by this regime, confirmed more than 300 deaths of those deprived of
03:14their liberty.
03:15We are going live to Venezuela as the defense minister of Venezuela, Padrino Lopez, is offering
03:22statements.
03:23Let's listen.
03:24How is it going in this moment in the United States, prisoner of their, of his own, of
03:39his own honors?
03:42Mr. González Urrutia doesn't understand that the Bolivarian Armed Forces is an entity that
03:47is loyal, that is abided by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, by the homeland, that
03:55does not obey to the orders of imperial powers.
04:01It is an armed force, an armed force independent, which gets out in defense of our people and
04:11that has worked hardly, strongly to maintain, to keep peace of the republic.
04:17The necessary peace for children to go to classes, for youngsters to go to the university,
04:24the necessary peace for the workers, men and women go to their place, their workplaces,
04:30the necessary peace for the economic prosperity of the country, the peace for which the Bolivarian
04:36Armed Forces in military, police, civic union have developed and deployed in all times,
04:45in all these times that the far right, the Venezuelan far right, fascist far right, this
04:51far right, a fascist faction that has intended to break and to call on the, on the chaos
05:03and on the war and on the clashes between Venezuelans.
05:08They don't know, they don't realize the dimension of this war.
05:15That's why they invoke with so much lightly this Mr. González Urrutia, a wanted person
05:24of Venezuelan justice, has dared to send a ridiculous message, a poor message, a lame message,
05:38a very senseless, headless message.
05:50It does not have the coherence, a coherent message which should be directed to an institution
05:59like ours.
06:00That's why we have prepared the communique, the communique of the Bolivarian Armed Forces
06:08in response to them because they weren't able to disrupt the national security, that one
06:22that you divorce from, that Venezuelan institutionality in which the people, in which the National
06:34Electoral Council proclaimed the president-elect for the 2025-2031 term, all that institutionality,
06:47you disregard all that institutionality and so you prefer to go to the international mechanism,
06:55to the OAS, to puppet governments of the U.S. administration and therefore we are just
07:04looking into it very carefully because it is always there, the presence and in the permanent
07:11action of you to end the peace of the republic.
07:14So I'm going to read the communique of the Bolivarian Armed Forces in response to this
07:21ridiculous message of the coward, of this coward wanted of Justice González Urrutia
07:28who has been dedicated to sending messages, very empty message and lack of content, very
07:37ridiculous messages.
07:40So I am going to read the communique of the Bolivarian Armed Forces.
07:44We have seen with deeply outrageous a video published on January 5th, published by the
07:55coward Edmundo González Urrutia, sending a message to the Bolivarian Armed Forces with
08:09incoherent message statements demonstrating his ignorance and his despair ahead of the
08:19imminent failure of his good-mongering plans.
08:24So the video was issued at the moment he arrives at the United States of America which government
08:32is sponsoring the far right of Venezuela.
08:36So they are refugees because González Urrutia doesn't count on the popular support of the
08:50Venezuelans because Venezuelans despise him.
08:56So with this, his improper words referring to peace and stability of Venezuela because
09:06he systematically has requested sanctions and cohesive unilateral measures that so much
09:14damage has caused to the Venezuelan people including the military troops and their families
09:22who have been the first victims of violence by the criminal groups during years as part
09:32of their neo-fascist actions to destabilize the legitimate government and undermine the
09:38tranquility of his citizens.
09:44So we reject strongly that ridiculous act of political act which won't undermine the
09:55awareness and the revolutionary conscience of the Bolivarian Armed Forces.
10:01So abided by the fusion of civic and military police will defend their freedom, independence
10:14and peace.
10:15So the whole world must know it that on January 10th, 2025, we will ratify the commitment
10:24with the Bolivarian democracy and so we will recognize President-elect Nicolás Maduro
10:32Moros as constitutional president for the 2025-2031 term to which we will make an oath
10:48to be obedient and loyal.
10:52So don't mess up with us for Chávez and Bolívar, we will go on to victory.
10:58Chávez, long live Chávez and independence and socialism homeland.
11:05We will defeat, we will triumph, independence or nothing, loyal always, traitors never.
11:15Thank you very much and a hug for all the Venezuelan people.
11:21We were listening to the statements of Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrón López.
