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00:00In Palestine, Israeli troops continue their genocidal operation against Gaza, committing
00:11three major massacres in the last 24 hours.
00:16In Iran, the six candidates for the country's presidency held a third televised debate ahead
00:19of early elections on June 28th.
00:23And in China, heavy rains caused flooding, overflowing rivers and submerged streets in
00:27the southeast of the nation.
00:33Hello and welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesley Studios in Havana,
00:38Cuba.
00:39We begin with the news.
00:57Over the last 24 hours, Israeli forces have committed three major massacres against the
01:01civilian population in the Gaza Strip.
01:04Local health authorities say 101 Palestinians were killed in several attacks, while another
01:08169 have been injured.
01:10By now, 260 days past since the start of the war, 37,551 people have been killed by Israel,
01:17mostly women and children, while 35,000 have been wounded.
01:21Ambulances and rescue teams are still unable to free some 10,000 victims trapped under
01:26rubble or scattered on the roads of the devastated Strip.
01:33Eight months since the start of Israel's genocidal war, fighter jets have carried out a series
01:39of attacks on four apartments in the center of the al-Shadi refugee camp, west of the
01:44Strip.
01:45Also, occupation forces invaded and shelled the al-Said 2 neighborhood, southeast of Gaza,
01:51resulting in the death of two Palestinian youngsters.
01:54Ambulances and rescue teams are still searching for victims trapped under rubble.
02:03Four Palestinian civilians, including two children, were killed in an aerial missile
02:06strike targeting a residential house in the Suheya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.
02:13Simultaneously, occupation forces demolished and destroyed several residences in an invasion
02:18operation in Rafah.
02:20Since October 7, Israel has killed over 37,551 people and wounded another 85,911, mostly
02:28women and children.
02:33The Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip is preventing some 99,000 Palestinian students
02:38from taking exams for the 2024 school year.
02:41After 360 days of constant Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip, 39,000 students find
02:47themselves unable to take their exams due to forced displacement and destruction of
02:52schools.
02:53The Ministry of Education in Gaza reports that at least 430 high school students have
02:58died since the start of the conflict on October 7, 2023.
03:02United Nations Public Works and Relief Agency says that 76 percent of schools in Gaza need
03:07either construction or rehabilitation before reopening.
03:16In other news, in Iran, the six candidates for the country's presidency held a third
03:19talabai's debate on Friday ahead of early elections on June 28, at the death of President
03:25Ebrahim Raisi.
03:26The candidates for the Islamic Republic's 14th presidential election, participating
03:30in the third of five debates, called to answer questions and explain their government programs.
03:35Friday's meeting was focused on cultural and social issues.
03:38According to the latest polls, candidate Saeed Khalili, who previously served as head of
03:43the country's security agency, is expected to win 22.5 percent of the vote.
03:48Behind him will be lawmakers Mohammad Khalibaf, with 19.5 percent, and Massoud Pesekian, with
03:5419.4 percent of the popular support.
03:59The leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Saeed Ali Khamenei, spoke after the third
04:03talabai's debate between presidential candidates Raisi and the way the debate had been conducted.
04:09He also recalled that these activities allow citizens to get to know those who hope to
04:13become the country's presidential candidates.
04:20United Nations is warning about an alarming human rights situation in Afghanistan with
04:25the spread of poverty.
04:26UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Filosa Otunbayar, said Afghans are facing
04:32high rates of poverty, with women being the most affected for many of the measures implemented
04:36by the de facto Taliban Authority impact their income and, therefore, family finances.
04:42Moreover, the Afghan population is also suffering the impact of climate change.
04:46The UN official insisted on the need to coordinate international efforts to increase support
04:51for Afghanistan.
04:52Let's now take a short break, but remember you can join us on Tiktok at Telesur English,
04:59where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
05:04Another story, coming up, stay with us.
05:26Welcome back.
05:27The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, was welcomed by the people of the state of
05:31Monagas in a great mobilization that supported his government and rejected the unilateral
05:35sanctions of the United States.
05:37The citizens reaffirmed their support to the head of state, who thanked them for their
05:40unconditional solidarity in their defense against the constant attacks by the Venezuelan
05:44extreme right wing and the United States.
