Donald Trump completes 100 days in office despite declining approval ratings for his administration // New Israeli attack on Gaza kill 23 people // SADC begins withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo. teleSUR
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump held a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term amid a low approval rating and a reported economic fall.
00:19In Palestine, at least 23 people were killed and others were injured in a series of recent attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip.
00:34And the Southern African Development Community began the withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Rwanda.
00:48Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Derezo Studios in Caracas, Venezuela. We'll begin with the news. Stay with us.
01:02U.S. President Donald Trump held a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term in office as the nation's economy reports a fall amid his sweeping tariffs.
01:28This rally was his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada.
01:38At the event, Trump celebrated what he called the most successful 100 days in office despite polls revealing wide dissatisfaction with his management so far.
01:50The rally came at a time when U.S. consumer confidence has reportedly plummeted to its lowest level in five years over concerns about the impact of its global trade war.
02:05And the United States reported its first economic contraction in three years as a result of President Donald Trump's tariff policy.
02:15The Commerce Department released the data in its report on Wednesday previewing the drop in gross domestic product that caused consumer business activity to slow sharply.
02:25The report reinforced U.S. growing disapproval of Trump's mishandling of the economy as it reaches 100 days in office.
02:34The economic contraction was swamped by increased imports as businesses competed to avoid higher costs from the tariff war.
02:42As a result, consumer confidence is near a five-year low and business activity has slowed.
02:48And in the United States, several voices are rising in the political sphere against Donald Trump's administration as the head of state marks 100 days into his second mandate.
03:06In this scenario, the Democratic governor for the state of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, delivered a keynote speech at a Democratic fundraiser in New Hampshire on Sunday criticizing both Republicans and fellow Democrats.
03:18Pritzker urged citizens to pressure congressional Republicans to oppose Trump's agenda and highlighted how the president's policies affect his state.
03:28In addition, the governor defended the positive role of migrants in the enrichment of U.S. society and its economy.
03:35In this context, the governor called for mass mobilization against what he described as a destructive administration.
03:54Spain is recovering from the massive power outage that left a large part of the country without electricity or internet.
04:00Traders and workers are trying to get back to normal. Let's see the details with a correspondent, Adres Flores.
04:07Power outage left a large part of the country without electricity, telecommunications or internet.
04:14It forced thousands of people to walk for long hours to return to their homes.
04:21It affected me when it was time to go back because the train was not working.
04:27So I walked from Placa, Catalonia to Fabra and Puig, 45 minutes.
04:34And I found a group of people who were also going to my area, where I live.
04:39And from there to wait in line and everything to catch a bus, to catch another bus.
04:44So that finally my family would come to pick me up in granolas.
04:49So all in all it was about five hours traveling.
04:53The president of the Spanish government demanded responsibility from the private operators for the blackout
05:00and stressed that it can never happen again.
05:03Many workers were surprised by the outage at their workplaces, like Ignacio.
05:08We were on a construction site and it caught us. The blackout meant that we had no more light, no electricity, no energy.
05:18Then, when I went outside, I saw that everything was the same. Everything had gone out. Even the phones.
05:27Barcelona tries to recover normality. After this massive blackout, some shopkeepers have told us that they have had to throw away the products they had
05:35and others are trying to calculate today what their losses have been.
05:38We met Andrew, a neighborhood merchant affected by the blackout.
05:42Andrew, like so many others, is trying to get back to normal today.
05:47It is a fruit and vegetables trade. We had a good start to the day yesterday.
05:53We just unloaded and suddenly the power went out, which prevented us from weighing with the scales and so on.
06:01So we couldn't do much business.
06:04Andrew, like so many others, is trying to get back to normal today.
06:10Well, at the beginning not many people came, but now all the people who came during the blackout have started to come and,
06:16well, I guess today we are going to have to work extra.
06:19Today, everything is normal, yes, everything is very good.
06:24A judge of the national court will investigate a possible cyber attack, although the company Red Electrica rules it out.
06:32The reasons for the power outage remain to be clarified.
06:35André Flores, Telesur, Barcelona.
06:38We now have our first break coming up. Before we invite you to watch this Wednesday our special interview with Grenada's Prime Minister,
06:47Deacon Mitchell, who broadcasted at 6.30pm Quito time and 7.30pm Caracas, New York and Havana time.
