enough in the future to show you what what what's going on in cuba now. it seems that in order to protect lection prospects in florida there is a little bit of a game that's being played with a very very very reactionary cubans who are disrespected more and more every day by the cuban community i've seen some western commentators compare this new president make l.g.'s now to now gorbachev and i know that you visited the soviet union during its reformist years of glasnost and perestroika reach as inspiring as they may be now in hindsight it ultimately led to the collapse of not only the system to the soviet system but also the collapse of the country do you think that's likely a likely scenario for cuba if the new president indeed pursues the reform or gender or if he doesn't so that was a question that i was asking myself and i was very very curious because of the half a century that i spend cuba because of my love for the cuban people i wanted to observe this firsthand but i didn't want to preserve it from the back of the pack and so i had. asked the cub

things change in cuba in the way that the united states wanted them. were like i can't go backwards fast enough in the future to show you what what's going on in cuba now. it seems that in order to protect lection prospects in florida there is a little bit of a game that's being played with a very very very reactionary cubans who are disrespected more and more every day by the cuban community i've seen some western commentators compare this new president maybe l.d.s. now to now gorbachev and i know that you visited the soviet union during its reformist years of glasnost and perestroika reach as inspiring as they may be now in hindsight it ultimately led to the collapse of not only the system to the soviet system but also the collapse of the country do you think that's likely a likely scenario for cuba if the new president indeed pursues the reform agenda or if he doesn't so that was a question. that i was asking myself and i was very very curious because of the half a century that i spend cuba because of my love for the cuban people i wanted to observe

so everything's made in cuba?s. >> instead of working for the state, thousands of cubans are now working for themselves. very beautiful. [ up-tempo latin music plays ] i found them everywhere, even here -- a sleepy street in a residential neighborhood in this tiny rented garage. welcome to burner brothers bakery, run by a brother and a sister, tony and sandra camacho rodriguez. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm marcus. so, the name is burner brothers. >> yes. >> why not burner sisters? >> because i'm a guy. >> but she's the boss. >> no, she's not. >> yes, i am. >> ware the bosses. >> okay. all right. >> come in. >> thank you. this is unbelievable. it's small. >> yes. >> they started selling cookies out of their house in 2013. now they've really taken off, with a retail space, several employees, and a catering service. >> [ speaking spanish ] >> can i try something? >> of course. >> i want to buy a box, a big box. can i have a guava and café? what did you do before this? >> i'm a dentist. >> you're a dentist. >

government in cooperation with the office of cuba broadcasting plans to use facebook to spread a hidden propaganda in cuba discovered in the broadcasting board of governors twenty eighteen congressional budget justification they will begin quote to encourage more engagement on facebook b.c. will work with on island digital teams that have created local accounts which will disseminate branded and naan bread content native pages and create the chances of appearing on cuban facebook users newsfeeds when asked for clarification nazareth karun spokesperson for the broadcasting port of governors claims she did not know what that meant what it meant by branded her on branded content even claiming that the project never got off the ground but commented to the miami new times reporter that quote it's nothing the fairy is not like russian. or anything like that you see in january of this year the trumpet ministration created something called the cuba internet task force also sound familiar which is supposed to use government and non-government actors to promote the free and regulated flow of info

taxpayers are paying millions a month to send broadcast propaganda and to cuba that barely any cubans are even listening to while this is an incredible story and it's contemporary and it's happening right now and the fact they're going to relay hey we're going to create facebook site you know sides we're going to create profiles on facebook to spread propaganda country not nefarious i've never heard of or don't worry everyone is not nefarious it's just branded non-branded which means it will not say that it is from t.v. marti that is from the broadcasting board of governors that it's mostly that it's part of paid by the by the united states government. how is that any different. than what they are yelling and screaming and hollering and like you said there pearls over the over what the. blows on our john is and the goals of the book one best in radio broadcasting so it's small mean and not worthy of a great power other countries say if the u.s. is willing to violate international law why should we have obey our treaty obligations i think that this is a long term negative effect and gi