05:46The National Executive called on the people to vote in the upcoming elections in order
05:50to defeat the Venezuelan far-right and its allies.
05:53He also denounced that the far-right wing did not sign the agreement since they seek
05:59to attempt a coup d'etat, bringing once again violence to the country.
06:30The president expressed that if the United States
06:44wants oil, it will have to pay for it at international prices, assuring that Venezuela would not
06:49give away its oil to any country, least of all to imperialism.
07:00You want a weak and manipulable president.
07:02Make up your mind.
07:07You want a president puppet of the surname and the oligarchy.
07:13You want a president who gives the oil to the gringos for free.
07:18If the gringos want oil, welcome.
07:26Welcome.
07:28But they must pay bill upon bill at the international price.
07:35Mexican President Andres Manuel LĂłpez Obrador praised the appointments of new cabinet members
07:39made Thursday by President-elect Claudio Achenbaum.
07:45I have to say that the appointments that were made yesterday are very good.
07:50The president-elect knew how to choose well the positions, public officials, men and women,
08:09who guaranteed the continuity with a change.
08:18All of them are very good.
08:25All those he appointed are very good.
08:28They have experience.
08:37And Marcel Ebrard has a lot of experience.
08:42On the other hand, the Mexican head of state highlighted Marcelo Ebrard's work as Secretary of Foreign Affairs
08:47to preserve the nation's political and economic relations.
08:54On instructions from the president-elect to be in charge of maintaining the economic and commercial policies
09:00with the United States government, which is very important.
09:07As Secretary of Foreign Affairs, he was in charge of the rapprochement with the U.S. government
09:15to sign the new trade agreement, which was very favorable for Mexico.
09:21That is why foreign investment has grown like never before.
09:27With record figures for last year and what is projected for this year, so Marcelo is the best.
09:34That is why foreign investment has grown like never before.
09:47With record figures for last year and what is projected for this year, so Marcelo is the best.
10:04With record figures for last year and what is projected for this year, so Marcelo is the best.
10:11In El Salvador, the death toll following heavy rains last night has risen to 19.
10:16Civil protection authorities have reported some 1,500 incidents and the evacuation of over 2,500 people.
10:23150 shelters have been set up to tend to over 6,000 people nationwide, including 1,212 minors.
10:30Civil protection officials have issued a red alert and the country's Congress has declared a 15-day state of emergency.
10:37According to forecasts, more rain is expected in the coming days,
10:40which might cause severe damage to infrastructure and power outages.
10:47In China, heavy rains caused flooding overflowing rivers and submerged streets in the southeast of the nation.
10:52Continuous rainfall caused water levels to rise in the Xixiang River in southern China, causing flooding in the city of Wuzhou.
10:59Local authorities reported that at least 1,800 people were evacuated while another 47 people lost their lives in Guangdong province.
11:06In addition, 100 prodigious plantations and roads connecting rural areas have been damaged.
11:11Facing the onslaught of nature, the municipal authorities have redoubled their efforts with measures
11:16such as the involvement of the Maritime Affairs Department, the Red Cross and volunteer groups.
11:21Rescue teams have been using boats in the flooded areas searching for trapped people and moving them in groups to safety.
11:30In southeastern Switzerland, three people are missing after a landslide caused by heavy rains.
11:35One woman was rescued alive in the Mesozoic Valley, while rescue efforts continue for other three missing.
11:41Search teams are deploying in the canton of Riesens to find people who are missing due to the rains.
11:45In the last few hours, rescuers found alive a woman who had been buried after a landslide in the Mesozoic Alpine Valley.
11:51Also, the commune of Zermatt is cut off after rains and snowmelt caused the Mattervispa River to overflow.
11:58Authorities appealed to residents to avoid low-laying areas and to stay away from the water tributaries.
12:04Citizens are also asked not to film or photograph floods for safety reasons.
12:12We have a fun short break coming up, but before we invite you to join our WhatsApp community for our English-speaking audience,
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12:22It contains news coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the rest of the world.
12:26Stay connected and informed with Telesur. Fun short break, don't go away.
12:46Welcome back. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the soldiers who fell during the Patriotic War
12:52that saw the surrender of the genocidal forces of Nazi Germany.
