Donald Trump expels 15 Cuban diplomats following mysterious 'sonic attacks' on 23 US embassy staff

Donald Trump has expelled 15 Cuban diplomats in the latest response to the mysterious ‘sonic attacks’ targeting US embassy staff in Havana.

Last week, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that America was sharply reducing the number of staff at its embassy in Havana after at least 21 diplomats and their family members fell ill to mysterious illnesses. There has been speculation, the hard was caused by sonic attacks aimed as the facility.

Cuba has stridently denied it is behind the attacks and has taken the unusual step of investing both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to travel to the island to launch their own probes.

On Tuesday, Mr Tillerson said said it was expelling the 15 Cubans from its embassy in Washington in order to “ensure equity”.