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00:10Pablo XIV continues his apostolic journey in Argentina this Monday with a visit at the
00:17Cotolengo Don Orione care facility for people with disabilities. Climate change is rapidly
00:27transforming Greenland threatening its ice cover landscapes, local ecosystems and
00:33traditional ways of life. The conflict between Saudi Arabia and German's Houthi
00:43movement has entered its fifth month with no clear political solution in sight.
00:54Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Caracas,
00:59Venezuela. We begin with the news so stay with us.
01:22On Monday, Pablo XIV arrived at Cotolengo Don Orione in Argentina as part of his 12-day
01:29apostolic journey to South America. We're seeing live images now as the pontiff is received amid
01:35applause and expressions of affection from a crowd of the faithful. After his arrival,
01:43Dio will tour the Don Orione Cotolengo facility, an institution founded in 1935 by San Luigi Orione,
01:51located in Claypool, in the southern part of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area that for more than
01:5890 years has provided housing, care and comprehensive support to people with disabilities. Later he will
02:06preside over a mass at the monument to the Spaniards in Palermo.
02:21Precisely in this context, on Sunday in his first address in Argentina, Pablo XIV urged public officials
02:28in Buenos Aires to exercise authority as a service to the whole community and put the common good
02:34government above immediate interest.
02:39So charged with a particularly demanding task. Authority is most authentic when it is exercised as service,
02:51when it looks beyond the immediate and when it uses its power to promote the welfare of all.
03:02Those who exercise authority have a duty to act with prudence, to acknowledge the limits of the power entrusted to
03:11them.
03:21And to direct their decisions toward the good of the entire community. The common good that authority is called to
03:33serve must also be discerned concretely in the circumstances of everyday life.
03:41Here, the family. The family, the basic unit of society, plays an essential role.
03:53Moreover, in what many are labelling as a critique to President Mireille's austerity measures,
03:59the Supreme Pontiff has stated that the economy must serve the people and not the other way around.
04:05Here I think of families facing an uncertain future. The unemployed, the elderly who for years contributed to society and
04:21all those who
04:32who, despite hard work, nonetheless struggle to meet their household's needs.
04:39Argentina, the economy must be at the service of people and not people at the service of economy.
04:55Argentina possesses an abundance of human resources. To make this wealth bear fruit for the benefit of all,
05:02particular attention should be given to the young. The opportunities they encounter today will largely determine whether they will be
05:13able to realize their hopes in life here.
05:16A nation must seriously ask itself where it has failed when its young people have to leave their homeland in
05:25order to make their dreams come true.
05:41Specifically creating the conditions for the young freely to plan their future in Argentina means bolstering education,
05:51vocational training, universities and research.
05:59Also in this context, as part of the Pope's visit to Argentina preparations are underway in the province of Cordoba
06:06for his visit on November 10th.
06:09This visit to the South American country marks the return of a Pope to Argentine soil after nearly four decades
06:16since St. John Paul II's trip in 1987.
06:23In Cordoba, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass and meet with bishops, priests, members of religious orders, seminarians and pastoral
06:32workers.
06:33Upon his return to the capital, he will participate in the traditional vigil with young people in front of the
06:39monument to the Spaniards.
07:01In Argentina as well, from November 9th to 14th, Buenos Aires will host the ninth edition of the Callejon Festival,
07:07an event that brings together theatre, dance, music and pubs.
07:11For six days, emerging artists and independent companies will present works, premieres and creative processes that explore new forms of
07:21expression.
07:21The festival has established itself as a platform to give visibility to young talent and projects seeking spaces to develop.
07:30The programme also includes works in progress and invited projects with the goal of promoting artistic exchange and experimentation.
07:39It is worth noting that the event will take place at Espacio Callejón in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires
07:46and will conclude with a music festival on Saturday, November 14th.
07:57Now we have a second short break coming up generally because we will be right back.
08:23Welcome back to From the South.
08:25Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced that the new US sanctions against Cuban companies, ships and foreign companies are part
08:34of a strategy of economic strangulation and collective punishment against the Caribbean nation.
