US and Cuban officials said to have met recently in Havana amid new diplomatic push

An American delegation recently met with Cuban government officials in the island nation, marking a renewed diplomatic push even as US President Donald Trump has threatened to intervene and Cuba’s leader said this week that his country is prepared to fight if that should happen. A senior State Department official met with the grandson of retired Cuban leader Raul Castro last week during the trip, according to a department official, who was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on Friday on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.