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tells us the plans and looks at the company's earnings plus the images of nineteen fifties cars in cuba strike a melancholy chord with many but is the island nation moving forward with new technologies will have the latest they have at least for a few hours are to correspondent alex my halo bitch brings us the details and wal-mart is making moves in the field of virtual reality shopping so that consumers can head out to a super store without leaving the comfort of their couch steve malzberg joins us from new york to discuss all of that coming up but first we hit a few headlines. big drug pricing news the united states is the food and drug administration has granted the first license to produce generic versions of life saving epinephrine injection devices to tivo pharmaceuticals usa the devices commonly called epi pens the name of the dominant brand marketed by mylan corp can arrest severe and life threatening allergic reactions for the one in thirteen u.s. children who have food allergies keeping reliable supply on hand has become a routine but increasingly challenging responsibility fo

embargo against cuba and this technology flooded in what would have happened to their dictatorship or their communist system a long time ago if the u.s. if the u.s. wasn't playing the embargo game as it has so if there wasn't some bar go according to argument number two the system would have flowed much more quickly and obviously the freedom of information would have not been able to be held back as much as it has been up to date. alex always very helpful alex one highlight of it from toronto thanks very much alex thank you. and late last week we dug into wal-mart's booming earnings report well the large retailer isn't sitting on their laurels and is now making moves in the field of virtual reality shopping the news is based upon a filing for a patent in the united states and here discuss is conservative t.v. and radio commentator steve malzberg steve great to be with you thank you for coming on again this sounds pretty sweet to me i mean i've been to these super stores and and they're cool but if i could do it from the couch or from the office i think i'd take that up what do you mak

hour free wi-fi test cuba seems poised to change its ranking artie's alex mahela which joins us from toronto with more alex thank you for being with us as usual where is cuba in its plans to provide the nation with internet what we have to say first of all that cuba is not like they don't have the internet they actually have hundreds of wife i hotspots throughout the country but that's basically been the way it's worked you know if you look at back in let's say two thousand and eleven cuba you would have to go to a hotel or to an embassy or something like that to a restaurant perhaps to get it why five and now there are hundreds of hotspots around cuba itself and if you look at statistics from both two thousand and thirteen to the presence of the country has been has had an agenda to really push through wife i and internet connectivity so it's skyrocketed since two thousand and thirteen and the push is being obviously pushed forward what we just saw last tuesday was the state run monopoly which is the telecom monopoly they pushed out free wi-fi nationwide for eight hours and it was q

private property with a base in cuba. you enjoy military summer camps in russia. but first we go to say you to spain's exclave on the northern coast of africa where thousands of refugees are stranded behind the meter high border fence to the spanish city. and his friends have to make their way to the high delta carefully it's in the mountains of morocco near the border with say you they say the police could show up at any time and destroy their camp. the group has thousands of kilometers behind them now just a few hundred meters separate them from europe that and so you just fence. this man from guinea shoals as deep cuts there from his attempts to storm the border for. my father is dead my mother has nothing not even food i'm the oldest son and i want to try and make some money to help my mother that's why i left. i have been travelling for two years since leaving guinea nol they are stuck here with some fifty thousand others all hoping to make the journey from morocco to europe. the fence is here to stop them it's eight kilometers long and fitted with razor shar

soviet system but also the collapse of the country do you think that's likely a likely scenario for cuba if the new president indeed pursues the reform or gender or if he doesn't so that was a question that i was asking myself and i was very very curious because of the half a century that i spend cuba because of my love for the cuban people i wanted to observe this firsthand but i didn't want to observe it from the back of the pack and so i had. asked the cuban government to allow me to come inside as they were making their deliberations as they were passing the power in to observe this basically like a fly. on the shoulder and. they didn't answer me i had the choice to be in cuba or be here in moscow for some very important thing this past week and i chose to come here to moscow instead of going to cuba well we are very happy to welcome you in this country but for the time being we have to take a very short break we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. first . of all there's. no moving to auditions don't google some dodgy mentalist first thanks. to my. boss. to tell you. the. ei

welcome to the most heavily guarded town in cuba.visiting isn't easy. we were among a group of foreign journalists granted rare access to the town where security is so tight that even local residents find getting in and out difficult. translation: the biggest inconvenience is having to come in via a control point, it causes robbins, especially for visiting family members. i am grateful it brings additional security. in its heyday, caimanera was popular with us marines on leave and scores of town people worked on the naval base. after the cu ban town people worked on the naval base. after the cuban revolution, relations soured. the americans agreed to keep on any cuban working at guantanamo bay, but the last one retired in 2012. the local authorities call caimanera the first trench in the battle against anti—imperialist and. but living for over a century in its shadow of the infamous us naval base has left its mark on the smalltown. today, it people seem at ease but local fishermen know not to stray too far, minds are still wide betwe

