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Palestines protest to denounce UNRWA funding cuts. // Argentina: Milei's 'Omnibus Bill' goes back to commissions for lack of support. // French farmers' protests in front of parliament. teleSUR
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 In Argentina, the ruling party backtracked the so-called
00:10 Omnibus Bill, a key project from Mele's administration
00:13 and sent back to commissions as it
00:14 was failing to reach consensus on its key articles.
00:17 Palestinian protesters gathered in front
00:24 of the UNRWA in the West Bank city of Beirut
00:27 to decry funding cuts to the agency.
00:30 And in France, the National Federation
00:36 of Organic Agriculture mobilized to the seat
00:38 of the National Assembly in rejection
00:40 of what they described as the government's abandonment
00:43 of the agricultural sector.
00:45 Hello, welcome from the South.
00:55 I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the Lesus Studios
00:57 in Havana, Cuba.
00:59 We begin with the news.
01:00 In Argentina, the ruling party backtracked
01:01 the so-called Omnibus Bill, a key project
01:04 for Mele's administration, which was sent back to commissions
01:07 as it was failing to reach consensus on its key articles.
01:10 This means that the mega bill presented by Mele
01:12 loses last week's general approval
01:15 and must go back to its initial debate.
01:17 The decision was taken because Liberty Advances did not
01:20 have the necessary votes to approve
01:21 key articles of the law, such as the privatization
01:24 of public companies, reforms to the law on debt
01:26 sustainability, and increased penalties
01:29 to limit social protest.
01:30 The project, which became known as the Omnibus Bill
01:33 due to its extension, had already
01:35 been trimmed to almost half from initial over 660 articles
01:39 and was presented as one of the pillars of the administration
01:42 together with a mega emergency decree.
01:44 Inside and outside Congress, celebrations
01:46 were held, including chants stating that Mele has no law.
01:55 What Freedom Advances did with its alliance
01:58 was to collapse the law.
02:00 They collapsed it.
02:01 The laws are breached.
02:02 We must generate dialogue, and above all,
02:05 we must talk to those who have the consequences of the laws.
02:09 Here, there was a very pretentious vision
02:11 of the government that was to delegate
02:13 extraordinary exceptional powers.
02:17 Likewise, the deputy of the left front, Alejandro Vilca,
02:20 denounced the measures that President Javier Mele
02:22 is trying to impose.
02:24 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
02:26 This search has been going on for a long time
02:28 on the part of the national government,
02:30 not only for trying to stifle the resources of many provinces
02:34 that depend on participation for almost 80% of their resources.
02:38 We had denounced this situation, but also
02:41 that the whole of this Omnibus Bill
02:43 was not something isolated, but also had other branches.
02:47 One of them is the measure launched by Caputo
02:50 to devaluate, to inflate, to crush the salaries,
02:53 and the income of the workers.
02:55 Another is the emergency decree, also
02:57 the protocols of Patricia Boric to impede the right
03:01 to protest.
03:02 And Omnibus Bill was the contrary of all that,
03:05 and that generates an outrage to the working people.
03:09 But also given the power of a monarch to Javier Mele,
03:12 I think that this is a great defeat today.
03:15 For his part, the deputy of the left front, Nicolas Del Caño,
03:20 has communicated that his bloc has
03:22 been denouncing the policies of Mele's government
03:25 from the very beginning.
03:28 The project to combat the committee
03:30 has to be dealt with again from scratch.
03:32 The general vote is not validated
03:33 as the article that had been approved in particular.
03:36 And of course, on account of a triumph,
03:38 the popular mobilization.
03:40 Many who came here from different places
03:42 that despite the fear and the fierce police repression,
03:45 not only them, but also your colleagues who were violated.
03:49 The government tries to go against freedom of the press.
03:51 The right to demonstrate is a triumph.
03:54 It is a defeat for the government
03:55 because of the consensus it couldn't reach
03:58 with the governors and with other blocs who had been
04:00 collaborating with the government.
04:02 So the role we have been playing with the left
04:05 is very important from the very first moment.
04:07 On Tuesday, Brazilian health authorities
04:12 announced that at least four states are in a public health
04:14 emergency after a recent alarming outbreak of dengue.
04:18 Since the entity notified that more than 360,000 positive cases
04:21 and 40 deaths have been registered.
04:24 In this context, the governments of the state of Acre,
04:26 Minas Gerais, and Goias, as well as the federal district
04:29 and the city of Rio de Janeiro, declared public health
04:32 emergencies.
