English Time with Yves

  At least 200 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia, sweeping away bridges and buildings, local authorities said on Wednesday. Meteorologists  said a year's worth of rain had fallen in eight hours in parts of Valencia on Tuesday, causing pile-ups on highways and submerging farmland in a region that produces two-thirds of the citrus fruit grown in Spain, a leading global exporter. Residents in the worst-hit places described seeing people clambering onto the roofs of their cars as a churning tide of brown water gushed through the streets, uprooting trees and dragging away chunks of masonry from buildings. "It's a river that came through," said Denis Hlavaty, who waited for rescue on a ledge in the petrol station where he works in the regional capital. "The doors were torn away and I spent the night there, surrounded by water that was 2 metres...

  Watch: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cuba-tourism-uk-trump-castro-b2636280.html Havana is a city that is famous for its   rustic   metropolitanism . The Cuban capital  lives up  to its  stereotype . It is a beautifully  dilapidated  colonial city. Beneath a  beaming  Caribbean sun,  you can hear the sound of vintage cars and  rumba   blasting  joyfully from open windows. I first arrived in the Caribbean’s largest city in January 1, 1989 to research the first independent guidebook to Cuba. New Year’s Day  marked  30 years since Fidel Castro had  toppled  the  tyrant  Fulgencio Batista and taken control of the island. Economically, Cuba was just  getting bye . Despite the US economic  blockade  and  inept   collectivization  by  the late  Che Guevara, Moscow ensured Cuba  kept afloat . The Soviet Union sold...