brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight, the trump administration cracking down on cuba. fresh measures designed to choke off the flow of cash and travel to the country. the move could try up investment in cuba, what is washington also targeting venezuela's nicolas maduro? also across france, church bells ring out in tribute to notre dame. as the nation pauses to remember what was lost in the blaze, there are plans to rebuild and firefighters rejecting claims that they responded too slowly. plplus, a nemesis of turkish president erdogan takes control of turkey's largest city. he is the new mayor, what is the political battle really over? -- but is the political battle really over? i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. we start with breaking news coming in from portugal. at least 28 people have reportedly died in a bus crash on the portuguese island of madero. reports state that they were in a tourist bus which overturned near the coastal town of santa cruz. the mayor of the town has reportedly said most of the tourists

assignment in cuba, "you furnish the pictures, i'll furnish the war." his class is about 50 minutes. good morning.: today we will talk about one of the most tenacious media myths in america journalism -- american journalism. the vow of around william randolph hearst to furnish the war with spain at the end of the 19th century. this has become, over the years, outll-purpose media and it -- anecdote. useful in describing any sins and shortcomings, including the scourge of fake news. what are we talking about here? what are media myths? these are prominent stories by the news media that are often told, but which, under scrutiny, under examination, dissolve and are widely exaggerated. media myths. in a way, media myths are cousins to fake news. there is fake news that has masqueraded as accurate for many years, media myths. they can be thought of as the junk food of journalism. the junk food of journalism. -- alluri a loring ng, delicious, but not wholesome or healthy. the junk food of journalism. some of the features of media these are tales, short and to the point. almost always simpl

spanish forces in the philippines and in the caribbean. the effect of the war was to and its from cuba other caribbean possessions and leave the united states a colonial power, ruling far away lands surf as the philippines, puerto rico, guam. the united states became a choneial power after the spanish-american war. this was a decisive conflict for the country. this anecdote about furnish the war with spain, first purported vow, pops up often. just earlier this month, fox news this in an article about fake news declared the grand daddy of zphons journalists, william randolph hearst once famously wrote to an illustrator you furnish the pictures, and i will furnish the war. the history news network a few months ago invoked this anecdote as if it were true. so, too, did the pittsburgh post-gazette." cnn resentsdly invoked this tale. forbes and others are among the puckses that have used and invoked this anecdote in a credit louis faction as if it were true. amous authors, james sfnch allows and others have also invoked this anecdote. so before we get into the deconstruction of this media m

the door to potentially billions of dollars in legal claims against cuba. from its plans a competition to help restore the not to dam cathedral in paris that was devastated by fire. and in sports at tottenham hotspur and manchester city's hopes of a could ripple of trophies after one of the most thrilling that champions league history. of tyranny that's how the u.s. national security advisor described cuban nicaragua venezuela. new sanctions on all three countries and in a reversal of the obama administration era engagement with cuba the u.s. now says it will restrict nonfamily travel to the island along with remittances alan fischer reports. in his last few months in office barack obama wants to improve relations with cuba he lifted travel restrictions to the island give the go ahead for increased trade and symbolically restored full diplomatic relations cuba once more had a u.s. embassy. after sixty years of sanctions in a solution he said it was time to try something different. different president different approach going from national security adviser was in miami to dr

be substantial changes in u.s. policy toward cuba, changes from the obama administration, i think the decision today to eliminate the waivers of helms burton title iii is perfectly consistent with what the president has said before. >> so this isn't so much about venezuela as it is a disagreement with how the previous administration handled cuba policy? >> well, i think it's about justice for americans whose property was stolen from them by the castro regime. long overdue for them to be able to get a chance to get recompense. >> this policy of isolation on cuba was the law of the land for the united states for some 50 years, and the rest of the world over time stopped following our lead. i think the last time when you went for a vote in the united nations, i think only two countries essentially stood up for an embargo against cuba, the united states and israel. if nobody else in the world will follow the united states' lead on this, is this action going to have much teeth? >> well, i think it will have teeth in american courts for the american property holders whose property was s