04:33 On the other hand, the minister of health, Nicia Trindade Lima,
04:37 explained that the increase in cases
04:39 is due to the high temperatures and the increase in rainfall
04:41 since the end of 2023.
04:44 Among other measures, the government of Luis da Silva
04:47 deployed massive dissemination campaigns
04:50 and trained 12,000 professionals to involve
04:52 in international monitoring and incorporate them
04:54 into the public health system.
04:56 Right now, we have the prospect of the combat of virus 3,
05:04 DENV3, which has not circulated since 2002.
05:08 It is a virus that will affect a large and vulnerable
05:11 population.
05:11 So what we are doing is monitoring the mosquitoes
05:14 and collecting them, as was done in the collection
05:16 that you already recorded.
05:18 There, we can identify in advance
05:20 if the mosquitoes are infected and the type of virus.
05:24 On Tuesday in Bolivia, President Luis Arce
05:27 promulgated the transitory law for judicial elections
05:29 that was unanimously approved by the Senate chamber.
05:32 The purpose of the law is to regulate
05:34 the holding of judicial elections
05:36 in the country, the preselection of candidates
05:38 to the judicial body, and the plurinational constitutional
05:41 court.
05:41 In this sense, the law was promoted in the upper chamber
05:44 that is made up of 42 articles, five additional provisions,
05:47 and a final provision.
05:49 It's worth noting that once the bill is enacted,
05:52 the Constitution and Justice Commissions of both chambers
05:54 must be organized to start the processes,
05:57 taking care of the deadlines established respectively
06:00 so that the preselection process can materialize immediately.
06:03 Today, we enact a law, a law, sister and brothers,
06:13 that has a history since August 2023, since last year,
06:17 last year that could have been resolved and corrected
06:20 these issues that were not at the time.
06:23 We must remember that in August 2023,
06:26 with dispensation of formalities law 144
06:29 is approved in the Senate chamber.
06:31 They didn't want to accept their mistakes.
06:33 They didn't want to accept the lack of capacity
06:36 that some assembly members unfortunately have,
06:39 perhaps under the influence to be
06:41 able to realize that they wanted to make,
06:43 our deputies made a big mistake.
06:45 Protests continue in Haiti as the population
06:50 demands the prompt departure of Prime Minister Aurelien
06:52 Ruy.
06:53 Thousands of people once again took
06:55 to the streets of the national territory
06:56 when the deadline for the swearing-in of a new head
06:59 of state is about to expire.
07:01 Citizens declared that during demonstrations,
07:02 the Haitian national police used tear gas and bullets
07:05 to repress the demonstrators, causing injuries
07:07 to at least one of the civilians present.
07:10 In addition to demanding the exit of the government,
07:12 the protests denounced the high cost of living
07:15 and the violence of armed groups that
07:16 control the capital and other areas of the country.
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07:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]
07:38 [THEME MUSIC]
07:42 Welcome back from the South.
08:03 In Palestine, local media reported on Wednesday
08:05 that the Israeli occupation army targeted a residential building
08:08 in southern Gaza Strip, wounded several people
08:10 and killed three others, including a journalist
08:12 and two women.
08:13 In this regard, Palestinian authorities
08:16 stressed that the shelling occurred on Tuesday night,
08:18 and it was aimed at a building housing
08:21 around 200 displaced persons in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood,
08:25 west of the city of Rafah.
08:27 The journalist killed was identified
08:28 as Zakaria Abughali, who worked for the Al Quds Today channel.
08:32 It should be noted that among the wounded
08:34 were displaced people from Khan Yunis, who were seeking refuge
08:37 from attacks by the occupation army.
08:39 On the other hand, the Ministry of Health
08:41 reported that since last October 7th,
08:43 Israeli forces have killed 27,968 people, mostly children
08:48 and women, while about 67,000 have been wounded.
08:56 Also in Palestine on Tuesday, five members of the local Gaza
08:59 police were killed in southern Gaza after their vehicle was
09:02 hit by an Israeli drone attack while the law officers were
09:05 patrolling.
09:06 They killed at Al-Adas neighborhood of Rafah.
09:09 Precisely, these attacks by Tel Aviv regime forces
09:11 come within the framework of the escalation
09:13 of military operations in the Khan Yunis area,
09:16 the second largest city in the Gaza Strip.
09:19 Palestinian protesters gathered Wednesday
09:26 in front of the office of the UN Agency for Palestinian
09:29 Refugees in the West Bank city of Beitounia
09:31 to decry funding cuts to the agency.
