name only cuba swears enid's a new president miguel diaz canel the hand-picked successor to raul castro the new leader emphasizing the word continuity today vowing to continue the revolution led by fidel castro more than sixty years ago also coming up eyewitnesses and a viral video now of the suspect in an alleged anti-semitic attack has handed himself in to berlin police he's a teenage asylum seeker who arrived in germany from syria in twenty fifteen plus israel turns seventy as the nation's hell breaks its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure their country's future safety. off it's good to have you with us tonight cuba has a new president and his name is not castro president. was sworn in today and he promised to uphold the legacy of the country's revolution which was first led by fidel castro six decades ago. is the hand-picked successor to outgoing leader raul castro and critics are warning that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. handing over the presidency but not complete power after almost sixty years of

and for almost six decades cuba has been castro country fidel took power in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution then handed it on to his brother raul ten years ago now this man may give the us can at least taking the home but will he leave cuba down a different path. i'm swimming so misconduct if i have you with us israel is celebrating seventy years of independence according to the hebrew calendar that anniversary began at sundown on wednesday to honor the moment that the founding father david ben-gurion announced the state of israel into. since the following year saw the jewish state at better odds with its arab neighbors but prime minister benjamin netanyahu told crowds in jerusalem that real seeds of peace were beginning to sprout in the region. but in a blaze of fire the menorah the symbol of the state of israel comes to life. with a colorful ceremony the country marked its independence day. seventy years since the jewish state was founded in the middle east israelis celebrated the country's economic and cultural accomplishments. the event also marked israel's memorial day

cuba has a new president, and his name is not castro.resident miguel diaz-canel was sworn in today, and he will hold up the legacy of the country's revolution first led by fidel castro six decades ago. diaz-canel is the hand-picked successor to raul castro, and critics warn that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. reporter: handing over the presidency but not complete power. after almost 60 years of rule of the castro brothers, cuba has a new leader, miguel could promise -- promise to the national assembly he would carry on the socialist revolution. >> i assume the responsibility for which i have been elected with the conviction that all of the cuban revolutionaries from whichever position we hold, we will be faithful to the legacy of the commander in chief, fidel castro, historic leader, and the teachings of general raul castro. reporter: the outgoing president will remain the head of the communist party for three years, consolidating his own power, but the 86-year-old told the party that he sees dia

so what did fidel castro do? he made it illegal to receive any kind of assistance or equipment from usaid. so when usaid sent to cuba alan gross and others to set up communication systems, which seems to us to be fine and normal, he was acting against cuban laws. the cubans caught him. they already knew what he was doing, but he needed alan gross as a pawn. since you have such good spice in your book, so this is kind of a spy story. so the cubans, we had picked up five cubans who had been spying in the united states. essentially what they've been doing or spying on exile organizations like brothers to the rescue, alpha 66, cuban american national foundation. and they received very long sentences in u.s. prisons. the cubans have been trying for a long time to get them out and they said okay, we are going to pick up alan gross, who wasn't a spy. he was an aid worker, and will put them in jail and he will be our pawn for giving the five spies or heroes as cuba calls them out of jail. eventually it worked. before oba

thursday president pro castro stepped down handing over power to his first vice president as. it's unclear the path of the guys who will take as leader but one thing is certain he becomes president at a time when cuba faces a serious economic crisis compounded by the two underling subsidies from venezuela and the continuation of the u.s. embargo was a latin american editor lucien newman joins us live from the capitol hill where she's reporting on this historic event welcome to the stream describe for us the mood in have on our right now what's the atmosphere like what are people thinking about this historic event. but really what they're really thinking is that it is a star a kid in a way but that the change isn't radical not the least in fact what you have is a change but with more or less the same script you have a president who has stepped down but who isn't going very far at all still remain as the head of the communist party so an eye which is the most important organization really political organization of cuba and he will remain there for another three years right by th

the as canal is the first cuban leader born after fidel castro's one nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to fortunate among the global to. the peoples mandate given to this legislature is to ensure the continuity of the cuban revolution in a crucial and historic moment marked by advances in the development of our economic and social model perfecting and strengthening our work in all aspects of the life of the nation when iraq has no inched asked right against eisel targets in syria prime minister body's office says iraqi fighter jets carried out a deadly raid against iceland a border area syrian and iraqi forces have driven eisel from nearly all of its previous territory rebels in a syrian town meanwhile near the capital damascus have agreed to hand in that weapons under a deal negotiated by russia a fight is in demand being evacuated to rebel held areas in northern syria hundreds of rebels are leaving alongside their families and riot police in paris have used pepper spray and take gas against protesters who are out taking part in strikes and rallies across the co