but cuba's legislators had to make concessions to reflect an evolving society and to try to ensure a more sustainable economy for the first time since the castro led revolution to power the proposed magna carta recognizes private property long considered an enemy of a socialist society. same sex marriage has also been proposed perhaps the most visible of social issues to feature in the constitutional draft the government is encouraging cubans to repossess document in detail it's made available for sale at newsstands all across the island and to take part in the public meetings about it the leadership here says these meetings are emblematic of the country's democratic process while critics of course dismiss the entire exercise appointment. the problem they say is that the government is only affecting changes to benefit themselves not ordinary people but for a society that has barely experienced any constitutional change since the soviet era many analysts argue that even small changes matter when i walk i think cuba is changing and the constitution is part of that change it won't make

ready for the effects of this is my cuba on al-jazeera. the philippines is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. now private corporations are capitalizing on the chaos. one east investigates on al-jazeera the largest multi-sport event on the continent and the second largest in the world the asian games will host thousands of actually competing across a mix of traditional and a limp explores follow us for all the news and updates from jakarta the hosting city of the eighteenth asian games on al-jazeera southbound on the economic heartbeat of a thriving brazil but boom times mean rising rents and the lack of public housing isabella's just one of thousands looking for a place to call home was no choice but to occupy one of the city's many vacant buildings facing an uncertain future. he'll find a latin america occupying brazil on al-jazeera. i really felt liberated as a journalist was just getting to the truth as an eyewitness that's what this job. we are not the enemy we're. the media strikes back against attacks by donald tr

they didn't answer me i had the choice to be in cuba or be here in moscow for some very important thing this past week and i chose to come here to moscow instead of going to cuba while we are very happy it's you're welcome here in this country but for the time being we have to take a very short break we'll be back in just a few moments stationed. we have no idea what's a fuse doing on vacation but she will be back on air in september. it's only natural that baby boomers one vote for policies that help them i house price boom the stock price but you know and it disenfranchised the bottom you know age groups but this one zero eight deal with conflict buddy get a job kids get a job. a murder was never great was founded on the rapes in the murder. nothing changed so we said in. response to these situations that we're dealing with. people just sat there with this day she is just people killing each other blood to kill the children. so it was just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down law enforcement. this country doesn't work for us it doesn't funct

they didn't answer me i had the choice to be in cuba or be here in moscow for some very important thing this past week and i chose to come here to moscow instead of going to cuba well we are very happy it's you're welcome here in this country but for the time being we have to take a very short break we'll be back in just a few moments statement. first. of all those. georgia shows don't google so diageo on the list first thanks. to my how my custom hust. likely kooky tell you. the first. oh you've grown up old followed. me it to most bridget does a little but drops some some because the she knew. well. was right. and knew that you would just look at it would you for me that's. a good summary of the. movement that they were aiming. towards i mean that one of the most of those in the us to mobile me birds. wonderful to smile at. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to be rich. but you'd like to be first that's what the fuck treatable can't be good that i'm interested always in the why. sh

most of them are not about cuba. i made a point of thinking about doing this book and then i went to work for the government and learned a lot about nixon and that's a different story. since that time, i've learned that if you use the tapes you can see a different kennedy. get that materials declassified. there were important materials that just were not available for kennedy scholars and tilt a few years ago. we now have access to his daily checklist. we see what the intelligence community thought was the most important information on a daily basis. you will know about this now because i see the clouds for that. there is no taping system in 1961. but if you take this insight and apply it to 61, the bay of pigs becomes more understandable. the possibility, i don't want to say except it, that laos comes to kennedy when he is elected and you put the laos chronology on top of the cuban chronology, the mistakes he makes on cuba become totally understandable amount we will say arguably mistakes. the fact that he pulled th

an intimate look at life in cuba today is what can i say that but the comment that my cuba on al-jazeera. desperate for a safer more prosperous life millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes the dreams have come true sometimes disenchantment until stability have driven them home in the second of two films on these conflict meet spirit sees people in power has been to the gambia where disillusioned form a microscope are trying to persuade others from following to sign off. their dream was of a better life in europe. their return to gambia has put an end to all such aspirations. next. you know she says are very you know one of the numbers in the world i don't know what you are there are a number of them more than a group of one hundred forty would be migrants all of whose journeys have gone badly wrong being repatriated find international n.g.o.s talk about it with other than. five more six more said one of the lawyers indeed. i will survive with ozzy and michael but i'm in development so it's just a business. to do what i want on the job without identifying on. a live vase

