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Four people aboard a Florida-registered speedboat were killed and six others injured after Cuban border forces opened fire following an exchange of gunfire in Cuban waters. The Cuban government claims the vessel entered territorial waters and fired first, wounding a Cuban patrol commander. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington will independently verify what happened before deciding how to respond, while Vice President J.D. Vance said officials are monitoring the developing incident closely. This deadly clash threatens to escalate tensions between the U.S. and Cuba and raises serious questions about maritime security and regional diplomacy.

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00:01I'll need to get more fidelity and understanding from them once I get on the airplane about what exactly they're
00:05looking for.
00:06I don't know who has possession of the vessel, which is the first thing we'd want to have.
00:09We obviously want to have access to these people, if they are American citizens or U.S. residents.
00:15But I'm not going to speculate now, because right now, still, a lot of the information that's out there is
00:19information that's been provided by the Cubans.
00:21We are going to verify that information independently and reach our own conclusions.
00:25Can you tell us anything you know about the situation off the coast of Cuba, where there's a speedboat shot?
00:32Have you been briefed on that?
00:33Do you know if Americans were killed or injured in it?
00:35Yeah, so on the second thing, actually, Marco briefed me about 15 minutes ago on it, but we don't know
00:41a whole lot of details.
00:41And so I'll defer to the White House to provide more updates as we get them.
00:46Certainly, you know, a situation that we're monitoring.
00:49Hopefully, it's not as bad as we fear it could be, but I can't say more because I just don't
00:53know.
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