NewsMorning news: Cable thefts disrupt Havana phone lines amid Cuba crisis
Morning news: Cable thefts disrupt Havana phone lines amid Cuba crisis
This happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Sunday to Monday.
- The authorities of Cuba, which is facing a prolonged economic crisis, reported serious disruptions in telephone communications in Havana due to cable theft. According to the state-owned company Telecomunicaciones de Cuba, 2,000 feet of telephone cable were stolen. Local media emphasize that such incidents have been occurring more frequently over the past two years. So far this year, there have already been seven cable thefts in various districts of the Cuban capital.
- Donald Trump accused Zelensky of wanting to back out of the agreement between the countries. He also threatened that there would be consequences because of it. "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.
- Late Sunday evening, the US Army Command in Europe and Africa announced that divers managed to reach the Hercules and attach a line. This will allow the operation to begin on retrieving the vehicle. Since Wednesday, March 26, a search operation has been underway at the training ground in Pabradė, Lithuania, for four American soldiers. The military personnel were traveling in an M88 Hercules armored vehicle, which sank in a swamp.
