it's the start of another school day in cuba's capital, havana. and the seconds are ticking down to assembly at nicolas estevanez primary school in the city's vedado district. it's one of countless schools across the island in which the memories and achievements of the country's independence heroes are marked every day by children in their distinctive uniforms of the socialist pioneers. but there is one revolutionary who has a special place reserved in the education of these cuban children, whose name is repeated in unison every day, and has been for decades. that's not the first i've seen the morning assembly in a cuban school. and it's funny because on one level, it reminds you of when you were at school. but, of course, there's something here, something about the declaration towards undying commitment to communism and saying that you're going to be like che guevara that is purely unique to cuba. 50 years after his death, che‘s image still adorns the corridors of the primary school, as he does in schools across the country. for the headteacher h

embassy at havana.investigating what caused diplomats to get sick, suffer from headaches, dizziness and hearing loss. united states and cuba relations have deteriorated. now many are saying to avoid the country altogether. >> the longer this mystery goes on the murkier it becomes. the u.s. department -- state department has warned many to stay away from the iconic hotel. one block away the recently refurbished hotel was this site of this strange incident which led many to have symptoms of dizziness and hearing loss. the u.s. embassy in havana lies almost empty after most of the staff was sent home. many barely had time to say goodbye. >> this park outside the u.s. embassy is normally full of people waiting to apply for a visa. now with the door down many cubans have been left in limbo with no visa our way of getting their money back. many are deeply angry and skeptical about the reasons behind the crisis. >> i don't like that they talk about my country this way. i believe this is a very safe place. >> t

embassy in havana. and refugee facilities in greece and buckling under the pressure as more people arrive. and stay with us. from a fresh breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. it's time for the change of seasons we really felt in the event at the moment we've got not that much showing on the satellite picture except a bit of cloud blooming and that's going to be more significant of the next two days first of all is the wind tucking in from the eastern med has been right in cyprus is right in the event in this forecast this is sunday running out through turkey and keeping pushing towards syria that's for the caucuses no sun will come out behind it brief it will feel a bit better but right rather than blue skies i think now if you're not in that part of the world it's still fairly settled at thirty two in baghdad thirty three both in the sunshine q eight not much of a prevailing breeze beyond that so still middle thirty's for kuwait to wardes. they'll be more humid at the moment and ot

expensive two years ago the socialist government hooked up a tiny share of private households in havana to the world wide web mostly academics scientists and journalists the rest stand up using wife i pox public areas that offer internet access and over four hundred on the island that many cubans on happy about it. writing messages and sending photos making phone calls or skype in with friends and relatives in all corners of the globe all of this is now possible in cuba is why fight parks prices have dropped from two us dollars to one fifty per hour but that still represents five percent of the average monthly income of just thirty dollars but it's not just the high prices that disturb many cubans. i talk on the phone by internet with people about private things and all around people can listen in that it would be nice if privacy could be protected but as long as it's not like that we have to live with what we have but i mean like everything on cuba a little surreal you can really experience the intimate lives of people someone pleading like when are you finally going to send me an invi

russians have a lot of facilities in havana specifically and in cuba.ssies in havana. could it be some other government. is there somebody over whom the cuban government could exert control to stop this even if they're not doing it themselves? we don't know. but at least we've got a sound. and that's got to be part of starting to figure this thing out. that does it for us tonight. now it's time for "the last word." ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. >> can you stay one extra minute. i am an economics guy. when i hear that the chairman of the campaign of a presidential candidate may have had a loan for $60 million from a russian oligarch as an economy guy that

two years ago the first private broadband network was laid in havana and promises have been made to hook up the entire island by the end of the year but repeated problems mean such a plan is something of a utopia and one many for now at least can still only dream of. fingers crossed for the cubans nice doing business with you. the dream of legal and safe passage to europe. and being welcomed with open arms. a dream that has come true for some syrian refugees. church groups have set up a humanitarian corridor using a thousand special visas. initiatives that may also inspire other countries. three thousand. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word has been. is in germany to learn german why not learn them simple online on your mobile and free stuff from d w z e learning course we can speak german made easy. g.w. true diversity. where the world of science is at home in. many languages. on a lot of programming go on their way to. show that with us our innovations magazine for asia. africa every week and always looking to the future fund d w dot com scie

