it's the first major incident to confront cuba's new president. who was quickly on the scene. the sides from giving our condolences over the loss of life and giving all our solidarity to the families of the victims but we will make the appropriate investigations and give the information to of people. the flight was operated by state airline cubana but the plane had been leased from a mexican charter company it was almost forty years old something that played a role. at all in the water this was one of the safest airlines in the world but you know these planes are obsolete i understand. it's the first major crash for the cuban airline which is notorious for delays and cancellations. cubana says it's forced to operate an aging fleet of aircraft because of u.s. trade embargoes cuban investigators will be supported by mexican aviation experts as the search for answers amongst the wreckage. and we're going to leading our way to some of the images from what was a remarkable day the wedding of course of britain's prince harry an american actress meghan markel now known as the chief c

new york. >> ¿esta bien, eso? >> yeah. >> muy bien. gracias. >> he visits cuba written expensively about its new business landscape. >> the changes have been significant, but woefully insufficient. >> he told me that cuba is going broke. the price of socialism is just too high. >> well, you get housing, you get education, you get healthcare, and you get a job. there's a basic bottom below which people aren't allowed to sink. but that bottom has become frayed. it has lots of holes in it. one of the reasons why the state is allowing more economic freedom is it needs to relieve itself of the burden of providing for people. [ coins jingling ] [ mid-tempo folk music plays ] >> the economic troubles have led to another problem. >> the cuban population has stopped growing, and they have a major problem with people choosing to leave the country, mostly for the united states. they want to be connected to the rest of the world. they want to have opportunity now, especially young people. they don't want to have the same problem their parents did, waiting for the future to

this is clear because they consider themselves a new cuba. the, what maduro doesn't have idea is that economic change in cuba could produce political change in cuba. different from venezuela. venezuela only the political change could produce economic change and freedom. the other way around, but what they have a right on their head, their mind is only to resist trick they don't want the changes. they don't changed economy. they don't want to consolidate. cuba in order to be in power. then, regarding position i would like to be very clear that in this recent years we have done most everything. we went to the parliamentary election 2015. host: and the government shut down the parliaments. event, we used our mechanism in the constitution to call for recall referenda. the government stop the recall referendum. then, we went to the streets and had 130 days of demonstrations. unfortunately, with an equal number of people who died for the violets with the government took then we went to the regional elections. then we went to a dialogue, the chief of

the red sox new cuba yesterday. while cohen to the boston tea party. three home runs.this year he's done it through the fourth time in his career. he's the youngest other to hit three home runs. cleveland's rick the rangers. the new york mets and their fans holding their collective breath today. he hyperextended is all about taking a swing in the third inning and the mets lost to do nothing. check this out. looking for a diamond in the rough. you've heard of snakes on the plains. here is diamonds on the diamond sliding into second base. there is diamonds everywhere. look at that. eventually a couple others help try to pick it up. >> i'm a little broken hearted myself. i'm thinking that's pretty scary. >> you know what i am? i'm not fan holding my breath. this disaster in "the new york post." hopefully it's not another one that goes down. >> you can catch fox news headlines 24/7 sirius xm channel 115. coming up, how is the fed announcement on interest rate in europe? live to london for her reaction when return on "fbn:am." gerri: european stocks are mixed after the fede

energy use for mining crypto currencies plus the president of the us cuba trade and economic council john cavil helps us take a look at the new leadership in cuba and how the cuban economy is doing all that debt ahead but first let's get a few thoughts. to supreme is the supreme court of the united states has ruled that arbitration clauses can be used to prevent workers from taking collective legal action against their employers the five to four ruling written by chief judge by justice neil gorsuch president trumps nominee to the high court effectively overhauls the terms of employment for roughly twenty five million workers in the us preventing them from bringing class action suits a critical tool for individuals harmed by general patterns of employer abuse and the absence of class action as a remedy any of the twenty five million workers seeking to sue their employers would now have to file a separate legal case on their own and assume the cost and risk as individuals justice ginsburg read her dissent from the bench on a rare in a rare strong disagreement the result of the new precedent she wrote will be a hue. under enforc

