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Cuba: US plans to indict Raul Castro
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    James Menendez speaks to Leopoldo Lopez, a Venezuelan opposition leader

CIA chief makes rare trip to Cuba as oil terminals run dry, meanwhile US media reports say Washington is preparing criminal charges against its former leader Raul Castro. Also in the programme: why nationalist vigilante groups are spreading across Russia; and a French museum holds a display of famous art works from second World War in order to reunite them with their rightful owners. (Image:A vintage car passes by images of late Cuban President Fidel Castro, Cuba's former President Raul Castro and Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel displayed on a billboard in Havana. Credit: REUTERS/Norlys Perez)

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