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fabrica de arte, the hottest spot in havana. a nightclub, performance space, art gallery, highlighting artists, musicians and deejays from around the world. questlove is scheduled to deejay here tomorrow night. >> inti: it's like a big bag that all the arts can fit inside. >> anthony: what is going on here? i asked inti herrera and x alfonso, two of the young entrepreneurs behind the place. nothing like this ever existed before. did the government bureau of arts help you? >> inti: at the beginning, we had subsidies from the ministry of culture. even the building, we asked for the building, because it was abandoned for 30 years. >> anthony: the place is very popular. >> inti: right now, yes. >> anthony: who comes here? >> inti: these people that love art, but at the same time, it's very diverse. >> anthony: it attracts a once unthinkable mix of foreigners and locals, that enjoys the actual support of the government. without whom, of course, it couldn't exist. >> inti: our chef here, is part of the art world, you know, here. >> an

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havana's streets hava na's streets resemble havana's streets resemble canals. forfamilies from havana's streets resemble canals. for families from its havana's streets resemble canals. forfamilies from its poorest neighbourhoods the situation is becoming desperate. when hurricane irma came crashing into the island she brought rains and storm surges that flooded entire city blocks. cuba's picturesque capital that flooded entire city blocks. cu ba's picturesque capital today that flooded entire city blocks. cuba's picturesque capital today a city of delft trees and debris. power's out across havana, complicated and the cleanup operation and people are coping as best they can. cubans are thankful to have avoided the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean, but the damage to property and livelihoods here has been huge. irma may have knocked cuba's economies just as hard as she hit its coastline. and hit it she most certainly didn't. for almost two days hurricane irma crept along cuba's northern shore, thrashing everything in its path, from tiny fishing village

na-na ♪ ♪ my heart is in havana my heart is in ♪ havana ooh na-na >> this is america. the america we love, where no matter your race, your color, your beliefs or where you came from, if you have a dream, you can make it possible. ♪ havana ooh na-na [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause ] >> we are back with more music from camila cabello. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> we're back. and we're happy to have camila cabello on our concert stage. you need to learn how to move a little bit. >> i'll work on it. >> she just performed "havana." her debut solo album will be out later this year. we f you. fift times. >> you knew me when i tripped walking. do you remember that? there was a gif. there's a gif of me coming out this way and tripping when i was like 16 years old. >> i feel like a little pride. here you are. you're headlining your own show. you have a packed plaza. >> i feel amazing. i don't have words to say thank you to all of you guys who woke up so early to see me today. my fans are just the best because i feel like they k

let's look at the havana times. florida is reacting differently to many of the caribbean island, depending on how wealthy they are, their resources, their preparation, except for. most of these islands are not wealthy, their buildings are old. but they are familiar with hurricanes. they are, and how long it takes to recover, we have this story in the havana times about what devastation has been brought the ce ntre devastation has been brought the centre of old havana, many streets still flooded a much according to these partial collapses. apparently people are most concerned about the banning of rum! people stopped up on rum!i banning of rum! people stopped up on rum! i love that. all of the facts they said look, here it is, we definitely are doomed, we may as well party. that's right, exactly. keep the rum flowing! it is like medicine for your pain, an ironic line here from the journalists, he says now the damage from irma will be added to the blockades struck over the next few years to justify any and all of our m

havana's streets hava na's streets resemble havana's streets resemble canals at the moment after hurricane irma brought this storm surge over the sea brought this storm surge over the sea wall that you can see at the end of the street. that is havana's famous seafront boulevard. it has brought all of this storm water right to this point. it must be thrilled four blocks away from the sea thrilled four blocks away from the sea wall. people are beginning to emerge from their houses, and checking on their neighbours, beginning the clean—up operation. obviously the emergency services already here, the red cross, military, the police, so there is quite a big state presents already. we saw them take away a body in a body bag from but we don't know the details of what happened there. by and large there has not been the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean, that much we do seem to know. but this has been very painful for cuba, in terms of poverty, damage to property and damage the livelihoods. it seems irma may have knocked cuba's livelihoods. it seems irma may have knocked cu ba's econom