cuba trade and economic council john catholic church helps us take a look at the new leadership in cuba and how the cuban economy is doing all that debt ahead but first let's if you had. to supreme supreme court of the united states has ruled that arbitration clauses can be used to prevent workers from taking collective legal action against their employers the five to four ruling written by chief judge by justice neil gorsuch president trumps nominee to the high court effectively overhauls the terms of employment for roughly twenty five million workers in the us preventing them from bringing class action suits a critical tool for individuals harmed by general patterns of employer abuse and the absence of class action as a remedy any of the twenty five million workers seeking to sue their employers would now have to file a separate legal case on their own and assume the cost and risk as individuals justice ginsburg read her dissent from the bench on a rare in a rare strong disagreement the result of the new precedent she wrote will be a huge under enforcement of federal state statutes de

news... investigators in cuba recover a black box recorder from friday's plane crash that killed more than 100eople. and chelsea celebrate their victory over manchester united in the fa cup final at wembley. hello and welcome to bbc world news. prince harry has married meghan markle in the historic surroundings of st george's chapel at windsor castle. the ceremony — watched by a global audience of hundreds of millions of people — was a blend of traditional british pageantry, with a modern outlook — a mix of gospel music and hymns. the couple — the new duke and duchess of sussex — made their vows to love and cherish each other watched by family and celebrity friends with more than 100,000 people lining the narrow streets of windsor to convey their delight. these are the latest pictures of prince harry and his new wife meghan as they left windsor castle in an open—top jaguar for their evening wedding reception at frogmore house on the windsor estate. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell on a day which could scarcely have been better, an american bride came to windsor castle for a ver

in other news, investigators in cuba recover a black box recorder from friday's plane crash that killed more than 100 people. and chelsea celebrate their victory over manchester united in the fa cup final at wembley. hello, and welcome to bbc world news. prince harry has married meghan markle in the historic surroundings of st george's chapel at windsor castle. the ceremony, watched by a global audience of hundreds of millions of people, was a blend of traditional british pageantry, with a modern outlook — a mix of gospel music and hymns. the couple, the new duke and duchess of sussex, made their vows to love and cherish each other watched by family and celebrity friends with more than 100,000 people lining the narrow streets of windsor to convey their delight. these are the latest pictures of prince harry and his new wife meghan as they left windsor castle in an open—top jaguar for their evening wedding reception at frogmore house on the windsor estate. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. on a day which could scarcely have been better, an american bride came to windsor ca

energy use for mining crypto currencies plus the president of the us cuba trade and economic council john cavil helps us take a look at the new leadership in cuba and how the cuban economy is doing all that debt ahead but first let's get if you had. to supreme supreme court of the united states has ruled that arbitration clauses can be used to prevent workers from taking collective legal action against their employers the five to four ruling written by chief judge by justice neil gorsuch president trump's nominee to the high court effectively overhauls the terms of employment. roughly twenty five million workers in the us preventing them from bringing class action suits a critical tool for individuals harmed by general patterns of employer abuse and the absence of class action as a remedy any of those twenty five million workers seeking to sue their employers would now have to file a separate legal case on their own and assume the cost and risk as individuals justice ginsburg read her dissent from the bench on a rare in a rare strong disagreement the result of the new precedent she wrote will be a huge under enforcement of fe

industry develop new products and as soon as a rom viable affordable alternatives then of course we will push for them to take the place of those polluters that a single used last six cuba new directive now waits approval from member states. to show until now with gale matters who's been out shopping gail they believe all the things that you've bought a plastic but not all of it will be banned show us what you've got. that's right a single use plastic items sold like of plastic marks but also straws popular for children all of these will have to go under the new e.u. regulations and they will be back to cli bounds that is part of the aim for the e.u. institutions the other aim is to really boost the alternatives so that in the e.u. fan shop here in brussels i found this bottle for instance and that is one option but no worries a lot of plastic items for there which there is no i'll turn it in paper or in storage for instance like this little plastic jug form that you can stay around that's very good to know. what has sparked all of this just briefly a many experts say the fact that so far over a half of the plastic trash from europe has been exported mainly to china but

also following developing news in cuba. a cuban airliner carrying more unanimo than 100 people crashed and caught fire. more than 100 are dead, four or five people were rushed to the local hospital. three women are in critical condition. the flight's destination was a city on the island's eastern end. the cause of the crash is unknown. cuban state tv said a jet veered sharply to the right soon after takeoff. >>> a disturbing discovery in san jose, a body was found in an alley behind a cremation business. initial reports called it a body dump. but one neighbor told nbc bay area she haerld yelling overnight and then gun shots. police have not confirmed that and will only say the death appears suspicious. neighbors were shocked to hear the news. >> we live down the alley, it's quiet, we don't hear anything. there's some bikes once in a while but never anything like this. >> we'll bring you more exclusive details on this mystery in a live report at 6:00. >>> a presidential endorsement in the california's governor's race. the pr

