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00:00In Palestine, Israeli occupation forces broke the ceasefire agreement and opened fire on

00:14a number of displaced people preparing to return to northern Gaza.

00:22In Belarus, exit polls show candidate and current president Alexander Lukashenko as

00:26the winner with 87.6% of the vote.

00:33In the United States, authorities reported at least 11 people killed as a result of a

00:37severe cold wave that hit the southeastern regions.

00:45Hello and welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televisa Studios in Havana,

00:49Cuba.

00:50We begin with the news.

01:08In Palestine, Israeli occupation forces broke the ceasefire agreement and opened fire on

01:13a number of displaced people preparing to return to the north of the Gaza Strip.

01:17Witnesses say the Israeli army opened fire at the last exit point on Salah al-Din and

01:23al-Rashid streets, which connects the south and the north of the Gaza Strip.

01:28Hamas confirmed that the occupation has been delaying the implementation of the terms of

01:32the agreement and the exchange of prisoners by preventing the return of the displaced.

01:37The Palestinian Resistance Movement also warned that recent Israeli actions threaten to resume

01:42large-scale aggressions in the occupied Palestinian territory.

01:49And in Palestine, Israeli forces maintain blockades to prevent the return of displaced

01:54people to their homes in the northern regions of the Gaza Strip.

01:58Thousands of displaced Palestinians, many of them families with small children, are waiting

02:03for the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the so-called Net Zarin corridor

02:08to return to their homes in Gaza City and the north of the coastal enclave.

02:12Witnesses denounce the continued presence of Israeli troops in the area as a violation

02:17of the terms of a ceasefire agreement, which came into force on Sunday, January 19.

02:22According to data published by the authorities, some 1.6 million displaced people are currently

02:28sheltering in overcrowded camps and tents, struggling to survive in the midst of the

02:33current humanitarian crisis.

02:40The United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East denounced Israeli orders

02:44to vacate the UN facilities in Jerusalem and cease its operations in the territory before

02:50January 30.

02:51The agency detailed that this measure contradicts the obligations contemplated in international

02:56law since Israel belongs to the UN and must respect its provisions, including the creation

03:01and ban that is given to UNHWA.

03:03It also affirmed that the property of the UN cannot be subject to deconfiscation by

03:08any state and that the personnel working for the institution must be respected.

03:13In this sense, UNHWA warned that the Israeli authority puts at risk the buildings and the

03:17UN staff working to guarantee the protection of Palestinian refugees.

03:28Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israeli forces killed at least three civilians and injured 31 others

03:33as people sought to return to their homes in the south of the country.

03:36The Lebanese Public Health Ministry reported that the victims were from Hula, Leda and

03:41Aytaroun, areas still occupied by the Sarni's army.

03:45The 60-day deadline set by the agreement for Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanese

03:50territory expired on Sunday.

03:52However, the extremist government of Benjamin Netanyahu said it would not pull out in time

03:57its forces, which have remained in Lebanon since the invasion launched on October 1st,

04:042024.

04:06U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the lifting of the veto on the supply of aerial bombs

04:12to Israel approved by the administration of former President Joe Biden.

04:16According to media, the Trump administration ordered the Pentagon to suspend the decree

04:20that prohibits the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to the Zionist regime.

04:25Likewise, sources clarified that in the next few days, at least 1,800 Mk-84-class aerial

04:31bombs that are in warehouses in the country will be loaded on ships and delivered to Israel.

04:37On their side, the Israeli forces repeated to the borders of the Gaza Strip, although

04:42they remained within its limits after reaching a ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian

04:46movement Hamas on January 15th.

04:52The Syrian civil defense reported that six civilians were injured by the explosion of

04:56mines and bombs left over from the war in rural areas of the northern province of Idlib.

05:02Four youths were injured when a mine exploded while they were removing debris from their

05:06home in southern Idlib.

05:08Likewise, the two minors were injured in two separate explosions of a grenade and a closer

05:13bomb, respectively, in the municipality of Areha.

05:17Civil defense reported that more than 30 people were killed and over 40 injured between late

05:212024 and early 2025 in explosions of the objects left over from the armed conflict

05:27that erupted in 2011.

05:29The current scenario makes it difficult for displaced people to return to their homes

05:33and for agricultural land to be developed.

05:36We now have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at TELUS

05:42for English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.

05:46We'll be right back, stay with us.

05:51Welcome back.

05:59Exit polls show Belarusian candidate and current president Alexander Lukashenko as the winner

06:03with 87.6% of the vote.

06:05After the closing of polling stations and five days of early elections, the electoral

06:09authorities announced a turnout of more than 81% of the electoral roll.

06:14The elections have been counted with the presence of some 486 international observers

06:20from 48 countries, in addition to 800 journalists, national and foreign, covering the day, which

06:26ran smoothly.

06:32Also on Sunday amid the presidential elections in Belarus, incumbent President Alexander

06:36Lukashenko expressed his interest in maintaining cooperative relations with Venezuela and other

06:41Latin American countries.

06:43While thousands of citizens went to the polls this January 26th to vote for the next president

06:47of Belarus, speaking at a press conference after having cast his ballot, Belarusian President

06:53Alexander Lukashenko, in answering a question from our special envoy Oleg Yatsensky, said

06:58that Belarus seeks to diversify its economy and develop relations with Latin American

07:03nations.

07:04Lukashenko highlighted the importance of the relationship with Venezuela and recalled it

07:08is a legacy of the government of Commander Hugo Chavez.

07:13Our relationship with Venezuela was forged under Hugo Chavez's presidency.

