a lot of times the planes would wind up in havana. and they would have to stay overnight, and so the passengers would be treated to a night in a hotel room and sometime this cabaret, the tropicana and people almost looked forward to -- for a very brief period of time the hijackings, "time" magazine published an amazing relic that everyone should google and read. what to do when the hijacker comes, a tongue in cheek travel guide to havana based on being on hijacked plane. so, this -- so torry whereas flying in this other a out of jfk and the got to the airports and was told that she, the flight she was supposed to be on, she was width -- the shuttle bus as an hour late and she -- while she was in the air the pilot called her into the cockpit and said you were supposed to be on flight 21le, right? and she said, yes. and he said, lucky you, you weren't on it. we just heard it's just been heading to havana, and they said -- she said i wish i'd been on it because she always wanted to go to cuba. so, not everyone -- pretty soon the hijackin

cnn's patrick oppmann is in havana with the details. >> reporter: the cuban and chinese governments willew vaccine designed to combat emerging strains of the coronavirus cuban scientists announced on sunday. this is the first time that we are aware of that these two communist governments have collaborated on a vaccine. cuba currently has five other vaccine candidates in the works. it is the only latin american country to have vaccine candidates advance to the final stage 3 trials. cuba has not vaccinated widely among its population as of now, but they say that they will have produced enough vaccine for this island by august and should have the entire population of cuba vaccinated by the end of the year. one of those vaccine candidates, soborana 2, was developed working with the government of iran and cuban scientists said over the weekend that starting on monday they expect to expand the trials of that vaccine, soberana 2, to 150,000 people in the capital city of havana. patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. >>> could former president donald trump be charged criminally for inciting the capitol r

and he said, lucky you you weren't on it, we just heard that it's just heading to havana. and she said i wish i'd been on it, because she'd always wanted to go and tour cuba. [laughter] not everyone, you know, and pretty soon the hijackings took a turn. they did become much more dangerous. >> right. >> and then no one hope for them anymore. >> at what point did stewardesses become flight attendants? >> late '70s, early '80s. once it was no longer stewards and stewardesses, they sought a more gent gender-neutral term. >> okay. we have a question from karen. do you disguise the women's personal lyes outside -- lives outside -- [inaudible] how they spend time during layovers? >> definitely. yeah, one of the things i found so interesting was the way that the women behaved so differently. they really wanted to do different things on the ground in these places. for example, one of the women in the book really is a very social creature. even to this day, she has an incredible network of friends. she's incredibly social. she would go, on guam, for example, she would go to the offi

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. >> reporter: i'm patrick oppmann in havana. soon will be working with the government of china on a new vaccine candidate, it will be designed to combat emerging strains of the coronavirus. this is the first time that we are aware of that these two governments from communist countries are collaborating on vaccines. cuba currently has five other vaccine candidates in development. two of those vaccines are in the final stages. one of those vaccines was developed collaborating with the government of iran, and that vaccine, according to cuban scientists should be ready in the coming weeks for mass vaccinations. here in cuba, the cuban government is also hoping to sell that vaccine abroad. starting on monday. so the trials will be expanded and will be given to 150,000 volunteers here in havana. >> thank you all so much for that. so back here in the united states right now miami beach is extending a state of emergency order and curfew for an additional three weeks. measures put in place over the weekend after spring breakers overwhelm

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in cuba hundreds of people have formed a protest convoy in havana calling for an end to the u.s. trade embargo the procession of bikes and cars was one of dozens of demonstrations around the world pushing for a change in policy from the biden is ministration under the previous u.s. government more than $200.00 sanctions were imposed on cuba for the strengthening a 6 year old trade back. still ahead on al-jazeera. i'm john hendren in minneapolis where opening arguments begin in the trial of derek show been a man accused of killing george floyd the last we ask if i saw as making a comeback amid concerns it could be a cruel thing in the deserts of syria. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went sponsored plan qatar airways wind is a feature of this time the year's around to rabea and we have a very obvious when doing blurring down the gulf where the strong northerly so temperatures have dropped in doha as one example by about 10 degrees the sandal the dust that came with it is falling out into the empty quarter really of of saudi arabia's not particularly dusty after all of the