09:34 Several countries suspended funding worth some 440 million,
09:37 almost half of the agency's annual budget,
09:40 after Israel's allegations that 12 employees of the aid agency
09:43 known as UNRWA recently participated in the October 7th.
09:47 Two UN investigations are underway.
09:50 UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Lazzarini
09:53 stated that the agency might cease operations in late
09:55 February without more money.
09:57 Among the 27 EU countries, several
09:59 have suspended funding.
10:01 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:06 We have come today here to reflect
10:07 the mood of the Palestinian people that
10:10 refuses the closure of UNRWA and believe that this decision is
10:14 politically motivated.
10:15 And we will not, as the refugees of Palestine,
10:18 ever endorse a decision of this magnitude.
10:23 In Palestine, more than 80% of health facilities
10:25 were affected by Israeli bombardment.
10:27 The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees
10:30 asserted that only four of the 22 health centers
10:32 are operating amid continued bombardment and restrictions
10:35 imposed by Israel.
10:37 Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry
10:39 of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra,
10:41 reported that Israel intensified its siege
10:43 against the Nasser medical compound and its surroundings.
10:47 The official stressed that the occupation forces
10:50 are endangering the life of 300 medical personnel, 450 wounded,
10:54 and some 10,000 displaced.
10:56 He also denounced that there is a shortage of food, anesthesia,
11:00 and a lack of fuel, which limits the functioning
11:03 of the electric generators.
11:04 This Wednesday, the polling stations of Azerbaijan
11:12 opened their doors for the presidential elections,
11:14 in which the current president, Ilham Aliyev,
11:16 is positioned as the great favorite.
11:18 The president will seek re-election for a fifth term.
11:21 Voters in Azerbaijan are casting their ballots
11:23 for the first time since Aliyev's army recaptured
11:26 the Nagorno-Karabakh region after decades
11:28 under Armenian control.
11:30 On December 2023, the government announced a snap election
11:32 for this February that was originally scheduled for 2025.
11:36 Aliyev, who came to power in 2003,
11:38 will face six other male candidates.
11:40 The Azerbaijani election commission recently
11:42 confirmed that voting will also take place in Nagorno-Karabakh,
11:45 and all areas of the region ruled for almost three years
11:48 by Armenian separatists.
11:51 The city of Karachi is bracing itself
11:52 for Pakistan's parliamentary elections
11:54 with heightened security measures,
11:56 deploying over 150,000 personnel to ensure a smooth voting
12:00 process on Thursday.
12:01 Other preparations at corresponding stations in Karachi
12:04 were also underway, including the sorting of ballot boxes
12:07 and finalizing registrations.
12:09 However, many voters are disappointed and wonder
12:11 if the balloting can bring any real change in a country
12:14 mired in political struggles, and the political pressure
12:16 to vote will be a major factor in the election.
12:19 The election will be held on December 4,
12:21 and the elections will be held on December 5.
12:23 The elections will be held on December 5,
12:25 and the elections will be held on December 5.
12:28 The elections will be held on December 5,
12:30 and the elections will be held on December 5.
12:32 The elections will be held on December 5,
12:34 and the elections will be held on December 5.
12:36 The elections will be held on December 5,
12:38 and the elections will be held on December 5.
12:41 The elections will be held on December 5,
12:43 and the elections will be held on December 5.
12:45 [SILENCE]
12:50 Early on Wednesday, a suicide bombing
12:51 in Pakistan's Balochistan province
12:53 killed at least 25 people, while more than 40 were injured.
12:57 The attack came just a day before the Pakistani elections.
13:00 According to Officer Mohammad Ramzan of Police Control
13:03 Center, the explosives were placed
13:06 on a motorbike that exploded outside the election
13:08 office of Asfand Yar Qaqar, a regional independent candidate
13:12 who will participate in the election process.
13:14 Around 240 million Pakistanis are
13:16 called to the polls on Thursday to participate
13:19 in the general elections.
13:20 [SILENCE]
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13:44 [MUSIC PLAYING]
13:49 Welcome back from the South.
13:51 The National Federation of Organic Agriculture of France,
13:53 FNAB, mobilizes to the seat of the National Assembly
13:57 in rejection of what they describe
13:58 as the government's abandonment of the agricultural sector.
14:02 The Federation called for the mobilization on the grounds
14:04 that the government has forgotten this sector
14:06 in its recent measures.
14:08 The mobilized sector is calling on the authorities
14:10 to take measures to help them cope with inflation,
14:13 but also to review some of the environmental policies imposed
14:16 in recent years.
