We have lots to get through. Tom International Relations is front and center. The moment as the president travels to havana. For those of us of an older vintage, it was a immense tension with cuba and russia. Ofs is a really big deal people of a certain vintage. Francine this goes back to the president saying the last 50 years of isolation was not good. Lets get to the news with vonnie quinn. Vonnie thank you so much. North korea has testfired a missile into the sea. South korea says the regime launched five shortrange missiles. The Un Security Council has sanctions to push north korea for another Missile Launch and a nuclear test. The historic meeting between president obama and raul castro. Firstama has become the u. S. President in 88 years to visit cuba did he will take them tell them to seize the opportunity to expand human rights and economic access. David cameron had his economic minister quit. Theaid he cannot support policies. Turkey is blaming the Islamic State for the fourth
It is now 100 years since drugs were first banned in the United States, and i went on a journey to figure out why they were banned in the first place what caused this addiction and what are the alternatives, and what i discovered is almost everything we need we think we know about the subject is wrong. Johann hari on the first and last days of the war on drugs from the governments targeting of Billie Holiday to new efforts to decriminalize all drugs. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Islamic State has released a video showing a captured jordanian Fighter Pilot being burned alive inside a cage. First lieutenant moa alkasasbeh was captured in december when his f16 crashed in Northern Syria during an airstrike as part of the u. S. Led campaign against the Islamic State. Speaking before the video was confirmed, obama said it would only increase u. S. Efforts against the Islamic State. I do not know the de
At home, setting up a battle on capitol hill with republicans over spending. We will spend to economist dean baker. Then to chasing the scream. it is now 100 years since drugs were first banned in the United States, and i went on a journey to figure out why they were banned in the first place what caused this addiction and what are the alternatives, and what i discovered is almost everything we need we think we know about the subject is wrong. Johann hari on the first and last days of the war on drugs from the governments targeting of Billie Holiday to new efforts to decriminalize all drugs. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Islamic State has released a video showing a captured jordanian Fighter Pilot being burned alive inside a cage. First lieutenant moa alkasasbeh was captured in december when his f16 crashed in Northern Syria during an airstrike as part of the u. S. Led campaign against the Islamic
Good evening. We begin with the latest diplomatic efforts to diffuse tensions in ukraine. Angela merkel has been speaking by telephone to the russian president to voice a great concern over the situation and also to urge the implementation of a deal that was signed in geneva. The ukrainian Prime Minister accused moscow of trying to start a third world war. Ukrainian special forces set up checkpoints a few kilometers from slaviansk. They know look poised to retake the town. A few kilometers down the road, militants manning their own say they will not be scared off. The kiev government is a game. They are sending troops to exterminate their own people. I want to bloody the peaceful people. That is why we will stay here and fight for justice. A france 24 so heavily armed team saw heavily armed troops just a kilometer away from the border. The acting president has said russia wants to start world war iii. It is clear that russia wants to wreck the elections so that ukraine will not have a
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