07:20I've mentioned this before, that we built a tractor plant, an automobile factory, a

07:25brick factory, because all of that was needed for what followed which was building entire

07:29cities, towns and more.

07:31That was Hugo Chavez's request through then Foreign Affairs Minister, Nicolas Maduro.

07:36So, we are interested in continuing that relationship with Venezuela.

07:39Recently, a delegation from our government toured the Caribbean, including Venezuela,

07:45Nicaragua and Cuba.

07:46We have common ground with these countries and we will continue to develop what we have

07:50already started.

07:51Belarusian President Lukashenko told reporters that he looks forward to a cooperative relationship

07:59with the United States because of its influence in the world.

08:06We do not expect any gifts from the U.S., but we want to cooperate with them.

08:10We understand that it is still a leading country in the world, which seriously influences the

08:14economy of Belarus, our union with Russia, the economy of China, that it influences all

08:20countries.

08:21Why should we quarrel?

08:24On Sunday, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said Ukraine's joining the North Atlantic

08:28Treaty Organization and the European Union is unlikely.

08:32The Slovakian Premier criticized the leadership of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

08:37suggesting that Kiev's opposition to a ceasefire with Russia has prolonged the conflict.

08:42Fico lamented that Ukraine sees its NATO membership as the best guarantee for reaching a ceasefire

08:47agreement with Russia rather than engaging in dialogue.

08:50Russia has repeatedly expressed its readiness to engage in peace talks and has stressed

08:55the importance of having a neutral and demilitarized Ukraine for security in the region.

09:03Italian railroad workers went on a general strike this Sunday to demand better salaries

09:10and other labor rights.

09:11The strike also denounced an increase in the workload and reductions in salary, rest and

09:16free time.

09:17In this context, the trade unions claimed that for decades jobs have been downsized

09:22and production and service facilities closed.

09:25Among the personnel involved in this measure are maintenance workers, train drivers, conductors

09:30and staff of the state railway group's operation rooms.

09:38In France, a poll showed that President Emmanuel Macron lost popularity among French citizens.

09:43Discontent with the president's work grew since the mass protests of the Yellow Vest

09:47movement against the fuel tax hike.

09:50Polls showed that 79 percent of those interviewed reject President Emmanuel Macron's administration.

09:55This is two years before the end of his term.

09:58France faces a political crisis marked by instability due to the handling of anti-government

10:03protests, migratory measures, division in parliament, among others.

10:11In Australia, two historic statues have been damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day

10:16celebrations on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests

10:20in support of indigenous groups who say the date should be relabeled as Invasion Day,

10:26The statue of colonist John Batman, one of the founders of the country's second-largest

10:30city, but also involved in the killing of indigenous people, was sewn in half, whereas

10:36other monuments, this time commemorating Australian soldiers in the First World War, was dubbed

10:40in red paint and the world's Land Back.

10:44Australia's National Day is observed on January 26th as a date of mourning for many

10:48indigenous Australians, for it marks the day Captain James Cook landed in Sydney Cove,

10:54those during the country's colonisation by the British.

11:24You just can't stop resisting, that's not a choice, because if you do that you're complicit.

11:54Welcome back.

12:12On Sunday, U.S. authorities reported at least 11 people killed as a result of a severe cold

12:17wave that hit the southeastern region of the country.

12:21The deaths were recorded in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Texas and South Carolina,

12:25most of them due to hypothermia and car accidents following landslides on the highways.

12:31In New Orleans, Louisiana and parts of the state of Florida, the cold storm brought the

12:36heaviest snowfall recorded in the last 130 years.

12:41In this sense, we offer this issue an extreme cold warning from the state of Mississippi

12:46to the Florida panhandle.

12:52Mexico prepares a shelter in Tijuana to receive Mexicans deported from the United States due

12:57to Donald Trump's new policies.

13:00Authorities from the three levels of government visited the shelter facility in the city and

13:05so brought forward an emergency meeting on the escalation of the conflict.

13:14Look at how everyone is in disarray this morning.

13:17We're suffering a lot.

13:19People are fleeing everywhere, and we don't know where to go anymore, because we started

13:23fleeing a long time ago.

13:27I fled from Kiwanja, Ruchiru, Kibomba.

13:30I've never stopped fleeing.

13:33And even today, the war catches us here among the host families, now we have nowhere to

13:38go.

13:39Now, if the situation deteriorates any further, I'm not going to flee again.

13:44I'm tired of fleeing, and I have nowhere else to go.

13:47We abandoned our villages to come here to Goma.

13:50And even here, people started to flee.

13:52Where are we going to take refuge now?

13:54All the roads are closed.

13:55We thought we could even cross the lake, but there too it's not safe.

13:59We have nowhere to go.

14:01In India, celebrate the 76th anniversary of Republic Day with parades representing military

14:09might and cultural diversity.

14:11President Durapati Burmu, Prime Minister Narayana Modi, and his cabinet accompanied the event

14:17that showcased the nation's traditional dances.

14:19The main ceremony was attended by the head of state of Indonesia, Rabowo Subianto, who

14:25arrived in the country to join the celebration.

14:29During the ceremony, tribute was paid to Indian martyrs at the National War Memorial.

14:33The Air Force deployed at least 22 fighter jets and seven helicopters as one of the closing

14:37shows of the anniversary parade.

14:40Like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.

14:46Remember, you can find this and many other stories on our website at telestrolinglish.net.

14:49Join us on social media, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and TikTok.

14:55For Telestro English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.

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