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07/07/2025
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*China rejects U.S. threats to impose tariffs on BRICS countries and partners
*Yemeni military forces repel Israeli attack
FTS 8.30
*China rejects U.S. threats to impose tariffs on BRICS countries and partners
*Yemeni military forces repel Israeli attack
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00:00The first day of talks at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil came to an end with a final declaration focused on mutual respect and understanding, sovereignty, solidarity, democracy and inclusion.
00:22China responds to U.S. allegations against the BRICS and opposes any form of coercion.
00:31And the Yemeni military forces manage to repel the Zionist operation against their territory.
00:40The first day of talks at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil came to a close Sunday.
00:56The first day of talks at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil came to a close Sunday.
01:02The first day of talks at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil came to a close Sunday with the participation of heads of states and world leaders.
01:12The bloc's final declaration for the first round of talks expressed the member countries' rejection to international blockades under the genocidal actions and the obstruction of humanitarian aid by the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people.
01:24It also calls to create the necessary conditions to guarantee a lasting peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and reaffirm the bloc's commitment to advance equality, democracy, collaboration and mutual respect among the countries of the close south.
01:41And the session of the People's Council of the BRICS was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
01:47The debate generated proposals from civil society that were discussed on Sunday at the summit by the leaders of the countries that make up the bloc.
01:54Public and accessible health and education, the fight against hunger, solidarity and counter-hegemonic economic alternatives, peace and sovereignty are some of the wishes of the social organizations of the global south for the bloc of countries that aims to rebalance the planet.
02:12The organizations built their proposals during two days of meetings at the session of the People's Council of the BRICS.
02:19The guidelines are practically the same because the Brazilian issues that were chosen as priorities of the Brazilian presidency are issues that go through the debate of the civil council.
02:30But in the popular civil council, it is from the perspective of the peoples of the global south of the countries that are part of the BRICS.
02:36So the guidelines coincide, but they have a different interpretation and meaning.
02:39The movements align their guidelines with those of Brazil's presidency of the BRICS and deliver them to global leaders on Sunday.
02:52So what we've realized is that anything that you discuss outside of the agenda is a talk show.
02:58Because it's not on the agenda, it's not going to be considered anyway.
03:01Your recommendations will be fruitless.
03:04So we then align to the chairship, the agenda of the chairship of the member states.
03:10As in the upper echelon of the BRICS, the diversity of the bloc is a challenge for common projects.
03:18The fight against hunger is one of the focuses of the Brazilian presidency.
03:22There are different problems and there are a unique problem to Brazil and a unique problem to Russia, a unique problem to Japan, South Africa.
03:36So.
03:37The veto of Venezuela's entry into the bloc was one of the most repeated criticisms among the social movements.
03:47The organizations are demanding greater clarity in the criteria for admission of new members of the BRICS.
03:54We the peoples and social movements of the Bolivarian Republic are BRICS, we feel BRICS.
04:02We are grateful for the invitation, but at the same time we respectfully request that the veto imposed on our country be eliminated,
04:15and that our voices not be silenced.
04:18The indigenous peoples, movements and organizations of our Bolivarian Republic want to be included in the BRICS is our request to this council.
04:30We must be included in the BRICS.
04:32It is our request to this council.
04:35Independence from the dollar and unilateral western sanctioned systems is on the horizon.
04:42Bigger use of national currencies would allow for more independence, for not being on the hook of western sanctions.
04:57The BRICS account for 72% of the world's rare earth reserves and 33% of the planet's agricultural land.
05:05In the midst of the climate debate between the global north and the global south, environmental movements have raised the alarm about the geopolitical dispute over the exploitation of critical minerals.
05:17What concerns us most as territories affected by mining by rare earths is that the territories that are being considered as sacrifice zones are not being considered in the process of debate on climate transition.
05:32For the first time during the global leaders summit, the demands of the social movements are heard.
05:39The organizations also plan to hold a social summit in Salvador de Bahia in October of this year to give continuity to the construction process.
05:47Ignacio Lemus and Julia Nassif for Telesur.
05:52Trump announced Sunday plans to impose an additional 10% tariff on the 11 member BRICS coalition, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
06:01The tariff announcement comes amid BRICS efforts to enhance multilateral cooperation and foster equitable global economic development.
06:08The BRICS group has been steadily expanding its economic cooperation and influence, representing near half of the world's population and a significant share of global GDP.
06:17The group's expanding membership and strategic initiatives underscore its growing role as a platform for the global south and a significant actor in shaping the future of international trade and finance.
06:27And they'll go out on Monday, probably 12.
06:32In the same line through his Truth Social account, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that the United States will begin sending formal tariff notification letters to multiple countries starting Monday, July 7th.
06:43These letters will outline new tariff rates that could take effect as soon as August 1st if trade agreements are not finalized by the July 9th deadline.
06:51While the administration frames this as a way to streamline negotiations, the approach shifts from collaborative dialogue to a more rigid unilateral imposition of tariffs, which risks increasing uncertainty for international trade and businesses.