06:54We'll be right back. Stay with us.
06:56Welcome back.
07:19Venezuelans commemorated Wednesday the comprehensive actions led by the Civil Military Police Union,
07:25which followed the coup attempt of April 30th, 2019.
07:28At the event, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's Secretary General Diosdado Cabello
07:34highlighted that on April 30th, 2019, the people proved their patriotism by having defended,
07:40theoretically, the revolution. Cabello recalled that they faced that day the same far-right groups,
07:46which have attacked the government many times. The leader further noted that the opposition received on April 30th
07:51the help of some senior officials who committed treason.
07:55Likewise, the Secretary General praised the commitment of not only the Bolivar National Armed Forces and police corps,
08:01but also the people, stressing that the three forces united briefly in defense of the revolution.
08:06Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met Tuesday in Caracas with Grenada's Prime Minister Deacon Mitchell
08:19as part of the latter's official visit to the Bolivarian nation. The meeting provided the opportunity for both nations
08:25to strengthen their bilateral relations with the signing of agreements and the definition of a roadmap
08:30to achieve economic complementarity between both countries. The Prime Minister of Grenada praised what he described
08:37as win-win relations with Venezuela, which were also characterized by their cordial, fraternal and friendly nature.
08:44On the other hand, President Maduro stressed that the visit of the Grenadian leader represented an additional incentive
08:50to continue advancing in the shared development of the mutual benefit and increasingly powerful union of the Caribbean region.
09:05And the government of Venezuela congratulated Trinidad and Tobago after its election day last April 28th,
09:10where the leader of the Congress of National Unity Party, Kamla Persat-Bissasar, was elected as the next Prime Minister of the nation.
09:18The Bolivarian government congratulated Persat-Bissasar for its triumph and highlighted that during her last mandate
09:25both nations consolidated solid ties of cooperation and understanding based on mutual respect and common interest in the welfare of the peoples.
09:33In this sense, the statement stressed that Venezuela reiterates its commitment to the continuity of joint projects,
09:38especially in the area of energy security, ensuring a reliable gas supply for Trinidad and Tobago,
09:43which will contribute to the sustained development of that country and the entire Caribbean region.
09:48The 43rd International Tourism Fair Fit Cuba 2025 will take place in Havana from April 30th to May 3rd,
10:06and its purpose is to highlight the natural and cultural richness of Cuba.
10:10This time's guest of honor will be the People's Republic of China.
10:14On this occasion, the development strategy for the tourism sector will be based on establishing and strengthening international alliances for the promotion and growth of the sector in the country.
10:25The event will begin with a cultural gala at the Karl Marx Theatre with the participation of the Litz Alfonso Dance Company,
10:33which will present a piece of part of the show, Fuerza in Compass.
10:37This show has taken the company to international stages for its passion, sensuality and energetic expression of national identity.
10:46Vietnam held a military parade and procession in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification attended by the country's top leaders.
11:09The event brought together some 13,000 people, including squadrons of helicopters and fighter planes,
11:15which flew over the metropolis, waving the flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
11:19These celebrations began last April 19th, when the party leader held a meeting with war heroes who attended the military operation that opened the era of reunification,
11:29peace and development in the country 50 years ago.
11:32This achievement, he stressed, was the crystallization of the blood and heroic sacrifice of millions of compatriots and fighters from all over the country.
11:42And tensions keep growing between India and Pakistan as the Islamabad government denounced that New Delhi is planning a military attack in the next 36 hours.
12:01and warns of retaliation.
12:04Precisely, Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Talar said that the government has credible information that India intends to attack Pakistan in the next 24 to 36 hours.
12:15The official also added that any act of aggression would be met with a strong response, holding India responsible for the possible consequences in the region.
12:25These statements come amid tensions between the two Asian powers following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, in the Indian region of Kashmir, which caused the death of 26 people.
12:35In India, at least 14 people lost their lives on Tuesday night when a fire broke out at a hotel in the city of Kolkata.
12:49The commissioner of the Kolkata police Manoj Kumar Verma indicated that so far 14 bodies have been recovered and many of the guests who were in the hotel have been rescued.