affairs and held various positions for 11 years and was a working group chair for the commission of free cuba which submitted the report to president george bush in 2004. he also had taught history at three colleges and is currently associate professor at northern virginia community college. one thing of the kennedy of the kennedy administration, the legendary kingdom of king author and the knights of the round table, indeed, kennedy's administration, a thousand brief days in office are remembered for the style and elegance that kennedy brought to modern presidency. the dinner on april 29th, 1962 for the best and the brightest, dubbed the egg-head roll from the white house lawn and allegation president kennedy vigorously disputed. this dinner brought together nobel, authors, statesmen and scientists for one glorious night. robert and more than 100 luminaries. that day a week after easter when the becon on the hill showed brightly in washington, you had a nuclear nonproliferation protestor, you had a scientist super star falling from grace on the roads of redemption. we do not serve brains, th

lower resource consumption i think you can also understand where i'm leading because as you know cuba has been for a long time a subject to the american embargoes and there forms of geopolitical geo cannot make pressure which produced a mode of living that even cubans themselves want to change they have a new government that is very explicit in its intention to raise people's living standards so that development may be sustainable economic liberties it really something that people would want to sustain i'm not saying it's sustainable i'm just saying they have a resource consumption that is replicable world wide and still with that amount of resource if achieved quite long lives and high levels of education not so high income i'm not saying they have that's kind of the overarching goal of in peru is the other example would stare but i think the overall question for humanity is how can we have all high human development while still living within the means of this one planet and there are great opportunities to move in this direction we just haven't applied if you just haven't employed i

and head of the referendum the people of cuba will be able to have a say on the draft constitution. for telly houllier ok is planning to attend bytes to propose his own ideas of what should happen next in. the input individual enrichment always brings about a collective in richmond with. through taxation i'm going to go through the creation of individual employment or else by creating improvements in a community. so entrepreneurship ought to be seen as a potential opportunity for the cuban government because it can assist in improving citizen's quality of life. for. many cubans hope the brand of socialism set to be enshrined in the new constitution will bring them greater prosperity the vote has created for a new debate over the country's future. well the day is really done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can write directly to me break off t.v. and don't forget to use our hash tag the day finally it's one thing to climb to the top of a mountain is quite another to ascend it in the fastest time possible but that was t

an intimate look at life in cuba today it. can be for the good of the ethics this is my cuba on zero. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera investigators in the u.s. some successfully prosecuted two big players in donald trump's twenty sixty election campaign michael cohen wants the president's personal lawyer says he broke the nor the directions from donald trump in a separate trial a jury found trump's former campaign chairman guilty of eight charges pulled man a ford is now facing sentencing for breaching campaign finance laws touch fraud and failing to disclose foreign bank accounts. countrymen efforts are underway in carroll after southern india's worst floods in a century that killed if these three hundred seventy people about a million still remain in makeshift camps. now a message of peace in afghanistan has been interrupted by violence rockets were fired as president ashraf ghani was delivering a speech for the muslim holiday in either a mosque but it smith reports. afghanistan's presiden

is no exception to that cuba has a low internet penetration rate is certainly not a secret while they have opened up a little bit not to the level that they should have it is preposterous to claim that studying and issues such as internet access is an open and transparent manner the cuban government has called this to be a subversive act we disagree with that we think that that is ridiculous that there's a new level of u.s. intervention to try to try and undermine the cuban revolution and overthrow the cuban government and it's this social penetration and fake media so a social media and penetrating cuba's internet that's the same thing that the united states is doing all around the world in russia. in eastern europe and latin america africa the middle east. and asia the usa has been working to topple governments oppose detractors and support its allies for well over a century meddling is nothing new for washington d.c. hey look my heart see new york i would ask the broadcasting board of governors for comments on their budget plans let you know when we receive an answer that's it from

but cuba's legislators had to make concessions to reflect an evolving society and to try to ensure a more sustainable economy for the first time since the castro led revolution to power the proposed magna carta recognizes private property long considered an enemy of a socialist society. same sex marriage has also been proposed perhaps the most visible of social issues to feature in the constitutional draft the government is encouraging cubans to read this document in detail it's made available for sale at newsstands all across the island and to take part in the public meetings about it the leadership here says these meetings are emblematic of the country's democratic process while critics of course dismiss the entire exercise as a pointless. the problem they say is that the government is only affecting changes to benefit themselves not ordinary people but for a society that has barely experienced any constitutional change since the soviet era many analysts argue that eva. small changes matter when i walk i think cuba is changing and the constitution is part of that change it won't ma

