Raúl Castro makes first public appearance amid US charges of murder and terrorism

Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro made his first public appearance Friday since the Trump administration charged him with murder over the 1996 shoot-down of planes operated by a Cuban exile group. The charges were brought in relation to the crash of two planes carrying anti-Castro activists. Castro's appearance comes amid heightened tensions between the US and Cuba. He did not comment on the charges during his public appearance.