will grant reporting from havana. engineers have now completed work on the airport runway in the british virgin islands to allow the first aid flights to land there. pippa mann headquarters will also be set up. so michael fallon, the defence secretary, said operations are now well under way. we have two to three flights going out each day bringing more troops and engineers, medical support, pallets of aid and additional civilian police and helicopters to make sure that the aid can be properly distributed around the islands. the relief operation now is well under way. sir michael fallon, the defence secretary. and there is plenty more on hurricane irma on our website, bbc.co.uk/news. just a line breaking news coming into us here. this is about two men arrested by police officers from the west midlands police counterterrorism unit on suspicion of terrorism offences and suspicion of terrorism offences and suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation, national action, contrary to the terrorism act. we are hear

our correspondent, will grant, is in cuba's capital, havana. he's been assessing how the country has been coping. well, it has been an extraordinary experience being in cuba during hurricane irma and now it is reaching, it has reached, havana. this is the bbc havana bureau and i'm speaking from inside because we simply can't go outside any longer. we're boarding in the building. miraculously we still have electricity but much of the rest of the building does not have any of that. as you can see behind me, the window is flexing with the winds that are buffeting the city and it is raining very, very hard out there. that, of course, is nothing in comparison to what cubans further east on the island have already experienced. these are just the last vestiges, really, of hurricane irma as she moves out of cuban territory and into clear water between cuba and the united states before making landfall in florida. but we are still feeling the effects of the sheer magnitude of this storm. out east along the northern coastal zone, whole villages were hit v

embassy in havana now all non-emergency personnel assigned to the u.s. embassy in havana as well as family members have been ordered to depart cuba routine these operations are suspended indefinitely the decision is not being described as a retaliatory measure against cuba the state department says it's about ensuring the safety of personnel are right in the trump administration though has still accused cuba of failing to protect u.s. diplomats as required under the vienna convention is the castro government still being blamed in some way. well the state department expelled two cuban diplomats from washington in august when the attacks first made headlines but as the investigation has moved along u.s. fingerpointing appears to have seized according to reports u.s. officials do not believe the cuban government is behind the attacks today the state department said it has not ruled out the possibility of a third country carrying out the attacks but right now no one appears to have a definitive answers on the cause or source or ways to mitigate exposure the

embassy in havana, if there isn't clarification on who is carrying out accusic attacks in havana. certainly, it is an escalation of the worsening relations between havana and the united states. they think there are attacks from a mystery sonic weapon, that caused physical harm to them, everything from nausea, to headaches, to concussion-like symptoms. the cuban government has denied any role in these attacks. has allowed the fbi to come to investigate. it's uncertain who is carrying out these alleged attacks and why. but u.s. officials claims they don't believe that cuba knows as little as they are saying. to happen in havana, under the eyes of the cuban government, is very unlikely. they are pressing havana for answers. while the cuban government would like the story to go away, that seems unlikely. the united states wants to know who is behind the attacks and why. patrick oppmann. >> patrick, thank you for the report. >>> smatars of the small screen came together for the emmy awards. and this year's show was one for the history books and served up a few surprises, as well. detai

barbara plett usher reports, bbc news, havana. someone from a group that specialises in connecting us and cuban specialises in connecting us and cu ban citizens spoke specialises in connecting us and cuban citizens spoke to us earlier about the impact this decision might have on relations between the two countries. on the surface this is incredibly alarming. there are some things that will cause problems between the us and cuban people. a travel advisory could affect us travellers going to cuba, which i think is warranted. there's zero risk for us travellers. it continues to be one of the safest places in the world, so that's com pletely places in the world, so that's completely unnecessary and out of context. and then with a scaling back of the us embassy, we've already heard from countless cubans who are going to not be able to come and visit their family members who are going to not be able to come and visit theirfamily members in the united states. i guess you have knowledge into the more personal stories of cubans and america