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officials say that havana residents could get their first shot by the end of may.id—i9 vaccine. north korea has fired two ballistic missiles that flew hundreds of kilometres to land in the sea ofjapan. the japanese prime minister, suga yoshihide, called them a threat to peace and a violation of un resolutions. south korea's national security council is due to discuss the incident. the launches are pyongyang's first ballistic missile test since president biden took office injanuary. robert kelly is a professor of political science at a national university, hejoins me now. thank you forjoining me. how much of a threat are these missiles? i am much of a threat are these missiles? iam not much of a threat are these missiles? i am not sure if they add anything we have not seen before. we are waiting to learn the technical details about it and we'll have to wait to see what the americans and south koreans give us next few days but the north koreans have had significant missile capacity for at least a decade. and the ability to strike the united states for this for years.

time george bush could pardon this ideological war into quote leaks that garcia general hospital in havana the life of one person is worth more than all the private property of the rich in the world and i think we see that for the u.s. that's not the priority this is more about politics than saving human lifetimes. i just want to do just coming back to the point i made you think that both well actually so a grade to this i mean what sort of leverage does america have over brazilian politics i can understand personally why he would just say yeah the russian backed thing. well they'll be elections next year so this was certainly one of the issues that you could be a bombshell seen as u.s. officials try to bribe riverine officials and lean on them to take back scenes from elsewhere putting their own interests in front of us lives in front of brazilian lives and i know ari is reputation has been horrible even at a time when he had colby he downplayed how cold it was affecting the brazilian people and of course who is it most impacting is the afro brazilians the indigenous in the amazon the mos

officials say that havana residents will receive the jab by the end of may.an, started a nine—month struggle for independence. the northern village of ataikula endured some of the worst atrocities of the conflict — men were shot and women were raped by pakistani soldiers. decades later, the women have been given the honorary title "war heroine". they were promised financial support that many still haven't recieved. akbar hossain has been talking to survivors. this woman survives by making pottery at her home in northern bangladesh, where she has lived for over 50 years. she was a young woman with a husband and two children when soldiers arrived in her village. she says the details of what happened to her are too horrific to discuss. 36 women were raped in this village alone. this woman also struggles to describe what happened to her. in this sleepy rural area, one of the worst atrocities of the war took place. the pakistani army and their bengali collaborators attacked fellow muslims across the country. but in this village, the hindu bengalis were singled out

to stop issuing visas at the embassy in havana.artment report says as of november there were more than 78,000 cubans on a waiting list for immigrant visas. cubans are unable to receive visas at the u.s. embassy and the pandemic was shut down most international flights to and from this island. for many cubans desperate to leave now the dangerous journey by boat is their only option. beatrice praise for a miracle for her daughter and grandchildren. that they find them, that they don't stop looking, she says, whatever the news is that they know what happened. it's more upsetting to not know. days after our interview cuban officials announced that the search for the missing boat has ended. unlike too many other cubans beatrice's family is lost at sea. patrick oppmann, cnn. >>> we are following developments after the deadly shootings at three massage parlours here in metro atlanta. we will have an update next. hi. i'm wolfgang puck when i started my online store wolfgang puck home i knew there would be a lot of orders to fill and i want

patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. >> there you go.ther prototype rocket from spacex has failed during flight. >>> the unmanned spacecraft was launched from texas on tuesday and it was off to a good start, but a few minutes later the live broadcast suddenly froze. the rocket appears to have exploded. this marks the third time spacex has failed to land a prototype of the starship rocket which the company hopes will one day carry humans to mars. another starship exploded after landing earlier this month. spacex ceo elon musk is trying to put a positive spin on the latest failed test. he tweeted, at least the crater is in the right place. >>> and thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn. have yourselves a wonderful day. hi. i'm wolfgang puck when i started my online store wolfgang puck home i knew there would be a lot of orders to fill and i wanted them to ship out fast that's why i chose shipstation shipstation helps manage orders reduce shipping costs and print out shipping l