harmed at least 21 americans in havana., the trump administration has asked cuba to withdraw 60% of its embassy staff in washington. cuba is denying any involvement with the attacks at the u.s. embassy in havana. >>> time is now 4:56. there's concern that a key part of president trump's tax reform plan could affect the housing market and homeownership levels. the president wants an increase in the standard deduction to $12,000. also, a new survey by the tax policy center is estimating 84% of the people who right now itemize their tax returns will switch to the standard deduction, and if that happens, it could eliminate the benefits of the mortgage interest and property tax deductions and possibly discourage people from buying homes if they don't get that tax savings. >>> well, it is day two of the supreme court's new session, and a big rally is planned outside the high court. former california governor is set to speak about ending partisan jeer gerrymanderring. that is a common practice which draws giving an advantage to on

as well as withdrawing their staff in havana, americans expelled 17 cuban diplomat in washington.uba since that was the wrong decision and has made it harder to serve their citizens in the us. the us government made a baseless, shallow, hasty and unacceptable decision to expel 17 of our officials. this has a negative impact on our consular services, and makes it difficult for our authorities and efforts to organise trips for president in the us. president trump has said that he would cancel the terrible and misguided steel with havana, but many businessmen... finding a solution for these cold war foes is proving as elusive as the mysterious source as the diplomat‘ illnesses. italian firefighters rushed to the rescue of a dog that was stuck at the bottom of a 25 metre deep forest pit in the north of the country. this is the dog out for a walk with his owner when he slipped. two firefighters will were down to rescue him. after a two—hour operation, he was pulled up, unharmed and is said to be recovering well from his fall. after the sunshine of today, temperatures are falling away.

embassy in havana virtually shut down, u.s./cuba relations in now two dozen u.s. embassy staff reporting ailments. president trump blaming the cubans. >> i believe cuba is responsible. >> reporter: first interview, cuban investigating team, top security officials and doctor pushing back. did you do it? >> translator: without hesitation, i'm telling you no. >> reporter: colonel says nearly 2,000 people looking into the charge that u.s. diplomats were targeted with sonic weapon, suffering a range of symptoms, hearing loss, headaches, nausea, even mild traumatic brain injury. >> translator: cuba doesn't peace possess this technology, has never had these weapons. >> reporter: this is the sound they reported to have heard. document from the cubans said it was not at acoustic levels damaging to health. and american experts telling us there's no symptoms. >> never been physiological response that reflects the symptoms reported ever caused by sound waves of any type. >> reporter: we went into the hotel room of one of incidents. he said there were vike vab vibrations throu

caller: yes, i have spent some time in havana. i am aware that at the time of the trial for the socialist -- it was decided that havana should be allowed to pretty much slide, while the rest of the underdeveloped country was being developed. havana, the of deteriorating buildings i think it is, there is a possibility that there has been some toxicity caused by lack of building and inspections and so forth, and this could be conceivably what has been bothering but the diplomats -- both the diplomats and natives of havana. host: we will let you go there. and we will finish with frank mora, your impressions from the caller's point of view, but more importantly, what were your impressions while you were there? frank: last time i visited was the 1990's and certainly one gets the impression that the deteriorationhe of the infrastructure in cuba before and since my visit has been significant. the buildings simply collapsing, they are uninhabitable. and there was an incident a few years ago where there were cubans who became sick with eye

this university in havana virtually shut down.mbassy staff have reported mystery ailments, president trump blaming the cubans. >> i do believe cuba is responsible. >> reporter: now the investigative team, two top officials and a doctor pushing back. did you do it? >> without hesitation, i'm telling you no. >> reporter: they have had nearly 2,000 people looking into the charge that u.s. diplomats were targeted by a sonic weapon resulting in a range of symptoms, headache, nausea, vomiting, even brain injury. >> translator: cuba has never had sonic weapons. >> reporter: this is the sound they say they heard. but a document provided to them said that is not at levels to damage the health. and there is no known idealogy to support these symptoms. >> there is nothing that supports the symptoms reported that has ever been caught by any sound waves of any type. >> reporter: we went inside the hotel room where incidents were reported. he said there were vibrations through this window. another diplomat lived here and others nearby. they sai

diplomats and their family members in havana u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says quote the decision was made due to cuba's failure to take appropriate steps to protect our diplomats in accordance with its obligations under the vienna convention this order will ensure equity in our respective diplomatic operations the move comes days after the us pulled roughly sixty percent of its embassy staff from the cuban capital the castro government has vehemently denied any involvement in the incidents and is cooperating with an f.b.i. investigation during a press conference on tuesday the country's foreign minister said the expulsion will strain bilateral relations with the u.s. now believes the unjustifiable unmotivated political position to demand fifteen to diplomats from our embassy to leave the united states is completely political that only benefits those who want to derail the ability of both countries to improve relations. as president continues to on wind the detente between washington and polls show sixty five percent of amer