12:55The Russian President laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow
13:00to commemorate the Soviet struggle during the Second World War.
13:03Afterwards, the head of state kept a minute of silence in front of the monument that remembers,
13:08with an eternal flame, the martyrs fallen in the military conflicts that took place from 1939 to 1945.
13:15Russia then and the Soviet Union lost over 27 million people.
13:26In Kazakhstan, authorities evacuated eight people after a fire broke out in a residential building in the capital city of Astana.
13:33The Ministry of Emergency Situations and Astana Fire Brigade reported the successful evacuation of eight citizens.
13:39Authorities determined that the fire originated in the outer cladding of the 26th floor of the building,
13:44which houses an administrative complex.
13:46According to a statement, the authorities set up an operations center near the incident scenes,
13:51and 16 rescue teams continued to rescue civilians.
13:58In Italy, the death toll from a shipwreck off the coast of Calabria on Sunday, June 16, rose to 35,
14:04while the search for 25 missing people continues.
14:07A spokesman for the Coast Guard Service stated Saturday on the website of the newspaper Il Quotidiano del Sud
14:13that as a result of the rescue work involving mainly the Datilo and Corsi vessels of that service,
14:1934 bodies were recovered from the waters of the Ionian Sea.
14:22According to the Coast Guard Service, the figure increased after one of the 12 migrants rescued earlier lost his life
14:28due to injuries sustained during the accident.
14:30According to the United Nations, this accident, which occurred some 120 nautical miles east of the coast of Calabria,
14:36a municipality of Rossella Ionica, brings to more than 800 number of deaths so far in 2004 in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
14:49In Nigeria, United Nations agencies are stepping up response to the cholera outbreak.
14:53The United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration
14:58are working together to provide information and educate people in more than 300 reported cases of cholera in Nigeria.
15:05UNICEF said the cholera outbreak has hit people who already had health issues.
15:09The UN organization is urging people to raise their level of awareness about the danger of the disease
15:14and about the need for preventive measures to tackle its spread.
15:18Thank you.
15:34Caracas is the venue of a cultural and political meeting of countries from Latin America and Caribbean and Africa
15:39united by the drums, heritage of struggles and identity of the different peoples.
15:43From Caracas, our correspondent Leonardo Tamal has the details.
15:49For this representative of Barbados, drums are a language that allows communication
15:53and a return to the roots between Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
16:05It's an image that sums up the power of the beating of the highs at the depth of what it means to the Afro people.
16:11When the British in Barbados realized that we could communicate with each other through language, through the drums,
16:20they banned the drums for the duration of slavery.
16:25So it had a great effect on the African people, not only in terms of enjoying themselves culturally and musically through their drums,
16:32but psychologically it had a great effect on them.
16:36In Latin America, the drums are crossed by religious traditions,
16:39which were unified and amalgamated to generate an own identity of the people, not submissive, but religious.
16:49The diverse religiosity of the Caribbean, also in that richness, in that complexity,
16:54is also a form of resistance against invasion, against transculturalization,
16:59against what is a form of domination in this 21st century.
17:02Religiosity is political, in as much as it continues to be an instrument for the liberation of peoples.
17:11The Dance of the Alba is a meeting organized by the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our Americas
17:15to strengthen ties through culture.
17:17All members attend along with guests from Central America and Africa.
17:33This type of meeting allows us to remember that colonization, colonial domination, is not the past, but the present.
17:41It is the present for many peoples in Africa, in South America, even here in Venezuela,
17:47where we have known for many years that imperialist and colonial, neocolonial attacks have intensified.
17:56Along with the forums and debates, there are musical exhibitions open to the public,
18:00where different groups from Bolivia to Benin parade.
18:03Venezuela, as the owner of the house, shows off the different drums that each region has.
18:09I think the sound is almost the same thing.
18:12I think we have the base of our ancestors.
18:15Our Africaness is unique, here and everywhere.
18:19The sound of the drums always represents us, the Afros.
18:23Until Sunday 23rd, they will be exhibiting the culture of each town, and the drums of the people will resound.
18:35We have come to the end of this news brief.
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18:45For TELESFORENGLISH, I'm Luis Alberto Matos. Thank you for watching.
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