Ferry Service Approved To Run Between US and Cuba

Americans will soon be able to set sail from Miami to the Cuban capital Havana, after the US Treasury Department issued licences to at least two ferry companies allowing them to operate between the two ports.

The lifting of the ban on ferries between the US and Cuba comes as President Obama works to thaw relations with Havana.

Here's our US correspondent Lorna Shaddick. 

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