11:26The official said that all Venezuelan sectors are ready to face and defeat the far-right
11:30fascist attempts to generate violence in the country.
11:33Defense Minister reaffirmed the strength of Venezuela's institutionality and the commitment
11:37of security forces to protect the nation's sovereignty and the will of the people expressed
11:43at the July 20th elections.
11:44Padrón López read a joint statement by security forces agencies in response to what he described
11:49as an incoherent and cowardly message sent by Mundo González to the armed forces, adding
11:54that said message would not undermine the civic-military union and express the full
11:59support for the elected government of President Nicolás Maduro, who will be sworn in January
12:0310th, next Friday.
12:05Now let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at Televisual English
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12:25Welcome back.
12:32In South Korea, Seoul Western District Court rules to overturn arrest warrant for impeached
12:37President Jun Suk-Jae-ho.
12:38The arrest was requested by the high-ranking official's Corruption Investigation Bureau,
12:43charged in June with planning and organizing the creation of martial law, as well as orchestrating
12:48an insurrection and abusing his power.
12:51His legal team fiercely requested the invalidation of the order and supported the request on
12:55the grounds that only the prosecution can request the arrest.
12:59Thousands of South Koreans are rallied outside Jun's residence in support of his arrest,
13:03while others reject his detention.
13:05It is important to highlight the fact that Jun has ignored three summons to be questioned.
13:15The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Monday morning that Southern troops have completely
13:19liberated one of the key cities, Donbass.
13:22It is the largest populated southwestern Kurakhovo.
13:27During the first reconnaissance of the area, they estimate that Ukrainian forces have lost
13:31over 12,000 troops in the battlefield, 80 percent of their personnel and about 3,000
13:37units of various weapons and military equipment, including about 40 tanks and other armoured
13:42vehicles.
13:43The defense office attaches importance to Kurakhovo as the area has become a powerful,
13:48fortified area with a developed network of long-range firing positions and subway communications
13:53in the past 10 years.
13:59In France, farmers blocked a highway in the southeast in rejection of the policies implemented
14:04by Emmanuel Macron's government and the trade agreements with the European Union.
14:09Farmers mobilized tractors in coordination with rural unions to close off traffic on
14:12Highway No. 10 near Paris.
14:15The Rural Coordination Union warned that in spite of the ban on protests, they are demanding
14:19the reduction of bureaucracy, the payment of withheld European Union subsidies, support
14:24for young farmers, the reduction of state regulation of the sector, and the suspension
14:28of the free trade agreement with Mercosur.
14:31The union itself also reported that it was carrying out the same action east of Paris.
14:41In Spain, children who have been forced to migrate have already received a visit from
14:45the Three Wise Kings in Solidarity.
14:47Thanks to donations from citizens, they have delivered almost 2,000 toys so that no child
14:53is left without a gift.
14:54More information from our colleague Lucia Muñoz.
14:56The most awaited day of the year for children has finally arrived, the Day of the Three
15:04Kings.
15:05Omishay Anom arrived in Spain from Nigeria 20 years ago.
15:09Amidst nerves, he accompanies his daughter and son to collect the gifts left for them
15:14by the kings in Solidarity.
15:19We are here so that the children have toys, because it is very important that the children
15:23have toys.
15:27Because on this date, when the children don't have toys, it is like a seal for life.
15:34The Kings of Solidarity is an initiative of the Integration for Life Collective.
15:39The objective is that no child in a situation of social exclusion is left without a gift.
15:44There are many families who, like Mercedes from Bolivia, left their country behind when
15:48they migrated, but the illusion always travels with them.
15:55This day is very important, we are waiting here for the kings to come and the children
15:59too.
16:00Those who do not have toys can come here and receive a gift, because there are many, so
16:04that all the children do not lack any gifts.
16:12The inflation in basic needs, such as food, and in rights such as housing, which families
16:17have to face every day, leaves no margin to buy gifts on this special day.
16:21For this reason, Integration for Life assists hundreds of families in social exclusion,
16:27and thanks to donations from the public, they can maintain the magic of Christmas.
16:33We also consider that it is a basic need for the child to have a toy.
16:37Many times the families don't thank us, even though it's like if we didn't give them that,
16:42they wouldn't have anything to give them.
