nominated the first presidential candidate outside the castro family and nearly sixty years miguel diaz canal will succeed outgoing leader raul castro are left in america to listen human reports from have a. tall serious efficient and above all discreet rising of the communist party's ranks from the bottom fifty seven year old. is making history he's done it in part by never ever having tried to outshine or question fidel castro as others once earmarked as their successes learned the hard way and i think they also feel. that he actually. as the communist party secretary of his home province of viet lauder the earned a reputation for being open minded. the include here is a hangout for young people including gays lesbians transsexuals and punks d.s. was by their side in the one nine hundred ninety s. when alternative lifestyles was severely frowned on. even after he rose to the top every time he came to santa clara one of the first things to do is come see us at the min he's the same unassuming humble person. maybe so but in most of cuba people know very little about the first man in six decad

cuba has a new president ending nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz canal was sworn in on thursday taking over from the eighty six year old raul castro a latin america editor lucien human reports from the cuban capital have. a historic moment without the storage shift chapter but with a similar script. under-supply was president raul castro passed on the baton to his chosen successor can is clearly not be governing alone. or going to the generational fidel and raul remains intact comrade army general role castro will remain the first secretary of the communist party and as such will lead the major decisions of our country now and in the future. the u.s. canel is a communist party cater cording to castro has passed all the tests of. loyalty to the cuban revolution. but the real end of the castro era will take another three years from. when the eight party congress and the gradual and orderly transfer of our main responsibilities is made to the new generations it is then my health allows that i will become just one more soldier along with the cuban people defending this revolution. o

cuba's parliament to braces a new era electing miguel diaz canal as its new president ending almost sixty years of castro family rule. the whole roman you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up u.s. president donald trump leaves open the possibility of bailing on a summit with north korea's leader kim jong un. also laying down their arms and leaving syrian rebels and their families prepared to evacuate a town near damascus after surrendering to government forces. also today the stark new warning that australia's great barrier reef will never fully recover from coral bleaching. back to the program we begin with breaking news coming out of cuba where a new political chapter is beginning after nearly sixty years of castro's family rule. where i don't say see until today. thanks. to replace six year old the whole castro transition while a historic shift from an era that started with. one nine hundred fifty nine revolution is not expected to hold sweeping changes for latin america editor lucien even joins me now from the cuban capital where the new president ha

i like always remaining flexible and will remain flexible here miguel diaz canal has been nominated by cuba's national assembly as the sole candidate for president first from outside the castro family in nearly sixty years m.p.'s have voted but the results won't be confirmed until first day that's when d.s. canal is expected to be sworn in as the six year old the old castro will stay on as head of the communist party gunmen have opened fire on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it's now unclear when the team will enter duma turkey will have presidential and parliamentary elections much earlier on june the twenty fourth initially the vote was scheduled for november next year the polls will be held under a state of emergency. orders signed a two and a half billion dollars deal with the u.s. for air defense technology military spending is that record levels during causes ong

the man to replace raul castro as president is the current vice president, miguel diaz canal. he's seen as being widely sceptical in the -- gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> thanks to gabe. >>> it is officially spring. check this guy out here. shirtless, no big deal. look at that. feel the dream, take off the shirt and make the warm weather will come. he's wishing this warm weather into existence. >> all right, one of thing we're talking about today is the potential for more fires, showed you the pictures from oklahoma. hopefully we won't see a repeat of that. it is possible to extreme risk of fires. ten million people at risk. rain and snow moving through areas of new england today. minor problems at the airport, not a lot of snow. the fact that you'll see flakes is annoying. if we get any syracuse, rochest buffalo, areas in south texas in the 80s. nice day from dallas to little rock. >> the upcoming weekend will feature a rainstorm, finally, not snow. >> all right bill, thank. >>> not so fast, the police pursuit gets messy and ends with a florida fuj tifr under arrest. a canine d