those pictures just in from havana. and just a note from the caribbean we are hearing from the dutch prime minister that the death toll on the dutch side of st martin after irma past has risen to four. officials in mexico say at least 90 people are now known to have died in thursday's earthquake — the strongest the country has seen in a century. more than 70 people have been killed in the south—west state of uichitan. hundreds of families have reportedly been camping in the streets, afraid of the dangers of aftershocks. aaron safir reports. clearing the rubble injuchitan in southern mexico, the town worst hit by thursday's earthquake. rescuers have told the bbc they don't believe there is anyone left under the 7,000 buildings that collapsed here. and while the machines, men and sniffer dogs continue their work, others continue to bury their dead. at least 36 people are reported to have been killed here. among them, this man's son. translation: he didn't have time to get out and the building completely collapsed. it

it's now heading for havana. even the places that were supposed to serve as safe havens are now feeling the impact. 6.3 million people have been ordered to leave their homes. a day of national mourning in mexico after the deadliest earthquake in 80 years. also in the programme: what lies at the bottom of this tomb? we'll have more on a 3,000 year old discovery in egypt. hello and welcome to world news today. hurricane irma is battering the northern coast of cuba, lashing towns and villages in its path with strong winds and heavy rain. many areas in the central region have lost power and flooding is expected as far west as the capital, havana. one million people, nearly a tenth of the population, have been evacuated. these pictures show the eye of the hurricane as seen from a plane flying over the storm. 0ur correspondent will grant is in havana with the latest on the situation. cu ba ns cubans had hoped they would avoid the worst of hurricane irma, but they had no such luck. with the full force of a category five

our correspondent will grant is in havana with the latest on the situation. cubans had hoped they had avoided the worst of the hurricane. they had no such luck. with the full force of a category five storm, the hurricane entered through the island's northern shore. the storm surge almost completely engulfing several small fishing villages. electricity and communication links are out across swathes of the country. some communities along the coast are wondering how they will ever rebuild, others are bracing themselves for irma's impact. even in the big cities, people are getting nervous. translation: i'm really worried. my home is not in a good state so i hope the hurricane stays away and moves out to sea. translation: it is one of the bigger storms we have ever seen so we have to get ready. as hurricane irma rumbles along the coast of cuba, even those places that were supposed to serve as safe havens, such as the capital havana, are now under hurricane warning. and for the many thousands who evacuated here, they hope they still have homes to return to. cuba wa

havana's streets resemble a river. officials in mexico say that 90 people are now known to have died on thursday's earthquake. a bbc investigation discovered that the bodies of more than 400 children could be buried in a mass grave close to an orphanage in lanarkshire. chris froome wins the prestigious lab welter cycling race, and becomes only the third man to win that and the tour de france in the same year. —— la vuelta. the governor of florida is warning that the entire west coast of the state is at risk of major storm surges as it is battered by hurricane irma. overi million homes and businesses in southern florida are without power and thousands of an storm shelters. irma moved in after causing widespread damage in cuba. it slipped through coastal resorts and tourist resorts, flooding many areas. extreme winds and storm surges continued as the hurricane travelled on, hitting the florida keys. now the city of tampa is in its path. miami is experiencing intense winds and flooding. our 0ur correspondence our corr

you say this is a havana frozen in time? >> havana frozen in time. >> reporter: what time? >> pretty much from '59 and back. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: following the revolution castro's government seized private businesses for the state. well to do cubans fled to the u.s. their homes were taken over by the state, then given to the masses. >> after revolution when their owners left the house, she took over. >> reporter: the government gave her the house? >> the government gave her that house. if the original owners came back, what is going to happen with her and her family? >> reporter: say many, if not most look like this, falling down or barely standing because the poor have no way of keeping them up. >> you see a lot of old buildings that are falling apart, but people it's really hard to fix these buildings. you can find three different generations live there. >> reporter: despite all the evidence to the con temporary, you won't find -- contrary, you won't find many proud cubans who consider their country third world. education is free here, including college, same for hea

