NewsOvernight briefing: Cable theft adds to Cuba's communication woes as crisis deepens
Overnight briefing: Cable theft adds to Cuba's communication woes as crisis deepens
This happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Sunday to Monday.
- The authorities in Cuba, currently facing a prolonged economic crisis, reported significant telephone communication disruptions in Havana due to cable theft. According to the state-owned company Telecomunicaciones de Cuba, about 600 metres of telephone cable were stolen. Local media highlight that such disruptions have been occurring more frequently over the past two years. Since the start of this year, there have already been seven cable thefts across various districts in the Cuban capital.
- Donald Trump accused Zelensky of wanting to back out of the agreement between the countries and warned that there would be consequences. "He's trying to back out of the rare earth deal, and if he does that, he's got some problems, big, big problems," Trump said to reporters aboard Air Force One. "He wants to be a member of NATO, but he's never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that," added Trump.
- On Sunday late in the evening, the US Army Command in Europe and Africa announced that divers managed to reach the Hercules and attach a line. This will enable the operation to begin to retrieve the vehicle. Since Wednesday, March 26, a search operation has been ongoing at the training ground in Pabradė, Lithuania, for four American soldiers. The military personnel were travelling in an M88 Hercules armoured vehicle, which sank in a swamp.
