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Caitriona Perry speaks to President Noboa about the fight against international gangs

The US Justice Department has indicted Cuba's former leader, Raul Castro, on criminal charges. The allegations centre on a Cuban military offensive against US civilian aircraft in 1996. The planes were operated by an organisation called Brothers to the Rescue. were searching for people who wanted to leave the island, when they were shot down by the Cuban military, which was led by Castro at the time. We get the latest from the BBC’s Cuba correspondent.

Also on the programme: As the death toll from Ebola in the DRC rises, the World Health Organization says it could take up to nine months before a vaccine is made available;. we hear from the winner of this year’s International Booker Prize.

(Photo: Cuba's former President Raul Castro watches a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba 1st May, 2025. Credit: Reuters/Norlys Perez)

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