miguel diaz canal is the president for cuba taking over for 86-year-old raul castro who took office from his bother in 2016. raul castro will remain the head of cuba's communist party. >>> just over a week by making history to become the first senator to give birth in office, illinois senator tammy duckworth hit another milestone. the first senator to bring a baby on the senate floor. she cast a vote with her newborn by her side just days after the senate changed rules to allow infants on the floor during votes. >>> it's a boy again, for a family in michigan. they already had 13 sons and no daughters, when they welcomed baby boy number 14 this week. dad said earlier they would have loved a girl but now he's just happy everyone is healthy. by the way, the odds of having 14 boys in a row, since you asked, are less than .02%. we'll take a break. when we come back, how a police officer is using his viral fame for as a game-changer for those across the nation. those who serve is next. end gun violence.. how these teenagers are proving that they )re already a force to be reckoned with in polit

miguel diaz canal is a party loyalist a cautious choice for a cautious country and that appears to be exactly what the old guard wants. you know where is cuba headed tonight to talk about that i'm joined now by jorge dewani he is director of the cuban research institute at florida international university in miami and mr dorney it's good to have you on the day we don't really know much about this handle for how this handoff from the castro family to the new president came about we don't know much about the new president mr miguel diaz canel what does this dearth of information tell us when i think it's a better very deliberate strategy on the aren't. really elite in cuba as well as mr yes i mean he has been able to keep a low profile so far because i think he's learned a lesson well if you shine yourself too much on there in this particular type of government you probably will be shoved aside as many others have been so what we know so far about is going to is that he's a very well and efficient and straight or he has gone through the latter the company's party prosy and now he's reac

now after nearly six decades under the leadership of the castro's cuba got a new president miguel diaz canal was the man chosen to succeed raul castro would take a look now at his path to the top job on the caribbean island. a new chapter has opened in cuba as miguel de can nail was officially named the country's new leader on thursday with a final vote in cuba's national assembly it's the first time in nearly sixty years that cuba is being led by a man not named castro that gives us an idea of the magnitude of this change will have on the island the s.q.l. is fifty seven years old and wasn't even born when fidel castro led his revolution in cuba d.s. can now is definitely a product of his time he's in an electrical engineer by training and he followed every stepped within the party has appointed as minister for higher education before serving as vice president yes canel was selected as the unopposed candidate to replace weld castro and in his thirty minute speech he made it very clear that although changes are needed there will be no space for those who want to bring capitalism to cuba the

nominated the first presidential candidate outside the cast of family in nearly sixty years miguel diaz canal will succeed outgoing leader raul castro who will remain the communist party leader queen elizabeth as open the commonwealth heads of government meeting at buckingham palace leaders from fifty three mainly former british colonies representing one third of the world's population on their first time in more than two decades the u.k. is hosting the summit london is looking for new trade deals with commonwealth nations as a prepares to leave the european union cattery troops have been taking part in military drills in saudi arabia despite a major diplomatic rift saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut ties with eleven months ago choosing it of funding terrorism which qatar strongly denies the cattery defense ministry says the armed forces chief of staff attended the exercises closing ceremony at the invitation of the saudi counterparts inside story is coming up next. the united arab emirates is ending a military training program in somalia and closing a big hospital th

pos in the baton vote castro hands over cuba's presence in this miguel diaz canal and. it's a very province in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of people here since the beginning of the militia. did things like this. russia is denying us accusations that it's trying to delay international inspectors get into the site of a suspected gas attack in syria the team still waiting for access to the area and maybe a week after arriving as whole day on has the latest. access denied. right inspectors with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are on standby waiting to enter the area duma a visit to the site of the alleged chemical attack has been delayed for days the investigation stalled the white house says russia and syria are trying to buy time to tamper with evidence we believe it is an effort to conduct their own staged investigations russian officials have worked with the syrian regime we believe to sanitize the locations of those suspected attacks and remove incriminating evidence of chemical weapons use security concerns still be insp

president says he'll continue the socialist revolution often in the six decades of castro rule miguel diaz canal was sworn in on thursday sixty to eighty six year old raul castro did as well as the first cuban leader not to afford the nine hundred fifty nine revolution south korea's president says the north claims it will give up its nuclear weapons program without precondition of removing u.s. troops from the south the comments from n.j. in front of a warning from president donald trump that he'll walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful the meeting is expected next month or in. russia has denied accusations from the u.s. that it is trying to delay international inspectors getting to the site of a suspected gas attack in syria they're still waiting for access to the area in duma almost a week after they arrived more than forty people were reportedly killed in the alleged attack almost two weeks ago. it's absolute rubbish a lie that russia prevents inspectors from entering duma we don't know what made them think that from the beginning we were sincerely interested i

