havana, the country's capital and largest city, is home to just over 2 million people. there are three mountain ranges in cuba. one of them is in the west, another one is in the heart of the country, between santa clara and trinidad. there's one in the south too, around santiago. piñar del río is the region that's farthest west. the roads aren't in very good shape there, so getting around takes time. (yanelis velazco fajardo) this is my friend, sophie. (sophie fouron) why is this one of your favorite places? (yanelis velazco fajardo) the air is different and you have time to think about yourself and other things. in the city, it is more difficult because you don't have time to think about that. to me, that's amazing. (francisco sarabia) difficult? - it gets tricky with all this mud. - no. - there are lots of things in the city that we don't need to bother with out here. cities are noisy, i'm not used to that. (francisco sarabia) yes, life is good here... there used to be more people in rural areas and there's certainly room for more, but the younger people have all left

i'm lucy and human in havana, cuba and coming up i'll explain why and how ah, to which will bring some big down pause in sliding out of the east on a c q. she thinks a very heavy rain for pushing across southern parts of honju, free hourly totals, just 3 hours. we're looking at around 20 to 30 millimeters, the frame. the good news is it moves through quickly, so we'll see drying out quite nicely behind by the possibility of some localized weather continuing to drift this way. further west was joining up with some very heavy rain that we have seen racing vehicles. southern parts of the by have been gall. in fact, shore lanka, say some very heavy rainfall over a 100 millimeters to fright. it only 24 hours. the showers are set to continue here, hopefully not quite as intense as they have been recently. still a fusion with o, wherever you go in the world. one airline goes to make it for you. exceptional. ooh ah, hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, this years old, it says drug trials show to the us is our safe and produced a strong immune response. national strike is underway in ste

havana today i was bewitched by cuba havana is the largest city in the caribbean, a spirit that can hardlyany other. in another city of the world, chic retro cars drive through the streets as if nothing had happened, rows of old columns side by side with a web of linen in their ropes, and that's it. it breathes with such exclusively cuban charm and charm that it is beyond words. cuba is, of course, adventures here everything can become even an ordinary taxi ride. or rather, a taxi. fairy tale if some troll dwarf or a unicorn is now looking out from behind a tree, i'm not that much surprised. this is the forest of almindales and despite its magical atmosphere. his fame is a little frightening. they say that sometimes sacrifices and ritual ceremonies are performed here. it's time and whose to know? but this is a fortress for farce, over which hover, as if spells of love that are not at all characteristic of this place. look over there. you see, barely noticeable female silhouette. this weather vane hiraldia is believed to have been inspired by the wife of the local governor when he was sent

she and human al jazeera havana as return to our top story now. and you in secretary general and tony the terrace, was me keep where he was visiting some of the neighborhoods that came under attack by russian forces. he'll like to meet with president vladimir lensky. the you in chief had earlier visited russia before traveling to ukraine, following his developments. hold a bell. how may joins us live now from borrowed. young can ne keith, what are you within that media contingent? what was happening and what did the un chief have to say? he actually just left board danica or route to pin and then he will head to boucher for a mass burial. now these are all towns north have keep about an hour drive from keep actually bird young to that, that were badly here. you can see just behind me these residential building completely charged and reduced to a car. now the secretary general was here briefly. he did speak, he did say that war and the 21st century was an absurdity. and he went on saying that he could imagine his grandchildren may be living in one

she and human al jazeera havana. now one of the holiest nights of the year in islam was being observed and occupied east jerusalem. earlier, there were an estimated quarter of a 1000000 worshippers at the alex, a moss for layla alcorda, which marks the 27th night of the month of ramadan. it follows his ready rage of the holy site on the killing of at least 17 palestinians in a crackdown across the occupied westbank. 2 of them in the last 2 days. stephanie deca as more of a multi bodies, jerusalem. it is the holiest night in the estimate calendar from muslims and a quarter of a 1000000 worshippers are now inside the compound, carrying out prayers. i'll let you had take your little closer. you can see the courtyard filmed, filled with worshippers. they are now going to be carrying out prayers throughout the night until sunrise, the lady at the others. you mentioned. there is the night that it is believed that the court on was revealed to the prophet mohammed by god. it's believed that the prayers that people's prayers

see a newman al jazeera havana. now fossils from a dinosaur that lived around 70000000 years ago have gone on display in argentina. these are the remains of that my at micro thorax, the mega raptor stood 10 meters high, weighed about 5 tons and had a blade like claws. the fossils were found in santa cruz province 2 years ago. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories that russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to more european countries are turning off the taps to poland and la guerria with their refusal to pain roubles. he says the kremlin is using energy to blackmail countries supporting ukraine. i.

