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Airforce One Touches Down in Cuba with Obama

President Obama has begun an historic tour of Cuba; a new deal has begun on migrants between the EU and Turkey; a teenage scientist has won $150,000 for inventing a new device.

President Barack Obama has begun a three-day visit to Cuba, which is being seen as the climax of two years' hard work to improve relations between the superpower and its Communist neighbour. It's the first visit by a serving American president since 1928.

In a new deal between the European Union and Ankara - all migrants who use clandestine routes to reach Greece will from now on be returned to Turkey.

A teenage female scientist, Maya Varma, has won $150,000 for inventing a new device to diagnose chronic lung disease.

50 minutes

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Mon 21 Mar 201604:06GMT

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  • Mon 21 Mar 201604:06GMT