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Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

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Another Islamic State group attack in the heart of Europe.

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This time Brussels was the target, with rush hour bombings at the main

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More than 30 people have been killed.

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The threat level across Belgium has been raised to maximum,

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and troops have been deployed in Brussels.

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We'll be looking at one other story today -

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President Obama's historic visit to Cuba, where he attended

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a baseball game between a major league US side

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It is day three, you are watching pictures of a minute's silence for

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those who lost their lives in Brussels. After that silence, the

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game played out which Americans and Cubans attended. Keep your questions

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coming, more and more coming through on the hashtag # BBC OS.

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For those who have just joined us, there are three developments I would

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like to emphasise with reference to what has been happening in Brussels.

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First of all we have a claim of responsibility direct from the

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so-called Islamic State group. This image has been widely shared on

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Twitter. It has been released by IS. In it, it claims responsibility and

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explains its actions. It was released in English and a number of

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different languages. The second element of the story that is worth

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emphasising is that Belgian authorities are now saying they have

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found chemical products and an IS flag during raids in Brussels that

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followed these attacks. These rates were in response to what happened

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this morning. The third element is that the UK Foreign Office is now

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advising no travel to Brussels unless nurses worry. But this is not

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the British authorities acting unilaterally -- unless necessary.

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Ultram are currently telling everyone to avoid travelling to

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Brussels unless they absolutely have to -- Belgium. As we were

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mentioning, these attacks played out in two locations. The first was that

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the main Brussels airport, ate a local time, two explosions, at least

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11 people were killed -- ATM. This diagram shows as, one is a place in

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the check-in area, the other was by Starbucks. The security camera still

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has also been released. This is getting a huge amount of attention

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at the moment. Three suspects, as Ben Brown was telling us, there is a

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belief within the authorities that two of these men may have died in

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the attacks whilst one is on the run. A suicide best that had not

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detonated was found, as Ben was telling us. -- a suicide best. These

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two men are both wearing black gloves on the left hand and no

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gloves on their right hand, an unusual thing to do, some people

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speculating that may be to disguise a detonator although we cannot know

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at this time. One last thing, the authorities are now saying they

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believe the bombs were inside backs. Next -- bags. Let's turn to what

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happened in the centre of town, 11 kilometres away from the airport, a

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Metro station called Maelbeek. The train had just left the station when

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a bomb exploded. 20 people died, over 100 were injured. This is

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incredibly central, very close to the European Union's headquarters.

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If we go across here, you can see them. The Council of the European

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Union, the European Commission, all very close to where this is

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happening. The BBC has had reporters across the city today. Let's see

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some of the latest reports. They arrived here for

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holidays and work. As the shattered airport billowed

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smoke, survivors described Yes, I was immediately on ground,

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because we were in the one We saw glass falling down and people

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were running like crazy. You don't know where to run

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so you go on the ground. The man who was with me was like

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looking at what was happening All morning we saw ambulances,

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fire crews and police pour Some of the injured were bussed

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away for treatment. It is about three hours

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after the explosions While emergency vehicles continue

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to go towards the terminal, there is a constant stream of people

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coming the other way, pulling bags, holiday-makers,

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commuters, airport workers who had a Tuesday morning upended

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in terror and chaos. I had a dog, because of my

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dog they said to me, And there we were when it

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exploded behind us. If we were at the check-in,

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we exploded two. Also at the airport

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were a basketball team from Antwerp, You think it happens

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only in other countries, So, yeah, we have to make the best

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of it and just stay calm, This woman and her family

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were heading to Venice for a cruise. Other than suffering minor injuries,

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she is just relieved to be alive. At a sports centre close

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to the airport, people who had planned to be far from here

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sat with their bags, Outside the airport,

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cars arrived to collect the victims An incident has just

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occurred on the line. A nightmare come true

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for every train traveller. People here were in between Metro

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stops when a bomb went off Panicked survivors

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had to pick their way Only once they clambered back

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to daylight did the horror I saw an explosion, a flash

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of light, and then The windows came in,

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the doors opened, and everybody The dazed and the injured

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covered the pavements here. Usually trodden by stiffly

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dressed civil servants. This bombing took place

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near European Union headquarters, minutes from the European

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Parliament. Questions for Belgium's security

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apparatus supposedly on high alert after the perpetrators of last

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year's Paris attacks So-called Islamic State says it

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mastered the attacks The bomber's presumed message today,

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nobody is safe, not here, not anywhere in Europe. Belgians are

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Ringo Dowd as the gravity of the situation today. Similar to Paris

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after the attacks there, people here in Brussels are determined not to

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give into terror, they say, but many are scared. How are you feeling, as

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a mum, how are your children? As a mother, it is very scary. When we

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found out about the news, our children were already at school.

