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00:00 Guerremala's President-elect, Bernardo Arevalo, suspended the transition process and announced
00:14 the measures against the members of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
00:21 The Russian President Vladimir Putin received his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un,
00:26 at the Vostoshny Cosmodrome, where he pledged support for the North Korean space race.
00:34 In Sudan, over 100 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in bombings in the capital
00:39 region.
00:45 Hello from the headquarters of TeleSuty English in Havana, Cuba.
00:49 This is From the South.
00:51 I'm Yorencor Gladys Quesada and these are the news.
00:54 President Guerremala, Bernardo Arevalo, the country's President-elect, suspended the transition
00:58 process and announced the measures against the members of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
01:04 After completing the second protocol or step for the orderly handover of mandates agreed
01:09 with President Alejandro Giammattei, Arevalo temporarily suspended the entire process.
01:15 He claims that the conditions are not adequate.
01:18 Over the Special Prosecutor's Office, against impunity intervened at least 160 electoral
01:24 boxes.
01:25 The leader of the Zemilla movement points directly to Attorney General Consuelo Borras,
01:30 the prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche, and Judge Freddy Guevara, whom he identifies as the
01:36 ringleaders of the Cudita.
01:42 The Salvadoran Parliament has approved on Tuesday for the 18th time an extension of
01:47 President Nayib Bukele's emergency regime.
01:50 The Central American nation has now spent 17 months with limited constitutional guarantees
01:56 as a strategy to reduce violence.
01:58 The request, presented by the Minister of Security, Gustavo Villatoro, was approved
02:02 by the ruling party Nuevas Ideas and its allies with 67 votes.
02:07 Although the United Nations organization, based on evidence provided by Salvadoran organizations,
02:13 has expressed concerns about the length of the time and the excesses committed under
02:17 this regime, the President of the Parliament has insisted on its effectiveness.
02:26 The Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros met with the director of the International
02:30 Center for Poverty Reduction in China, Liu Junwen, during his official visit to the Asian
02:35 country.
02:36 As part of the work agenda, the Venezuelan head of state emphasized that both sides discuss
02:41 participation in the High-Level Forum on Poverty Reduction and Development, scheduled for the
02:46 end of October, as well as the plan to strengthen the firm commitment to adopting policies that
02:51 contribute to erasing the symmetries of capitalism and generate poverty.
02:56 The Venezuelan head of state detailed the national government's policies related to
03:00 poverty eradication and social care plans to protect citizens from the devastating effects
03:06 of unilateral coercive measures.
03:31 Our colleagues Adriana Siori and Marcos da Silva continue finding and collecting stories
03:36 that showcase Venezuelans' daily life, their creativity, resilience and capacities.
03:42 In a new episode of our series Venezuela on the Move, we learned about the work of a group
03:47 of women in Petare neighborhood east of Caracas, who found in the art of the needles and threads
03:53 a way to help their community and also sustain their households.
03:57 Their workshop serves as an atelier for repair and crafting and also as a school for younger
04:02 apprentices and is a vivid example that every shining diamond starts as a humble charcoal
04:07 piece.
04:08 Let's see.
04:14 Inside the shop, Irene slows down the foot pedal.
04:18 She attends to her first customer.
04:21 At the age of 19, she felt the texture of fabrics for the first time.
04:27 And to this day, she hasn't stopped stitching.
04:30 This is our trench from where we help the community.
04:36 Here in this workshop, we generally do repairs for the community at a very low cost.
04:42 And the only thing we charge for is labor, as people bring their own materials.
04:49 The cost is the equivalent of one dollar.
04:52 They also make uniforms, shirts and t-shirts for companies, which gives them a little more
04:57 profit.
04:58 Raquel is the eldest in the workshop, and her skill in handling the thread and needle
05:03 makes her a master of the trade.
05:06 In all these years, I have also helped several people in the community sew, to learn how
05:14 to sew, family members and non-families as well, neighbors, because my whole life has
05:22 been sewing.
05:27 These sewing machines don't stop.
05:29 At least 10 people a day show up at the shop asking for their services.
05:34 One of the young women works part-time.
05:36 Her passion for sewing has brought her here.
05:39 What I used to do was mainly sewing.
05:44 I had no idea of how to cut.
05:46 And after the classes I have done here, I now know how to cut.
05:51 I identify myself more with children's clothes.
05:55 I love working with baby clothes.
05:57 I make headbands, bows.
05:59 I make tutus.
06:01 I love my country.
06:02 I believe in my country, and I think there is a lot of potential here.
