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Cuban delegation walks out as Trump calls country a 'failed state' at the United Nations – video

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Cuban delegates left the room during the US president's speech to the UN general assembly, where he called Cuba 'a failed state' and said the country 'will fall'. The US has maintained a trade embargo on Cuba for more than 60 years, and Trump's administration has stepped up pressure on the communist-controlled island nation.

Read the original report at The Guardian.

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