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When they are not with you, you are really scared, especially since the

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attack was near the school. We were scared about what would come next.

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First the Metro, you don't know what is coming up. People are ready for

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extreme measures, whatever it takes to keep people safe.

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This man told me he would walk everywhere now on. No more public

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trials bought for him. People blamed the Belgian state for his attack --

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no more public transport for him. As messages of condolence and support

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pour in from around the world, the people of Brussels are gathering in

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the city centre this evening to show solidarity, support one another and

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pray for better times. As you would imagine with a story

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like this, it has overshadowed all of the other issues and events we

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may have been covering today, and it has certainly overshadowed the last

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day, the third day of Barack Obama's visit to Cuba. The president did go

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ahead with a much anticipated address, but he began it by talking

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about Brussels. The thoughts and prayers of the American people with

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the people of Belgium. We stand in solidarity with them, condemning

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these outrageous attacks against innocent people. We will do whatever

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is necessary to support our friend and ally, Belgium, in bringing to

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justice those who are responsible. This is yet another reminder that

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the world must unite. We must be together, regardless of nationality,

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or race of faith, in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. We

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can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of

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people around the world. A number of remarkable things about that speech.

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One of them is that it was broadcast live across Cuba, a first for the

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Cuban people to be able to watch a US president speaking in that way.

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After the speech, both presidents, Raul Castro and Barack Obama,

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attended a base baseball game. Here are some pictures from that. It

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began with a minute of silence for those who lost their lives in

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Brussels. That was followed by a special game between the Cuban

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national team and the Tampa Bay rays. In the last few minutes, the

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president and his family have departed. They are going up the

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steps onto Air Force One. He has been in Cuba for three days and is

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now on his way to Argentina. He is leaving, but Laura Trevelyan is in

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Havana. Thank you for joining us. Who won the game? Well, the last

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time I looked it was the Tampa Bay rays who were ahead of the Cuban

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national team. And of course it was actually the Americans who

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introduced baseball to Cuba back in the 1860s. A very symbolic moment,

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both President Obama and President Castro watching that game

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side-by-side. The game is a reminder of the differences between the two

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countries, because, by the last count, more than 150 Cuban players

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have had to defect recently to the United States just to play in the

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Major league. There are hopes that there can be a resolution so that

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the best Cuban players can have the opportunity to play baseball. This

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was an historic day, albeit overshadowed by those attacks in

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Brussels. President Obama, the first sitting American president in nearly

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88 years to address the Cuban people. He did it from the same

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place as Calvin Coolidge did all those years ago, the bees beautiful

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grand Theatre here in Cuba. He is said to the Cuban government that

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they must change for the sake of their young people. He said he had

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come here to bury what he called the last remnant of the Cold War in the

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Americas. Think of that. This was always going to be historic and

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packed full of symbolism. As such, it would always be a success to a

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certain degree. What do you think has exceeded President Obama's

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expectations, and where do you think perhaps could have gone better?

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Well, I think it is probably exceeded his expectations in the

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sense that young Cubans have really taken his visit to their hearts.

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Many Afro-Caribbean is on this island have been delighted by the

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sight of the first African-American president coming here. The Cubans

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have said to me that he presents really a contrast with their own

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elderly leadership. The revolutionary leadership that has

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been here for almost 60 years. There was a very awkward press conference

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yesterday. But I think from the White House point of view that

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pointed out the fact, the fact that they prodded President Castro into

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holding a press conference, the fact that he got very crossed over the

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issue of political prisoners and said there weren't any in Cuba even

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though human rights groups say of course there are and produced a

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list. From the White House point of view, it shows what they want to do,

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to make a change in Cuba reversible. Of course, when this change really

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is irreversible is up to the Cuban government -- irreversible. And that

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is pretty difficult to reinforce. There is a temptation with this

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story, and I am guilty of this, to see it through the prism of America

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and President Obama, to see it in terms of his legacy foreign policy

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achievements. Let's look at the Cuban side of things. Was it

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important for Raul Castro to be seen to be getting closer to the

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Americans? Yes, of course. Because young people here in this country,

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not just young people but their parents, too, want more opportunity.

