This is inside story from Al Jazeera America, im ray suarez in washington. During the height of the cold war, cuba was frozen outs but the world kept changing. The soviet union assess assess ceased to exist. One thing didnt change, cuba still wasnt welcome and it was becoming a sore spot in bilateral relations, didnt want to see cuba kept in permanent pariah status. 2014, president obama announces a major change in step. President raul castro was among heads of state participating in the hemisphereic confab, and cuba well be removed from the list of state sponsoring terrorism. Saturday president obama will meet with raul castro, the first u. S. Cuba summit in more than 50 years. Cuba ton way back but not all the way back this time on the program. Well begin this inside story at the summit with peter corncornblue, director of the National Security archive in washington. Welcome to inside story, peter. Is this kind of the last chapter of the cold war that were watching here . Well were w
Rejects International Pressure to involve the u. N. A Russian Shopping Center where he could by fire. Many are still trapped under the rubble. The conflict in syria began with peaceful protest now four years later is a grinding civil war. The u. N. Is tasked with protecting the most vulnerable, civilians, however, 21 leading aid agencies say the Aid Organization has failed to do its job. One instance of this is in aleppo. Activists say the Syrian Regime is still dropping barrel bombs on residential communities. They kill indiscriminately. They are one of the many reasons syria has become a broken nation. Al jazeeras diplomatic editor james bays reports. Four years ago no one could have maam would the scale of this tragedy. The figures are staggering, theres been no actual body count, but its estimated as many as 300,000 syrians are dead. Many have fled. 3. 8 million of refugees. That figure, the main contributor to the fact there are now more displaced people in the world than at any t
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Deal or no deal a powerful man in iran takes his silence on the nuclear deal and takes a hard line. The u. S. Is not backing down erasing the past as monuments to colonial leaders come down South Africans look to the future lethal weapons that function autonomously. Human Rights Groups target killer robots saying the risks outweigh the rewards. Good evening, im antonio mora. Im barbara. We begin with the summit of the americas. President obama arrived in pan ma an hour ago. The historic gathering is bringing together the leaders of cuba and the u. S. For the first time in more than half a century. It could see a breakthrough in relations between the countries. A major issue is whether cuba will be removed at a terror list. President obama today hinted at a change in cubas status. Its a powerful tool to isolate the countries that genuinely do support terrorism, when we make the designations we have got you will strong evidence that thats the case. As circumstances change that list will
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