my cuba on al-jazeera. this is a really fabulous news from one of the best i've ever worked in there is a unique sense of bonding where everybody teams in but something i feel every time i get on the. every time i interview someone we're often working around the clock to make sure that we bring the friends i currently as possible to the viewer that's what people expect of us and that's what i think we really do well. based on false allegations that just in the last couple of years there's been a number of high profile exonerations of the wrongfully convicted based on police and prosecutorial misconduct you can check me for gun check much rather i don't really but i don't have anything to do nothing if the prosecutor is going to seek convictions for the sake of seeking convictions prosecutors teachers exploring the dark side of american justice system with joe burden on al-jazeera. facebook says it's removed thirty two pages believed to have been set up to employment the midterm elections in the us. i know t

headed the referendum the people of cuba will be able to have a say on the draft constitution. for tele houllier ok is planning to attend bytes to propose his own ideas on what should happen next. in. the input individual enrichment always brings about a collective in richmond with that other taxation i'm going to through the creation of individual employment or else by creating improvements in a community. so entrepreneurship ought to be seen as a potential opportunity for the cuban government because it can assist in improving citizen's quality of life. for. many cubans hope the brand of socialism set to be enshrined in the new constitution will bring them greater prosperity the vote has created for a new debate over the country's future. well speaking of debate few issues are more controversial here in germany than the wearing of the headscarf by some muslim women critics say it's a sign of oppression by men supporters say in a democracy people should be allowed to dress as they please the debate is coming to a head in the state of north rhine-westphalia the government there

cuba is changing and the constitution is part of that change it won't make the change. the constitution is not about that change. everything people want to know will it give everything that they expect. the process from here is a painstaking one officials are expected to take down the participants commons and send them back to the assembly line a cuban's will then vote on a final document in a referendum early next year julia galliano al-jazeera. shipwrecks at the center of a dispute between colombia's government and treasure hunt has. told a tennis player who was losing his grip on the situation at the cincinnati moscow's statements. now colombia's government is blocking treasure hunters from salvaging what they say is the holy grail of shipwrecks when the spanish ship sam has a sunk more than three hundred years ago it was said to be loaded with gold and precious stones that would be worth billions today but as money in iraq on a report some clear who will own the treasure once has brought a short. stories of ship wrecks and sunken treasure have long captivated the im

is no exception to that cuba has a low internet penetration rate is certainly not a secret while they have opened up a little bit not to the level that they should have it is preposterous to claim that studying and issues such as internet access is an open and transparent manner the cuban government has called this to be a subversive act we disagree with that we think that that is ridiculous that there's a new level of u.s. intervention to try to try and undermine the cuban revolution and overthrow the cuban government and it's this social penetration and fake media social media and penetrating cuba's internet that's the same thing that the united states is doing all around the world in russia. in eastern europe and latin america africa the middle east. and asia the usa has been working to topple governments opposed detractors and support its allies for well over a century meddling is nothing new for washington d.c. mop and artsy new york. we has to broadcasting board of governors for comment on their budget plans but separately the agency's representative described the project as sta

will automatically mean that we'll see the creation of small and medium sized private companies in cuba but. the national assembly is adoption of a draft constitution followed haiti debate some lawmakers expressed concern that the changes could effectively main the end of communism julio feels insulted by some of what traditionalists had to say. nothing real we. fly heard details in the national assembly over whether it would be right to allow artists and athletes to accumulate wealth. but it can input in the one hundred per norse talent and skill matters too. when people said it's a demeaning role they were degrading our country. to him for what he said in. private property and the role of the market and now set to be enshrined in a new constitution but this still has to be officially approved in a referendum. certainly that way though i agree with what's happening and i hope other changes in our country will also be taken into account through further modifications of the constitution and mining and i laid an egg eleven to the city ok ok the private sector should be recognised but comp

