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*Israeli forces kill over 20 Palestinians aid seekers
*Govt. denounces U.S. interference, political manipulation of tariffs
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*Israeli forces kill over 20 Palestinians aid seekers
*Govt. denounces U.S. interference, political manipulation of tariffs
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00:00The Israeli army launched air attacks on the Syrian Defense Ministry and near the presidential palace in the capital of Damascus as it continued strikes in the southern city of Zubaydah.
00:20At least 21 Palestinian aid seekers were brutally executed by the Israeli army while they were begging for food at the US-run distribution center on Altina Street, southeast of Han Junis.
00:37In Brazil the government denounced U.S. interference and considered the political manipulation of tariffs incompatible with relations of respect and friendship between the two countries.
00:52Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Resur Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with the news. Stay with us.
01:10The Israeli army has launched air attacks on the Syrian Defense Ministry and near the presidential palace in the capital of Damascus as it continues strikes in the southern city of Zubaydah.
01:32The strikes come after Israel threatened to increase attacks if Syrian government forces are not withdrawn from the south of the country where there has been fighting between Druze and security forces.
01:44The attacks have reportedly killed three people and injured 34 others.
01:48J-Extras targeted the presidential palace in the Syrian capital and the general staff building.
01:52In this context, social organizations have reported the death toll from ongoing clashes between the de facto government and Druze fighters in the Zubaydah region
02:01and rose to 250 cents Sunday, July 13th.
02:12Meanwhile, after rating the Zubaydah region, the Syrian de facto government assured that it will hold all those involved in the clashes against the Druze's majority population accountable.
02:22In this context, the regime reported that it is closely monitoring the recent violations affecting some areas of the province, describing them as criminal and illegal behavior.
02:31Local media and social networks have published videos documenting serious violations by government forces against Druze citizens in the region.
02:39Following the escalation in Zubaydah, hundreds of Druzeans in the occupied Syrian Golan stormed the Syrian border on Wednesday.
02:53According to Israeli media, hundreds of Druze cut off the Syrian border and made calls for Israel to curb violence in southern Syria.
03:00The spiritual leader of the Druze community in occupied Palestine called for forcing the Syrian regime to withdraw from Zubaydah as they demanded Israel to intervene to counter the attacks by the army commanded by the de facto government.
03:11And in response, Israel reinforces deployment on the border with Syria in the face of the possibility of a massive stampede by ethnic minorities in the occupied territories.
03:28On the day, the Israeli army turned back dozens of Druze who stormed the border with Syria to impose its control in the border area through the clashes in Zubaydah.
03:36In Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baqay expressed his concern over the recent clashes in southern Syria resulting in dozens of civilian deaths and condemned the Israeli bombardment of the region.
03:54Spokesman warned that the inaction of the United Nations Security Council in the face of what he described as a systematic aggression by Israel against Syria, Lebanon and Palestine represents an alarming sign that only the United Nations Security Council
04:05fuels violence in the region. For its part, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also urged the U.N. Security Council and the international community to assume their responsibility and condemn the Israeli bombardment.
04:15At least 21 Palestinian aidseekers were brutally executed by the Israeli army while they were begging for food at the U.N. Security Council.
04:17At least 21 Palestinian aidseekers were brutally executed by the Israeli army while they were begging for food at the U.N. Security Council.
04:22U.S.-Round Distribution Center on Altina Street, southeast of Han Yunis.
04:25The victims were asking for help to find help.
04:26U.N. Security Council.
04:27At least 21 Palestinian aidseekers were brutally executed by the Israeli army while they were begging for food at the U.S.-Round Distribution Center on Altina Street, southeast of Han Yunis.
04:35The victims were asking for help to find some relief from severe shortages, but they met across lethal violence, which has been the main trigger of the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe faced by Palestinians under siege.
04:48Such deadly attacks have become a daily reality amid Israel's redentless war of famine on Palestinian territories, further exacerbating the suffering of innocent civilians.
05:02In this context, several human rights organizations call on the international community to urgently condemn these atrocities and take immediate action.
05:18to end the blockade and ensure safe passage for vital humanitarian aid.
05:30At least 12 people, including several children and Syrian refugees, were killed on Tuesday in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley following a series of Israeli airstrikes that struck residential and agricultural areas.
05:41Local authorities reported that Israeli aggression targeted densely populated zones, leaving at least eight injured and causing significant material damage, spreading terror among Lebanese families and displaced communities seeking refuge from the conflict.
05:54These bombings represent the deadliest Israeli action in the region since the ceasefire declared at the end of 2024, deepening Lebanon's humanitarian crisis and increasing the suffering of innocent civilians.
06:07The incident has been strongly condemned by Lebanese authorities, who denounced the ongoing violations of national sovereignty and the targeting of innocent lives amid the escalating violence imposed by Israel.