07:04Some tariffs could reach levels as high as 50% or more, potentially raising costs for importers and consumers.
07:11On Monday, Beijing responded to the threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has promised additional 10% tariffs on all countries that support or partner with the BRICS bloc.
07:24Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Mao Nin assured that the group formed by emerging economies is not an initiative against any country, but a positive force in the international community.
07:33Mao confirmed that they opposed the use of tariffs as a tool of pressure and coercion and reminded that trade wars have no winners.
07:41The BRICS, where multiple rights ceased to be a future aspiration and has become a reality under construction, reached important agreements this Sunday in Brazil that could renew global governance.
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08:05Welcome back.
08:24Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has been linked to a corruption scheme that alleges he received bribes from Israeli businessmen to market-spy software Pegasus,
08:34a lawsuit in Israel which went from a secret arbitration governed by the Torah law to the public, revealed Peña Nieto's participation in the offer of profitable contracts with high-level state officials.
08:44Businessmen Abishai Nerea and Uri Ansbacher contributed to Peña's campaign almost $2 million in 2012.
08:52The plot was published by the Israeli media that have had access to the summary of the trial that certifies that the businessmen had great benefits thanks to the high-ranking figure.
09:01The former Mexican President denied diversion through his social media.
09:13And Venezuela celebrated the 214th anniversary of the signing of the Act of Independence and Armed Forces Day by gratifying its sovereignty.
09:20President Nicolas Maduro reiterated that he would defend the right to exist and peace.
09:25The report with Madeline Garcia.
09:27This is the civic military parade on July 5th, Venezuela's Independence Day, almost a year after the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro on July 28th.
09:40The Bolivarian National Armed Forces ratified him as its commander in chief on this day.
09:47The Bolivarian National Armed Forces ratified him as its commander-in-chief on this day.
09:49The Bolivarian National Armed Forces ratified him as its commander-in-chief on this day.
09:53Like 214 year ago, we are determined to remain independent and sovereign.
09:58This is more than a slogan.
10:11We are the women of the anti-imperialist and Chavista great motherland.
10:17This is the democracy that the President swore to defend a year ago.
10:26I swear to you that this baton of command that was given to me, and that shines and gallops, will never ever, will never fall into the hands of a puppet.
10:40We will never fall into the hands of a traitor, will never fall into the hands of a fascist, and here is the baton of command in my hand.
10:57In the hands of the people as commander-in-chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Force,
11:09and I firmly hold the baton of command as I hold the reins of this homeland towards its greatness and its definitive independence.
11:18The military is ready to defend peace in the face of threats from the United States and its allies.
11:34The people on foot, paraded as a symbol of the civic military union and their resistance, has made it possible to confront the illegal sanctions promoted by the extreme right.
11:49Thus, they were showing their capabilities and the technology that Venezuela is already creating with the support of alive countries, not to attack as Israel does, but in its right to develop and become independent.
12:14Yes, we have to strengthen our air and anti-aircraft defense systems, yes, with our own technology and with the help of our great allies and friends in the world.
12:29Yes, with the help of our great friends, we have to continue strengthening the drone and anti-drone systems with our own technology.
12:39We have advanced, our people must know that we have advanced enough, we are obliged to do so.
12:45The parade showed how the fight against drug trafficking achieved some of the elements seized in one of the routes dismantled in the west of the country.
13:00The submarines used to transport more than 30 tons of drugs that were seized in one of the routes dismantled in the west of the country.
13:06Earlier in the day, the Independence Day commemorations began at the National Pantheon, honoring the Liberator Simon Bolivar, followed by a session at the National Parliament, where the Act of Independence was held.
13:23Madeleine Garcia, Telesur, Caracas, Venezuela.
13:30Armed criminal groups and criminal violence have left 4,026 people dead in Haiti in the first six months of 2025.
13:37This is revealed in the report of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, where it specifies that there are 376 women, 21 girls and 68 boys a month dead.
13:46According to the report, homicides have increased by 24% in just one year.
13:51The increase in the number of displaced persons is even more dramatic, tripling to 1.3 million.
13:57Miroslav Jenka, United Nations Assistant Secretary General, also stated that Puerto Prince, the country's capital, is to all intents and purposes paralyzed by criminal groups and completely isolated.
14:08The report reiterates that without greater action by the international community, the total collapse of the state presence is a very real scenario.
14:20Also in Haiti, political and farmer organizations were visited by an international delegation of ALPA movements during a week of activities that culminated on Sunday.
14:28Participants were able to have an overview of the situation in the country and to elaborate a long-term solidarity plan.
14:34A correspondent Chalafo with details.
14:38A dozen Latin American activists, members of ALPA movements, traveled to Haiti to meet in Pignan, a municipality in the north of the island, with the Haitian chapter of the organization.
14:50The main objective of the meeting was to reaffirm the commitment to solidarity between the movements in the context of the political and social crisis facing the Haitian people.
