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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 55 MIN

Next stop Cuba — how Trump is pushing the Caribbean nation to the brink

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Hezbollah says it's locked in an existential battle against Israel, trapping the citizens of Lebanon in another brutal war it neither asked for nor started. Israel says it's determined to secure its northern border, with plans for a major ground offensive, possibly as far as the Litani River. US President Donald Trump has declared Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US national security, imposing a strict oil blockade on the impoverished nation, which is almost entirely dependent on foreign fossil fuel to power its energy grid. CNN's Havana correspondent Patrick Oppmann says the embargo is pushing an already impoverished population to the brink.Australia relies on road freight to deliver just about everything from the milk we drink to the clothes on our back. As diesel bowsers run dry in rural and regional Australia is it time to think more seriously about electrifying our truck fleets. 

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