14:18 The farmers are sure that this is a fight for their survival
14:20 and that they will not stop until their demands are met.
14:23 The FNAB was not at the center of the protests
14:25 that rocked the country in the second half of January,
14:28 and first Prime Minister Gabriel Atau
14:30 to issue three packages of measures.
14:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]
14:36 In this context in Spain, thousands of farmers
14:38 used tractors to block roads for the second straight day
14:41 on Wednesday against cheaper imports and heavy regulation.
14:46 Farmers gathered at dawn on well,
14:47 thousands of roads snarling traffic, mainly in Andalusia,
14:51 in the south and the northeastern region of Catalonia,
14:53 and Navarra in the north, according
14:56 to the Spanish General Directorate for Road Traffic.
14:59 Spain's three main agricultural unions,
15:00 Asaja, COAG, and UPA, did not initiate the demonstrations
15:04 which began on Tuesday.
15:06 These unions have planned other protests.
15:08 This week, including Thursday in Salamanca,
15:10 in the northwest, and Friday in the northern city of Bilbao.
15:14 Angry farmers have been protesting across Europe
15:17 over rising costs, high fuel prices, bureaucracy,
15:20 and the environmental requirements in the EU's
15:22 common agricultural policy and its forthcoming Green Deal.
15:25 Swedish authorities said on Wednesday
15:34 they decided to close the investigation to the September
15:37 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream undersea pipelines
15:40 built to transport Russian natural gas to Germany.
15:43 The attack came as Europe was trying
15:45 to deface itself of Russian energy sources
15:48 after the beginning of the Ukraine armed conflict.
15:51 In this sense, Mats Ljubovic, Swedish prosecutor,
15:54 stated that in view of the current situation,
15:56 the Swedish jurisdiction does not apply.
15:58 For his part, the prosecutor's office
16:00 asserted that the main objective of his investigation
16:02 was to determine whether Swedish citizens were involved
16:05 in the act and whether Swedish territory was
16:07 used to carry it out.
16:09 The underwater explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1
16:11 pipeline, which was the main natural gas supply
16:13 route from Russia to Germany.
16:15 In this regard, Russian press accused the US and allies
16:18 of masterminding the blast, which they
16:20 have called a terrorist attack.
16:22 On Wednesday, local media in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
16:30 reported that the conflict between M23 rebels
16:32 and government forces is intensifying.
16:35 In this sense, and humanitarian sources
16:37 confirmed that days of unrest have left dozens of wounded
16:41 and have increased tensions in Massissi, causing displacements
16:45 and collapse in the health centers, which,
16:47 according to a medical source in Saki,
16:49 have received about 20 wounded, mostly civilians,
16:52 and some of them serious, while another one in Minova
16:54 reported about 30 cases of this type.
16:57 Elsewhere, US Army Spokesman General Sylvain Ekenge
17:01 told reporters that there had been heavy fighting
17:03 for control of a section of the road link in Saki and Minova,
17:06 a small town in neighboring South Kibu province.
17:09 Two North Kibu territories, Rutshuru and Massissi,
17:12 have been miring conflict since 2021,
17:14 as rebels of the M23 movement clash with government troops.
17:17 We woke up this morning to the sound of bangs and explosions.
17:26 We realized that we were all going to die
17:29 and decided to flee as best we could.
17:31 And I have just arrived here on foot.
17:33 But from Saki, there are a lot of bangs in the hills.
17:37 There were a lot of gunshots and we had to get away.
17:41 We are asking the government to help us restore peace
17:45 because it is our land.
17:48 On Wednesday, Japan authorities reported
17:50 that a radioactive water leak occurred
17:52 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant,
17:54 where at least 5.5 tons of liquid leaked out.
17:57 The team operating at the plant reported
17:59 that the water-containing radioactive material
18:01 was passing through the walls of a building
18:03 that houses contaminated water purification equipment.
18:06 Companies in charge of managing the plant
18:08 detailed that so far no external effects have been confirmed.
18:12 However, they say that the floor of the site
18:14 could have been flooded.
18:16 The government plans to implement inspections
18:18 at the nuclear power plants, but the process is complicated
18:20 by the anti-nuclear sentiment
18:22 of the majority of the civilian population.
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18:29 [explosion]
18:34 [beeping]
18:39 [beeping]
18:42 In the Philippines, a landslide triggered by intense rain
18:44 killed at least five people,
18:46 while 31 were reported injured.
18:48 The landslide occurred Tuesday night
18:50 in a mining village in Davao de Oro province
18:53 that trapped at least 20 people inside two buses.