this book, mr. rasenberger examines the u.s. military backed invasion of cuba in 1961, one of the most ill-fated blunders in american history. he draws on long hidden cia documents and reveals the vivid truth and consequences of those five pivotal days in april 1961. please give a very warm welcome to mr. jim rasenberger. [applause] >> thank you. jim rasenberger: thank you for that introduction and thanks to books&books for having me. this is a won't of bookstore. i hadn't been here before i came earlier today and it's fantastic. support it. i urge you to buy a book before you leave. it doesn't have to be my book but if you want it to be that's fine with me. as i'm sure you know by now we're on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the bay of pigs invasion of cuba and i can't think of a better place to launch my new book than here with you. i know, i'm sure many of you have some personal history of the event and some deep knowledge of it, and i thank you for coming. i'm honored to be here. now, this is a story that i wanted to tell for a long time. i think, there are a number of reasons i

getting ready for war in venezuela and china says leave cuba alone a war hawks are circling but first the national security agency says make us stop surveilling every phone call made in the usa what's that about and what else are whistleblowers warning about holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t.v. america. in one of the jason bourne movies or british reporter is identified after speaking the word black briar and a phone call the film dramatize to uncle sam keyword scanning every phone call everywhere the movie is fiction in fact the national security agency has been collecting bed it data on domestic usa phone calls since the aftermath of nine eleven and now the n.s.a. itself is recommending to the white house that it discontinued the program why now let's ask william bennett was served thirty plus years at the national security agency before retiring in two thousand and one after which he called for a government investigation of mass data collection the n.s.a. was doing and he was publicly critical of stepped up surveillance of american citizens post nine

with further sanctions on venezuela and cuba being i'd buy the trumpet ministration is it any wonder when measures like these are parroted by the age of asian mainstream media for the new film that follows the life of revolutionary cuban ballet dancer carlos acosta uses dance to dispel the mainstream media myths around cuba as well as highlight the effects of decades of u.s. economic war in the socialist nation we met up with the film's writer paul laverty who also wrote i daniel blake with ken loach and the film's director issue of bullying in central london i started by asking paul what made him choose the project i'm a very good friend called and recall that it is a scottish producer should read carlos's autobiography no way home because the cost of the ballad of valley done so yes and it's a terrific read noise i get it done so he's a great writer and it was hilarious the because just really sparky very very funny he grew up in a very pure and abana his dad was an absolute brute but he's also loved in a sort of strange sort of way in going to work the age of nine himself he was a

cuba the white house announcing fresh measures designed to choke off with little cash in travel to the country the move could dry up for the best for the cuba some say washington is also targeting. nicolas. it's good to have you with us we start on the portuguese island of madeira where at least twenty people are believed to have been killed after a tourist bus veered and crashed. from the room local reports say the vehicle rolled down the hillside overturned after the driver lost control in the coastal town of honeycomb at least fifty people most of them tourists are believed to have been on the bus germany's foreign ministry and other sources say at least some of the day are german nationals. are in for more of this we want to bring in said c.l.'s edda she's a journalist for the newspaper j.m. medea cynthia can you tell us a little bit more about the action and what the real. ok ok do you think and we don't know that much but the official violence is twenty eight people and twenty eight injured is it really the oficial information rest of us simply really as far as we know among the

t w. this is d. w. news live from berlin tonight the trump administration cracking down on cuba the white house announcing fresh measures designed to choke off the flow of cash and travel to the country the move could dry up foreign investment in cuba but is washington also targeting those nicolas maduro also coming up tonight across france church bells ringing out in tribute. as the nation pauses to remember what was lost in the blaze and there are plans to rebuild and firefighters rejecting places that they responded too slowly plus a new mistress of turkish president ever was takes control of turkey's largest city he's the new mayor but is the political battle really. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the round the world welcome we start with breaking news coming in from portugal at least twenty eight people have reportedly died in a bus crash on the portuguese island of madeira there are reports state that they were in a tourist bus which overturned near the coastal town of santa cruz the. the tale is reportedly said that most of the tourists who were