they are pressing havana for answers. while the cuban government would like the story to go away, that seems unlikely. the united states wants to know who is behind the attacks and why. patrick oppmann. >>> countries were lying down in the street, protesting police brutality. >> the decision that found the former police officer not guilty of murder. he was acquitted in the shooting death of anthony lamar smith, an african-american man, killed in 2011. cnn's ryan young takes a look at the protests that played out late sunday night. >> reporter: the cleanup has started here in st. louis, after another night of unrest. someone tried to break the window here. as you walk down, you can see another glass that was shott esd here. we saw someone trying to pick up a large object and throw them into the window. you see the flower pots they turned over. police officers are trying to chase down some of the suspects. we know they made a few arrests. right now,everyone is on-edge about what is going on, what they see in the streets. th

this is the bbc havana bureau and i am speaking from inside it because we simply can't go outside any more. at least 25 people have died across the caribbean, including five on the british virgin islands where a major relief effort is getting under way. in mexico at least 90 people are known to have died after thursday's earthquake. also in the next hour: rohingya muslim rebels in myanmar declare one month unilateral ceasefire. they say their aim is to ease the humanitarian crisis, but there is desperate need for food and water for around 300,000 rohingya muslims refugees. the stars of strictly pay an emotional tribute to the show‘s former host sir bruce forsyth, who died in august at the age of 89. good morning and welcome to bbc news. after battering its way through the caribbean, hurricane irma, currently a category four storm, is within hours of hitting the us coast. the storm made landfall in cuba late on friday, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. the hurricane is now inching towards the southern coast of florida, where a huge storm surge is expec

embassy in havana has seen better days. hurricane irma watered much of cuba and the havana sea front boulevard where the embassy is located. u.s. diplomats are still picking up from the storm and now are facing another calamity. diplomat families and nonessential personnel are being ordered to return to the u.s. after at least 21 members of the staff were targeted after what u.s. officials say could have been sonic attacks. >> we have it under reallvaluat. it's a very serious issue with the harm that some have suffered. we've brought some of those officials home. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe that devices that emit sonic waves could have targeted u.s. diplomats while they were in their homes or staying in hotels. who is behind the attacks or motives is still unclear. cuban officials deny it and say they're investigating. >> translator: cuba has never perpetrated nor will it ever perpetrate actions of this sort, nor has cuba allowed or never allow its territory to be used by 30 parties for that purpose. >> reporter: u.

water gushing into downtown havana. nor than 2 million people live in havana, but now hurricane irma has basically turned that city into a saltwater pond. authorities are saying it could take days before the water starts to make its way out of the streets of havana. this was the strongest hurricane to hit cuba since the 1930s. at least 10 people have died there already. havana has been in the dark since saturday. with cars wedged inside buildings and trees ripped out of the ground and people just making do with what they can get a hold of, with whatever floats and streets. this is one of cuba's airports in cuyacoco which is totally unrecognizable. the whole building looks like it's been put through a shredder. we are watching the continuing impact of irma in the southeast united states tonight. especially georgia and south carolina, which are both having quite a lot of flooding right now. and of course florida. but in the caribbean where the storm really was just a wrecking ball there are some places from which we're ju

it's now heading for havana. even the places that were supposed to serve as safe havens are now feeling the impact. 6.3 million people have been ordered to leave their homes. a day of national mourning in mexico after the deadliest earthquake in 80 years. also in the programme: what lies at the bottom of this tomb? we'll have more on a 3,000 year old discovery in egypt.