06:22The United Nations denounced on Tuesday that Israel is also carrying out ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, as it does in Gaza.
06:31Spokeswoman of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, Juliet Tuma, informed journalists in Geneva that the first displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is affecting numerous refugee camps.
06:43The spokeswoman ratified that the operation of the forces in the service of Zionism is the longest in the area since the Second Intifada occurred at the beginning of the 2000s.
06:53On the other hand, the spokesman of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights, Thamen Al-Qahtan, accused the genocidal forces of having demolished more than 1,400 homes in the West Bank.
07:04And in Colombia, at the end of the 35th edition of the International Poetry Festival of Medellin, 46 poets from around the world signed a declaration expressing their solidarity and denouncing the cultural and physical genocide in Palestine.
07:25The second authorities of the statement called for an end to Israel's genocide of war against Gaza, the lifting of the siege on the Strip, and the cessation of Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people.
07:35In their statement, the poets affirmed their unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, their just cause, and their deep-rooted indigenous culture in the face of what they described as a historical genocide.
07:46The statement concluded with stressing that the Palestinian people defend not only their own freedom, but the very idea of freedom in the world, for world freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinian people.
08:04Now we have our first break coming up. Remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
08:11We'll be right back. Stay with us.
08:13Welcome back. In Brazil, the government denounced U.S. interference and considered the political manipulation of tariffs incompatible with relations of respect and friendship between the two countries.
08:41Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, declared in a statement that the government once again rejects the statements of the State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, which constitute a new undue and unacceptable interference.
08:52Vieira also denounced the erroneous politicization by Washington on tariff matters, stressing that the sovereignty of the country is not and will never be on the table in any negotiation.
09:02These statements come after the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy of the U.S. Department of State, Darren Beatty, recalled on the social media exterior of President Trump in which he intends to impose 50% tariffs due to the trial of the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro.
09:17In this context, Brazil's main industrial associations rejected the 50% tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump intends to impose on Brazilian products as of August 1st.
09:35President of the U.S. President of the National Confederation of Industry, Ricardo Ćlvarez AlvĆ”n, proposed postponing the measure for 90 days to give space for a possible negotiation.
09:44While Vice President and Minister of Industry, Geraldo Alcmin, reiterated that Brazil is committed to dialogue and recalled that the United States has maintained a trade surplus with the South American country for more than 15 years.
09:56On this Wednesday, Jennifer Gerlin Simons was sworn in as President of Suriname.
10:09Gerlin Simons was elected the country's first woman president after her National Democratic Party won the most seats in legislative elections in May.
10:17The NDP had already entered into an agreement with five other parties with which it jointly holds 34 of the 51 seats in Parliament.
10:24During the ceremony, President Gerlin Simons pledged to contribute her expertise to enhance the country's wealth for the benefit of its citizens.
10:32In her political career, the new head of state has held various political positions, among them the presidency of the National Assembly from 2010 to 2020.
10:49On Tuesday, the United States Department of Homeland Security sent the first group of deported migrants to Swatini in Southern Africa, taking advantage of the Supreme Court's approval.
10:59According to civil rights organizations, the deportees have no ties or guarantees in that country.
11:04According to the department, the deportees are from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Vietnam.
11:11They were all charged with serious crimes by the same agency that has kidnapped people accused of being gun members simply because they had tattoos bearing their parents' names.
11:19Swatini is the second African country to host deportees from the Trump administration.
11:24Upon learning of the agreement, human rights organizations stated that due process was lacking and warned that the deportees are at risk of human rights violations.
11:32And France announces a tough economic adjustment plan that cuts social and healthcare spending in addition to freezing pensions.
11:46Prime Minister Francois Bureau has confirmed a cut of almost 44 billion euros by 2026.
11:53According to the Prime Minister, the objective is to reduce the public deficit, which is currently double the limits set by the European Union.
12:00The tough plan foresees a blank year that is to say not to spend more than in 2025 in any item.
12:06There will also cut about 3,000 positions in the public administration.
12:10There will be adjustments in health that imply a hardening in the subsidy of medicines and medical procedures,
12:16and they ask the workers to reduce expenses, but to produce more.
12:20Leftist organizations reject the adjustment and qualify it as governing for the elites and armament, while they demand austerity to the working class.
12:29From China and Central Asian countries address the issue of human rights within global frameworks respectful of cultural diversity,
12:41at the Human Rights Development Forum held in Xi'an, in Yishanxi Province.
12:45More than 60 participants, including public officials, activists, academics, and leaders of agencies and organizations from China and Central Asian countries,
12:53discussed key issues such as cultural diversity, Asian values, global human rights governance, and the concept of a community with a shared future for humanity.
13:01In addition to assessing the progress of reforms, they call for strengthening human rights education and a greater digital cooperation and civil society participation.
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13:32Welcome back. In Cuba, the fifth ordinary session of the National Assembly of the People's Power in its 10th legislature will begin this July 16th.
