there would have been staff inside that hotel. there would have been people passing through the streets in that area. thankfully, there was a school behind the hotel. we were told that everybody was evacuated safely from the school. but yes, a very, very serious accident in the cuban capital. the saratoga hotel is really very, very well known in havana. i mean, basically, everybody will know it. it was a point where, for example, a lot of celebrities would go when they visited havana during the recent thaw between the 0bama administration and cuba. there s been all manner of different tour groups coming through over the years. press conferences with us senators i ve been to in that hotel. it s a very, very well known focal point in that area for tourism. and as you said in your introduction, the colonial era, old havana district, a lot of crumbling buildings around that. so, of course, an explosion of this nature could have an effect on some of the surrounding buildings, too.
press conferences with us senators i ve been to in that hotel. it s a very, very well known focal point in that area for tourism. and as you said in your introduction, the colonial era, old havana district, a lot of crumbling buildings around that. so, of course, an explosion of this nature could have an effect on some of the surrounding buildings, too. the united states says it believes north korea may be preparing a nuclear test within the next few weeks its first in five years. a state department spokeswoman said north korea had been making its puungayree nuclear test site ready for such a test. 0ur north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. there have been lots of tests since january but as i say, the first nuclear bomb, if this is the case, in five years? that s