havana streets resemble canals. forfamilies from its poorest neighbourhoods, the situation is becoming desperate. when hurricane irma came crashing into the island, she brought rains and storm surges which flooded entire city blocks. cu ba's picturesque capital today a city of felled trees and debris. power is out across havana, complicating the clean—up operation. people are coping as best they can. translation: i heard that 9096 of the electricity is out in the whole country. we are going to be without power for several days. that's going to hurt us a lot. translation: thanks to god i have not heard that anyone has died. there have been very big material losses but no human ones. cubans are thankful to have avoided the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean. but the damage to property and livelihoods here has been huge. irma may have knocked cuba's economyjust as hard as she hit its coastline. and hit it she most certainly did. for almost two days, hurricane irma crept along cuba's northern shore, thrashin

barbara plett usher reports, bbc news, havana. to explain a sonic attack and why might it be used, here's robin cleveland. a professor of engineering science at the university of oxford. the amount of data that has been provided is quite limited but the reports suggest that people who have been suffering from these effects have heard things, all sorts of different sounds. the sounds they've been reported haven't themselves been loud enough to affect their hearing, but assuming it was some frequency above what we can normally here, what we refer to as ultrasound, effects such as dizziness and nausea that have been well reported in the literature when there have been ultrasonic sound waves used. they are short wavelengths so you have the ability to target individuals or small areas of space. so it's certainly plausible. hard to say without more information at the moment. it is also possible that a lot of the electronics we use now generate ultrasonic waves and it is something that started to be of concern in the acoustics community

barbara plett usher reports, bbc news, havana. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, says miracles are needed if the brexit negotiations are to move onto the stage any time soon. speaking at a summit of eu leaders in estonia, he said he didn't think there had beenin he said he didn't think there had been ina he said he didn't think there had been in a progress to allow talks on trade to begin by the end of october, but theresa may says she is pleased with what has been achieved so pleased with what has been achieved so far. at a military base in estonia, the prime minister on a mission. theresa may's signal, that britain will remain an important player in european defence and security far beyond brexit. the problem, well, getting beyond brexit isn't easy. at the very least, there's a difference of emphasis about how the first rounds of talks are going. i'm pleased that the negotiations have been making progress and i look forward to developing that deep and special partnership with the eu, because i thin

. —— havana's streets. people talk about the wins that came through heroes if they we re that came through heroes if they were alive, as if it had come from another world. five days after the hurricane struck, they are in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water. 0thers desperate need of food, shelter and clean water. others are simply desperate to leave. a bbc investigation discovers that the bodies of more than 400 children could be buried in a mass grave close to an orphanage in lanarkshire. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the west coast of florida is braced to be in the eye of the storm as hurricane irma makes its way from the caribbean into the united states. its already flooded parts of downtown miami and left two million homes and businesses in southern florida without power. it moved in after causing widespread damage in cuba, as it swept through coastal communities and tourist resorts. extreme winds and storm surges continued as it travelled on, hitting the florida keys. now it's the

havana strongly denies involvement in the incidents. let's get some analysis, joining me live from miami is collin laverty from cuba educational travel, a group that specialises in connecting us and cuban citizens. collin, is this a big step backwards in relations between the two countries? well, countries? i think we'll find out in the coming well, i think we'll find out in the coming weeks and months ahead. i think on the surface, this is incredibly alarming. i think there's a couple of things that are going to cause significant hardship for the us and cuban people. there's a travel advisory that could negatively affect us travellers going to cuba, which i don't think‘s warranted, there's a zero risk for us travellers in cuba, it continues to be one of the safest places in the world so that's completely unnecessary and out of context. with the scaling back of the us embassy, we've already heard from countless cu ba ns we've already heard from countless cubans who are not going to be able to come and visit their family members in the