i'm lucy and human in havana, cuba and coming up, i'll explain why a journey has begun. the 34 world carp is on its way to catherine book. your travel package to day. hello, whether let's rather disturb for japan over the next couple of days. that equals southern parson that sir rural break in the heat as this weather system makes its way through. but there's wriggling weather front, which extends all the way across into central parts of china. pulses some very heavy rain coming in across that initially across q shoot, running up towards tokyo, pushing a little further east was 19 celsius in tokyo, 8 or 9 degrees down on recent days. and so you're gonna notice something little fresh coming through, at least it will brighten up as we go on into sash. they make the most of that on the where sunshine at this stage. but the next pulse of heavy rain are still there across a central parts of china. we'll see that making his way a little further eastward. as we go on through the, we can see some heavy rain recently into southern parts of india and more so into worse for lanka.

after towing the captured spanish vessel to savannah, georgia mills sailed again for havana where the british assault began on june 8th after a horrific siege in which hundreds of soldiers died from combat while thousands died from heat yellow fever malaria gastrointestinal disorders and scarcity of drinking water the spanish commandant formally surrendered on august 14th. after the war captain mills returned to commerce sailing with his crew to dublin, ireland and to many north american ports including halifax, nova scotia, saint augustine, florida, new york city, newport, rhode island and boston, massachusetts. thus jeffrey brace became through no choice of his own a world traveler and cultural hybrid. he liked boston where he was allowed to rest for about two months while recovering from multiple wounds. he encountered a community of in his words free african descendants who appeared to be well contented in their situation. they showered him with questions and attention and brace found himself extremely anxious to remain in boston. a hub of both the slave trade and anti-slavery agi

she and human al jazeera havana. ah. this is out there and these are the top stories. russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to more european countries are turning off the taps to poland and bulgaria with their refusal to paint rubles. the u says the kremlin is using energy to blackmail countries supporting ukraine by the mayor. put in his claim that ukraine was pushed to crash with russia, and that moscow's reaction was just and fair.

awed by the spectacle of enormous navies, brace bore witness to the english capture of havana in the summer of 1762. a strategic port essential to the spanish power in the caribbean, havana was more strongly fortified than any other port in the americas. the british plan to attack it with a sea borne army of more than 20,000 men, including at least 500 free black men and 2,000 enslaved men from jamaica. thus brace joined thousands of african american impressed into military service. early in 1762, captain mills' vessel lost sight of the guide ship in a fog and was fired upon by a spanish vessel. during the ensuing battle, brace received five wounds and in the eyes of his captain, showed great courage. after towing the captured spanish vessel to savannah, georgia, mills sailed again for havana where the british assault began on june 8th. after a horrific siege in which hundreds of soldiers died from combat while thousands died from heat, yellow fever, malaria, gastrointestinal disorders and scarcity of drinking water, the spanish commandant formally surrendered on august 14th. after t

i got to see some of havana and i was ready to go home. hitchens was livid. he was, i know the walls are listening to me. denouncing the regime pacing about. he was reading a henry james book so, look, let's take a walk. follow us. he spent a lot of time setting up for the big interview and at that point he thought sean shouldn't have gone, that we were three musketeers, you stick with us. i kept saying, maybe they'll come back for us. maybe somebody will come. it was a good try and richens was angry at sean for going. and i remember flying home like they wouldn't talk and it was grim. >> we commercial flew out of havana, some to miami on some flight. we flew out of houston. there was nonstop houston to caracas. the oil industry still has a nonstop flight into venezuela. sean and hitchens are great friends. they more than patched up their difference. sean tried to live up to what he said he would do. you can't predict someone like fidel castro. fidel's friendship with marquez, the great novelist, and marquez used to keep a light on at night to let fidel know