14:58It is important not only to say in our voice solidarity from our voice, it is a very practical way, with the organizations here in Haiti, to truly show solidarity, people to people, movement to movement, peasant to peasant, to go out together in front of imperialism at the international level.
15:22The central point of the talks that took place at the Tet Coal Agroecology Center was to understand the real reasons for the situation in the country.
15:32Behind the violence, corruption and food shortages is the same United States imperialism that oppresses all the peoples of the global south.
15:39The crisis in which we find ourselves is not only related to national actors, but also to foreign actors, imperialist and multinational interests that unite to create what is happening today.
15:52That is why we need the solidarity of the oppressed masses of other countries, of the working and peasant classes, to help us in this struggle to take it further.
16:00In addition to breaking down communication barriers and bringing a deeper understanding of the Haitian crisis to their countries, the delegates undertook the task of collectively developing a plan of concrete and permanent actions at the international level, especially in the areas of training, communication and political articulation.
16:22It is fundamental that we can think of solidarity alternatives that have to do with the defense of the sovereignty and self-determination of the Haitian people.
16:32The defense of the sovereignty and self-determination of the Haitian people.
16:35We are here today to think about just that, how we build these bridges, how we also generate a framework of denunciation through the popular and alternative media in the region.
16:45How we also add more organizations to these solidarity actions.
16:52To support the struggle of the Haitian people is also to be inspired by and learn from it.
16:58Haiti was the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve independence and abolish slavery and became an example of resistance against the hegemonic powers of the world.
17:08For me it is impressive to observe how many of the achievements of the Bolivarian revolution at the ideological level, Haiti already had them in its consciousness of independence since 1804, since when they started the struggle.
17:23From gender equality to racial issues, all this was what Haiti was developing, and that is why it has been so attacked.
17:29And that is why we cannot continue to allow the perpetuation of this action, not only neocolonial, but colonial, of the continuation of the colony in our continent.
17:38It is not acceptable.
17:39In our continent, it is not acceptable.
17:43True exchange allows everyone to receive more than they can give.
17:49This week of dialogue, planning and visits to other places in the region was enough for each participant to leave stronger and with hope in the construction of a world of solidarity and a sovereign America.
17:59Shada Folk, from Cabo Haitiano, Haiti, for Telesur.
18:02Shada Folk, from Cabo Haitiano, Haiti, for Telesur.
18:06Shada Folk, from Cabo Haitiano, Haiti, for Telesur.
18:17Shada Folk, from Cabo Haitiano, Haiti, for Telesur.
18:21Fincy Mass Carnival continues in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a few days ahead of the end of the Carnival with Mardi Gras.
18:27On Sunday and early Monday morning, Victoria Park was witness to the celebration of the contest in search of the Calypso Monarch, one of the most anticipated events of the festivities.
18:37The Queen of the Band contest was also held in which the representatives of each of the local traditional bands show off their elaborate thematic costumes in search of the 2025 title.
18:47Another of the events that took place was the election of the King of the Band and the Joubert, a typical celebration of the country's carnival that starts before dawn.
18:56Fincy Mass Carnival will conclude in the country next Tuesday with a well-known Mardi Gras event and a huge parade.
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19:32We are going live to Brazil, President Lula Silva is offering statements on the second day of the 17th BRICS Summit.
19:51Dear friends, despite that it is a human right and public good for the development,
20:05global health is also being deeply affected by poverty.
20:12To recover the protagonists of international organizations to face challenges and defend the health of the poor is urgent.
20:27The recent agreement on pandemics is a step forward in that direction.
20:34BRICS is betting on science and technology to improve and defend life first.
20:41First, incomes for health, gender, birthplace determine who suffers and who dies.
20:56Diseases that kill in our country, like cholera, would have been eradicated if it had reached the global north.
21:09So we must have health in the fiscal sphere, also adequate nutrition and quality education, a dignified life, work.
21:28The Alliance for the elimination of diseases proposes to overcome these inequalities with actions that search for solutions physically and digital and to strengthen capacities.
21:49The tuberculosis network investigation with strong support with the World Health Organization, like cooperation of medical producers, are concrete examples on how much we have moved forward as a group.
22:14We are leading with example, cooperating and acting with solidarity instead of differences, imposing human dignity at the center of our decisions.
22:26Thank you very much.
22:39Some of the statements that were being given by the President, Lula Silva, as we were saying on the second day of discussions at the 17th Greek Summit,
22:47which is focusing on health and climate change, which is what the leaders are going to be discussing today.
22:54Let's now continue with other news.
23:00The Yemeni military forces managed to repel the Saudis operations against their territory, unless 10 Israeli fighters fled the answer for a missile response.
23:09According to the report, the fighters did not attack other cities included in their plan, while the raiders recorded operational panic among the pilots, claiming that they shut down communications with their commanders.
23:20Yemen confirms damage to the ports of Deida, Al-Salif and Ras-Isa, as well as to the power plant in the Lado sector.
23:27The Israeli forces have only mentioned that they are evaluating the response of their means of defense.
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