embassy staff recently being recalled from havana the u.s. says the staff were injured at their office and residences cooper says there's no evidence the attacks have taken place or mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . relations between the u.s. and cuba continue to deteriorate in the wake of what u.s. officials described as a covert sonic attack last month the u.s. withdrew all non-essential personnel from the embassy in havana following what they said was a series of staff falling ill because of some kind of sonic attack now the u.s. did not provide any evidence and said that it could not establish exactly what the so-called attack was but now cuba is fighting back the foreign minister is visiting d.c. at the moment and this is what he had to say a lot of that is showing the so-called attacks are on just whatever the type of attack whatever the incident it is completely false. the foreign minister also described the whole incident as and i quote political manipulation ain't dead damaging bilateral relations now important to note that

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us has not formally accused cuba of carrying out any attacks, president trump said last week that havanaithdrawing their staff in havana, the americans have expelled 17 cuban dick matz from washington. —— cuban diplomats from washington. the us government made a baseless, shallow, hasten the, unacceptable decision to expel 17 officials from our embassy in the city. this has a negative impact on our consular services. it also makes it difficult for our authorities and efforts to organise trips for cuban resident in the us. since president 0bama's historic dete nte since president 0bama's historic detente with cuba, president trump has said he will cancel what he has called the terrible and mr biden deal with havana. but many —— misguided deal. finding solutions for these cold war foes is proving as elusive as the mysterious source of the emesis. now for a look at the weather. this week we will see some pretty big swing in temperatures day—to—day. at the moment there is called coming from the arctic. it is targeting scotland and northern england. if we focus on scotland, aberdeenshire was

expensive two years ago the socialist government hooked up a tiny share of private households in havana to the world wide web mostly academics scientists and journalists the rest stand up using y. five pocs public areas that offer internet access and over four hundred on the island that many cubans happy about it writing messages and sending photos making phone calls or skype in with friends and relatives in all corners of the globe all of this is now possible in cuba is why five parts prices have dropped from two u.s. dollars to one fifty per hour but that still represents five percent of the average monthly income of just thirty dollars but it's not just the high prices that disturb many cubans. i talk on the phone by internet with people about private things and all around people can listen in that it would be nice if privacy could be protected but as long as it's not like that we have to live with what we have but i mean like everything on cuba a little surreal you can really experience the intimate lives of people someone pleading like when you finally going to send me an invitatio

and, now, please welcome from havana, it's the buena vista social club. applause.sta social club, went on to sell millions of copies worldwide. that's all from this edition of witness, here at the british library. we will be back next month for another five accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but, for now, from me and the rest of the witness team, goodbye. hello there. the last few hours, we have seen winds strengthening. gusts of 50 miles an houraround winds strengthening. gusts of 50 miles an hour around the pennines. higher than that possibly into scotland, together with these heavy showers. the showers gradually ease. further south, it would be as windy, with sunshine before clouds in the afternoon. some rain in the south—west later on. it will feel colder, especially in the wind. the rain is not last long, scooting through the channel. pressure builds a little and we will have clear skies. it would be as windy overnight. another chilly night on the way. colder than we are seeing at the moment. the winds will not be as strong by tuesday, and showers w

to withdraw more than half -- diplomats from havana.7 nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three americans for detecting gravitational waves. describeonal waves the stretching and squeezing of space-time that occurs when huge objects accelerate. this was originally predicted by albert einstein. the biggest names in rock music have been paying tribute to tom petty, who has died at his home in california. he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, among them hit singles like "i won't back down." his band included the heartbreakers and the traveling wilburys. we look back at the life of this musical giant. >> ♪ i won't back down ♪ reporter: tom petty only ever had one ambition. as a child, he met elvis, then came the beatles. his heart was set on rock 'n roll. ♪ his songs were rooted in real life his band. the heartbreakers, old friends from his home state of florida that he bumped into one night in the studio. >> i came down to the studio, and this band was in the room. they were all people i had known. so we played that night

havana has strenuously denied any involvement in the attacks.ent of the nobel prize for physics. it's been awarded to three us scientists for their detection of gravitational waves, two years ago. they're minuscule ripples in space and time caused by the collision of black holes. sweden's royal academy of sciences said the discovery by rainer weiss, barry barish and kip thorne had opened up unseen worlds. gravitational waves were predicted by albert einstein a century ago but had, until recently, escaped detection. let's return to our top story and the identities of some of the 59 people shot dead by stephen paddock have begun to emerge, among them an off duty police officer and a teacher. people who were caught up in the attack and who risked their lives to save the injured have been telling their stories. our correspondent james cook reports now on the victims of the las vegas shooting. lives wasted. families broken, futures stolen. the faces of the dead and missing tell so many stories. las vegas is a city in pain. how are you doing now? i th