in other news, investigators in cuba recover a black box recorder from friday's plane crash that killed

turning to other news now in cuba has begun two days of mourning for the victims of friday's plane crash when the one hundred passengers and crew died in the disaster but authorities say three women were pulled alive from the wreckage and the coupon a plane it came down they have vanished shortly after taking off and it's cuba's worst aviation accident in three decades. the plane had just taken off from havana's main airport when it crashed into flames. there was little left to save when fire crews arrived to the blaze miraculously survived . the debris state media says three women are being treated for critical injuries. for the relatives of most on board the fate of their loved ones was clear. she was twenty four years old she took a flight from havana to whole game and the plane crash. from the television just a little while ago. it's the first major incident to confront new president. who was quickly seen. from giving our condolences over the loss of life and giving. to the families of the victims would be appropriate investigations and give the information throughout . the flight wa

cuba trade and economic council john thank you for joining us we always appreciate it first the cuban leadership transition what should we know about the new leader miguel diaz canal and what's his agenda and role as cuba moves forward. right now president cannot deal as canal is trying to get through the last thirty days and what he's seeing it's been rather challenging agricultural and industrial production continued to decrease oil prices continue to increase venezuela's ability to support cuba continues to decrease u.s. visitor arrivals to continue to decrease last week the tragedy of the airline crash and then the continuing negative political rhetoric from the trumpet ministration so he's trying to deal with all of that and the main question he has to answer is will cuba's traditional friends such as russia china countries on the african continent countries in the middle east will they be able to make up for the role the venezuelan no longer has and the answer is probably no which means that president diaz canal is going to have a trajectory that's not going to be pleasant he may be a one term transitional leader to the next generati

millions of people are tuning in for this one event, it is time when, yet there was other news, there would the cubae shooting, in america, which we did cover the day before, because, forgive me, when it happened, but on the day itself, the whole of the country pretty much but wrapped in this event. now i say, the ticker serves an important point, and an important purpose of trying to show in brief, i grant you, but constantly what else is happening, and did that throughout the day. people could just what bbc 0ne, so if they turn to the news channel, they want news and more than the royal wedding. you haven't explained why. .. than the royal wedding. you haven't explained why... hold on, it is not just the case that you must always showed different events, if you're going to the news channel for the news, and this is the main live event happening, just as we did manage this week, or grenfell this week, then you are committing to a story, of course. it does of course push other news out, but you are making a editorial decision that this is the main thing, that we want to look at. leo? whatever happen

. >>> breaking news out of cuba. a passenger plane crashed with 104 aboard. a boeing 747. no word on casualties and it shows a billowing cloud of smoke at the crash say. it was headed to assist -- a sister city and the jet belongs to the company and we will stay on top of this. >>> we are following a story out of santa cruz county where a suspect shot and a deputy injured around 3:00 a.m. on the ocean street extension north of quail crossing. "kpix 5" has an update. >> one deputy was injured and he will be okay. >>reporter: another deputy shot a female suspect and she was taken to the hospital with injuries. it happened at 3:30 a.m. on the ocean street extension, a rural road that connects highs up -- i was one and 17 north of santa cruz. deputies were patrolling when they encountered a man and a woman and some sort of altercation ensued leaving one officer to open fire. the female suspect was shot. neither she nor the man who was with her head guns. officers are not giving out any details as to the nature of the confrontation but officers say this area has had its share o

and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. cuba's transport minister has announced that one of the black boxes has been found at the crash site of the airliner that went out near have and state media have confirmed that one hundred ten passengers and crew died in the disaster three survivors are in the hospital in critical condition so far the cause of the accident is unknown. china and the united states have backed off from their threats of a trade war the world's two largest economies say they've agreed to reduce the u.s. trade deficit with china under the deal china has pledged to significantly increase its purchases of u.s. goods and services. now the prestigious cannes film festival began over a week ago and the palm door at the top prize has now been awarded it went to the japanese movie shoplifters the film takes a challenging look at conventional views of what actually constitutes a family and it questions society's preconceived notions overall this year's festival was more politically charged than usual. it was just the news

