Fidel Castro admits Cuban Missile Crisis 'wasn't worth it at all'

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has admitted that he now believes all the efforts to arm Russia with nuclear weapons in the Cold War weren't 'worth it at all'.

In a candid interview with an American journalist - one of the first since the 84-year-old placed himself back in the public eye after falling ill four years ago - Castro claims his attitudes have been diluted.

One of the primary leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Castro stepped down as President in 2008 ceding power to his brother, Raul, as he was in poor health.

Speaking to Jeffrey Goldberg, a reporter for The Atlantic, Castro lifted the lid on his current political views - even questioning his own actions in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, speaking on Friday, warned of nuclear war in his first speech before the Cuban public since falling ill in 2006