havana has strenuously denied any involvement in the attacks. strong ties to the leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has voted to remove an honour from her because of her government's treatment of rohingya muslims. 0xford granted the nobel laureate the freedom of the city twenty years ago. half—a—million rohingyas have fled myanmar since late august. time to pick up with the business news. sally is here. it is funny how things from the past can come back to wa nt things from the past can come back to want to. indeed. the european competition commission seem determined to make people pay back what they are owed. the european commission is expected to announce the result of its probe into member states‘ tax deals with multi—national companies. in the spotlight this time — luxembourg. it has been accused of offering illegal tax breaks to amazon. the decision is not against the retail giant itself, but against luxembourg, which can be forced to present amazon with a bill for the alleged back taxes. the case echoes a similar ruling against ireland,

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as well as withdrawing their staff in havana, americans expelled 17 cuban diplomat in washington. the us. the us government made a baseless, shallow, hasty and unacceptable decision to expel 17 of our officials. this has a negative impact on our consular services, and makes it

diplomats and their family members in havana u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says quote the decision was made due to cuba's failure to take appropriate steps to protect our diplomats in accordance with its obligations under the vienna convention this order will ensure equity in our respective diplomatic operations the move comes days after the us pulled roughly sixty percent of its embassy staff from the cuban capital the castro government has vehemently denied any involvement in the incidents and is cooperating with an f.b.i. investigation during a press conference on tuesday the country's foreign minister said the expulsion will strain bilateral relations with the us. the unjustifiable unmotivated political position to demand fifteen to be diplomats from our embassy to leave the united states is completely political act which only benefits those who want to derail the ability of both countries to improve relations. as president continues to on wind the detente between washington and polls show sixty five percent of american v

embassy staff being recalled from havana the u.s. says the staff were injured at their office residences washington says about a failed in its obligation to protect diplomats on its territory cuba says there is no evidence the attacks took place. showing the so-called attacks are on just whatever the type of attack whatever the incident it is completely false. government is struggling to control a growing number of new age hiv cases the country has one of the highest rates of new infections in latin america and now the government has launched a campaign to target high risk groups in america. reports from santiago one hundred . forty eight year old sandra who asks that we not use her full name was pregnant with her sixth child when she discovered her husband had infected her with hiv she says her first thought was suicide now she's undergoing treatment and is back working at her husband's small groom factory. but while the treatment will deal with the hiv she says it can't sweep away the stigma still associated with the disease. there

says it took the decision after have failed to protect its stuff from alleged sonic attacks in havana cuba as government denies accusations that it was involved and is calling the response from the u.s. reckless and unfounded latin america editor lucien newman reports. yes cuba is fuming over washington's decision to expel fifteen more cuban diplomats for what it calls unfounded charges of mysterious acoustic attacks against u.s. diplomats in atlanta and many. the foreign ministry energetically protests and denounces this unfounded and acceptable decision along with the pretext used to justify its that the cuban government has not taken the appropriate measures to prevent these alleged incidents from occurring. after months of inconclusive investigations more than sixty percent of u.s. embassy staff here is packing up to go home ordered to leave cuba to protect their health from possible news sonic attacks that have reportedly seriously damaged the hearing of more than twenty u.s. diplomats since last year this according to the u.s. state department cuba has repeatedly denied any invo

diplomats in havana. well thanks again it's good to be with you first and foremost thanks are beginning to get to your a quite fast as you are aware that you've been a foreign minister flew to washington and now we're secretary tillerson and they really had no explanation they cannot confirm or deny me the cuban worsen bob yet at the same time as you alluded to we have had a number of our u.s. personnel in some cases children fact above what we think of sonic ways we still have not been able to confirm if this only son it weighs but now we have the actions that have been that your mother trying to ministrations certainly and i would say very justified. the it goes any country is responsible for protecting the diplomats of other countries living in their territory in cuba has failed to do so so i think even though we have now broken diplomatic relations. united states intelligence senate intelligence committee is meeting later on this week in closed doors to be present there with the facts. that the americ

embassy staff being recall from havana the u.s.s. the staff were injured at the office and in their homes to washington says savannah failed in its obligation to protect diplomats on its territory those are your headlines the news continues here after al-jazeera world twenty five minutes bob i . was. believe it or not. somebody it's all to. the wall the same. folks. that. come unstuck. example i wouldn't accomplish into that day should not supplied it to get me the way out of the deadly brotherhood never. lets look at what's out look up . to god. what dyad the senior look at the use. of the force majeure the kid that's just a few muslim smoothly it's a given field with them and they're about to be yet. another home for the coolest. government to. stand up for what they're selling on is playing at least your thoughts on the fourth what would so when the when the show me at the moment he's back in the can you stand the . light that was a mess from the field so i thought all that. had to show a lot of. lead that obama so let in the time