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tighten the screws on cuba so why is it threatening to punish european companies we'll explain why reaction after this break. ties are financial survival. but customers go buy your supplies. then else will reduce a lower. that's undercutting but what's good for food markets is not good for the global economy. the activity known as journalism is under assault and it didn't start with the trials of julian assange and wiki leaks once it was a noble to report on the nefarious activities of those in power now it is being criminalized free speech is now the privileged few. a quarter of an hour into the program welcome back european firms could be in line for a run in with washington which is planning to reinforce a controversial law to take legal action against foreign companies doing business in cuba the e.u. is one of the country's largest trading partners let's go live now to europe correspondent peter all over your transatlantic tensions have been bubbling of late and much in this new development is not going to help matters. not at all this particularly when you look at the u.s. bei

buys this trump threatens further sanctions on cuba revolutionary cuban duns in the spirit of fidel and jay is portrayed in a new film about a ballet dancer called us a call start to win a pool levante an award winning director mean i dream. of the song of revolution from award winning singer songwriter nasty that's all coming up in today's going underground the first images bricks of chaos the u.k. releases g.d.p. estimates in forty eight hours but will politicians in the media be reading the figures upside down is g.d.p. really a measure of the success or failure of a society from a cause your culture has in the usa to corbett in britain the ideas of moxon socialism or reigniting explosive debate from congress to the house of commons about what is truly valuable when it comes to human happiness joining me now is world renowned economist professor mary on them as a college or university college london and founder of the u.c.l.a. institute for innovation and public purpose a new paperback is the value of everything making and taking in the global economy welcome to the show marianna why

next on history bookshelf, im rasenberger talks about the failed military invasion of cuba 961. recorded as books and books in coral gables, florida, 2011. it's about an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] pleased to welcome rasenberger. he's written for the "new york fair, smithsonian and wilson quarterly among many publications. his most recent book was america 908 and he's author of high steel, the daring man who built the world's greatest skyline in. this book, mr. rasenberger examines the u.s. military invasion of cuba in 1961, one of the most ill-fated american history. he draws on long hidden c.i.a. vivid ts and reveals the truth and consequences of those in april 1961.ys please give a very warm welcome jim rasenberger. mra[applause] >> thank you. jim rasenberger: thank you for and thanks to on books&books for having me. this is a won't of bookstore. been here before i came earlier today and it's fantastic. sup

vestments in cuba itself to u.s. national security adviser john bolton announced punitive measures on that caribbean island. today we are also announcing five additions to the cuba restricted list which prohibits direct financial transactions with entities tied to cuba's military intelligence and security services and personnel we are also announcing that the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict non-family travel to cuba foreign companies can also be sued for operating in cuba after washington lifted a ban on lawsuits but it's a decision that could have a major impact on me e.u. . biggest trading partner as it is at a time as well when transatlantic relations are already stretched the u.s. steps intended to pressure cuba into giving up support for venezuela's president nicolas maduro is that people have the say about it. and we're not all that it's crazy they want to govern you know parts of the world they can ruin their country i live here in cuba i'm cuban if it all goes wrong in my opinion what he did is criminal because he knows how much

back at the united states of a possible sanctions on e.u. investments in cuba itself to u.s. national security adviser john bolton and its predictive measures on that caribbean island today we are also announcing five additions to the cuba restricted list which prohibits direction and transactions with entities tied to cuba's military intelligence and security services and personnel we are also announcing that the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict non-family travel to cuba so there are implications foreign companies can now also be sued for operating in cuba after washington lifted the ban on lawsuits but katz to this is well it's a decision that could also have a major impact on the e.u. the e.u. being a van his biggest trading partner all the time when transatlantic relations are already stretched if u.s. step is intended to pressure cuba into giving up support for venezuela's president nicolas maduro is what some people have an ad a say about it. everyone i know it's crazy they want to govern you know parts of the world they can ruin t

security adviser john bolton has announced a new sanctions on cuba including restrictions for americans visiting the island based on whether they have relatives there or not. today we are also announcing five additions to the cuba restricted list which prohibits direct financial transactions with entities tied to cuba's military intelligence and security services and personnel we are also announcing that the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict nonfamily travel to cuba but this is one more effort a completely cross trade. trump administration attempting to push cuba as well and nicaragua and the country that is attempting significant change or sovereignty back it is meant as a punishment and or threat to other countries around the world it's meant to as a threat to the e.u. in terms of doing any business with cuba or when one knows when one is it going to change anything in cuba now anything in burma as well or not is illegal yes. a byelection international law on every level washington is also lifted a ban on lawsuits being taken against fore

