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BBC News with Sue Montegamary.Sue Montegamary为您播报BBC新闻。President Obama is to remove Cuba from a list of states sponsors of terrorism, a key step towards normalising relations between Washington and Havana. Last week,?the?Cuban President Raul Castro met Mr. Obama on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama, and demanded to be removed from the list. Heres John Sudworth. 奥巴马总统将古巴从恐怖主义黑名单中移除这一举动成为了华盛顿和哈瓦那之间关系正常化的关键举动。上周古巴总统卡斯特罗与奥巴马总统在巴拿马美洲峰会期间举行会谈，要求美方将其从恐怖主义黑名单中移除。下面是本台记者发回的报道。 “The removal from the states sponsors of terrorism list has long been demanded by the Cubans. And after a series of?reports written by various interested U.S. government departments, the President has made his decision. Itll pave the way for the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana and the Cuban Embassy in Washington. As such, this is a major step towards normalising relations between the 2 countries. In his letter to Congress, President Obama says the government Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the past 6 months. And the letter goes on, the government of Cuba has provided assurances that it will not supports active international terrorism in the future.”古巴一直要求美方将其从恐怖主义黑名单中移除。在经过一系列美国政府部门书面报道后美国总统终于做出了决定。这一举动将为重开美国驻哈瓦那大使馆和古巴驻华盛顿大使馆铺平道路。同样，这也是两国关系正常化的重要举措。在对国会的信件中，奥巴马总统说古巴政府在过去六个月时间里没有证据表明古巴有支持国际恐怖主义的行为。信上还表示，古巴政府已经做出保证，以后也不会支持国际恐怖主义。Reports from Italy say 400 migrants died when the boat that was carrying them to Italy capsized a day after leaving Libya. Survivors said many of the victims were children. Meikerni Probery from the charity Save the Children in Italy says theyre still trying to find out exactly how many children were involved. 来自意大利的报道称一艘从利比亚开往意大利的移民船只在驶离利比亚之后翻船，造成400名移民死亡。幸存者称遇难者大多数为儿童。意大利拯救儿童慈善机构表示其仍在试图查清遇难儿童数量。 “We dont know exactly. We dont have the kind of clearance. According to the testimony, they said that there werent really, in this case, young kids on the boat, but for sure, young people and possibly many minus like t