they got closer to cuba. on wednesday russia s defence ministry said two of the vessels are carriers of advanced weapons, including hypersonic zircon missiles. they conducted drills earlier in the atlantic. but cuba s foreign ministry says none of those ships are carrying nuclear arms, and that russia s five day visit does not pose a threat to region. this all comes as cuba s foreign minister bruno rodriguez and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, met in moscow. live now to the bbc s central american and cuba correspondent will grant. good to see you. what are cuban officials are saying about this? ., ., ., ., , this? you have heard that they are at pains this? you have heard that they are at pains to this? you have heard that they are at pains to stress - this? you have heard that they are at pains to stress there - this? you have heard that they are at pains to stress there is i are at pains to stress there is no threat to the region by these naval exercises. it is a
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Blogs in iran and you want to be al jazeera news our life my headquarters in doha in this sixty minutes we have teens in kabul on the turkey syria border also reporters everybody germany and in harare zimbabwe also escaping the gunfire at a luxury hotel in kabul six civilians are dead the taliban has claimed responsibility. Also turkish troops launching air and ground attacks against kurdish fighters in northern syria. And defending Donald Trumps israel policy shift the u. S. Vice president is in jordan on the second stop of his middle east. And our top story in force rappler a taliban says to the quarter finals of the australian it was straight forward for the brown family. Good to have you with us welcome to the news hour we start in south asia where the taliban has claimed responsibility for an overnight attack at the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital kabul the siege began when a gunman stormed the building on saturday night six civilians were killed along with five attackers du
So raw and youre watching the aljazeera news our live wire quarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes Turkish Forces launch an offensive against the Northern Syrian enclave of african and warn that a larger city of month beach is next. Also a siege at a major kabul hotel leaves at least fifteen people that. Refugees say theyre feeling pressurised to return to me and far too soon. For the sport to the big names in tennis acted out for a place at the Australian Open puerto finals but rockwell a dallas already three and that was far from straightforward for the world number one. Could have you with us welcome to the aljazeera news hour turkey has begun its ground assault on a kurdish enclave in Northern Syria now the campaign is aimed at freeing its held by a kurdish y. P. Chief old. Says who are backed by the u. S. But considered to be terrorists by turkey tanks are moving across the border aimed to carve out what turkey calls a thirty kilometer safety zone that follows a