value beyond. the new elections why they matter to asia to date on the jeffe a. clash over cuba there are fresh tensions between the e.u. and the united states as the u.s. allows its citizens to sue european companies who have invested in prophecies seized by the cuban state. from company boss to presidential contender terry goal and the billionaire founder of tilings electronics makeup for scott says it has told him to run for president of taiwan. this is interview business i'm sure how it was in berlin welcome try tensions between the e.u. and the us may flare up again this time over cuba the white house is increasing pressure on how can i with a new law u.s. citizens who have fled cuba and have property confiscated by the cuban government cannot take legal action against foreign firms and individuals who use those properties the decision could affect many companies that have businesses interest on the caribbean island. the new u.s. restrictions on cuba are set to effectively keep foreign investors out of the communist country today we're holding the cuban government accountab

on cuba as it struggles to cope with problems relating to ally venezuela and sleeping near the office all young professionals and manila are dealing with high rents and long commutes. because cobra ryland good to have you with us ukrainians go to the polls on sunday in the final round of the country's presidential election corruption and long low living standards are among the defining issues now as real incomes fell in recent years millions of people voted with their feet looking for work in the european union one industry that's bucking the trend is i t allowing young ukrainians to earn european wages while staying at home. it's not hard to understand why millions of tourists make their way to live in western ukraine every year it's spiers in cobbled streets a less than an hour's drive from the polish border and low cost flights connect the city to distant nations across the u. but tourism which is long dominated the city's economy is now getting a run for its money from an unlikely competitor i-t. . leaf is home to more than three hundred eighty companies and most of their work com

troika of tyranny that's how the u.s. national security advisor john bolton described cuba nicaragua and venezuela after announcing new sanctions in all three countries and then a reversal of obama airing gauge with cuba the u.s. now says it will restrict non-family travel to the island along with remittances alan fischer reports. in his last few months in office barack obama wants to improve relations with cuba lifted travel restrictions to the island give the go ahead for increased trade and symbolically restored full diplomatic relations cuba once more had a u.s. embassy in egypt after sixty years of sanctions and isolation he said it was time to try something different. different presidents different people donald trump national security advisor was in miami to address a group of cubans john bolton and new economic sanctions on the cuban military and intelligence services under strictures on the amount of money that can be sent to relatives in cuba and he brought the crowd to its feet with this the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict f

terror name that's how the u.s. national security advisor john bolton described cuba and venezuela after announcing new sanctions on all three countries and then a reversal of a bomb era engagement with cuba the u.s. now says it will be a strict family travel to the island along with remittances alan fischer reports. in his last few months in office barack obama wants to improve relations with cuba he lifted travel restrictions to the island give the go ahead for increased trade and symbolically restored full diplomatic relations cuba once more had the u.s. embassy. after sixty years of sanctions and isolation he said it was time to try something different. different president different approach donald trump's national security adviser was in miami to address a group of exiled cubans john bolton announced new economic sanctions on the cuban military and intelligence services under strictures on the amount of money that can be sent to relatives in cuba and he brought the crowd to its feet with this the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict

administration on wednesday imposed new sanctions and other punitive measures on cuba and venezuela, seeking to ratchet up us pressure on havana to end its support for venezuela's socialist president, nicolas maduro. speaking in miami, the us national security advisor, john bolton, announced new restrictions on cuba, including tightening the rules on remittances and travel to cuba. our correspondent will grant is in havana. we'll, tell us more about this. how significant does this seem to be? it's very important, i canjust remember how important remittance is asa remember how important remittance is as a source of income to cuba. millions of ordinary cuban families depend on their cousins, brothers and sisters in miami, new york and elsewhere in the united states to send dollars home every month. that is going to be a big hit stopped and travel restrictions as well, the tourism economy on the island is beginning to pick up, it's finding it's best numbers, 4 million visitors also a year. suddenly all of the advances and changes made under president obama is being made back by the tru

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league baseball and the gallagher reports from miami. when president obama visited cuba in two thousand and sixteen it was hailed as a new era in u.s. cuba relations a so-called normalization process began to thaw decades of animosity and part of that sore intense negotiations over of all things a sport both countries love baseball the two countries eventually agreed on a baseball player transfer deal it enabled cubans to play major league baseball in the u.s. without being forced to politically defect and then suffer being banned from ever returning to their home island but president trump has now scrapped the agreement saying it violates u.s. trade laws that's because player transfers involved a payment to the cuban government's baseball federation something orlando gutierrez who broadcast radio programs to cuba says is a clear violation of the sixty year old u.s. embargo on cuba the idea that he will be for federation has an identity different in this thing from the comments are doing is totally false so payments were would would have been made to the cuban government to a c

