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00:00in Venezuela for the second national popular public consultation is underway as the people

00:14shows with community projects they would like to develop in the territory new Israeli massacres

00:25against Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 51 people in the last hours

00:38in the Democratic Republic of the Congo hundreds of people mobilized to demand an end to the armed

00:44conflict in the region hello welcome to from the south I'm Luis Alberto Mato

00:55from their two studios in Caracas Venezuela we'll begin with the news stay with us

01:12and Venezuelans are participating nationwide in the second public consultation this year in order to

01:18elect their communal projects to benefit their communes on Sunday's elections thousands of people

01:24will vote for their most needed communal proposals to be enforced the most voted project will be

01:28financed by the national government and executed by the community while the second most voted will be

01:33sourced by the state governments in this context the National Electric Council informed having activated

01:39five thousand seven hundred and eight ten voting centers nationwide and over seven thousand four hundred polling stations

01:45this is the strengthening of our democracy it is the protagonist participation of the people who is

02:03deciding their own needs and deciding their own needs and sorting them out directly

02:06I think this will be within the framework of the seven transformations because we are heading for a communal city or even a communal country

02:16grounded in the fact communes are already our reality

02:19the strengthening of the popular power for our democracy to make it perfect

02:26based on it Venezuela poses an unusual threat to the capitalist model

02:33at least it solves the most common problems of our communes at least in our neighborhoods we

02:42no longer face floods due to sewage wastes we can't up with lights on streets and houses facades have been

02:48painted have you noticed progress and development yes of course I have during the whole revolution what can

02:56you say about citizens responsibility taking into account that citizens are the ones who elect yes of course we

03:02decide by ourselves and we expect bureaucracy not be in the way a significant day for popular power in

03:13Venezuela with the second public consultation is already on the way let's hear now from our

03:17correspondent Bruno Falsi who is on the ground hello Bruno what can you tell us of everything that

03:22is developing in Caracas in Venezuela all over the country right now hello Luis Alberto we are here passing

03:31all day in the streets of Venezuela in Caracas in the capital walking by in the center of

03:37votation of center in votation to see how is the the climax of the people in the street as you can see

03:45they are here all in peace voting debating about the problems in their community and decided today in a

03:53historical process of direct democracy the famous communal election in Venezuela today they will vote in six

04:05projects this commune you vote in six projects and they will choose one of them as their principal

04:13problem and they find their solution between the problem they elected they they they decided that the

04:21internet 5G is one of the most problem of the neighborhoods and in the last year they this day they voted in the water

04:30colonization cleaning of water of all kind as in with the raining water too so keep following us in

04:40Telesur to see the the Bolivar Revolution as the democratic process of the Bolivar Revolution happens in in this country

04:51country and now we go back to the studio with Luis Alberto thank you Bruno for the latest information

05:00I want to stay in touch in upcoming news brief to continue following up on this important Democratic

05:05day being held in Venezuela let's now take our first break we're going to be right back

05:21welcome back in Mexico wildfires continue raging in the western Sierra Madre on Saturday these fire

05:40outbreaks have hit the region since last March Secretary of Rural Development registered 13 active

05:45wildfires in different municipalities hence authorities recommended that citizens may report any fire or

05:51risk to which they may be exposed to the emergency numbers in the region over 258 firefighters from

05:57various units have been deployed to put out the flames assist those affected and attend to emergencies

06:03the wildfires record especially hit the municipalities of Bocoyna Guadalupe Calvo Valleza Guazapares and Urique

06:15Meanwhile in Cuba authorities in Pinal del Rio have intensified their efforts to fight a large fire that

06:23has been active for several days in the Adenales area according to official sources aerial observation

06:29systems have been in place since last Friday to recognize and attack the flames the actions link aerial

06:35and terrestrial strategies in the whole territory as well as aerial crews composed of experienced firefighting

06:40personnel simultaneously joint brigades from the agricultural sector have completed the construction

06:45of a large trail that will help to close the fire fronts these measures are expected to deal

06:50a decisive blow to the fire and mitigate its impact on the region

07:04and heavy landslides in Ecuador caused the closure of roads due to the rains that hit the south of the

07:10country the storm which has caused serious damage to agricultural land in the community of Nangora

07:16specifically in the Malacatos Valley in the municipality of Loja has caused the ground to become saturated

07:22resulting in mud and rockslides local residents report that their homes have not suffered serious damage but

07:28expressed great concern about the loss of crops a significant blow to a community that is mainly a farmer community

07:40and nine people have died in the city of Vancouver in Canada after a driver ran over a group of

07:46people during a festival of the Filipino community the incident occurred at 8 p.m local time on

07:52Saturday while the citizens of the Philippine community in Canada were celebrating Lapu Lapu Day honoring the

07:57heroic figure of the Asian nation according to police reports among the nine dead one child was identified

08:04while seven others were injured a 30 year old man was arrested at the scene of the accident after being

08:10identified as the perpetrator of the massacre

08:30and in the vatican the second mass of the noventiales in memory of pope francis is celebrated in

08:36saint peter's basilica presided over by cardinal pietro padolin former secretary of state the

08:41occurrences dedicated to vatican employees and faithful of vatican city also includes teenagers

