Elections. A new chapter for u. S. Cuban relations. And a love affair with the shanghai circuit for Lewis Hamilton. And headlines at the masters rewriting the history books at augusta we begin in yemen, where the saudiled stepped up air strikes in and around the capital sanaa. Military installations are the recent targets. Its 17 days since the operation against Houthi Rebels began. Gerald tan has the latest. There has been no let up in the fighting. The war in yemen is in its 17th day and the frontline is unclear. In the neighbourhood of aden witnesses speak of street battles between supporters of embattled president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi, and houthi fighters. The houthis are the target of an intense campaign by a Saudiled Coalition. Yesterday there were fighting. The coalition released military pictures which it says shows the bombing of a sports statium in aden, used as a houthi ammunition store. Translation the use of schools, stadiums and civilian installations is evidence of the
House. We look at some potential pitfalls. In tonights a deeper look, as the war spreads we look at the growing humanitarian crisis from the middle east to africa and beyond great to have you with us. We begin with ha president obama calls on historic era, an openness with cuba. President obama sat with a one on one meeting. Its the first time any u. S. President has officially met with a cuban leader in five years. In a News Conference the president says he knows he has to make his case on cuba to congress. There is majority support for our policy in the United States and support for our policy in cuba. I think people recognise that if you keep on doing something for 50 years and it doesnt work you should try something new. So the American People dont need to be persuaded that this is in fact the right thing to do. I recognise that theres concerns and questions that congress may have. We have concerns and questions about specific activities that take place in cuba and human rights and
Close a refugee camp giving half a million Somali Refugees three months to lead and we met the best teacher in the world. U. S. President obama says his meeting with cuban president raul castro could be a turning point in u. S. Relations with cuba and the region meeting on saturday at the summit of americas and panama as the first formal talks between the leaders of the two countries in two decades. Lucia newman has more from pan ma city. Reporter it was the summit of profound symbolisms in panama whose country connects two oceans, half a century divide between communist cuba and the United States began to heel. We continue to make promise to establish diplomatic relations, and i call on congress to work to lift the embargo thats been in place for decades. Immediately after cubas president recalled u. S. Attempts to overthrow his government as he briefed his peers, for the First Time Since the 1959 cuban revolution. Trnchts forgive me passion flows when i think about a resolution. I ap
Hearings, there are many experts who would contend the complexity of the geopolitics that led to the u. S. Retreat from europe created an opening for putin and the ukraine. Clearly we must closely coordinate with our european friends for the sanctions against russia to work but i think without any doubt we can all agree on one point and that is that the United States must take the lead. I believe the administration the legislation passed with unanimous consent in both houses of congress. It authorized the president to provide much needed military and humanitarian aid to ukraine and imposes additional sanctions against russia. This legislation was necessary in december. And it is certainly necessary today. Now, we all want a diplomatic solution. But this can only come about when at the cost of continuing to ravage ukraine is simply too high. Providing nonlethal equipment like night vision goggles is all well and good. Giving ukrainians the ability to see russians coming, but not the wea
It comes back operationally, we do tolerate failure. The first thing in the field, this is not a zero mentality. People make mistakes. Theres fog and friction and we reward innovation and i think it exists. Constitutional ly institutionally, its a little harder. But in the acquisition realm the processes are not they grind on so its not that they dont reward innovation. Its that innovation and new ideas dont naturally arise from it because theres a risk aversion. Everybody wants a piece of it, they want to add their requirement to it. Its hard to get the process right. Intellectual intellectually, you read other things, you read small wars journal, every major interesting piece that are at odds often with what the secretary and the chief are saying. Thats a great thing. And the army has this incredible ferment. Do those people stay in the army . Are they punished for . I never really sayee that. The army is a culture, and so i have no doubt we have certain cultural biases. We try to no