will grant, bbc news, havana. and there is plenty more on hurricane irma on our website — bbc.co.uk/news. 0n the anniversary of 9/11, as with every previous anniversary, the people of new york are contemplating events of 2001 and at the site of ground zero, relatives here, this system remembering her brother. let'sjoin system remembering her brother. let's join commemorations. we commemorate the 60th anniversary of 9/11, everyone will stop for a moment and remember all the people who gave their lives that day. maybe then we can put away our disagreements and become one country again. i love you, david, continue to watch over our family. william chacon. eli. charles laurence chan. mark lawrence... gregorio travers. douglas macmillan. vernon paul cherry. joseph chevalier. robert chin. they continue to read names. and my father, you will miss my couege and my father, you will miss my college graduation this year, you have inspired me every step of the way. and my uncle, i am proud to be your namesake. they continue

here in havana were a lot of tourists and cu ban here in havana were a lot of tourists and cuban people were brought for protection, is now also facing a warning. the winds are whipping up significantly at this stage. people are worried about the rain being dumped which could cause storm surges in what is a coastal city in havana. and aleem in miami. there must be real concern now about what happens next. it feels right now that everyone in this country is following the projected path of hurricane irma. the latest map has been relatively kind, it appears in the eastern part of florida to the detriment of the western parts like tampa and naples. there is a huge risk still of a massive storm surge along both coasts. those on the west are among nearly 6 million people who have been told to leave their homes. the governor has also set up to 12 o'clock which has passedit also set up to 12 o'clock which has passed it is no longer safe to be on the roads. there will be an official curfew in a few hours, for the moment it is advised not to be on the roads because hurricane irma is still too clo

embassy in havana have suffered a variety of injuries, including hearing loss, dizziness and headaches. today, the state department ordered all non-emergency embassy staff to leave the island. hari sreenivsan has the story. >> sreenivasan: the order, issued by secretary of state rex tillerson, says that the state department still does not have a definitive answer on the cause or source of the illnesses, but described them as coming from an "attack of unknown nature." joining me for more on this is josh lederman, the associated press reporter who broke today's news on this; and marÍa de los angeles torres, a professor of latin american and latino studies at the university of illinois in chicago. she has written about cuba and cuban politics extensively. josh, let me just start with you. the latest on this, you know, there seems to be a difference in the word choice. we're now calling it an attack. just a week ago, we were calling these incidents. >> that's right. and the united states hasn't exactly explained what has changed. it was only a few days ago that they were saying, look, it'

thank you, will grant, in havana. cbs news correspondent meg oliver is in miami, florida where the hurricane is expected to make landfall at the weekend. mandatory evacuations are going into effect here along miami beach at noon today. there are a few people that are out along the beach right now. there are even a few people in the water, taking a last—minute dip. but authorities are urging people to take precautions. people are boarding up, filling up their tanks with gas and hitting the road. the big thing with this storm, they don't want anyone to get stuck on the highways. so they are urging people to do their preparations today, tomorrow at the absolute latest, and saturday. the wind and the rain is going to start to pick up before the storm makes landfall on sunday. they don't want anybody on the road on saturday or sunday. maggiejohnson is maggie johnson is outside maggiejohnson is outside the cabinet office at the moment. the government about to have a cobra meeting. a lot of areas involved are british overs

havana's streets resemble canals. forfamilies from its poorest neighbourhoods the situation is becoming desperate. when hurricane irma came crashing into the island, she brought rains and storm surges which flooded entire city blocks. cu ba's picturesque capital today, a city of felled trees and debris. power is out across havana, complicating the clean—up operation. people are coping as best they can. translation: i heard that 9096 of the electricity is out in the whole country. we're going to be without power for several days. that's going to hurt us a lot. translation: this is terrible. 0ur homes, our furniture, now we must wait until the water comes down to recover what's been flooded. this has been very painfulfor cuba in terms of damage to property and damage to livelihoods. it seems that hurricane irma may have knocked cuba's economyjust as hard as she hit its coastline. hit it she most certainly did. for almost two days hurricane irma crept along cuba's northern shore thrashing anything in its path from tiny