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This is a society which has a superpower on its doorstep, only 90

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miles away, and for nearly 60 years that relationship has been marked by

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hostility and isolation. And Cubans, this is a society where people are

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living gone about 25 US dollars a month. Really very little money.

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America represents opportunity, it is a trading partner. Because of

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this normalisation of relations there will be more than 100 direct

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flights per month between the two countries. Yes, it is important for

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President Cats are to be on the side of opportunity for his people --

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President Castro. Whilst also safeguarding what cubits feel very

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strongly the achievements of the Revolution, including health and

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education, they do not want that to slip away. One Cuban said to me, we

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do not want McDonald's and Starbucks on every corner. Thank you, Laura.

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Laura was live with us from Havana. Let's go back to our lead story, the

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Brussels attacks. Two bombs at the main Brussels airport and another

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bomb in the Central metro station. Is almost always with terrorist

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attacks, there is a period of time when it is not clear who was

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responsible. With what has happened in Brussels today, the media

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suspicion was that the Islamic State group would claim responsibility.

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But it took several hours before we got confirmation, initially through

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the IS newsagency, that it was going to be claiming responsibility for

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what happened. There was an eight-hour gap between the attacks

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on the claims of responsibility. BBC monitoring, you might be aware of

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it, it observes and analyses media all over the world. I asked the

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expert on to Haddin BDO to brief us on this newsagency. -- jihadist

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media. It calls itself a newsagency, it is affiliated, it is one of the

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media outfits of so-called Islamic State rule. It is a credible source

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on the group's propaganda and news. It often acts as a primary source

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for IS's breaking news and messages. It claims to be independent and more

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objective, so even the language that it uses is slightly different than

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IS media. It would say, IS militants, it would save the Iraqi

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army, the Syrian army, rather than the terms, the derogative term is

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that IS would use, in order to be taken seriously, in order to be

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taken seriously by international or regional news outlets. Ameen and her

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colleagues have spent much of the day trawling through social media

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accounts of Islamic State supporters to see what they could green. Here

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she is explaining that even many of those people were confused about why

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IS targeted Brussels. Now, unlike IS supporters earlier today who were

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speculating that the attack was in revenge for the recent arrest of

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Salah Abdeslam who was one of the suspects of the Paris attacks, IS

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said that the claim referred to Belgium's involvement in the

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anti-military campaign. The US-led coalition to target IS in Iraq and

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Syria. We had a sense that for example it was not Al-Qaeda, it was

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IS, because of the reaction of its supporters. Usually with these

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terrorist attacks, you could tell, even in the absence of a claim, you

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could tell by the reaction of every jihadist group. Because Al-Qaeda and

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Isis stored rivals, you wouldn't have the supporters, all to had a

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supporters in general, cheering a certain attack. There will be some

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kind of distinction that would tell you who was responsible for the

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attacks. Within the last two hours, the King of Belgium has been talking

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to the nation. He has made a televised address expressing their

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sympathy for the victims and their families, and said the fight against

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terrorism would continue. Here is some of that speech.

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TRANSLATION: Ladies and gentlemen, today our country is in mourning.

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For each one of us, the 22nd of March will no longer be a day like

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any other. The broken lines, the deep wounds, our whole country bears

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this pain and suffering. The Queen and I share your pain. You, or

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someone close to you, who have been injured by the cowardly and

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despicable acts today, we give our support of the members of the

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emergency and security services. Our gratitude also goes to all of those

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who offered their help spontaneously. As for the threat we

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face, we will continue to respond together with fortitude, calm and

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dignity. Let us have trust in ourselves. This trust is our

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strength. Just before I leave you, I want to show you some of the

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different ways that tributes are being paid to those who lost their

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lives in Brussels. This is the Eiffel Tower, deck out in the

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colours of the Belgian flag. The same was played out in Berlin, that

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is the Brandenburg gate, of course. We have got also pictures here from

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the Trevi Fountain, where tributes are being paid to those who died,

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and also in Brussels as well, people have been gathering and scoring

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messages in chalk on the floor, as we were seeing early. Thank you very

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much for watching. If you want more information on what is happening in

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Brussels, do go online. I will speak to you tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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