i like always remaining flexible and will remain flexible here miguel diaz canal has been nominated by cuba's national assembly as the sole candidate for president first from outside the castro family in nearly sixty years m.p.'s have voted but the results won't be confirmed until first day that's when d.s. canal is expected to be sworn in as the six year old role castro will stay on as head of the communist party gunmen have opened fire on a u.n. team in duma in syria forcing their withdrawal they were assessing if it's safe enough for investigators to examine the site of a suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it's now unclear when the team will enter duma . so he will have presidential and parliamentary elections much earlier on june the twenty fourth initially the vote was scheduled for november next year the polls will be held under a state of emergency. signed a two and a half billion dollars deal with the u.s. for air defense technology spending is that record levels during carter's ongoing gulf stando

and sam is a down this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up cuba after the castros miguel diaz canal is named as the only candidate to become the next president. health workers a stretch by the flow of injured from eastern syria's government accuses them of helping rebels plus i lift off. a new mission begins to find a planet doesn't support life. donald trump has threatened to cancel planned talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful the u.s. president and japan's prime minister both insists the pressure will remain on kim jong un until he ends his nuclear program committee how to report from west palm beach. as japanese prime minister shinzo off they wrapped up two days of meetings with u.s. president donald trump the parish reporters their relationship has never been closer. yet their summit held trunk's florida mara log zero resort was largely overshadowed by news that trump it once again sidelined america's top asian ally confirming he had sent his cia director mike pump ale to secretly lay groundwork for a meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il and in a m

in cuba miguel diaz a canal has been named as the sole candidate to replace outgoing president castro the national assembly is expected to officially elect dia's canal to need the country later be the first person from outside the caster family to need the country in sixty is opinion still divided as to whether he will be the right person to provide a much needed jolt to the country's economy. this modest home is where cuba's next likely president grew up it's in the roughest neighborhood of the provincial capital santa clara may go out yes canal is from a younger generation of leaders and advocates modernization he caught far more critical national media and defied the party's mainstream by backing an alternative cultural center. he was very visionary because well to support at that time. he came with a lot of innovative ideas like giving space to the l g b t community. it was rather marginalized. despite these efforts their concerns over how much the u.s. can now kind of complication many expect him to put an emphasis on continuity. that we know that his intelligence and his willing

continue the socialist revolution as the nation turns the page on nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz canal has been sworn in by m.p.'s in havana after all castro stepped down having completed ten years as president. is the first cuban leader born after fidel castro's nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to a fortunate him on the global to. the people's mandate given to this legislature is to ensure the continuity of the cuban revolution in a crucial and historic moment marked by advances in the development of our economic and social model perfecting and strengthening our work in all aspects of the life of the nation latin america editor lucien human has more from havana. this is indeed the beginning of a new era but it is not a game changer by any stretch of the imagination the new president. made that absolutely clear as he addressed the nation from this country's national assembly saying that role castro would remain not only at the helm of the communist party but that he would be in charge of all the major decisions that would all have to be vetted by president or t

cuba after the castros miguel diaz canal is named as the only candidate to become the next president. turkey's president calls snap elections in june nearly eighteen months ahead of schedule plus. lift off the space a new mission begins to find the planet that supports life. donald trump has threatened to cancel planned talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful the u.s. president and japan's prime minister both insist the pressure will remain on kim jong un until he ends his nuclear program. reports from west palm beach. as japanese prime minister shinzo off a wrapped up two days of meetings with u.s. president donald trump the parish reporters their relationship has never been closer. yet there some it held it trumps florida mara lago resort was largely overshadowed by news that trump it once again sidelined america's top asian ally confirming he'd sent his cia director mike pump ale to secretly lay groundwork for a meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il and in a matter of weeks he just left north korea i think great meeting with him and. have got along with h