08:39President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated via his official account on X,
08:44The United States is once again lashing out against the Cuban people with new coercive measures against Cuban companies and
08:51ships as well as foreign companies responsible for providing essential goods and services for our economic and social development.
08:58Furthermore, the Cuban president added that it is part of the same scheme of economic suffocation and collective punishment aimed
09:07at subjugating an entire nation with false and absurd justifications that neither the world nor the citizens of the United
09:16States believe.
09:17They will not break us.
09:25For his part, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the United States for seeking to sabotage the strategic and legitimate
09:33cooperation between China and the Caribbean nation.
09:36Through his official account on X, the foreign minister stated,
09:41The sanctions imposed by the US government against two Chinese companies due to their alleged ties to Cuban institutions are
09:48part of the pernicious policy of economic suffocation designed and directed by the US Secretary of State against our people.
09:56This is yet another demonstration of the extraterritorial and illegal nature of the blockade against our country, a policy that
10:06floats the laws governing international trade.
10:09They also seek to hinder and sabotage the strategic, multifaceted and legitimate cooperation that exists between China and Cuba.
10:17Cuba is not a threat. The blockade is.
10:27Also, the escalation of unilateral coercive measures by the United States aims to destroy Cuba's economy and violate the fundamental
10:34rights of the population.
10:36Cuban authorities denounced that the series of sanctions, which includes international financial persecution, restrictions on access to fuel,
10:45and Cuba's continued inclusion on the unilateral list of states sponsoring terrorism, constitutes a scheme of economic strangulation against the
10:54people.
10:55Secondary sanctions also deter banks, shipping companies and businesses in third countries from trading with Cuba, limiting the flow of
11:03goods.
11:04With this escalation, Washington is sticking to its policy of economic strangulation against the Caribbean nation,
11:11a strategy that directly hits the Cuban people.
11:24In other informations, the murder of a Japanese woman allegedly by a US serviceman has reignited debate over the presence
11:31of foreign troops in Okinawa,
11:33and the conditions governing their presence in Japan.
11:37Our correspondent in China, Bruno Falci, has more information.
11:43Greetings, comrades. I came to report this time that the Okinawa government, Jenta Kojit, announced on Monday, today,
11:51that he will seek a fundamental review of the agreement governing the presence of United States military forces in Japan
12:01known as SOFA,
12:03which has been in force since 1960.
12:07The announcement came following the murder of Anna Yaga, a 39-year-old Japanese woman whose body was found on
12:17October at a hotel in Okinawa.
12:20A 20-year-old United States Marine Station in Futenma Base in Okinawa has been formally charged in connection with
12:30this crime.
12:31The case sparked widespread outrage across Japan.
12:36During a press conference in Tokyo, Kojit called for suspects held in United States custody to be handed over to
12:46Japanese authorities when requested,
12:49even before formal charges are filled.
12:53SOFA regulates matters of jurisdiction and custody.
12:58It does not grant immunity to United States military personnel, but establish rules that can delay the handover of suspects
13:09to Japanese authorities.
13:11Kojit also called for Japanese laws to apply to United States military activities and urge authorities to speed up the
13:23return of land occupied by military bases.
13:27He also called for a timetable for the reallocation of Futenma Air Base and the subsequent return of the land
13:37and currently occupied Japan territory.
13:40The case has revived memories of 1995 incident when three United States servicemen kidnapped and raped a 12-year-old
13:53Okinawan girl, a crime that triggered massive protests across the island.
14:00Okinawa accounts for less than 1% of Japanese territory, but host around 70% of the land areas occupied
14:11by United States military facilities reserved in the country.
14:17Due to its proximity to Taiwan and China, the island also holds major strategic importance for Washington's military deployment in
14:29the Asia-Pacific.
14:30With this information, from here, the capital of China, we go back with you in the studios.
14:39And after this report from China, we have a short break. Before we want to invite you to visit our
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15:23Welcome back to From the South.
15:24Climate change is rapidly transforming Greenland, threatening its ice-covered landscapes, local ecosystems and traditional ways of life.
15:32As temperatures rise and perimetfrost does, communities are witnessing changes that are reshaping their environment and threatening to erase generations
15:43of knowledge and cultural traditions.