autorizÓ demandas estadounidenses contra compaÑÍas extranjeras en cuba. mÁs temprano, hablÉ con john bolton sobre estas medidas. >>me complace decir que hemos terminado con las excepciones del tÍtulo tercero de la ley de una vez por todas. ie: la ocasiÓn no pudo ser mÁs o apropiada. >>a los estadounidenses a quienes le robaron sus propiedades en cuba se les permitirÁn demandar. ilia: john bolton dio luz verde a miles de estadounidenses y sus herederos, harÁ que demanden ante estados unidos, las compaÑÍas extranjeras que operan en sus propiedades confiscadas en cuba tras el triunfo de la revoluciÓn. tambiÉn se garantiza de ingreso a estados unidos a quienes se benefician con este al menos de las propiedades. >>las sanciones estÁn bien puestas. el socialismo es una ideologÍa que no produce nada para los ciudadanos. ilia: la sanciones ponen mayores de restricciones de viajes a cuba. las reacciones de cuba y espaÑa, y tienen millonarios intereses, fueron contundentes. >>entendemos que europa va respaldar a espaÑa. ilia: en un tweet esta funcionaria escribiÓ " antes de que s

advisor john bolton has announced new sanctions on cuba including restrictions for americans visiting that caribbean island based on whether they got relatives there or not. today we are also announcing five additions to the cuba. restricted list which prohibits direct financial transactions with entities tied to cuba's military intelligence and security services and personnel we are also announcing that the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict non-family travel to cuba bolton speech follows washington's lifting of a longstanding ban on lawsuits being taken against foreign companies in cuba but it's a decision that could have a major effect on the e.u. because the e.u. is savannah's biggest trading partner at a time of course when transatlantic relations are already stretched u.s. steps intended to pressure cuba into giving up support for venezuela's president nicolas maduro an expert on latin america we spoke to says washington's move. everyone i know it's crazy they want to govern you know parts of the world they could ruin their

john bolton has a new sanctions on cuba including restrictions for americans visiting. they have relatives that. today we are also announcing five additions to the cuba restricted list which prohibits direct financial transactions with entities tied to cuba's military intelligence and security services and personnel we are also announcing that the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict family travel to cuba or another word. washington has also lifted a ban on lawsuits being taken against foreign companies in cuba it's a decision that could happen to impact on the you have on as biggest trading partner at a time when charles atlantic relations already stretched our europe correspondent peter oliver has the story. we're talking about cuba's tourism industry the tobacco industry as well as distilleries on the island all of benefited from large scale foreign investment and all could be subject of lawsuits the european union issued a letter from their top foreign policy person federica mockery and leading you commissioner on trade that's a let

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. national security adviser has called cuba nicaragua and venezuela announcing new sanctions on all three countries john bolton made the announcement as president donald trump seeks to boost pressure. on venezuela leader nicholas my dura and the countries that support him bolton says five names linked to cuba's military and intelligence services will be blacklisted is also announced new sections on venezuela's central bank. in washington so what's the owner of this move well the key sanctions that he's going to put in place is that he's going to put more restrictions on non family travel for u.s. citizens to cuba and also he's going to limit the amount of remittances the amount of money that people can send from the u.s. into cuba that will severely restrict first of all the cuban economy because it restricts the money going in there he also believes that that will put pressure on the government and he said that the fed up making friends with america's enemies and they will not continue to do this it was a fairly fiery speech by john bolton he was addressing the veterans of the bay

meeting he referenced the government of cuba he accused the government of cuba of propping up the venezuelan government of supporting it saying that it had exported strong arm tactics this is somewhat like sounds like pence said in reference to the cuban government for decades cuba has tried to create client states across our region. while normal countries export goods. cuba exports tyranny and strong arm tactics last week the united states took action to sanction ships transporting venezuelan oil to cuba. and soon it president trumps direction the united states will announce additional action to hold cuba accountable for its malign influence cuba's relationship with the bowl of varian government in venezuela has been a longstanding cuba has set a number of doctors to venezuela who have then been providing medical care in low income areas furthermore cuba's literacy volunteers were key in the early efforts of the bolivian government to wipe out illiteracy in the country now venezuela under the un rules had the right to address the body after the un member states had spoken the ven