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Trump news at a glance: US indicts Raúl Castro, ratcheting up Cuba tensions

A person holds a sign reading 'Assassins and Terrorists' with photos of two men circled in red
A Cuban in exile holds up a sign in protest of Cuba’s leaders in Miami on Wednesday. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA

The United States issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, and five others on Wednesday in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s six-decades-old communist regime.

The 94-year-old political figurehead was charged in Miami, Florida, with conspiracy to kill US nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destruction of aircraft.

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