the hand-picked successor to raul castro president the. board continuity today to continue the revolution led by fidel castro more than sixty years ago also coming up israel turns seventy the nation celebrates its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure the country's future safety. plus it has been the biggest change to the world of football in decades. video review system has another controversial week we'll hear what referee making of it all. off it's good to have you with us tonight cuba has a new president and his name is not castro president. was sworn in today and he promised to uphold the legacy of the country's revolution which was first led by fidel castro six decades ago the is the hand-picked successor to outgoing leader raul castro and critics are warning that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. handing over the presidency but not complete power after almost sixty years of rule by the castro brothers cuba has a new leader mikhail diaz can now promised outgo

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so we will be faithful to the legacy of fidel castro. also coming up on the day a popcorn the silver screen and a hollywood blockbuster welcome to saudi arabia. oh we begin the day in cuba viewing the window dressings of an orderly staged communist transfer of power today a man named miguel diaz canel became the new president of cuba the first man without the name castro to leave the island since the one nine hundred sixty s. it was then that fidel castro led a revolution that would for the rest of the twentieth century steer cuba into the arms of its communist comrades the soviet union and away from its closest neighbor the united states cuba much like berlin became a volatile even till of the cold war its hosting of soviet intermediate ballistic missiles in one thousand nine hundred sixty two brought washington and moscow the close as they have ever been to nuclear annihilation of the warming of relations under us president barack obama gave many hope that finally a democratic cuba could emerge but those hopes appear to have been dashe

fidel castro handed over power to his brother raul in 2008 while his health deteriorated, and fidel castroied in 2016. thursday's session was held on the 57th anniversary of cuba's 1961 defeat of a cia-backed cuban exile invasion known as the bay of pigs. diaz-canel began his term on with a promise to defend the socialist revolution led by the castro brothers. >> i accept the responsibility for which i have been elected with the conviction that all cuban revolutionaries from the position we occupy, from the work we do, from every job will be faithful to the exemplary legacy. historic leader of our lower pollution andhistoric leader ofr pollution and also faithful to the example, the courage the teachings of army general raul castro, current leader of the revolutionary process. and you go on saturday, the newly sworn in cuban president received his first official visit by a foreign leader the venezuelan president nicolas maduro. >> cuba and venezuela are on the best conditions to unite forces. we have done it before with great results. every time we took a step toward, the enemies of our mo

fidel castro handed over power to his brother raul in 2008 while his health deteriorated, and fidel castroied in 2016. thursday's session was held on the 57th anniversary of cuba's 1961 defeat of a cia-backed cuban exile invasion known as the bay of pigs. diaz-canel began his term on with a promise to defend the socialist revolution led by the castro brothers. >> i accept the responsibility for which i have been elected with the conviction that all cuban revolutionaries from the position we occupy, from the work we do, from every job will be faithful to the exemplary legacy. historic leader of our lower pollution andhistoric leader ofr pollution and also faithful to the example, the courage the teachings of army general raul castro, current leader of the revolutionary process. and you go on saturday, the newly sworn in cuban president received his first official visit by a foreign leader the venezuelan president nicolas maduro. >> cuba and venezuela are on the best conditions to unite forces. we have done it before with great results. every time we took a step toward, the enemies of our mo

in havana for the first time in sixty is the president of cuba is not a castro just how big a moment is this will cubans and does it represent change in any way. well this is a very bold and moment but it is a moment for which the cuban system has been preparing. the cuban president raul castro or initiated the process of preparing the way for new leadership to arrive and he's doing it in a gradual or a way as we could see yesterday a couple of the story leaders of the revolution of the historic gorillas remain in the colors or state so but it this is this is historic it is the government and the party are. going to do it but i would say that is changing the reasonable doubt is that if there is no change probably that kind of vienna continuing so these his this is a dialectical process in which a new leadership is taking over the leadership of people who were born and raised in a country and boggled by the united states but also in a country that other time when they were young adults. enjoyed a socialist this term that worked and worked to a great extent because the soviet union sub