18:57 Provincial disaster official Eduardo Macapilli
19:00 said an earthquake struck the village shortly after the landslide
19:03 so the search for more survivors was halted at midnight
19:06 when it became too dangerous and resumed at dawn.
19:08 A voice reported that it is unclear
19:10 whether other miners or vendors were also affected
19:13 and for their safety,
19:15 285 families from Masada were evacuated.
19:18 [silence]
19:26 [music]
19:33 [applause]
19:40 Let's go to the baseball world.
19:42 On Tuesday, the Caribbean Series held its sixth day of competition
19:45 in the U.S. state of Florida
19:47 with the presence of seven Latin American nations.
19:49 In this way, the Tiburones of La Guaira of Venezuela
19:52 defeated the Federales of Cherique of Panama,
19:55 guided by a home run by former MLB player Alcides Escobar.
19:58 This way, Venezuela showed its qualification to Thursday's semifinals
20:01 while the Panamanian team couldn't extend their win straight to five.
20:05 In another game, the Naranjeros of Hermosillo from Mexico
20:09 defeated the team representing of Nicaragua
20:12 and said goodbye to the event,
20:14 leaving South Florida with a record of only two wins.
20:16 In the last game, the Tigres of Lisey of the Dominican Republic
20:20 also secured their spot in the semifinals, beating Curacao,
20:23 who are now forced to win on Wednesday
20:25 and wait for the results as they don't control their fate.
20:28 [silence]
20:34 On Wednesday, the last day of the first round
20:37 will be played with the last tripleheader schedule,
20:40 with one spot to be filled for Thursday's semifinal.
20:43 In this way, Criollos of Caguas will seek their qualification
20:46 to the semifinals when they face Curacao's sons.
20:49 It should be noted that the Criollos achieved five championships
20:52 in this type of event and have not won since 2018,
20:55 while Curacao seeks to reach its first final
20:57 because they are a team that arrived as a guest to the Caribbean Series.
21:01 In another game, Federales of Cherique from Panama
21:04 will play against the Tigres of Lisey in a challenge between qualifiers
21:07 that could have implications in the first or second feat
21:10 on the verge of the semifinals of the game.
21:13 Finally, the day will close with the match between
21:16 Tiberones of La Guaira and Gigantes of Riva,
21:18 where Nicaragua seeks to break a sixth losing streak
21:21 while Venezuela could guarantee the readership of the standings with a victory.
21:25 [silence]
21:28 In the final day, with only three games left,
21:30 there is still a lot in play,
21:32 with the only exception of Nicaragua that will only play for pride.
21:35 Looking ahead to the last two games,
21:37 this is how the Caribbean Series position standings look like.
21:40 In the sense that Tiberones of La Guaira lead the standings
21:42 after beating the undefeated Panama,
21:44 and this way the Venezuelans control their fate as the first seed.
21:48 Federales of Cherique stand in second place,
21:50 despite sleeping on Tuesday,
21:52 and are only looking for an opponent in the semifinals.
21:56 As third place in the event,
21:57 the Dominicans already gained the next round appearance
22:00 and will be looking to improve their position.
22:02 We continue the standings with Los Criollos of Caguas,
22:05 who will seek their presence in the semifinals
22:07 if they can beat Curacao, who is in fifth place.
22:09 Finally, Mexico finishes sixth,
22:11 while Nicaragua is only looking to save their honor
22:13 and say goodbye with a seventh place, but at least a win.
22:16 On Thursday, a doubleheader semifinal will be held at Marlins Park,
22:20 and the winner will meet on Friday's final.
22:23 With less than three days remaining, the best is still to come.
22:27 [Music]
22:35 The people of Grenada celebrated 50 years of independence on Wednesday
22:39 after more than three centuries of occupation by France and the United Kingdom.
22:43 During the day, citizens participated in trade fairs,
22:46 ecumenical services, as well as academic, sporting, and cultural activities.
22:51 Various authorities and international guests
22:54 highlighted the nation's performance over the past five decades,
22:57 the challenges ahead, and the prospects for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
23:02 At the ceremony for the military parade,
23:04 the Vice President of Venezuela, Teresita Rodríguez,
23:06 highlighted the heroic deeds of the people of Grenada
23:09 and their progress in the processes of integration in the Caribbean.
23:13 Independence was achieved on February 7, 1974,
23:17 under the leadership of Eric Guyrie,
23:19 who became Grenada's first Prime Minister as a sovereign state.
23:23 [Silence]
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23:43 [Music]