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UKRAINE WAR
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UN – United Nations – The UN Security Council is in New York, at the request of Russia, discussing the situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which is under Moscow control and has been the target of recent attacks amid the threat of a nuclear disaster.
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LOCATION – Moscow/Lviv – The Russian army has advanced just a few kilometers into the Donbass (eastern Ukraine) in the past few weeks, where it is unable to break through enemy lines and, as in the south, is falling victim to Ukrainian sabotage tactics, partisan fighting and the destruction of supply chains.
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CENSORSHIP – Moscow – “Crush like bugs” those who take part in “anti-Russian activities” in the world of art and culture. That is the goal of the research group set up by Russian lawmakers and senators in the image and likeness of the McCarthyist-created commission to persecute communists in the United States after World War II.
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ANIMALS – Lviv (Ukraine) – Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the shelter for rescued animals in Lviv has helped save more than four thousand animals trapped in the combat zone, and its team has carried out risky operations on the front lines. By Rostyslav Averchuk. (Timeline)
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PERU CRISIS — Lima — Peru’s President Pedro Castillo this Thursday continues to deal with a crisis exacerbated by the arrest of his sister-in-law Yenifer Paredes and the growing threat that Congress will table a new impeachment motion.
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MEXICO MINERÍA – Mexico City – The search continues for the ten miners trapped in a mine in Coahuila state, northern Mexico, an event that has reignited debate on safety conditions and the social responsibility of mining companies in the region, where more than 100 deaths have occurred in the last 15 years.
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AFRICA USA — Kigali — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concludes his second trip to Africa in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, where he will meet with the country’s President Paul Kagame, with whom he will address recent tensions with the neighboring democratic republic Congo.
CORONAVIRUS NORTH KOREA — Seoul — North Korea declared “victory” in the country’s emergency campaign against Covid-19, a virus they believe came from its neighbor to the south and that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may also be using “high fever” happened.
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TALIBAN AFGHANISTAN – Kabul – A year after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and the country’s president fled (15 August), the decline in human rights is affecting the entire population, but especially women, despite constant promises of change.
(A chronology of the fall of Kabul will also be broadcast)
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YOUNG EMPLOYMENT – Geneva – The International Labor Organization (ILO) is presenting a report in Geneva on the situation of youth employment in the world, which will provide data on whether or not the labor market for young people has recovered after the pandemic and amid tensions about the war in Ukraine.
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FIRE IN CUBA — Havana — Cuban authorities are assessing the human, economic and environmental costs of the fire at some fuel depots in Matanzas, western Cuba, the country’s worst industrial disaster, which has already been brought under control after five days of fighting the flames
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ELECTIONS IN BRAZIL — Sao Paulo — Several Brazilian groups presented manifestos in defense of democracy in Sao Paulo this Thursday, following President Jair Bolsonaro’s attacks on the electoral system, less than two months before October’s elections.
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TRANSGENDER USA — Los Angeles (USA) — California is about to pass legislation that would make it a “sanctuary state” and place of refuge for transgender children who cannot undergo gender reassignment treatment or surgery elsewhere in the country. By Guillermo Azabal
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