vowed to continue the socialist revolution as the nation turns the page on nearly six decades of castro rule may go dia's can then has been sworn in by m.p.'s in havana as raul castro stepped down after ten years as president the us can and is the first cuban leader born after fidel castro's nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to fortunate. iraq has launched airstrikes against arsenal targets in syria from is to hide of the bodies office says iraqi fighter jets carried out a deadly raid against arsenal fighters in a border area syrian and iraqi forces have driven arsal from nearly all of its previous territory in syria rebels in a town near damascus have agreed to hand in their weapons under a deal negotiated by russia the fighters in demand being evacuated to rebel held areas in northern syria hundreds of rebels are leaving along with their families. france's president is facing another day of nationwide protests the latest in weeks of demonstrations by railway employees public sector workers and students against money calls planned reforms for public services and

cuba's new president says he'll continue the socialist revolution after nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz camillus woman on thursday he succeeds eighty six year old raul castro diaz canal is the first cuban leader not to have thought of the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution. thousands of students have marched in the chilean capital santiago demanding an end to profit making in higher education as the first mass student rally under the new government of president sebastian pinera last mom to his constitutional court struck down a law that would have banned universities operating for profit as a setback to reforms providing free tuition for low income students and acted by native predecessor socialist michelle bachelet. the e.u. has banned mate imports from several suppliers in brazil citing quality control problems the decision will affect more than a third of the country's exports to europe. so don's president or model bashir has fired his foreign minister after he publicly spoke out about the government's failure to pay its diplomats. said embassy staff had not been

or raul castro.ictory. the bay of pigs in 1961. these days, only a few residents of the time remember those stuck days with washington. i think raul castro should stay, says dolores who fled with their children. i guess he is just too old now. raul castro will not be leaving power entirely, he will remain head of the communist party. however, his public life is set to end and the island so synonymous with the name castro is now facing a future without one. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a planet—hunting space telescope has been successfully launched from cape canaveral, in florida, to look for worlds beyond our solar system. the tess satellite rode skywards on a spacex falcon rocket, developed by the entrepreneur elon musk. a hollywood movie has been screened to officials and diplomats in saudi arabia, as the kingdom prepares for the return of cinema after more than 35 years. the blockbuster superhero film black panther was shown as part of a series of tests, before t

of course, there are decisions which he will consult with raul castro, but raul castro does not like. he believes in people doing theirjob. and miguel diaz—canel knows that. this handover has been long and drawn out. replacing one staunch revolutionary for another might not seem like much, but the end of raul castro's presidency is a majpr shift for many cubans, who now simply want to see the pace of change pick up. will grant, bbc news, havana. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: now almost two weeks since the reports of chlorine gas first emerged in syria but international inspectors have still not been able to visit the area. as bill heydon reports, the regime appears increasingly confident of victory against rebels on the ground. this is the syrian government's view of the civil war, another town returning to its control. a few hours before this flag was raised, around 5000 rebel fighters and theirfamilies had been evacuated from a former enclave of douma, north—east of damascus. 0ther rebel—held enclaves are coming under renewed attack. this area, south of the capital, is s

family handpicked by rule castro the new cuban president vows to continue the revolution. aleric thank you very much for your company everyone french president and many one might call and german chancellor angela merkel have put on a united front during talks today here in berlin but their divisions have started to emerge mccall is here to breathe fresh life into the his vision for reforms is called on germany to join him in delivering a reform roadmap in time for an e.u. summit in june but america has toda cautious line saying her government has to assess his proposals before moving forward. all right we've got to team. average for you to use chief political editor mikaela krisna who was at the two leaders press conference and berlin a short while ago and he never used max hoffman standing by for us in paris mikhail i'm going to start off with you did the chancellor buy what the french president was selling. well she did admit that compromises need to be made but of course she means both sides and when both speak of european unity they didn't always mean exactly the same

under the castro brothers fidel and raul. the first of january nine hundred fifty nine in the middle of the cold war without castro and a group of revolutionary supporters asked cuban president for when you protest he flees to the dominican republic. castro appointed himself head of state and officially declared cuba a socialist republic all industry in business with nationalized and socialist reforms implemented throughout the country to the united states the home of capitalism that you see as my sons. in one nine hundred sixty one a paramilitary group of fourteen hundred cuban exiles invaded cuba at the bay of pigs the invasion was sponsored and supported by the us within three days though it was defeated. washington responded with a number go against cuba which lasted for more than fifty years. it wasn't until an aging fidel castro transfer power to his brother all that the first signs of political reform became noticeable in. the eyes of the seventh i'm out of work. all before taking over from his brother raul castro had

