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President Trump has hit out at his former lawyer Michael Cohen after the New York Times reported on Friday that Mister Cohen recorded a conversation between the two men. Mr. Trump tweeted on Saturday, your favorite President did nothing wrong. Chris Buckler reports from Washington. Michael Cohen prided himself on being able to find ways of making Mr. Trump's problems disappear. And the taped conversation, which was secretly recorded just a couple of months before the 2016 presidential election, they apparently talk about one of those issues. A tabloid newspaper had bought a former Playboy model's account of an alleged affair with Mr. Trump, although the National Inquirer never actually published it. The recording was seized during an FBI search at Michael Cohen's office in April. Mr. Cohen has not yet been charged with any offence.

Cuba's deputies have been debating a new Constitution featuring far-reaching changes. The Communist-run state plans to recognize private property for the first time in decades, but reaffirms that central planning and state enterprise are key to the economy. Once approved by the deputies, the new Constitution will be put to a public vote. Will Grant is in Havana. This is about modernizing the Constitution to reflect some of the changes that do already exist under Raul Castro. He allowed certain relaxation of the economic rules so that one could have a private business for example. But this idea that you can have private property that you could essentially have a business with a number of employees and that would be enshrined in law. That's particularly significant. And we're looking out for other things too. Some of them political, for example，the imposition of terms on the president's two consecutive five-year terms and some of them social like the recognition of same sex marriage.

Fiat-Chrysler has replaced its CEO Sergio Marchionne with Mike Manley, the head of its Jeep division. Executives held urgent discussions after it emerged that Mr. Marchionne's health problems had worsened. The 66-year-old recently underwent surgery and brought forward plans to retire. Mr. Marchione is credited with having saved Chrysler from bankruptcy by overseeing its merger with Fiat.

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