16:44Some of them do have relatives and people close to them who can help them, but many
16:47of them are waiting for this day to put a gift under the tree and give it to them on
16:51the 6th.
16:52Sometimes they don't even let the children open it here, because they want to save it
16:56for the 6th, or many of them do open it knowing that it is the only thing they are going to
17:00receive.
17:01That no child is left without a toy.
17:09This is the mission of the kings and kings in solidarity.
17:13They have come here with more than 1,950 gifts donated on a day, when they are still waiting
17:18for the most exciting night of the year.
17:24After making it through the East, the wise men are already walking the streets of half
17:29the world.
17:30These migrant kings not only bring gifts to the little ones and those who are not so little
17:35anymore, but also remind us that the magic lies in being in solidarity with others and
17:40achieving peace.
17:41Lucia Muñoz Lucena and Francis González, Telesur, Andalucía, España.
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18:38The Israeli occupation forces have fiercely intensified their attacks on Gaza while Israel
18:42and Hamas resistance movements have been discussing a possible truce.
18:45Authorities reported on Monday morning eight deaths in Sheikh Radwan and numerous injured
18:50in northern Gaza.
18:51In addition, they informed people when missing after a bombing on a house nearby the Omari
18:56Mosque in Daraaj.
18:57Indeed, the genocidal forces have pushed the Palestinian death toll up to 250 from Thursday
19:02to Monday.
19:03Meanwhile, the resistance movement from northern Gaza fired missiles at Sederot, hitting to
19:08the death at least three settlers in northeastern West Bank.
19:11Moreover, the Palestinian movement mounted a raid against a bus in which six Israeli
19:16settlers were injured.
19:22In this context, the Israeli occupation forces shelled the Al-Buray refugee camp, where thousands
19:26of Gazans take shelter.
19:28The attack targeted a tent used by a family that was completely wiped out.
19:32International humanitarian organizations continue to denounce the dire conditions that Palestinians
19:36endure in the coastal enclave after over 15 months of Israel's genocidal war.
19:49A strike hit and we rushed to check on the family members.
19:55We headed to the upper apartment but we did not find my brother Khaled.
20:01So we started searching for him under the rubble and we found him, his body, lying in
20:08our neighbor's house.
20:13They bombed the house of a police officer, a civilian, with his family and wiped them
20:17out from the civil registry.
20:20There is massive destruction here.
20:25And Israel tightens control over southern Syria after its troops maneuvered and seized
20:2940 percent of the country's water.
20:32The Israeli troops continue their expansionist plans by controlling at least 13 military
20:36points in the governorates of Damascus, Guneita and Western Daraa.
20:39At the same time, the Sudanese troops have taken control of 40 percent of the country's
20:44water reserves and have fenced off these areas, preventing the inhabitants from accessing
20:48them, which could lead to a water crisis in the region.
20:51Syrian residents denounced that the Israeli army is moving freely in armored vehicles
20:55on the border between Syria and Lebanon after the seizure of power by terrorist groups.
21:04And local activists denounced alarming increases in sectarian violence in western Syria.
21:08Over 500 people have been arbitrarily arrested in the last three days.
21:12The operations are carried out specifically in Latakia and Tartus, in the province of
21:16Homs.
21:17It is announced that the public security forces seem to act in accordance with the law, and
21:21their parliamentary groups do the dirty work.
21:24They arrest Alawite Muslims and subject them to humiliating treatment.
21:29Ranking officers are forced to flee and to crawl, often without clothes.
21:32The current location of most of the detainees is unknown, but western governments reached
21:37agreements with terrorists.
21:39And local humanitarian organizations warn of the consequences of the new advance of
21:52the M23 rebels in the Congolese province of North Kipu.
21:55The dangerous rebel march has generated a wave of massive displacements towards Goma,
21:59the provincial capital, which is already densely demanded.
22:02Currently, there are 30 camps with serious limitations of drinking water, food or basic
22:06medical services.
22:08Jansson Nishara, coordinator of the organization Conscious Dynamic Generation, details that
22:12in the city there are already 2 million internally displaced people that could increase in next
22:17hours until reaching 5 million.
22:19The situation has been qualified by the activists as a serious humanitarian scandal.
22:23We have come to the end of this newsbrief.
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