chad s former president habre is defiant as he faces a senegalese court charged with crimes against humanity. we ll have the latest in golf s open championship as jordan spieth misses out on a third major. fifa announces a date of their next presidential election. withness glrk hello there hello there welcome to the newshour. each country reestablished embassies in the other s capital and a short time ago the cube annal flag was raiseover cuba s new embassy in washington d.c. deteriorating relations between the utle and the then-cuban leader fidel castro castro culminated into the cutting off of ties. while in washington, d.c we are waiting for anews conference between the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the cuban foreign minister bruno rodriguez, that is about to start, we ll cross to it live, while we re waiting for that to happen, we ll speak to al jazeera s tom ackerman. what hurdles actually remain to formalize be be be relations between the two countries?
nuclear deal with iran. chad s former president is defiant as he faces a senegalese court as charged with crimes against humanity. a new fifa president won ting elected until february. $. after a half century of hostility, at midnight last night, each country has established be embassies in each other answer countries. disrt rating relations between the united states and then cuban president 70 del castro culminated into breaking off of ties in 1961. restrictions of americans wanting to travel to cuba will remain in place. united states secretary of state and his counterpart spoke in washington in the last few minutes. this milestone does not signify an end to differentials differences that still separate our countries. but it doing signify that relations we have begun a process of full normalization that will be sure to take time but will also benefit the people in both cuba and the united states. totally lifting return of the illegally occupied territory of guantana
those saying they are left out of the country s new constitution. hello. i am have your sport including american zac johnson wins the open championship at a play-off. news of that and how jordan spieth just missed out on making history coming up. the first time in more than five decades, the u.s. secretary of state and the cuban foreign minister shook hands on american soil as the country restored diplomatic ties. the embassies have re-opened. to mark the historic restoration, bernard rodriguez met his counterpart john kerry at the u.s. state department. despite diplomat diplomatic improvements, a trade embargo will prevent most u.s. countries from doing business there. a report from washington. the u.s. broke off diplomatic relations with havan a-54 years ago. finally, the u.s. government has accepted the cuban revolution. the cuban foreign minister is clear: as far as they have come through sometimes secret negotiations, they still have further to travel. translator
jose pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian peter kornbluh. along with medea benjamin. this is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u.s. foreign-policy. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. at least eight afghan soldiers have died in a so-called friendly fire incident after two u.s. helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. general abdul raziq, a senior afghan national army commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. while the united states has claimed to have ended its combat mission in afghanistan, the military carried out 106 air strikes last month, more than double the number carried out in may. greek banks have reopened for the first time in three weeks, just days after the greek parliamen
burning tires coming up in business. we will explain why french farmers are taking to the streets in protest. and a terrifying close call in south africa as a world champion surfer fights off a shark attack and survives. that and more on the way but first our top story. first hissene habre the former dictator of chad goes on trial accused of war crimes and crimes against humidity. that is in senegal is history making. it is the first time ever the courts of one country prosecutes the former ruler of another for alleged human rights abuses. reporter: after years of struggle victims get their day in court. i wish he had the courage to come to the bar and tell me why i was arrested and detained four years. reporter: these chaddians have come to senegal it testify in the trial of their former president apz prosecutor who ruled from 1982 to 1990 and they are determined to get justice. the time has come for the victims to regain their dignity by way of these explanations, this