is no exception to that cuba has a low internet penetration rate is certainly not a secret while they have opened up a little bit not to the level that they should have it is preposterous to claim that studying and issues such as internet access is an open and transparent manner the cuban government has called this to be a subversive act we disagree with that we think that that is ridiculous that there's a new level of u.s. intervention to try to try and undermine the cuban revolution and overthrow the cuban government and it's this social penetration and fake media so social media and penetrating cuba's the internet that's the same thing that the united states is doing all around the world in russia. in eastern europe and latin america africa the middle east. and asia the usa has been working to topple governments opposed to tractors and supported allies for well over a century meddling is nothing new for washington d.c. hey look my heart see new york we did ask the broadcasting board of governors for comments on their budget plans we'll let you know when we get a reply. u.s. militar

is no exception to that cuba has a low internet penetration rate is certainly not a secret while they have opened up a little bit not to the level that they should have it is preposterous to claim that studying an issue such as internet access is an open and transparent manner the cuban government has called this to be a subversive act we disagree with that we think that that is ridiculous that there's a new level of u.s. intervention to try to try and undermine the cuban revolution and overthrow the cuban government and it's this social penetration and fake media social media and penetrating cuba's internet that's the same thing that the united states is doing all around the world in russia. in eastern europe and latin america africa the middle east. and asia the usa has been working to topple governments opposed to tractors and support its allies for well over a century meddling is nothing new for washington d.c. they look mop and hard see new york. where we ask the broadcasting board of governors for comment on their budget plans but separately the agency's representative described

cuba has been under u.s. sanctions since the early sixty's and have and it's still under u.s. sanctions but those restrictions haven't been successful in churchgoing a capitalist overthrow the cuban government was still very much a communist state the unilateral sanctions don't work we've seen that in cuba for many many years where the u.s. tried to unilaterally. the economy of cuba didn't work it didn't work in iran under both republican and democratic administrations previously it's a stepping stone towards possible. what they do is to some extent they have been there and to some extent their political organizing by imposing the sanctions first it's a step that were in their view would help legitimize it or sit in washington you think that the u.s. is all powerful militarily and can win any war that it wants what about north korea did kick him to the negotiating table but those things just weren't unilateral but most high lateral thinking back i think you went to your account we've brought new accountabilit

cuba is changing and the constitution is part of that change called make the change. the constitution is not a change. everything people want to know will it give everything that they expect. the process from here is a painstaking one officials are expected to take down the participants commons and send them back to the assembly they're going to run a cuban's will been vote on a final document in a referendum early next year julia galliano al-jazeera. colombia's governments blocking chesham hunters from salvaging what they're calling the holy grail a ship wrecks the spanish san jose galley and sank more than three hundred years ago and they said to be carrying billions of dollars in gold and precious stones manuel rapunzel reports. stories of ship wrecks and sunken treasure have long captivated the imagination. but perhaps no wreck has fascinated underwater archaeologists and treasure hunters quite like the sun who say. attacked by britain's royal navy in seventeen zero eight during a battle off the coast of gaza hanna colombia all but seven members of her crew went d

head of the referendum the people of cuba will be able to have they say on the draft constitution. catelli houllier ok is planning to attend bytes to propose his own ideas on what should happen next. in. individual enrichment always brings about a collective irish right with. through taxation i'm going to go through the creation of individual employment or else by creating improvements in a community. so entrepreneurship ought to be seen as a potential opportunity for the cuban government because it can assist in improving citizen's quality of life. for. many cubans hope the brand of socialism set to be enshrined in the new constitution will bring them greater prosperity the vote has created a new debate over the country's future. speaking of debates a number of countries in europe have banned muslim women from wearing certain types of clothing in public such as burkas and face veils to know no such law has existed here in germany but now one reason is considering banning the headscarf for girls under the age of fourteen as. found in one school it's a highly controversial issue. an

cuba's draft new constitution will be sent out to every corner of the communist—run island today, for same—sex marriage in cuba — a country which has historically had a reputation for homophobia. 0ur correspondent will grant reports from havana. hot off the presses, cuba's new constitution. 0rdinary cubans are only now digestive a completely newly written magna carta. the changes are proposed like recognising private property and redefining marriage as between two people not just redefining marriage as between two people notjust a man and a woman. these men have been togetherfor 15 yea rs. these men have been togetherfor 15 years. on an island renowned for the homophobic attitudes of its past, this change, they say, is long overdue. translation: this change, they say, is long overdue. translationzlj this change, they say, is long overdue. translation: itook this change, they say, is long overdue. translation: i took a long time to come out of the closet because i had no points of reference around me. there was no information about it. back then it was a problem and a stigma. translati