the flooding then went into havana. some video from havana. this storm surge came in about five blocks. it came into the u.s. embassy. it surrounded that entire area. and it's waist deep water at the very least for five blocks into the city of havana. here's what i don't like. we haven't heard specifics out of cuba. we haven't heard a death toll or anything from the florida keys. marco island. we haven't heard cape coral. we're not seeing those images. so we have this lag time here, and while it's 2017 and the technology is instantaneous and we want it right away, the storm was incredibly powerful. and, bill, it probably weakened. we should be looking at cuba and be a little thankful, right? >> in a weird sort of way. the forecast for this to be a cat 5 when it hit florida was assuming it didn't go into cuba. and instead it went into cuba for 12 to 24 hours. so the damage, you know, as extreme as it's going to be in florida, could have been a lot worse. and at the expense of what you're seeing. >> this video is incredible. this is the first ti

irma made land fall in havana and ran through the coastline for really the best part ofa coastline for really the best part of a day and a half. then it headed out to sea and brought similar devastation as what we saw in the caribbean. i'm in the crumbling clonian heart of the city and bits of masonry are falling as we speak. the winds still haven't completely finished. trees have been felled and so on. finished. trees have been felled and so on. obviously bringing down power lines ina so on. obviously bringing down power lines in a country that already had creeking infrastructure, the tourism infrastructure is being damaged heavily, we understand, in the further eastern region of the island. so we await to see what the full picture is. a lot of resorts will have a lot of work to do to get up will have a lot of work to do to get up and running. the tourism is the motor of the economy here in cuba. hurricane irma causes destruction on the ground below, one team many the sky flies through the heart of the storm providing valuable information which helps forecasters predict where it might

havana two thousand and fourteen. the world tour of the others man's inhumanity series arrives in cuba. they are does offer you say exactly that the how it makes me very happy that these words can now be seen in cuba. and they result in something of like an illiterate dialogue conclaves president language one that you can actually communicate only in pictures showing us. the music. as artists in havana was the last foreign stop of this work. over two decades the artist had taken his troubling exhibition around the world some viewers were disturbed by it and once there were even street riots but in all that time it never left people untouched. everywhere it went booker laid his work out himself and constantly saw it in a new light he was interested in places where societies were in up evil where people could directly understand the message of this work. because in the game it turns out that this theme of man's inhumanity and the threat to man from man continues to this day and this time and the success of this exhibiti

ride in one of havana's many colorful vintage cars. you've seen all the photos - havana's taxis could be the most photographed in the world. convertibles and hard tops, they come in just about every color imaginable. they're plentiful and for the most part easy to hail down in havana's more popular haunts. they also line-up in high traffic spots throughout havana. you can use them to simply get from point a to point b, but it's also common to book them by the hour. many drivers also play the role of tour guide. (it should cost $50 per person, per hour.) ((wipe vo tape 3)) cg2=fusterlandiahavana, cubaif you book a tour in a vintage car, the first place you should have your driver take you is to fusterlandia. about a half-hour outside of central havana, this community art project was started by jose fuster, but in more than 20 years it's spread through the community. along with an assortment of colorful ceramic creatures, what would be ordinary surfaces like walls, gates and fences have been turned into works of art. entrance is free. ne

reporting from havana in cuba where the storm has now passed through. irma is one of the most powerful storms ever to be recorded caribbean islands. unicef says almost 20,000 children and young people have so far been affected. we can speak now to mike penrose who's the executive director of unicef uk. i know it is a busy time for you and you have been officially asked for help. how are you contributing? we have received a number of requests that we have emergency responders throughout the region and we have emergency stores in panama and barbados and we are mobilising them and putting people on the ground to help people as soon as possible. what kinds of things do you have any emergency stores? mainly water and sanitation equipment because that is normally the first thing you need in place after a hurricane. we also have emergency education kits to get children back in school as soon as possible, and also child protection materials because there will be a lot of extremely vulnerable children and one of ourfirst lot of extremely vulnerable children and