and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. cuba's transport minister has announced that one of the black boxes has been found at the crash site of the airliner that went down near have and state media have confirmed that one hundred ten passengers and crew died in the disaster three survivors are in the hospital in critical condition so far the cause of the accident is unknown. authorities in the u.s. state of texas say a seventeen year old has confessed to being the sole gunman in a school shooting near houston the suspect has been charged with murdering eight fellow students and two teachers his family members say they are shocked and confused and have offered their condolences china and the united states have backed off from their threats of a trade war the world's two largest economies say they've agreed to reduce the u.s. trade deficit with china under the deal china has pledged to significantly increase its purchases of u.s. goods and services. an attack on an orthodox church in the russian province of chechnya has left a churc

cuba's new president, miguel diaz canel, visited the site where debris and bodies could be seen everywhere he called it an unfortunate aviation accident and said there uns a high number of victims. last year was the safest year on record for air travel with no deaths on commercial passenger een ines. but this year already, there have been at least five accidents involving commercial airliners, and more than ai0 deaths. te cuban airline was reportedly renting the airplane that crashed today, and state tv w ported it was being operated ki a crew from mexico. cuban officials are asking relatives to provide d.n.a. to help identify the dead. the u.s. state department said it is closely watching the situation in cuba to determine whether any u.s. citizens were on board. anff. >> glor: manny, thank you. we do have an update now on our lead story from last night. f source tells cbs news the driver of a school bus made an illegal u-turn before colliding with a dump truck on new jersey highway. a student and a teacher were killed. 43 others on the bus were treated at hospitals. president trump said

now to some of the other stories making news around the world cuba's transport minister has announced that one of the black boxes has been found at the crash site of the airliner that went down near havana state media says one hundred ten passengers and crew have died meanwhile three survivors are in hospital in critical condition so far the cause of the accident is not yet known. a volcano that forced hundreds of hawaii to evacuate their homes has a ruptured once again residents were forced to hunker down in shelters as kill a way out began spewing fountains of lava last night geologists say eruptions are possible though a massive outburst is unlikely. italy's anti-establishment party five star has reached a coalition deal with the far right leak the two parties are now haggling over who will be the next prime minister they are due to present a nominee for approval by italy's president on monday. night one of the most coveted honors in the world of finn in my has been announced the prestigious cannes film festival began over a week ago and the palme d'or at the top prize has now been

katty: developing news out of cuba.uthorities say that a boeing 737 has crashed there shortly havana king off from airport. it was on an internal life -- flight from the capital to the east of the island. christian: 104 passengers were on board.'r joined from our studio in london. leonardo has been watching events. whatan you tell us about the casualties on board? re we talking about all of them dying or is there a hope that some of them might be saved? reporter: cuban television was showing some survivors, which is some good news, i suppose. the crews are in thr place, and luckily it is a non- residentiatharea. cuban president is at the airport and he said that the plane belonge to a mexican charter company a his erated by cubana and the crews are at the location trng to see if they can rescue people but there are many casualties. witnesses reports an explosion and lot ofmoke -- smoke in area. the plane w flying from ha vana to hole hole, east of the cuban capital. christian: we'll keepn eye on that. thank you very muc

law which is that we have not got all kinds of opponents warn he'll turn colombia into a new than israela a cuba he is deeply distrusted by the political and economic a stablish meant beadle like but do get to raises concerns among moderates in regard i mean or do i have no doubt that if he wins he'll extradite the fark leaders and the peace process the same thing that happened in the middle east after agreements were violated will happen here it's what's clear is that colombians will be going to the polls again to lose between two radically different options for their future. looking to see in human just what that. the two thousand and sixteen deal was or will generally with jack to the referendum but the colombian government managed to hammer out a revised version that includes the following main points fark moves an estimated seven thousand fighters from its hideouts in the mountains into the armament camps set up by the united nations farquhar them become a political party its weapons melted down to build three peace monuments special courts will look into crimes committed during the conflic

all which is that we have not brought all kinds of opponents cornhill turn colombia into a new than israela a cuba he is deeply distrusted by the political and economic a stablish meant. but do get to raises concerns among moderates in regard i mean or do they get i have no doubt that if he wins he'll extradite the fark leaders and the peace process the same thing that happened in the middle east after agreements were violated will happen here it's what's clear is that colombians will be going to the polls again to lose between two radically different options for their future . looking to see in human what that. the two thousand and sixteen deal was a widget only with jack to the referendum but the colombian government managed to hammer out a revised version that includes the following main points fark moves an estimated seven thousand fighters from its hideouts in the mountains into the armament camps set up by the united nations farquhar them become a political party its weapons melted down to build three peace monuments special courts will look into crimes committed during the conflict those wh