06:10 This cut and sew shop is located at the hills of one of the urban areas where people with
06:16 low income live.
06:17 It was founded in 2011, and since then they haven't lost a thread.
06:22 The formula, they say, is to help the community.
06:30 And young people in Nicaragua are proving that education in the countryside is a powerful
06:34 tool for change, boosting professional development and dynamizing these economies.
06:40 This story from our correspondent, Kenya Doña.
06:49 In the heart of the natural beauty of the northern region of Nicaragua, specifically
06:52 in the department of Inoteca, the university in the countryside continues to transform
06:57 communities.
06:58 Anielka Ixamara Montenegro Lopez is studying agribusiness engineering through this educational
07:03 strategy promoted by the government.
07:08 I am currently in my fourth year of agribusiness engineering, and I was very interested in
07:13 it because it is a career that is not very well recognized.
07:22 Although it is very important for a concept to help provide an added value to the goods
07:27 we Nicaraguans produce in the countryside, such as milk.
07:35 When they said they were going to open a university in the countryside here in the municipality
07:39 of Iliqua, I said, "This is the opportunity I have been waiting for, I am not going to
07:44 let it pass."
07:50 This young single mother is an example of how education in the Nicaraguan countryside
07:54 has motivated young people to innovation and entrepreneurship.
08:01 I started making yogurt and baking cakes.
08:03 I started making cakes about a year ago, in November last year, and on my way 30.
08:13 Thank God, I made 18 cakes, which means that it is something that people have liked.
08:23 And it is not only to work for someone else, but also it teaches us how we can grow, how
08:28 we can learn and become entrepreneurs.
08:35 In the same area of the country we visited Norbin de Jesus Zeledon Juan, another student
08:40 of the university in the countryside whose family is dedicated to agricultural and livestock
08:45 activities, and that is how the idea to study a related career came about.
08:50 If the university comes and gives me the opportunity to continue my studies and strengthen my knowledge,
08:56 that is very useful for me.
09:03 The program has been very important because it has allowed me, for example, to validate
09:07 the knowledge I had.
09:09 Honey production with native bees is the area he has developed the most in his farm.
09:16 In ideal conditions we have been able to produce up to five barrels of Apis malifero honey.
09:23 In relation to the Melipona bees we have not done much, but we have managed to produce
09:31 two or three 20-liter buckets.
09:34 The university in the countryside is a government educational program aimed at residents of
09:39 rural areas in the country.
09:41 Its objective is the promotion of socio-economic development in order to help reducing poverty
09:47 in the most vulnerable populations of the rural sector through the technical and professional
09:52 training of its young people with careers that meet the needs of its localities.
09:57 Kenya Doña, Telesur, Nicaragua.
10:01 Let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok @TelesurEnglish where
10:05 you will find the news in different formats, news updates and more.
10:10 Other stories coming up, stay with us.
10:11 Welcome back to From the South.
10:35 On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin received his North Korean counterpart Kim
10:40 Jong-un at the Vostokshiny Cosmodrome where he pledged support for the North Korean space
10:45 race.
10:46 Hours earlier, in an interview to his nation's media, the North Korean leader had described
10:51 this trip as an expression of the strategic importance Pyongyang attaches to bilateral
10:56 relations with Moscow.
10:58 In the first part of the meeting, they toured the base facilities, including the Soyuz-2
11:02 rocket launch pad.
11:04 Although the Russian president assured that various issues will be discussed calmly at
11:08 Wednesday's meeting and said that his country will support the space race launched by Pyongyang.
11:19 The Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that he had no concerns in the
11:24 recent devaluation of the Russian currency.
11:26 Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum, Putin said that there are several factors affecting
11:31 the currency exchange rate, but these are controllable factors.
11:36 He admitted that the increased key borrowing interest rate restrains the economy, but added
11:40 that it is a significant factor in reducing inflation risks.
11:45 Putin also declared that the central bank did the right thing by raising the rate to
11:49 12 percent.
11:51 When asked about the government's plan to rein in the exchange rate, the Russian president
11:55 answered that the current approach was to have private enterprises attempting to withdraw
12:00 foreign currency abroad, cooperate peacefully before any regulations such as the return
12:05 of revenues were put in place.
12:12 The central bank, of course, had to raise the key rate to 12 percent, also because inflation
12:17 began to rise slightly in our country.
12:21 What we have now is 5.4 percent or 5.2 percent.
12:25 I don't remember.
12:26 Approximately 5.2 percent on an annual basis.
12:32 So the central bank responded to this.