of course, there are decisions which he will consult with raul castro, but raul castro does not likeuel diaz—canel does that. people doing theirjob. and miguel diaz-canel does that. this handover has been long and drawn out. replacing one staunch revolutionary for another might not seem like much, but the end of raul castro's presidency is a shift for many cubans, who just want to see the pace of change pick up. will grant, bbc news, havana. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: just why is stella mccartney telling the fashion industry to clea n up up its act? the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high, the school sealed off and the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. some places and have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning, next wednesday, sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift off o

castro will continue in his position as party chairman. we have melissa chan with us now she's been reporting on cuba for the new york times and also with the nonprofit organization the global reporting center melissa good morning thanks for joining us what kind of politician is this man can it well that's the really interesting thing we don't know that much about the as canal and that is partly intentional you've had situations in the past where there were successors to the casters and they. they often spoke too soon and too much so d.s. can know as somebody who's been very very careful in terms of what he said is he a reform is he a hard liner there are clues to suggest his one or the other so he's walked this very interesting line and it'll be very interesting to see what he does do in the next few years that's a question everyone's asking what can we expect under him are we going to see a continuation of the opening that we saw under custer welch a certain extent one thing to keep in mind israel castro is stepping down from the preside

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as the sole candidate to take over the presidency from castro fifty nine years on from when fidel castro led the successful revolution in cuba is the first time the castros that won't be leading the country and p.s. have voted on the nomination results won't get out until thursday when d.s. canelo is expected to be sworn in latin america at least in human joins us now from have on us so how does this this kind of official succession talk us through how to work. well certainly it doesn't work as in most countries we there was only one candidate it was a given that it would be against the ask i know he has been until now the first vice president during the old days the first vice president was raul castro who very naturally took over from fidel castro but we're sort of in uncharted territory right now this is never happened what we do know is that he was nominated the delegates voted the votes will be counted it's not really necessary for them to be counted we all know that the a scandal will be elected but that's it's a formality and that was announcement will be made sometime on thursday

and before well i won't say under condell castro but certainly under raul castro lauriston newman thank you very much indeed thank you iraq has launched as strikes against arsenal targets in syria where mr hunter liberties office says iraqi scientists jets carried out a deadly raid against a suffices in a border area syrian and iraqi forces have driven hussle nearly all of its previous territory iraq has stepped up its campaign to clear the remaining are still held there is this week. hundreds of rebels who hold off an area near syria's capital agreed to lay down their arms in an evacuation deal negotiated by russia members of a rebel group known as the. have already started leaving duma but to the north opposition fighters in kalamunda still holding out despite government saying a halt to reports from neighboring lebanon. they surrendered without a fight rebels into may or have agreed to leave accepting an offer from the syrian and russian military for safe passage to rebel areas in northern syria hundreds of fighters are to be evacuated along with a few thousand of their family member

laura: congressman joaquin castro, thank you for joining us. rep. castro: thank you. other news, the white house has confirmed that president trump will travel to the u.k. on july 13. he wl hold talks with prime minister theresa may. his earlier planned visit to britain was canceled in january. russia says witnesses from eastern guto were at the alohibition for chem weapons. both countries claim the testimony supports their case that there was no chemical weapons attack in the area earlier this month. britain has dismissed the closed-door session as a stunt. a has sent backpr -- a space has sent back images of a martian crater covered in ice. it wasov taken as it fle the northern hemisphere of mars over 400fa kilometers over the s of an ice-filled crater. in 2020, the mission plans to rover to detect signs o life on the red planet. you are watching "bbc news america." still to come on tonight's program, as north and south korea prepare to sit down with each other, we hear from a top u.s. diplomat on what we can expect. -- one ofth aica's south africa's top female athl

castro or raul castro edafter his mother steown.ow we have seen them split and we have seen mr. dÍaz-canel has already deferred to raul castro, as you would expechim to. when i tnk will be interesting is as the years pass, see himli create more pocal space for smself and exert more of own power over proceedings, and raul castro will step back from public life and allow his successor to take ntlittle more l. jane: do you think cubans themselves will see any change? will: not politically they won't, at leasrmin the short but i think they are basically more concerned about ecogemic chthat they want to earn a little more as a family, that ey want a little more flexibility in terms of, for example, private enterprise. they are interested in more internet, the ability to get online as students or businesses, things that really affect daily life in cuba. that, from the conversations i had having, ever since we knew that raul castro wou standing down and we believed it esuld be dÍaz-canel, are the things that ordinary cubans flag as the gre