13:57Our colleague Erin Mendez with all the details.
14:02In the Havana of 2025, the popular conversation is marked by economic, political, and social current affairs.
14:13Energy crisis, inflation, high prices are recurring themes in daily life.
14:18Ahead of a new session of the Cuban parliament, the island's inhabitants expect to see their concerns reflected in the proposals of the deputies.
14:25For me, the main problem is the problem of electricity, and what is the state doing to reverse this problem that causes a lot of damage.
14:42Another little problem also, especially for the elderly, is the mess sometimes of acquiring medicines.
14:48There are problems with that, and to be a little more honest, retirees have a lot of problems.
14:53And to be a little more honest, retirees have a lot of problems.
15:00Approximately 80 topics make up the agenda of Cuban deputies for the upcoming session of the parliament.
15:10Before the start of the plenary session, the legislators receive updates on the progress of the main government programs to solve some of the problems that directly affect the population.
15:17I think that exchanging with the population, the criteria they have to transform the economic and social life of the country is important. That is where we get feedback.
15:32This analysis that we have made in the commissions is a measure of the trust that the people placed in us, the deputies, who are, with dignity, the voice of the people.
15:47Among the topics to be debated in this session of the parliament, the discussion of the code of children, adolescents and youth.
15:54A legislation that reflects the differentiated attention of this population sector stands out.
16:01We have had the opportunity to participate at the grassroots level in the workplaces, in the educational centers, in each of the communities, of the new proposals put forward in the draft code for children, adolescents and young people, that will soon be approved in the Cuban parliament.
16:20The new code of children, adolescents and youth, which continues to have as its fundamental axis, the full development of rights and guarantees, based on our constitution for children, adolescents and youth.
16:39This July 16, the convention palace in Havana opens its doors to another session of parliamentary debates.
16:45The deputies will once again exercise their duty to bring to the Cuban legislative body the concerns of the population in search of solutions.
16:58Also in Cuba, the political bureau accepted the resignation of labor and social security minister Marta Elena Feito Cabrera, following the analysis of her intervention at the National Assembly's commissions.
17:09In a statement, the presidency of Cuba said, as a result of the analysis carried out by the leadership of the party and the government with Marta Elena Feito Cabrera, regarding her intervention in the joint meeting of two permanent working commissions of the National Assembly of the People's Power, Marta Elena acknowledged her mistakes and presented her resignation.
17:27The statement added that this request was submitted to the consideration of the Council of State, where it was agreed to discharge her due to the lack of objectivity and sensitivity with which she addressed issues that are the focus of today's political and governmental management, focused on addressing real phenomena never desired by our society.
17:48In Venezuela, the electoral calendar is 84.45% complete ahead of the municipal elections on July 27th.
18:03The National Electoral Council emphasized the involvement of political organizations that nominated candidates for major and council positions.
18:09According to the governing entity, more than 184,500 people registered for the nomination process to become official candidates in the 335 municipalities across the country.
18:21Prior to the municipal elections on July 27th, the National Electoral Council would guarantee the right to vote for more than 21 million eligible voters.
18:29Colombian President Gustavo Petro defends the government's management in health matters and assures that his administration is the one that has allocated the most resources to this sector in the country's history.
18:46Well, look at the data. The government that has given the most money to the entire health system in the history of Colombia is called the government of Gustavo Petro.
19:04And it was his health ministers and his finance ministers, it must be said, and it is the effect of the tax reform that they cut us in half.
19:13Wait a minute.
19:29In China, the Silk Road Week 2025 was inaugurated in Hanzhou with an outstanding exhibition of more than 100 cultural relics from the inland Mongolia Autonomous Region.
19:38This exhibition, which incorporates virtual reality and multimedia technologies, focuses on the East Berrien Silk Road, an important trade conduit that connected Mongolia with Europe and Asia and explores the culture from the pre-Queen period.
19:51According to the curator of the National Silk Museum of China, the quality and quantity of the exhibit sets a new record due to the number of pieces presented for the first time and thanks to the contribution of seven institutions from Inner Mongolia.
20:03181 pieces are on display, of which 30 are no less than Grade 1 relics stand out for their artistic excellence.
20:12In Russia, the festival of India in Moscow brought the living traditions of the Asian country to more than 850,000 spectators in the capital.
20:27For several days, more than 150 artists from all over India and more than 350 from Russia offered the public a wide variety of classical and full product dance performances, as well as musical performances in several languages.
20:40These days represent a unique cultural change between the two countries.
20:45Along with dances and songs, the activities also included daily yoga meditation and wellness sessions, highlighting the diversity of the Indian culture.
20:54The Romantic and cultural authorities from the two territories were present here and also outlined the strong ties that exist between the two nations.
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21:17For Telesurenglish, I'm with Roberto Matos. Thanks for watching.
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