cuba after the castro as miguel diaz canal is named as the only candidate to become the next president. and pockets of poverty more than a million nigerians are living in mud houses around one of the most modernized cities in africa. u.s. president donald trump has warned walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they are not fruitful meeting japanese prime minister. has confirmed cia director mike pompei was secretly went to pyongyang to meet kim jong un white house correspondent kimberly how could reports. as japanese prime minister shinzo ave wrapped up two days of meetings with u.s. president donald trump the parish reporters their relationship has never been closer. yet their summit held it trumps florida mara lago resort was largely overshadowed by the trumpet once again sidelined america's top asian ally confirming he had said his cia director mike pump ale to secretly lay groundwork for a meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il and in a matter of weeks he just left north korea and a great meeting with him in. hand got along with him really well really r

continue the socialist revolution as the nation turns the page on nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz canal has been sworn in by m.p.'s in havana after raul castro stepped down having completed ten years as president he has canal is the first cuban leader on up to fidel castro's nine hundred fifty five revolution and also the first not to a fortunate. among the global to. the peoples mandate given to this legislature is to ensure the continuity of the cuban revolution in a crucial and historic moment marked by advances in the development of our economic and social model perfecting and strengthening our work in all aspects of the life of the nation the iraqi government has launched as strikes against i still targets in syria prime minister hydrilla bodies office says iraqi fighter jets carried out a deadly raid against eisel fighters in a border area syrian an iraqi forces have driven eisel from nearly all of its previous territory meanwhile rebels in a syrian town near damascus agreed to hand in their weapons under a deal negotiated by russia the fighters into marriage being evacuated to re

cuba's national assembly elected miguel diaz-canal, ending six decades of rule by the castro family.still have to answer to raul castro, who will remain ahead of the communist party. m>> i don't think much will change. this man comes from the belly of the revolution, even though he was born a year after fidel castro took power in 1959, he has been a party operative all his life, rising through the ranks in a provincial area, and he was sort of hand-picked by raul castro and fidel castro, and has kept a low profile. i wouldn't expect a lot of change except the economy, because he will be forced to make change whether he wants to or not. the cuban economy is sputtering. last year, it only grew by .5%. so something is going to have to be done to attract foreign investment and begin to meet the needs of the people, who are becoming more and more frustrated. ♪ ♪ taylor: you're watching "bloomberg best." i'm taylor riggs. among the luminaries in economic and finance attending the imf world bank spring meeting in washington was former fed chairman alan greenspan. he sat down with tom keene,

members of the legislature voted to nominate first vice president miguel diaz canal as the president. hand picked citieser. the he must be approved by the assembly. results are expected tomorrow. castro who is 86 years old held the post since his brother fiddle who is now deceased resigned in 2008. diaz canal will be the first person outside the family to leads cuba since the communist takeover in 1959. >>> an island wide blackout hit puerto rico as the u.s. territory is still struggling to recover from hurricane maria seven months ago. the lights briefly went out in the middle of a ceremony to honor former major league baseball star roberto koemta. officials said it was caused when a excavator downed a transmission line. it could take 36 hours to flf restore power. >>> all fraternity and sororityy under expensing much cat cal poly. racially ins active behavior at the sig ma frernt. they suspended chi alpha after showing a member in black face and others dressed as gang members. prompted protests on campus. >>> breathing new life in old toys. the plan to make them new again. >>> plus

are sort of paving the way for a whole new private sector and looking outward and so i think miguel diaz canal at this point needs not only to continue the economic reforms that have been implemented but also speed up growth by letting the private sector turn itself outward as it's been doing the number of revolutionaries and leaders who have been surrounding the castros over the years is of course dwindling in the government now how do young people see the future of cuba. i think there is a sense of hope it's a very symbolic passing of the top of the torch to a new generation by castro to miguel diaz can now but i think that as far as political reform goes as was mentioned previously he isn't expected to implement any major reforms but i do see the cuban population increasingly connected creasing lee looking to relations with the west and with the united states and its tourism increases i think these these new private sector players will be looking for change and so the next generation of leaders is really poised to rise although i don't see that anything major happening in the short term per