havana isa to the coast here in havana. havana is a city that already has a lot of crumbling and damaged buildings because partly the decades and years of sea spray and coastal winds coming into the city, but also the fa ct coming into the city, but also the fact that there has been decades of the us economic embargo. it is hard to find construction materials to support your home to rebuild damaged roofs and things. that's been going on for a long, lyle and definitely complicates matters. so the idea of a storm surge of the kind of magnitude you're mentioning is really very worrying to residents here. well, how worrying, will? islands like cuba, all those in the path of the hurricane, they have had hurricanes before, it is not a huge surprise. what is it about this particular one that has them so worried? to be honest, i this it is the magnitude. you're right, cubans are good at this. they obey government instructions and they don't tend to sort of rebel against the instructions to evacuate so they leave their homes and go

reopened its havana embassy, ending a half century cold war. supporters of diplomatic relations suggest russia could be to blame, trying to break up havana's fledgling relationship with the u.s. >> if we were suddenly to leave, russia benefits by that a great deal. >> reporter: today's travel warning could hurt cruise ships and airlines, but although some of the attacks took place in hotels, american tourists tonight were unfazed. >> everything is safe. nobody is trying to hurt us or get us or threaten us or anything. >> reporter: and tonight still no idea who is behind the attacks. cuba calling the u.s. decision hasty, even as florida senator marco rubio, a cuban american, says the state department was not tough enough. lester? >> all right, andrea, thank you. >>> here in california, there's been a second massive rock slide in as many days at yosemite's famed el capitan. falling boulders have killed one tourist and injured others, but climbers are not being kept away. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer is there tonight. >> reporte

asi safe parts of cuba such as havana. as i say, people are searching out tinned goods, fresh drinking water, making sure they've got plenty of supplies of those. one of the things about cuba is people have a good track record in dealing with hurricanes. they go through them every year in fact. so people tend to listen to the evacuation orders when they come down from the government and the government is issuing a lot of warnings on state television and radio at the moment. what's the most destructive thing they fear most, the wind, the rain oi’ they fear most, the wind, the rain or the storm surge? it's, i'd say, it is the rain to be honest. these homes are already in a precarious state. anyone who has been to havana will know of the crumbling state of much of the homes and the properties across the island. obviously, cuba has been under a us economic embargo for decades and that makes building materials hard to come by so many, many homes are in a precarious state. they have been lashed by the sea spray and the winds f

we will go to havana to get response and also talk about a new film out called "embargo." stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: singing live at central park summer stage last week. to see more of his performance, you can go to democracynow.org. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we end today's show by looking at the united states and cuba. on tuesday, speaking to the united nations general assembly, president trump raileded against the cuban government and said the u.s. would not lift its sanctions against cuba. trumump's commentsts were his admininistrationon's latest atts on the cuban government. he has moved to reverse the normalization of relations between the u.s. and cuba and reimpose travel and trade restrictions. secretary of state rex tillerson also says the u.s. may close the embassy over a host of unexplained health problems that embassy workers are suffering, including hearing loss and brain injury. the health problems appear to because by some form of sonic attack. cuban officials deny a

havana for all famous seaside boardwalk now completely underwater. only a few dozen braved the high tide and violent waves. the sea has turned avenues into rivers. >> in 49 years living here, this is the first time it has reached this level. workers: emergency struggled to answer calls across the hearing, -- across the city, continuing on foot where trucks could not go. these water levels, [indiscernible] hurricane irma swept through saturday night. to ad been downgraded serious hit. in the u.s. embassy, opened just teed of years ago, it was damaged. >> it scared me. , you heard the trees falling, because i never heard anything like that. even thatin havana, will not keep holiday goers away from the beach. hurricane irma has caused devastation on a number of caribbean islands. humanitarian aid has arrived in british virgin islands of st. maarten. reporter: really finally for residents of st. maarten. the naval vessels finally docked on the hurricane stricken island. guadahat a loop -- in plane carrying electricity genders arrive -- generators arrived