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Begin restoring power this morning. cnns patrick ottman rode out the storm in havana. >> reporter: cuba and its 11 million inhabitants are currently in a nationwide blackout officials said late tuesday night after hurricane ian battered this island. according to officials, it damaged the islands electrical system to a degree that it led to rolling blackouts across the island and even in central eastern cuba that were not affected by the wind and the rain from hurricane ian. to the west of havana...

South korean authorities are fiercely condemning north korea for firing a suspected short-range ballistic missile. it was likely launched from a north korean submarine into the waters off of the eastern coast of the korean peninsula. this launch is coming just days after another ballistic missile was tested by north korea on wednesday. this one is the countrys 14th missile launch this year alone, a sign that the dictator of north korea, kim jong-un, is stepping up his ballistic missile and nucle...

If the vaccines succeed, it is already too late. patrick ottman, cnn, havana. new zealand is reporting its first covid death in six months. a monday in her 90s who had underlying health conditions died in the hospital friday night, another person from her household has tested positive. the country also reported 20 new cases on saturday, the lowest number in two weeks. the worsening coronavirus pandemic is also one of the many challenges facing joe biden right now, that includes mixed messagi...

More bad news coming, tropical storm grace is formed and could hit haiti and when you dump rain, sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, thats going to make a life or death situation so much worse. >> thank you, patrick. allison, there are two named storms in the frregion, fred an grace. in any way, did storm activity possibly trigger an earthquake like this? >> not even 1% chance. what we want to point out is that grace will have impact on the area in the form of rain. theyre going to be cleaning...

Point we dont know the exact death toll. this video just into cnn shows some of the damage on the island there, buildings collapsed into rubble, streets covered in debris. the prime minister is headed to some of the hardest-hit areas now. this could be a massive test for the new leader that took office after the shocking assassination of the president last month. joining us, patrick ottman, an and allison chinchar. what are you hearing about the impact of the outbreak? >> reporter: as each hour ...

Patrick ottman is live for us in havana, cuba, with more. its hard to overstate how significant this is, what were seeing. and we wonder, of course, if its going to continue, patrick. all right. i think were having a little problem there. patrick, can you hear me? >> reporter: yeah, i hear you now. can you hear me? >> yes. patrick, tell us a little bit about what youre seeing. >> reporter: ill just go ahead. yeah, and so everyone is aware, there have been massive problems since these protests wi...

Residents safe. and even though members of this community have lived there for years, some are saying they are considering leaving and the fact that six children, as young as 7 months old, could be murdered in cold blood perhaps its no longer safe to live here for anyone. patrick ottman, cnn, mexico city, mexico. >> again, it is a historic day in berlin, germany. were revisiting the day the iron curtain began to fall apart and europe began counting down to the end of the cold war. well continue ...

A wheelchair was terrifying. as totally knocked me off my feet because if youve never been diagnosed with an illness like that its hard to understand how lousy you feel when they tell you its patrick has been spared frequent flare ups but when they occur they interfere with every day life and especially sports business just monitors his condition what he does feel all the time however is the tingling in his left arm and leg. its the result of inflammation in the brain. multiple sclerosis is a di...

Patrick aug patrick ott man. hes currently in bevens town. theyll me what youre seeing today. >> thank you. weve been going down and now that we can get into this area finally, down the road were actually in the town of high rock right now just down the road from bevens town and were with one of the local passengers named joey saunders. were in front of the place that used to be his house and used to be his church just -- just back that way. i drove by her yesterday drir not realize i would have...

But in the bahamas where dorian hit last weekend, only to stall and dump heavy, heavy rain and high winds for three days in a row, shell-shocked residents are struggling to make sense of what happened during the strongest storm to ever hit the island nation. >> words cant describe it. i dont twish on nobody. nobody [ sobbing ] they could never categorize this, never. it was like an atomic bomb went off. >> bahamas prime minister tells cnn that the official death toll from hurricane dorian now st...