in other news, investigators in cuba recover a black box recorder, from a plane which crashed shortlyake—off, killing 110 people. more residents are rescued from their homes in hawaii as malta lather continues to pour from the ground following the eruption of the kilauea volcano. —— molten lava. hello and welcome to the programme. prince harry and meghan markle have been attending an evening reception for family and friends in windsor, following their wedding earlier in the day. the ceremony in st george's chapel was attended by 600 guests, but was watched by a global tv audience of hundreds of millions. the bride's wedding dress was the focus of attention for many. i know those of you who missed it are chomping at the bit to catch up and those who watched it are salivating at the prospect of more. so here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell with all the key moments. on a day which could scarcely have been better, an american bride came to windsor castle for a very british occasion. in sparkling sunshine, huge crowds lining the long walk watched and cheered as the motorcade br

news... investigators in cuba recover a black box recorder from friday's plane crash that killed more than 100

. >>> next to breaking news out of cuba tonight.and nation observing two days of mourning after a deadly plane crash just outside of havana. the plane went down just after takeoff, erupting into a towering fireball. more than 100 people dead. just three people were pulled from the wreckage, and tonight they are clinging to life. here's abc's victor oquendo. >> reporter: tonight the staggering death toll climbing in cuba. 110 now dead, and investigators are still trying to figure out why this plane plummeted from the sky. the fireball and smoke could be seen for miles in havana. cubans rushing to the crash site just moments after the 737 went down and erupted in flames friday. among the dead, 20 priests from an evangelical church. somehow three people were pulled from the fiery wreckage alive. they're now fighting for their lives inside this hospital. this woman saying her daughter emily is one of those survivors. now she's clinging to her faith in god and her doctors. but dozens of other families crowded into the airport terminal ea

in other news — investigators in cuba recover a black box recorder from a plane which crashed shortlyfter take—off, hello. prince harry and meghan markle have been celebrating with 200 close friends and family at a private reception in windsor following their wedding on saturday. harry drove his bride to the party in an e type jag with a numberplate bearing the date of their nuptials. live coverage of the wedding ceremony at st george's chapel was beamed across the globe. the couple will now been known as the duke and duchess of sussex. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell with all the key moments. on a day which could scarcely have been better, an american bride came to windsor castle for a very british occasion. in sparkling sunshine, huge crowds lining the long walk watched and cheered as the motorcade brought meghan markle to her wedding. in the car, meghan and her mother, doria ragland. within the castle grounds, the groom, harry, and best man william, dressed in the frock coat uniforms of their former regiment, the blues and royals, had walked down to st george's cha

arnold: well, we go to places we have always gone to, barcelona, caribbean, but new places. cubarst to be able to go there from the u.s. carrying u.s. citizens to and from cuba, and you mentioned dubai. we go to dubai, but we have a portinority stake in a new indubai that will become the center for cruising activity in that part of the world. dubai has a lot to offer, and within a short distance is a very large population of travelers who could cruise to a number of very interesting places. carol: in terms of your market outlook, jason and i, we spend a lot of time trying to figure out where we are in this market cycle, in this economic cycle. i like talking to you, because you have different brands playing to different consumer types. what kind of visibility do you have, about the next few years? arnold: for us, we have a lot of visibility. as you mentioned, we have contemporary brands like carnival, and then luxury brands like seaborne, princess, cunard, holland america. we have a wide range, and we our german brand, british brand, so we get to see lots of different nationaliti

news. officials in cuba say 100 and ten people are now known to have died in the plane crash near havana on condition. the boeing 737 was on a domestic flight to the eastern city of holguin when it crashed shortly after take off at havana airport. one of the plane's flight recorders has now been recovered from the wreckage. will grant reports. cuba is in mourning. two full days of national mourning are taking place for the victims, more than 100 of them, in the island's worst air disaster since the 1980s. amid their pain, people still want to know the full story — how a plane on a routine flight across the island ended this way. eyewitness testimony is beginning to provide some clues, but there isn't a clear picture yet. translation: the plane left the airport, then came to here. it seemed unable to lift, and it came to here, and when it arrived at the house, it turned, it got tangled in the cables, and that is where it fell. now an important breakthrough. the cuban government confirmed it had recovered one of the black box recorders from the wreckage, and potentially vital information as t