family either fidel castro or raul castro who we now believe will many elected to the council of state but what happens next is really you know i don't know when or how it is going to work the only thing that seems very clear is that for the first time in nearly sixteen years to vote will not have someone with the name chasse tro alyse as you say many cubans only know life castro ruler so how will ordinary people ordinary cubans be doing this transition of power do you think. could be. done and you made surprising probably more more for people outside of cuba than in to but they don't see this as a major change because what has been said over and over and it's really being drilled into cubans on the media the state run media on the streets everywhere you go everything you hear is that it's simply continuity with the communist party is going to continue to be in charge of cuba raul castro is handing it over to people who he trusts who have been by his side who have been groomed for this position and remember castro is not disappearing altogether he's going to remain as the head of cuba'

out of the old in with a new round castro hands over power to cuba's new leader miguel diaz can that. abandoning their own is and pulling out syrian rebels and their families start to leave a town near damascus or a new deal with government forces. and queen elizabeth appeals to the commonwealth to appoint her son as the next leader but will a back. end of the south korean president when jane says the north has expressed its commitment to complete denuclearization it comes as u.s. president donald trump warns he'll walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful meeting is expected to take place next month or early june cia director answer state nominee might compare how a secret meeting with kim jong un in pyongyang earlier this month as part of an effort to lay the groundwork for talks trump says he hopes they'll be a success but adds he's willing to call them off if not if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful we're not going to go if the meeting when i'm there is not fruitful i will respectfully leave the meeting and will conti

but the real end of the castro era will take another three years from. when the eight party congress and the gradual and orderly transfer of our main responsibilities is made to the new generations it is then my health allows that i will become just one more soldier along with the cuban people defending this revolution. on the streets there was no commotion and little excitement. i magine there won't be any drastic change anytime soon but something will change for better or worse. i'm not watching this i hope there's a change for the better and that's what we are for. with an israel and subsidies almost gone. to transform cuba's ailing soviet style economy it's a why were we generally means that he knows how the world loses. knows the mechanics of the system but is taking over added difficult time a renewed tensions with washington under president donald trump and while the us can and does represent a generational shift here in terms of the crucial relationship of cuba's powerful northern neighbor it's a back to the old cold war days you see in yemen al

castro has more from washington d.c. . with the appointment of john bolton as the new national security adviser a big looming question had been what impact that may have on the u.s. a stance toward russia and now two weeks into the job it appears that bolton may be pushing the administration in a more aggressive direction according to the white house bolton met with the russian ambassador to the u.s. today in the u.s. in the white house and listed several points that the russians would need to address in order for relations to improve between the two countries topping that list is the russian meddling the u.s. presidential elections of two thousand and sixteen also the russian attack on a former russian spy in the u.k. and the situations in ukraine and in syria now it is has not been uncommon for president trump to undercut the public statements of his advisors we saw that happen earlier this week with the ambassador to the u.n. however the fact that the now smith of bolton's meeting with the russian ambassador came straig

cuba has any president to six decades of castro rule. on thursday since leaving eighty six year old raul castro last in america. reports from havana. a historic moment without the story shifts chapter but with a similar script. under-supply president raul castro passed on the baton to his chosen successor. clearly not be governing alone. or going to the generation off adel and raul remains intact comment army general role castro will remain the first secretary of the communist party and as such will lead the major decisions of our country now and in the future. he is canelo is a communist party cato cording to castro has passed all the tests of loyalty to the cuban revolution. but the real end of the castro era will take another three years from the safe it was probably when the eight party congress and the gradual and orderly transfer of our main responsibilities is made to the new generations it is then if my health allows that i will become just one more soldier along with the cuban people defending this revolution. on the streets the

castro family.nt will still have to answer to raul castro who will remain the head of the communist party. christophers sabatini, press -- professor at a university. welcome to the program. where will the successor be able to christopher sabatini, press -- make a diffee consensus is that nothing much would change because raul castro would still be at the top of the communist party? christopher: that's a good question. i don't think much will change. mcgough comes from the belly of the revolution. even though he was born a year been a party opera check all his life, rising through the ranks. was handpicked by raul castro and fidel castro and has kept a low profile. i wouldn't expect a lot of change. as you said in the lead up, raul castro still the head of the communist party which sets the ideological agenda for the government. i would not accept -- expect a lot of change, except in the area of economy. there is a number of the cuban economy that is sputtering. last year, a group by 4 -- .5%. someth