12:34 It couldn't but react, and I think it did the right thing in a timely manner.
12:39 Yes, this reduces lending opportunities, slightly restrains the economy and economic development,
12:47 but it is a significant factor in reducing inflation risks.
12:52 Russian humanitarian aid arrived Tuesday in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh via
12:57 a territory controlled by Azerbaijan.
13:00 According to the rebel government's information center, using Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian
13:04 name, the Russian Red Cross' humanitarian aid was delivered to the Republic of Artsakh
13:10 on Tuesday.
13:11 That link, the lashing corridor, is policed by Russian peacekeepers as part of a ceasefire
13:17 agreement Moscow brokered between the ex-Soviet Caucasus nations in 2020.
13:23 Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of spurring a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh
13:27 by closing the solid roads linking the muntaneous territory with Armenia.
13:32 On the other hand, Baku has rejected the claim, saying Nagorno-Karabakh could receive supplies
13:37 via Azerbaijan-controlled territory.
13:40 Baku and Yerevan have been unable to reach a lasting peace settlement despite mediation
13:44 efforts by the European Union, the United States and Russia.
13:52 In the United States, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an investigation to impeach
13:57 President Joe Biden.
13:59 The House leader ordered the beginning of a formal impeachment investigation against
14:03 the U.S. president, who has been accused of alleged corruption.
14:07 According to McCarthy, the investigation is based on allegations that Biden lied when
14:11 he claimed he was unaware of illicit business dealings by members of his family.
14:16 The investigation follows the House's inquiries into alleged criminal activities involving
14:20 the president and the foreign business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden.
14:29 And the number of children in poverty in the United States has doubled.
14:32 The nation now has more than 9 million.
14:36 According to official data, this is the largest increase in poverty for children in just one
14:40 year in the history of this country.
14:43 According to Sharon Parad, who chairs the Center for Budget and Policy Authorities and
14:47 Priorities, this increase is the responsibility of Congress.
14:50 The overall poverty rate has also increased, from 7.8 percent to 12.4 percent.
14:57 Experts say these figures are a result of policy decisions that prioritize tax cuts
15:03 for the wealthy, with the main beneficiaries of federal assistance.
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15:33 We have a final short break.
15:34 Don't go away.
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16:08 Welcome back.
16:09 Floods caused by Storm Daniel that devastated the eastern Libyan city of Derna left more
16:14 than 5,000 dead and thousands missing, emergency services said on Tuesday.
16:19 The disaster in the country was caused by torrential rains from Storm Daniel, which
16:23 made landfall in Libya on Sunday after earlier hitting other Mediterranean countries, especially
16:29 Greece, but also Bulgaria and Turkey.
16:32 The coastal city of Derna is surrounded by hills and divided by a normally dry riverbed
16:38 in summer, but which has become a raging torrent that has also washed away several major bridges.
16:44 Libyan television pictures showed dozens of corpses wrapped up in blankets or sheets in
16:49 Derna's main square awaiting identification and burial.
16:53 More than 300 victims were buried on Monday, many in mass graves, but it was feared that
16:58 a greater number of people were lost in the waters of the river that flows into the Mediterranean
17:03 Sea.
17:08 Officials from Libya's UN-backed government held a press conference in Tripoli following
17:13 catastrophic flash floods that breached river dams and swept through the eastern coastal
17:17 city of Derna, devastating entire neighborhoods.
17:21 Officials stressed that the situation in Derna is very difficult, adding that several countries
17:25 have offered to send aid.
17:27 "The regions of Libya who are affiliated with the Ministry of Youth have arrived in
17:33 the city of Benghazi.
17:34 We have also received assistance offers from Tunisia, Algeria, Malta, Italy, France, United
17:39 Arab Emirates, Turkey, Qatar.
17:43 Train-based teams have arrived from Turkey while other teams continue to arrive from
17:46 Egypt, Algeria, Italy, United Arab Emirates and other friendly countries."
17:50 "The situation in the city of Derna is very difficult.
17:54 We have set up a field hospital of the Faculty of Law in the University of Derna.
17:58 The hospital is currently operational and its staff are coordinating with the specialized
18:03 teams in recovering bodies and providing first aid to the injured."
18:09 And Egypt has sent three military cargo planes to Libya on Tuesday with a large quantity
18:14 of humanitarian aid to the victims of the recent catastrophic flash floods in the country.
18:19 According to a press release by Egypt's defense ministry, the assistance includes medicines,
18:24 medical supplies, tents and search and rescue teams, and is part of Egypt's solidarity
18:30 with the Libyan people to help alleviate the effects of the recent storm Daniel.