i'm to see anyone in havana, cuba, and coming up. i'll explain why and and in sport a moment to forget for inter milan goalkeeper will tell you why this mistaken true, very costly for his side. ah hello, the weather remains remarkably troy across much of northern europe. no significant rainfall in the forecast. many northern areas as we go on through the next couple of days, high pressure remains in charge is quite a cloudy high, but not too much rain. coming out to that, there is an area of low pressure to know the passes scandinavia possibilities, some snow here, coastal impasse of norway and sweden, in larry of low pressure down towards black. see some wet weather coming in here. and we have got rain still lurking there across at east side of spain as showers will ease a little further east, which as we go on through the course of thursday, some wet weather still possible. he wanted to showers there into southern areas of france. here we go, it stays dry across england, while scotland into northern ireland and the republic of irel

see, and human al jazeera, havana. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to more european countries, are turning off the taps to poland and bulgaria over their refusal to paint rubles . the u says the kremlin is using energy to blackmail countries supporting ukraine by the mayor puts, in his claim that ukraine was pushed to crash with russia, that moscow's reaction was just and fair. speaking to politicians in saint petersburg, he warned that any country that interferes with russia's military campaign in ukraine were face immediate consequences or vietnam. if anyone would want to interfere with what's happening in ukraine now from the outside, they have to know rushes response will be swifter. i'm fascinated that we have all sorts of tools that the west cannot obtain p and we will not post of our weapons, but we will use them if need be. and i want everyone to know that would russian forces have continued to pound the last known stronghold of ukrainian troop

can't nagondo, conduct classical masterpieces in cooperation with deutsch havana. that was a i feel that something very visionary of m. deutsch. avella, as far as i know, something of the skills as i was his kind of historical had never really been done with so much visual or interviews and discussions about the composer. and until today, i haven't really seen anything but thing so ambitious as, as, as huge project. that even as you recall, some animation sectors were involved really free thinking very, a imaginative m explorations. the feeling within the orchestra was that this was an opportunity to explore at this time, new technology to try to reach millions of people and throughout the entire world. and that was what made the orchestra so excited about the project as, let's try to play for the international her audience, the international public that we can reach through too much of a classical masterpieces showcase 6 important symphonies by 6 master composers. one was johan has brahms at symphony number 4. ah ah ah, with 4th is symphony. i do have a personal r

can't nagondo, conduct classical masterpieces in cooperation with deutsch havana. that was a i feel her something very visionary of m deutsch. avella. as far as i know, something of the skills as i was his kind of historical had never really been done with so much visual or interviews and discussions about the composer. and until today, i haven't really seen any if, but thing so ambitious as, as, as huge project. that even as you recall, some animation sectors were involved really free thinking very, a imaginative m explorations. the feeling within the orchestra was that this was an opportunity to explore at this time, new technology to try to reach millions of people and throughout the entire world. and that was what made the orchestra so excited about the project as, let's try to play for the international her audience, the international public that we can reach through too much of a classical masterpieces showcased 6 important symphonies by 6 master composers. one was johan asked, but arms symphony number 4 ah ah ah with 4th is symphony. i do have a personal rel

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am lucy annual in havana? cuba and coming up, i'll explain why and find out why millions have hector is that the world's trains are in trouble. in sports news england have announced their new test cricket captain details coming up later with jam. ah, for the national strike is underway, insur lanka, as part of protest against the government's handling of a devastating economic crisis. ha, members of 500 different trade unions are marching across the capital, colombo opposition parties have organized sixties of protests across the country. sir lincolns had been dealing with shortages of fuel food and medicine for weeks. michelle fernandez is in colombo and she says the government must be feeling the pressure. there are certain signs that they're trying to sort of take measures and steps to respond to some of these both. we saw the government, the cabinets, step down, the president appoint an interim government then bring in an entire new cabinet of relatively young new faces. but it is not seem seeming to have

see and human al, jazeera havana. the fossils belonging to a dinosaur that lived around 70000000 years ago have gone on display in argentina. these are the remains of the map, macro fox, the mega rock, just of 10 meters high, weighed about 5 tons and had to blade like coals. the fossils are found in santa cruz province 2 years ago. now my beat chilled highlands west coast is back in the taurus business is called so popular. the holiday makers were banned 3 years to stop the environmental damage. but it's 20 chang reports. the success of that decision. a spoke to why did the base about marine conservation if i could stop the world and restart life, put the clock back. i think i'd restart like this. alex garland, author of the beach. the movie released in 2000 and starring leonardo dicaprio was filmed here at my bay and thailand. the flood of tourists that followed, caused huge ecological damage. let borne her before the government closed the bay. there was nothing left. but after a few years of closure, you see more re