news. >> it hit western cuba, dumping more than 4 inches of rain in a few hours. >>> the mid air brawl, and what happened to the man who caused it? at stanford health care, we can now simulate the exact anatomy of a patient's brain before surgery. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for seizures. and if we can fix damaged heart valves without open heart surgery, imagine what we can do for an irregular heartbeat, even high blood pressure. if we can use analyze each patient's breast cancer to personalize their treatment, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. in the streets and in the capitol, i'll stand with them. jeff bleich. democrat for lieutenant governor. getti

news. the authorities in cuba have identified 20 bodies and recovered all human remains after a passenger jet and church services have been held for the victims in towns and villages across the island at the end of two days of national mourning. 110 people on board, including six crew were killed in the crash in a field next to havana's main airport. president trump says on monday he'll demand that the justice department open an investigation into whether the fbi had spied on his election campaign at the request of the obama administration. on friday the president asserted, without offering any evidence, that at least one fbi representative had been "implanted into his campaign" for "political purposes". the fbi says it only launched an inquiry after being made aware of contact between the trump campaign and russia. the bbc has learned that roman abramovich, the russian owner of the english premier league football club, chelsea, is experiencing delays in renewing his british visa. the billionaire did not attend the final of the fa cup on saturday when chelsea narrowly beat manchester united a

my concern is that the most important news of the day was the terrible shooting in america, and the horrible plane crash in cubaand i feel that those we re crash in cuba, and i feel that those were more worthy and more important then the events of the next day. two thirds of the british public were not interested in the royal wedding. that you wouldn't have guessed that from the bbc's coverage. if it is frivolous and it feeds the royal soap opera, that is fine. but the bbc has a duty to inform and to do that ina bbc has a duty to inform and to do that in a balanced way. once again it has shown that when it comes to the mikey, it's got a blind spot. —— monarch is. i'm not saying the bbc shouldn't coverage, but it should cover it as part of the new cycle, but as the entirety of the news cycle. those who want to watch the royal wedding could do so on bbc 0ne. those who wanted a full and proper news cycle should have been able to do so on the news channel. and the fact that the bbc didn't have a choice, i think, it goes against their charter obligations of making sure that they offer programming for every licence f

well now to some of the other stories making news around the world and cuba's transport minister has announced that one of the black boxes has been found at the crash site of the airliner that went down near have vana state media have confirmed that one hundred ten passengers and crew died in the disaster three survivors are in the hospital in critical condition so far the cause of the accident is unknown. in hawaii fast moving the lava is poor from the side of the killer way of ok no threatening key escape route the flows of molten rock are advancing towards homes and a coastal highway the hawaiian national guard has warned of mandatory evacuations if more roads become blocked by law. china and the united states have backed off from their threats of a trade war the world's two largest economies say they've agreed to reduce the u.s. trade deficit with china under the deal china has pledged to significantly increase its purchases of u.s. goods and services. well turning now to venezuela where president nicolas maduro is expected to win a second term in office in elections being held t

let's bring you nova. some developing news from cuba.ter taking off from havana airport. it was on an internal flight from the capital to the east of the island. state media is reporting 104 passengers were on board. leonardo rocha, our world service americas editor, joins us from our studio in london. he's been watching events. leonardo, what can you tell us about the casualties on board, are we talking about all of them dying, or is there hope that some of them might be saved? well, cuban television was showing survivors, which is some good news, i suppose. the crews are in that place, which is about 13 kalnietis from the capital, havana, and likely it is a nonresidential area. —— 13 kilometres. the cuban president is at the airport, and he said that the plane belonged to a mexican charter company and was operated by cubana. the crews are at the location. they are trying to see if they can rescue people, but there are many casualties. witnesses report an explosion and a lot of smoke in the area. the plane was flying from havana to holg

news. >>> now to cuba and the tragedy in the air. more than 100 people are dead in the crash of a boeing 737 jet. the plane went down in a field shortly after take off from the international airport in havana. reports say three people survived the crash and are in critical condition. the flight was bound for a city 462 miles east of havana. officials say cuba's state own airline rented the plane from a mexican charter firm. >>> violent eruptions are shooting fountains of lava as as high as 200 feet into the air in hawaii tonight. the eres are also spitting out lava bombs the size of refrigerators, destroying at least one additional structure and prompting new warnings to residents. 40 structures have burned and two more are threatened. a 22nd fissure opened overnight, but fissure 17 when you see here is the most active. >> it wouldn't be at all surprising that activity like that would continue. and so, of course, that part of the national park has been closed because it's not safe. these explosions can blow blocks of rock that are pr