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embassy in havana. and in sports news operations underway in the horse pakistan has to host its most important critiquing the noise. spain's government says the deposed leader called a speech a moment will be allowed to run in regional elections. which is calling for a democratic and peaceful opposition to madrid's direct rule of catalonia the region lost its political autonomy after the catholic vote to declare independence sort of the latest for us here on the news. what do you think will happen next. something for everyone in. this country certainly today. the people who do i want to remain. on the streets making their voices heard just about an hour before they start this protest and they're ready tens of thousands of people probably you can see in the background they carry the spanish flag carrying the flag which is the one with the sort of thinner red and yellow stripes now the message. here and they want to remain. here heard them thinking. zamboni. was. no good. and we need democrats. to push. m

. >> you went to havana, the center of this big international mystery here. officials had to say. >> reporter: good morning, hallie. great to be with you. cuban officials inviting us to havana to talk about this opening up in an unprecedented way, exclusively with us to talk about what they have learned, the investigations, they were this week meeting with the fbi giving them their preliminary report as this medical mystery threatens to strain relations between u.s. and cuba back to a wild war freeze. the u.s. embassy in havana shut down. u.s./cuban relations in an escalating crisis two. dozen american embassy staff have reported mystery ailments. president trump blaming the cubans. >> i do believe cuba is responsible. >> reporter: now in the first interview, cuban officials and top officials and a doctor pushing back. did you do it? >> translator: without hesitation, i'm telling you, no. >> reporter: the current says they have had nearly 2,000 people looking into this charge that u.s. diplomats were targeted by a sonic weapon, suffering a range of symptoms,

ernesto gave us rare access to join him on a city tour of havana.o come to cuba and now we can and i don't know how long that will last so i thought i had tojump through this window when i could. when 0bama opened up cuba, she said, "we really should go soon..." before it changes. so it took us a while to kindof get it together but we are here now and i have really enjoyed it. despite his name, ernesto insists he is very much his own man. translation: it's never been a big deal to me, to have the surname guevara, and i have never used my surname for anything. the upbringing my mother gave me would never have allowed me to act like that. as the son of a famous marxist whose image adorns every street corner in cuba, ernesto guevara knows he has his critics, especially in miami, who accuse him of double standards for running a capitalist venture on a communist island. but criticism is not something that bothers him. translation: i am the co—ordinator because i like doing this, because it is my idea to start doing tourism by motorbike. nothing more. it

the designs in the store in old havana may be ninety nine percent cuban but most of his customers are foreigners klunder stina is one of the many private cuban businesses that have benefited from the easing of u.s. trade restrictions in twenty fourteen but now u.s. president trump wants tougher policies towards cuba to offset any potential decline in business qantas tina is launching an online store in the u.s. making it the first cuban fashion brand to do so. i hope that this project really moves forward because that would mean that it's possible and that many other people can do it that many cuban designers can do it which is also a bit of a vision to try to put cuban design in the global focus of design. new focal allowed to be say new converts diena up cycles t. shirts and other materials to create designs so the business represents more than just a source of money for its founder one of the founders has spanish citizenship that allows the company to circumvent game bargo that applies to cuban businesses in the u.s. and there have been a store more than half of the customers are f

want to share arrived in havana bearing the reputation of a great commander. fidel cast. i had always been wary of anyone who might have too much prestige. and the prestige they could out showing him give our there's something that i thought of as the lock up so we ask of our earth to look after the fortress of like a banya which overlooked the port of havana and where previously he first revolutionaries had been imprisoned and then following the victory of the revolutionaries but he stays and. see give our fidel castro in charge shake of our with the task of organizing trials for the prisoners of batista's regime just. so it wasn't just another episode in shea's history. it was probably the most indelible tash he could've had. could be so much a business. you know cuba to answer on the receiving end at the time and family members of those who were shot called him. the little butcher of like about oh yeah. issues is wrong under his orders dozens of prisoners were executed following ridiculous trials lasting anything from a couple of minutes to an hour or two. people were