CIA chief holds talks with Cuban officials in Havana

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Jannat Jaleel and in the early hours of Friday, the 15th of May, these are our main stories.

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  The head of the CIA holds talks in Cuba

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  as the island struggles to keep the lights on because of a US fuel blockade.

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  As Cubans struggle with rolling power cuts and shortages of fuel

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  have forced schools and universities to shut down because of a months-long US energy blockade,

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  the director of the CIA has gone to the island for talks with his Cuban counterparts.

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  The visit to Havana by John Ratcliffe comes after the Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel,

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  rebuffed a recent offer from the US of 100 million dollars in aid,

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  saying it would be better for Washington to lift its blockade instead.

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  This was imposed in January, shortly after American forces captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.

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  Venezuela had supplied much of Cuba's fuel.

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  Mr. Trump has threatened to slap massive tariffs on any country that sends oil to the island

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