but the feeling of economic sanctions is most evident in the case of cuba cuba has been under u.s. sanctions the early sixty's and have and it's still under u.s. sanctions but those restrictions haven't been successful in churchgoing a capitalist overthrow the cuban government was still very much a communist state the unilateral sanctions don't work we've seen that in cuba for many many years where the u.s. tried to unilaterally crush the economy of cuba didn't work it didn't work in iran under both republican and democratic administrations previously it's a stepping stone towards possible military actions what they do is to some extent they have an impact and to some extent their political organizing and by imposing the sanctions first it's a step that were in their view would help legitimize it or sit in washington you think that the u.s. is all powerful militarily and can win any war that it wants what about north korea from tip to kim to the negotiating table but those things since you weren't unilateral but multilateral sanctions backed by the u.n. security council we've broug

is no exception to that cuba has a low internet penetration rate is certainly not a secret while they have opened up a little bit not to the level that they should have it is preposterous to claim that studying and issues such as internet access is an open and transparent manner the cuban government has called this to be a subversive act we disagree with that we think that that is ridiculous that there's a new level of u.s. intervention to try to try and undermine the cuban revolution and overthrow the cuban government and it's this social penetration and fake media social media and penetrating cuba's internet that's the same thing that the united states is doing all around the world in russia. in eastern europe and latin america africa the middle east. and asia the usa has been working to topple governments oppose detractors and support its allies for well over a century meddling is nothing new for washington d.c. they look mop and artsy new york we asked broadcasting board of governors for comments on their budget plans but separately the agency's representative described the projec

asked when it has no other choice because you mentioned dinner as well and drew is a nice country cuba is also beautiful country but you would not necessarily call them the countries that would be you know role models father i cannot imagine americans for example are sweet trying to reform best systems to resemble those oath good rule or cuba. so this i mean that's what i'm saying that if the many other elements that be could take advantage off that would make life much even better and that i would actually end me i would love to live in a city where there are all the car dominated where i can go everywhere by bicycle where i can walk what is fresh air where there's like a lot of activity downtown actually if you look at the most attractive cities around the word these are all cities that have very compact downtown cities where people walk around and the cars are not that dominant that's where people go on tourists and they love to be in those places so it's possible to. reshape cities in ways that are far more livable and far less resource consumption and that's just the energy side i

i gave up i was able to mind cuba on al-jazeera and. the first. good to have you on al-jazeera these are our top stories thousands of people have been protesting against israel's controversial nation state nor central tel aviv the law officially affirms israel's jewish character and jewish settlements as a national value critics say the law makes non jewish minorities second class citizens the u.n. special envoy to yemen says talks between warring parties next month will focus on disarmament international criticism has been growing all the airstrikes by the saudi of erotic coalition which had a bus full of school children many of the remains have yet to be identified this father searching the wreckage for signs of his twelve year old. antigovernment protesters have been rallying for a second day in romania after more than four hundred were injured in violence with police on friday they're accusing the ruling social democrats of corruption. somebody supreme court has two weeks to rule out a legal challenge against president was electoral victory th

week the telecommunications company of cuba wrote a test of their upcoming three g. capabilities and while it was slow and only allowed people like seventy megabytes to use for one day they were able to download videos they were able to go through music and news and have the internet write and download things from you tube which means they're getting there it's not an easy process but they're not trying to keep anybody out and most people on the island of learned a long time ago to use and things like that to counteract they know how to get around it and they don't like outsiders like we said the sanctions telling them how to feel about their own government and i think that's the biggest that yes that is that's the most important all right as we go to break court watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered and facebook and twitter search shows r t v dot com coming up journalist max blumenthal joins us to discuss another u.s. government funded political meddling organization that he shed some new light on in the new documentary and

is no exception to that cuba has a low internet penetration rate is certainly not a secret while they have opened up a little bit not to the level that they should have it is preposterous to claim that studying an issue such as internet access is an open and transparent manner the cuban government has called this to be a subversive act we disagree with that we think that that is ridiculous that there's a new level of u.s. intervention to try to try and undermine the cuban revolution and overthrow the cuban government and it's this social penetration and fake media so social media and penetrating cuba's the internet that's the same thing that the united states is doing all around the world in russia. in eastern europe and latin america africa the middle east. and asia usa has been working to topple governments opposed to tractors and support its allies for well over a century meddling is nothing new for washington d.c. hey look mop and hard see new york so far the organization has not responded for comment to watching our two international. join me every thursday on the alex simon show