continue the socialist revolution as the nation turns the page on nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz canal has been sworn in by m.p.'s and how vanna to raul castro stepped down having completed ten years as president of canal is the first cuban leader born after fidel castro's nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to a fortunate. him on the globe the way he loves the people's mandate given to this legislature is to ensure the continuity of the cuban revolution in a crucial and historic moment marked by advances in the development of our economic and social model perfecting and strengthening our work in all aspects of the life of the nation. that america had a silly scene human joins us now from havana so continuity or change what sort of president is expected to be. hello mary and look first of all i think it's very very important to keep in mind that while the castro era seems to be ending it's really not over yet and that was made very very clear both by the escamilla and raul castro at the national assembly today rone castro will stay on not only as the leader of the

[laughter] miguel diaz canal took and we arersday, looking at worsening relations with president trumpconomically, what are you expecting for cuba? economically cuba is passing through a difficult time. for two or three years, there message to the cuban population to prepare yourselves for another special period, referring to the time in the early 90's and the decade of the 90's after the fall of the soviet union went to but really fell out of what was the second world communist fear, led by the soviet union, and into a condition of a poor and developing country. with the openings that have taken place in cuba -- internal structuring of the cuban economy ashtead have been opportunities, no doubt, for some cubans to get ahead. nevertheless, the macroeconomic outlook for cuba is very difficult. the american embargo continues to stifle economic growth to impede economic growth, and at the same time, cuba is looking for and has found other investors and backers in other countries. we can think of brazil for example, venezuela, up until a year and a half ago was also a big backer. china is

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

revolution after nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz kinetics was sworn in on thursday he succeeds eighty six year old raul castro diaz canal is the first given needed not to have pulled in the one hundred fifty nine revolution south korea's president says the north claims it'll give up its nuclear program without a precondition of removing u.s. troops from the south the comments from me in the follow a warning from president trump that he's prepared to walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they're not truthful the meeting is expected let's month or in early june. russia has denied accusations from the us that is trying to delay international inspectors from getting to the site of a suspected gas attack in syria they say waiting for access to the area in duma almost a week after they arrived all of the forty people were reportedly killed in the alleged attack she. was going to use to sleep. it's absolute rubbish a lie that russia prevents inspectors from entering duma we don't know what made them think that from the beginning we were sincerely interested in sending o.p.c. w. inspectors there we made public state

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

. >>> miguel diaz-canel is now officially the new president of cuba. daez canalook the stage before the members of assembly voted to install hip outgoing president raul castro gave him a hug and thrust his arm in the air in the speech 57-year-old diaz-canel led will pledged to led the socialist rufrlgs gun by castro. >> the senate today narrowly confirmed president trump's choice of a tea party congressman to run nasa. senators voted 50 to 49 to confirm oklahoma republican james brine stein it's an unprecedented party line vote for the head of the non-partisan agency. he was surprised for his experience as a naval pilot. >>> illinois exact tammy indulge duck workt becoming the first senator to a infant on the senate floor. her colleagues greeted her and her one-month-old daughter with a round of applause. her vote came one day after the senate unanimously change longstanding rules to allow children under a year onto the floor during votes. >>> lyft making changes to east the carbon footprint. well tell kwhau they are doing. >>> plus the earth day celebration and

not castro president miguel diaz condell was sworn in today and he promised to uphold the legacy of the country's revolution which was first led by fidel castro six decades ago the canal is the hand-picked successor to outgoing leader raul castro and critics are warning that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. handing over the presidency but not complete power after almost sixty years of rule by the castro brothers cuba has a new leader mikhail diaz can now promised outgoing president raul castro and the national assembly that he would carry on the socialist revolution. i assume the responsibility for which i have been elected with the conviction that all the cuban revolutionaries from whichever position we hold we will be faithful to the legacy of the commander in chief fidel castro ruz historic leader of the revolution and also to the values and teachings of general raul castro ruz. the outgoing president will remain head of the communist party for another three years consolidating his own power but the eighty six year old told the party faithful that he sees d.s. canal as his eventual successor so he's two years younger than you