13:04In this regard, it was unveiled that most victims died of suffocation while at least one person died trying to jump from the roof of the hotel.
13:22The authority also noted that a special team has been formed to conduct appropriate investigation of the causes that generated the fire which they reported to be under control.
13:32Through social media, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.
13:37We now have our second break coming up. Before we invite you to watch on Wednesday, April 30th, our special interview with Grenada's Prime Minister, Deacon Mitchell.
13:57We broadcast it at 18.30 Quito time and 19.30 Caracas, New York and Havana time.
14:03We now have our final show break. Don't go away.
14:33Welcome back. In Palestine, at least 23 people were killed and others were injured in a series of recent attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip.
14:51According to local media reports, a new aggression killed two girls in Jabalia al-Balad and a child and a pregnant woman in al-Zawahra.
14:59In addition, 12 people were murdered in central Gaza Strip when the occupation forces shelled three houses in the New Israelite refugee camp.
15:08The genocide campaign perpetrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip has already claimed the lives of over 52,400 people, most of them women and children, while thousands of bodies remain buried under the rubble.
15:20The International Court of Justice began its third day of hearings on Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians, 60 days after the complete siege of the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
15:39The 15 judge panel will hear from four nations and organizations, including the League of Arab States, their non-binding advisory opinions on Israel's responsibility to ensure the provision of basic supplies to Gaza.
15:54The U.S. and Hungarian representatives have taken a pro-Israeli stance and they are expected to occur Wednesday at the ICJ hearing.
16:01Earlier, South African diplomat Saint Dangor said Tuesday that under the watchful eye of the world, Palestinians have been subjected to atrocities, crimes, persecution, apartheid and genocide.
16:13And the United Nations described as alarming the statements of the Israeli government on the use of humanitarian aid as a tool for military pressure in the Gaza Strip.
16:30During a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, the U.N. Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, reminded Israel that it has the obligation to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip.
16:39His statements come in the wake of a dramatic increase in the looting of humanitarian aid in the coastal enclave amid persistent bombardment.
16:47As part of its action, Israel cut off the electricity supply to a desalination plant and closed the entrance of trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory, promoting famine in the Strip.
16:58In our news, a large forest fire was reported in Israel between Jerusalem Forest and Tel Aviv. Rescue teams requested international assistance to contain the fire.
17:18During the day on Wednesday, the defense mission deployed the army to evacuate residents near the fire.
17:24Meanwhile, emergency teams and firefighters are working to stop the fire.
17:28According to the authority, the flames spread due to the high temperatures and strong winds in the wooded area.
17:34The southern African development community began the withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Rwanda.
17:53The military mission reported that the convoy would travel to Chato, northeastern Tanzania, before being repatriated to their countries of origin.
18:01They also estimate that the entire SADC military mission should be out by next May 30th.
18:08This measure comes after the M23 movement took control of Goma, the main city of the country, as well as Bukabu in these last two months.
18:16A Daesh terrorist group, also known as West Africa Province, claimed accountability of having planted monday bombs along a busy route in northeastern Nigeria.
18:37As a result of the blast, some 26 people were reportedly dead, including women and children, in relation to several injured.
18:45Authorities unfolded that fatal victims were mostly traders and farmers who were in a Toyota pickup van that drove over a landmine on the road,
18:53which connects Ran and Gamboru towns in the more non-northeastern state.
18:58They further specified that some free wounded were taken to nearby healthcare centers for treatment.
19:04In this context, the National Security Agency revealed the main targets of the attack were security agents who regularly patrolled the roads.
19:11Moreover, they say to have security area and open investigations.
19:15The governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger welcome a proposal from Morocco,
19:31which seeks to provide them access to global trade through the Moroccan Atlantic ports.
19:35The Moroccan Foreign Ministry ensured that top senior diplomats of the free landlocked nations
19:40accepted such opportunity for boosting their local economies after having met with King Mohammed VI.
19:46Those countries of the Sahel region left the Economic Community of West African States last year
19:51to create their own security association, the Alliance of Sahel States.
19:56Subsequently, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have phased out their military deals with France
20:00and increased their relations with Russia in several areas.
20:03Like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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20:19For Telesor English, I'm Luis Roberto Matos.