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but if havana is a beautiful city because it's in disrepair. so you're kind of going back in time when you're there and that part of it was really interesting. you know, i was interested where theodore roosevelt's you know, famous, you know campaign and you know, he's they liked him in cuba about theater roosevelt because he was part of the cuban revolution the liberation from spain and then the bay of pigs they celebrate there. so it was very interesting educational journey for me. that's why i didn't care when way or another but yes, you're right. he was like, you know in the world of journalism like that. let's call the 60 minutes world. it's they always want to interview who they can't you know, who's hard to get to if you can get castro. it's big big catch. i mean i the pope or putin right now would be big to get if you could really have a real. interview with them, but they're hard to get to. you interviewed neil armstrong for how many hours we did a day and eight hour day and nasa regular work day and nasa and i've talked to you about be

like the thought businesses inside of havana also benefit from the service because puzzles can be sent out to. there are thousands of businesses inside put eyes up, ellis alone. the neighboring selling shop can deliver its goods faster and cheaper than before. thanks to the service. and that also increases sales, which brings more money into the villa and booth the local economy. i pleasure to connect him with dave lockhart before we'd have to take our road us to the post office 4 kilometers away from our shop. but i live pies to call me back today. things are much more convenient. how may of us man, thus online sales have increased because we can meet at lines. he assembly, when people place an order, they want to receive it quickly but, and now we can meet their expectations. so also we've really profited. it's made our work much easier to approximate. pardon us for about that 8 as the villa curry is now deliver all over the country and he's even had invitations from abroad to present his successful concept. he says this is about much more than puzzles. there were chava key a lot. i

we've got some wet weather here for havana. thunder. downpours in the forecast for you over the next several days. top end of south america. pulses of rain along the andes, stretching toward the southeast of brazil, weather alerts in play here. rio de janeiro, a yellow alert, potentially 50 millimeters of rain and sal paulo, an orange alert. you could scoop up to a 100 millimeters, but south of this, it's all about the sunshine in argentina, by it. blanca has a high, it's 20 degrees on thursday. that's a snapshot of your weather, c, cat, official airline of the journey. the race to succeed, that would be good to start to as president of the philippines is heading into it by no stretch struggling. what it's worth me, 7 years the country, it's desperate for solution. but what are the candidates offering and what direction will the philippines say on there? you leadership, special coverage on al jazeera, ah, a, a, with wherever you go in the world. well, my line goes to make it feel exceptional. katara always going places together. ah, to this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i'm molly inside.

another episode of the 77 percent this week we are in fin took in a me be a more specifically in havana, the informal settlement that you see behind me. and it's because statistically low income countries are more likely to experience that problem of early pregnancy or teen pregnancy as compared to high income countries. and particularly in this area, you can imagine that it's a serious problem. and that's why we're here and we want to find out, why does this problem exist? what are the consequences and what can we do to put an end to it? who better to answer these questions for me than some nubians. and we're going to begin with by grace she is actually looking very scared. right? i thought, but at the right, so by grace, you're a teen mom. and you made headlines, hey, namibia. because you actually got pregnant at the age of 14. can you tell me what happened? my parents had like a funeral of my grandmother in the go like big and for the village. but then when they found out that i had a quick friend, it's when they started asking me christians, they did just that having sex in all of i

all over this caribbean island, she and human al jazeera havana. the world's reptiles are in crisis with more than a 5th threatened with extinction. they include species alike, the komodo dragon. gallus taught us and the king cobra. that's according to a study from the us. scientists cited deforestation openings ation and hunting. as the main reasons climate change is also a factor. fossils belonging to a dinosaur that lived around 70000000 years ago have gone on display in argentina. these other remains of the maybe macro thorax, the mega rap tossed or 10 maiter's high weight about 5 tons and had a blade like claws of fossils were found in santa cruz province 2 years ago. ah, hello, are you watching out here? these are the stories were following the sour, the un secretary general is in ukraine and visiting towns where russia is accused of committing war crimes. antonio gutierrez, has destroyed, as observed, destroyed residential towers, and the site of mass graves is trying to secure humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. there is no way th