a short time ago miguel diaz-canel said he could only promise to continue the work of the revolution, and castro told the assembly he expects miguel die yez canalive year terms. this is a man is who is an electrical engineer. been a bureaucrat and has toed the party line for several decades. he had been an advocate an advo several reforms, for example, bringing internet access to the island. but the vent statements, he's towed the party line and talked about continuism and towing the fine line. many experts believe there won't be a sweeping political change here on this island. stephanie? >> there's been a lot of challenges with the economy in cuba. the average salary is about $30 a month. what is expected to happen now? certainly, after the obama administration sort of lifted restrictions on cuba and they re-imposed some of them. what does the future look like in cuba? >> reporter: yeah, that's the question. many young people have questions about that, ali. as you mentioned back in 2014, president obama said he wanted to restore diplomatic ties here. the trump administration rolled back some of those last year. and just a short time after that

miguel diaz canelo as the sole candidate to replace outgoing president while castro the body is now poised to officially elect the fifty seven year old. as the country's new leader on wednesday evening. on the canal is castro's hand-picked successor and he is a long serving member of the communist party opinion is divided on whether he will bring great change to the country. this modest home is where hubris next like the president grew up it's in the roughest neighborhood of the provincial capital santa clara may go out yes canal is from a younger generation of leaders and advocates modernization he calls phone not critical national media and defied the party's mainstream by backing an alternative cultural center. despite these efforts their concerns of the how much the u.s. can now kind of come pledge many expect him to put an emphasis on continuity. cuba's opposition is calling for stronger reforms to lift the majority of the population out of poverty row castro's modernization efforts have borne mixed results so far the cuban government reorganized thousands of state companies in twenty eleven to make them more competitive despite those good intentions production quotas centralized planning an

socialist revolution after nearly six decades of castroville miguel diaz of alice sworn in on thursday he succeeds eighty six year old raul castro diaz canal is the first cuban leader not to have fought in the nineteen fifty nine revolution. south korea's president says the north claims it will give up its nuclear program without a precondition of removing u.s. troops from the south the comments from mungy and follow a warning from president donald trump that he would walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful the meeting is expected next month or in early june. russia has denied accusations from the u.s. that it's trying to delay international inspectors get into the site of a suspected gas attack in syria the o.p.c. w.-a still waiting for access to the area and almost a week after they arrived more than forty people were reported killed in the alleged attack nearly two weeks ago and. it's absolute rubbish a lie that russia prevents inspectors from entering duma we don't know what made them think that from the beginning we were sincerely interested in sending o.p.c. w. inspectors there we made public statements

in time, the aljaz canal must demonstrate to the cuban people that he has his own plan to deal with the ailing economy. —— miguel diazome saw as a sign of intent. 0f which some saw as a sign of intent. of course, there are decisions which he will consult with raul castro, but raul castro does not like to be consulted much. he believes in people doing theirjob. and miguel diaz—canel does that. people doing theirjob. and miguel diaz-canel does that. this handover has been long and drawn out. replacing one staunch revolutionary for another might not seem like much, but the end of raul castro's presidency is a shift for many cubans, who just want to see the pace of change pick up. will grant, bbc news, havana. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: just why is stella mccartney telling the fashion industry to clea n up up its act? the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high, the school sealed off and the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. some places and have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for milli

revolution after nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz was sworn in on thursday he succeeded raul castro who stepped down after. ten years as president diaz canal is now the first cuban leader not to have forty in the nine hundred fifty nine revolution he was born after fidel castro took power let's go live now to the cuban capital of van and speak to our latin america editor lucy newman so on the one hand there is change it's the end of an era but on the other hand it stability in a business as usual in cuba today yes absolutely raul castro is leaving the presidency but he's not going very far at all in fact he's going to remain as the head of the cuban communist party for three more years and more than that as the canal himself underscored when he made his first speech to the nation shortly after taking over the presidency he said that all the most important decisions that will be made in cuba from now on will have to be vetted by raul castro so clearly he is going to co-manage this transition is going to be a slow transition i would say that rather than turning off the lights on the castro era what was seeing is a slow dimming of them ninete