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he was in havana for a game and again they arrange the game between the orioles in the cuban national big deal printed also in u.s. cuba relations and pedro is there. went through the neighborhood where his family lived in the recognize him. they left in 1962 and they've had recognize him. among the things that pedro did what he was there was to write an open letter to bill clinton calling for the end of the economic embargo of cuba from ama cuban to do that, is like denver, pedro had a lot loss prince of that but he showed courage. so the baseball world, help pouring of pedro on sunday prayed and wanted to just honor him as well. but it's a hard voice speaking of passion and speaking glad you stand for and knowing what you stand for not being afraid to talk about that even when it's a difficult situation. and anthony and pedro certainly for a lot of years what is on the level of values that i believe this corrections really haim

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state department and other parts of our government who have been affected by what is known as the havanasyndrome, the attacks against our diplomats in cuba, china and other parts of the world. and as i see it, there are two parts to this problem, one is to ensure that those people who have been attacked are treated properly, are believed, and that they get the medical attention and benefits that they deserve and congress has worked ondeser. and congress has worked on that. we passed legislation in the last defense authorization act to try and better level the playing field for those people who were affected. but the other piece of that is ensuring that we get to the bottom of who's responsible. and i hope the state department will work with dod, who as i understand has been designated the lead agency to try to come to understand what's happening. so, i would ask that if confirmed, will you both commit to addressing the recommendations of the national academy of science's response? and more generally to providing more transparency with the congress and the public on this issue? >> senator

personnel, sometimes they're often referred to as havana syndrome. the attacks have not been limited to occurring only in cuba. the lack of a coordinated approach has been an impediment to infected personnel, their ability to receive medical care and management of the pieces of the issue. will the biden administration and the department under your leadership set up a whole of government approach to ensure we're addressing these attacks? >> yes, i'm deeply committed to that. >> thank you, mr. secretary. if you can share in an unclassified setting, has the u.s. government identified the perpetrator or the entities behind these attacks? >> there's not much i can say in this setting, but i think the short answer to your question is no. >> thank you. the department has announced that a senior person would be appointed to manage this issue. i appreciate this step towards a long overdue effort to address it. has this person yet been identified or appointed? >> we're working on that in the state department itself to make sure we have a senior person dedicate

entrench authoritarians have come to power in havana, caracas after six decades remains furmgly in the grasp of a dictatorship and no where in our hemisphere no greater suffering than venezuela. unleashed a humanitarian crisis and perpetrated crimes against humanity to silence. we have an opportunity now to reassert the u.s. role in championing democracy and human rights around the globe. we do this because it is right. and because it is in our interest. our investmentses in democracy best hope for prosperity of our neighbors and far off countries alike and for keeping our sons and daughters out of war. to continue to champion democracy and human rights and foreign policy, we need to have a fuller sense of the challenges we face and how the united states can best rise to face them. and shortly we will turn to our witnesses to get their perspectives. with that, i'd like to turn to the distinguished ranking member for his comments. >> thank you very much. i concur that it is appropriate that the first policy hearing we have in this congress is on the state of democracy around the world.

personnel sometimes referred to as havana syndrome though they haven't been limited to occurring onlyin cuba. the lack of the coordinated approach has been the ability to receive medical care and management in the pieces of this issue. well the administration and the department under your leadership set up a whole of government approach to make sure we are addressingng these attacks? thank you mr. secretary. if you could share as the government identified the perpetrator or the entities behind these attacks? >> there'snt not much i can sayn this setting but the short answer to t your question is no. >> the department has announced that a senior person would be appointed to manage this issue. i appreciate the stuff to the long-overdue effort to address it. has this person been identified or appointed? >> we have someone who can speak directly to the senior leadership. we are doing that and to your earlier point making sure we have a whole of government approach with a strong process including working with the other agencies that have been directly affected so many of those that serve i