see and human al jazeera havana now fossils from a dinosaur that lived around 70000000 years ago have gone on display in argentina. these are the remains of that my at micro thorax, the mega raptor stood 10 meters high, weighed about 5 tons and had a blade like claws. the fossils were found in santa cruz province 2 years ago. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories that russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to more european countries are turning off the taps to poland and low guerria with their refusal to pain rubles, he says the kremlin is using energy to blackmail countries supporting ukraine. fatima putin has claimed that ukraine was pushed to crash with russia, that moscow's reaction was just and fair. speaking to politicians in saint petersburg, he warned that any country that interferes with russia's military campaign in ukraine, or face immediate consequences or the utmost if any one would want to interfere with what's happening in ukraine now from the outside, they have to know rushes response will be swifter and faster, so we have all sorts of tools that

host: connie is in havana, illinois on the independent line. good morning, connie.aller: good morning. i have never listened to your podcast because i don't listen to podcasts, but i like the name. it has been a long time since i read atlas -- since i read "atlas shrugged," but one paragraphs dichotomy. she wrote that the best way to silence someone is to make him feel guilty. if a man feels guilty, he won't fight back because he won't feel worthy. in the last few years, i have seen that happen a lot. if someone expresses an opinion, they're called a xenophobe, sexist, racist, etc. i wonder how you feel about that. guest: josh, what do you think. -- host: josh, what do you think? guest: name-calling is not productive. that is not advancing in the conversation in a sophisticated way. it is to be about ideas. it needs to be about respect and tolerance and that does not mean compromising one's core beliefs or conceding things. it just means being reminded and entering these conversations and baits in good faith. host: what you think about cancel culture and even the te

good and evil is the same thing and newark new jersey as pakistan or havana or anywhere else. it doesn't mean regimes will practice what is good. most don't but it's wrong to kill somebody if you killed and in france or kansas. why is that? because there is the internal truth and the ten commandments and all of this and the framers of the constitution believe that they never would have use the words nationalism or populism look at the construct of the country. is that populism is there democracy? the only direct about set up in the constitution is the house of representatives the senate was to be chosen or elected by the same legislatures the president of the united states and the vice president are directly elected as the electoral college coming between the people and those who are elected. we have lifetime appointed federal judges where is all the democracy and the constitution? why did they put it in there? why are they a populist? these are men who fought the american revolution at the same time watching the french revolution that was populism it turned into terrorism the

well, we'll see some thunderstorms in havana by saturday. i saw airways official airline. the john ah, all jazeera, with blue. my new son were both on before simon the coming to la jolla. we found out who lives in the country with who bought for the live in the con, the quote. so you will see that you thought your collector birby and i do as it goes to produce 1st. remember, coming to not pick up my my g r women a strong my, my jared on al jazeera. ah. ready a. ready a with wherever you go in the world. well, my line goes to make it feel exceptional. katara always going places to go. ah, this is al jazeera. ah. you're watching the news, our life from a headquarters in delphi, i'm dreading obligated. coming up in the next 60 minutes, russia accuses ukraine if across the border helicopter attack in the city of belgrade, an oil depot is set on fire, damaged and deserted. russia is seen withdrawing. more fits forces from areas north of chief, a 2nd.

shut down the processing of visas in havana and since then has not fulfilled its commitment to grantimum of 20,000 legal migrant visas to cuba. when you became like that during the years, up to understand there is the potential to migrate. if in addition to that, you apply against cuba and econic blockade, a maximumressure since 2019, then you have the perfect conditions, the perfect recipe for irregular migration to the united states, something cuba wants to avoid anwe understand the u.s. alsoants to avoid. it increases problems in countries concretes an incentive to use people -- not only by cubans but migrants and other nationalities that want to enter the united states. from other regions of the world. if u.s. politicians believe as they state to tackle migration come irregular migration, you need to address the economic conditions of the countries of orig, it is contradictory to the fact against cuba what is being applied is a policy of making life as diffilt as possible for the people of cuba, to diminish standard of living, to make them in many cases want to go to another coun