18:38 In Sudan, over 100 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in bombings in the capital
18:43 region in the last 48 hours.
18:45 The Sudanese non-governmental organization Lawyers for Emergencies denounces and discriminates
18:50 bombings in residential areas and markets in Harthum, the capital, and Omdurman.
18:56 They blame the attacks on both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
19:02 Between the Nile and Omdurman regions, almost 51 people were killed by aerial artillery
19:07 between Sunday and Monday, in addition to the 53 victims of the bombing in the market
19:11 in Harthum that left around 300 wounded on Monday.
19:20 The Rwandan government signed an agreement on Tuesday with a Canadian-German startup
19:24 to build an experimental nuclear reactor, saying it would help reduce use of fossil
19:29 fuels in the African nation.
19:31 The reactor will be ready for testing in 2026.
19:34 According to Dual Fluid Energy, the startup responsible for building the prototype, the
19:39 company's CEO Gauts Ruperts told reporters in Kigali that the new reactors can be used
19:45 to produce electricity, hydrogen and synthetic fuels at costs below those of fossil fuels.
19:52 Rwanda's Minister of Infrastructure, Ernest Zambimana, said the use of nuclear power will
19:57 provide a stable and reliable source of electricity, reducing dependence on fossil fuels and helping
20:03 to meet growing energy demands.
20:05 Moreover, the Atomic Energy Board and Dual Fluid Energy said their plans pose no threat
20:10 to the population or the environment.
20:12 "Of course, Rwanda is aiming to have reliable and stable energy, attracting more investors
20:25 and then focusing on heavy industry coming in the years coming.
20:30 So this is actually the focus and the target of having reliable and stable nuclear energy."
20:39 "It's small.
20:41 And because it's small, you don't need to spend much money for all the structural materials
20:45 and for the surroundings.
20:47 So this means we can produce electricity with this reactor for a fraction of the price of
20:53 today's nuclear reactors, which are already cheaper than many other energy sources."
21:00 And Damascus was visited by the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Syria, Pierre
21:05 Peterson, as part of the UN's ongoing efforts to achieve a political solution to the crisis
21:11 in the Arab country.
21:12 Let's see the details on this visit in the following report by our correspondent Hisham
21:16 Mouanos.
21:20 The visit took place to assess with the Syrian authorities the preparations for the ninth
21:23 meeting of the Syrian Constitution Discussion Committee to be held for the first time after
21:30 several months of debt blocking the capital of the Sultanate of Oman as a result of Damascus'
21:36 return to the Arab League.
21:40 I have discussed with the Syrian government the implementation of the step-by-step solution
21:46 process and also the preparations for the next meeting of the Syrian Constitutional
21:50 Committee.
21:54 And I will continue the talks with the friendly Arab diplomats, and I will hold meetings with
21:58 the Arab foreign ministers when I go to New York for the United Nations General Assembly
22:02 session.
22:05 And also, of course, I will meet with the foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran, and Russia,
22:10 and I hope we can consolidate some of the agreements that we had already reached earlier.
22:17 In this context, Peterson updated the Syrian authorities on his meeting in Damascus with
22:21 the heads of the Arab diplomatic missions accredited in Syria, as well as on his contacts
22:28 with other regional and international countries interested in a political solution to the
22:32 crisis.
22:35 A solution that the Syrian foreign ministry made clear to the international mediator clashes
22:39 with Washington's interference policies marked by occupation, support for terrorist gangs,
22:47 and separatist militias, the imposition of illegal coercive measures, and the plundering
22:53 of the natural resources of the Syrian people.
22:58 Western pressure on Syria has increased on the eve of the international mediator's visit
23:03 to Damascus, and this pressure materialized with increased terrorist attacks and attempts
23:07 to block the borders between Syria and Iraq, as well as the mobilization of more invading
23:12 U.S. troops on Syrian soil, and all this to force the Syrian government to offer concessions
23:18 at the next meeting of the Constitutional Committee in the Sultanate of Oman, and therefore
23:23 to gain more from any possible solution to the crisis.
23:29 In parallel to Peterson's visit to Damascus and in response to continued terrorist attacks
23:33 against civilians and military personnel, the Syrian Arab Army's heavy artillery and
23:41 missiles, supported by Russia's Aerospace Force, annihilated 111 terrorists and destroyed
23:47 their strongholds in Idlib and Hama, a counter-terrorist war action that Syria and its allies consider
23:55 essential to the success of any diplomatic efforts to solve
24:16 the conflict.
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