15:45Let's see.
15:49In Ilulisat, western Greenland, the effects of global warming are becoming increasingly visible.
15:57Icebergs that once dominated the landscape are shrinking, while traditional winter activities are becoming increasingly difficult as frozen waters and
16:06snow cover disappear.
16:08Some of the things that I can take from my memory as the biggest is the icebergs that we used
16:21to watch from our school and we could see them over the mountains.
16:28And now when we see up on the mountains, we cannot see any of the icebergs.
16:38These changes reflect a wider transformation across the Arctic, which is warming more than twice as fast as the global
16:45average.
16:46According to the 2025 Arctic report card, temperatures across the region from October 2024 through September 2025 were the highest
16:57recorded since 1900.
16:59The consequences extend beyond melting ice.
17:03Declining snow cover and thinner sea ice are affecting wildlife, marine ecosystems and communities that depend on fishing, hunting and
17:13travel across frozen waters.
17:19They cannot experience the things we experience as a child when we were kids playing around these hills and there
17:28were much more snow and on the water was frozen and was ice and we could get out on the
17:39ice and fish and that's nothing we can do today.
17:45The Greenland ice sheet is also showing the scale of this transformation.
17:49According to the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, it lost approximately 17.3 billion tons of ice during the
17:572025-2026 season, marking its 30th consecutive year of net ice loss.
18:04Over the past four decades, the ice sheet has lost more than 6.2 trillion tons, contributing approximately 1.7
18:11centimeters to global sea level rise.
18:19Even if it would be slowing down, that would not be enough. It would still melt too fast to regain
18:25this mass. So I can see there's no scenario right now where we see that the Greenland ice sheet will
18:35start gaining mass.
18:39At the same time, rising temperatures are thawing permafrost, the permanently frozen ground that supports much of Greenland's infrastructure.
18:50In Ilulisat, residents can already see buildings sinking while roads and other structures are affected by shifting ground conditions. The
19:00changes are also threatening cultural heritage.
19:03At the Ilulisat Ice Fjord Center, a project called Elulisat is collecting personal accounts from local residents to document how
19:13the environment and...
19:19If we do not document the people's own stories, they will disappear when the people are passed away.
19:30This is what we have been experiencing for some other things, like the names of the landscape are disappeared, a
19:41lot of them, because we are not doing nothing at all about that.
19:48The initiative brings together local knowledge and scientific research, recognizing that climate change is not only an environmental issue, but
19:58also a challenge for communities whose identities and livelihoods are closely connected to the Arctic landscape.
20:08We wanted to have the ordinary people's experiences.
20:16We wanted to have them tell us about their experiences so we can document it.
20:22But also, all the facts we get are told by the scientists, archaeologists, ecclesiologists, biologists.
20:34It's okay, but we also want to have another perspective to document the climate change.
20:46Scientists warn that continued ice loss in Greenland will contribute to rising sea levels worldwide, with consequences extending far beyond
20:56the Arctic.
20:57Meanwhile, local initiatives are seeking to preserve the experiences of communities witnessing these changes firsthand, ensuring that future generations understand
21:07not only how the landscape has changed, but also what has been lost.
21:35The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi movement has entered its fifth month with no clear political
21:42solution in sight. Sanas Health Ministry reported that Saudi airstrikes since July have caused more than 1,000 deaths and
21:50injuries as war and blockade continue to hit civilians.
21:53The latest strikes targeted residential homes in Bani Hushaish district east of Sanat in Alsharija village.
22:01Saudi airstrikes hit homes and civil defence teams, killing 33 people and injuring 39, according to the Health Ministry, while
22:11survivors and eyewitnesses describe the damage.
22:14The Houthis warned that continued war and blockade will only strengthen support for their movement, adding that their armed forces
22:23still have military surprises in store.
22:25With airstrikes, missile attacks and drone operations continuing, the confrontation is spilling beyond Yemen's borders and posing growing threats to
22:35Saudi security and critical infrastructure across the region.
22:48And with this information, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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23:06For Telesurenglish, I'm Alejandra Garcia. Thank you for watching.