08:47making a pilgrimage to rome for the jubilee according to the calendar approved by 103 cardinals during the

08:53second general congregation the ceremony open to the public without reservations marks the beginning of

08:59access to the tomb of francis located in the basilica of san maria maiore the noventials which will run

09:07until may 4th seek to reflect the universality of the church through daily liturgies with specific

09:12groups linked to the pontificate we now have our second and final show break coming up before we invite

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09:53new israeli massacres against palestinian families in the gaza strip have killed at least 51 people in

10:09the last hours according to health sources under 115 people were injured as they warned that the death

10:15flow could rise so far the emergency teams are having difficulties to reach the victims who are trapped

10:21on the robot due to ongoing israeli attacks against ambulances and civil defense personnel since october

10:277 2023 more than 52 240 people have been killed by zionism mostly women and children despite calls by

10:35the united nations and the international community for an immediate and definitive ceasefire

10:46and the hamas palestinian resistance movement rescued one of the israeli hostages in

10:50its custody from a sionist bumping the movement posted some images as evidence of their effort

10:55to save the israelis life who had been buried due to the shelling of its own government when a military

11:01plane attacked the area where several israelis were held captive both the hostages families and the

11:06resistance itself denounced that the brutal and indiscriminate airstrikes put hostages at risk

11:11indeed the occupation operations have already killed several israelis citizens who had been under hamas custody

11:16since october 7 23 as a result their families accused prime minister netanyahu of sacrificing

11:22their children to stay in power

11:31and the palestinian commission of resistance to the apartheid wall and the israeli settlements has

11:36denounced the ongoing strategy of colonization of land in the occupied west bank the organization

11:42pointed out that the israeli authorities approved the construction of houses in the jewish colonies

11:46illegally built on the west bank experts point out that israelis expanded its occupation in the

11:51territory despite international criticism of its illegal occupation campaign they also denounced

11:57that tel aviv attempts to divide palestinian areas by expropriating land and building settlements

12:01and roads made exclusively for jews

12:11in our news in iran the death toll rises to 40 after the explosion in chahid rajee one of the country's

12:17most important ports in the southern city of bandarabas the number of people injured exceeds one thousand

12:23due to the fire that occurred in the middle of the unloading of chemical products local authorities

12:28declared an alert due to the spread of the flames which are advancing at great speed due to the winds

12:33in this regard the iranian government ordered an investigation to determine the causes of the incident

12:45meanwhile the fire department confirmed the continuity of the rescue work in search of possible

12:50victims among the rubble on the other hand the iranian foreign minister abbas are actually instructed

12:55the security forces to avoid falling into provocations and to remain alert to possible sabotage attempts

13:09moving on sudan's paramilitary rapid support forces continue their violent escalation by attacking sunday

13:14a refinery in jilei northern khartoum capital in response to these actions the head of the sudanese

13:21army abdel fatal burhan has promised to launch a special operation to prevent a new offensive

13:27in recent weeks the parliamentary forces have mounted their incursions into strategic facilities

13:31such as power plants and water distribution centers which have caused severe damage to agriculture and

13:36health care centers as they had been targeted by the rapid support forces

13:39and in the democratic republic of the congo hundreds of people mobilized to demand an

13:52end to the armed conflict in the region the mobilization took place in butembo three months

13:57after irregular armed groups seized control of the area demonstrators urged peace while chanting slogans

14:02of national unity and expressed their support to the preliminary agreement between kinshasa and kigali

14:07negotiated by the united states authorities estimate that the armed conflict has killed around six

14:12million people since the mid-1990s in the aftermath of the rwanda genocide

14:24and india and pakistan have been raised in bilateral tensions therefore the indian government

14:29have suspended as of sunday april 27 visas for pakistani nationals being in the country the tension

14:35stemmed from a terrorist attack in kashmir where 26 people were killed as a result india calls pakistan

14:40a state that covers up for terrorists this measure forces pakistanis with short-term visas to leave

14:46india in a sense the regional heads of government warned that natives of the neighboring country who

14:51are in their states that they must comply with the deadlines informed by the government to avoid forced

14:56expulsion

15:11and in china the nine-day 15th beijing international film festival concluded on south of the night

15:16the norwegian film lovable was the big winner with four awards best film best director best actress and

15:22best screenplay the film tells the story of a woman in her 40s who struggles to rebuild her life after

15:27the end of her marriage the best actor award went to pierre bastin and benjamin lambiliote for their

15:33roles as two policemen in the bulgian film with rival while chinese actress yang hua took home the

15:40lifetime achievement award for decades of work in the industry the film festival not only screened high

15:45quality films from around the world but also helped boost consumption throughout the city with total

15:49sales from relative related activities exceeding 1.5 billion us dollars

16:02the biggest highlight of this year's beijing international film festival was the launch of

16:07the beijing film and life festival part of china's film consumption year which was introduced by the china

16:12film administration and china media group we've tried our best to maximize the potential of movies and the

16:18film festival in the city to boost a ticket stub economy a movie ticket doesn't just get you into

16:23a cinema it can also be used in a lot of other places letting people really enjoy the fun and

16:28culture of movies and turning it into a city-wide film card like this we have come to the end of this

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