Cubans line streets as Fidel Castro's ashes begin final journey

Fidel Castro's ashes have begun a four-day journey across Cuba from Havana to their final resting place in the eastern city of Santiago.

Cubans line streets as Fidel Castro's ashes begin final journey

Fidel Castro's ashes have begun a four-day journey across Cuba from Havana to their final resting place in the eastern city of Santiago.

The remains of the 90-year-old leader were taken out of Cuba's Defence Ministry and placed in a small coffin covered by a Cuban flag to begin the 500-mile procession.

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