all enjoy the caribbean sun. so plenty of people from europe and around the world call those islands that home but we'd like to know what you'd take with you if you were costa way to an uninhabited desert island all alone with no multicultural crowd to keep you company send us a picture of yourself with a luxury item that would brighten up your stay whether that's a person or an object just upload it to slash lifestyle where you can also find yesterday's installment of our series now we return to the european mainland and take to the skies in our euro max express. from around the world are in italy for this year's teano international balloon challenge cup. ninety teens are competing in total with one thousand bottles of local wine up for grabs this is the fourth edition of the balloon challenge cup. lost in fifteen days it ends on the fifth. paris is testing cooling benches in public streets and squares they're designed to give pedestrian some relief from the continuing heat wave the benches are connected to an u

the dream caribbean island with a disgusting scene european clare. cool count counteractive as many people home in romania the. trip of a lifetime eighteen year olds travelling europe first perri. we kick off the show with a trip to the caribbean now your max normally only highlights culture and lifestyle in europe but our next report will take us to a group of violence that have a strong affiliation with european countries we're off to the lesser antilles and they are politically associated with britain france and the netherlands so pack your bags for some international island hopping. the plane touches down in dutch territory but seven thousand kilometers from amsterdam. this is sin to martin in the lesser antilles islands a sun worshippers paradox. super martini is part of the netherlands vacationers here can look forward to sun sand and duty free shopping. and they can pay an entry in drinkers in peak season up to ten cruise ships a day dock at the island just beyond the deep water for travellers can get a taste of amsterdam the cheese the city.

ports had to adapt to this race to africa and the caribbean. in london black while became a slave to. principle war. here trade goods were embarked precious fabrics jewels porcelains weapons and brandy's all bought on credit with the bank's money around this pier a giant port complex gradually unfolding a city within a city entirely devoted to this new business. following london six hundred sixty three the great seaports all russian one after the other to take advantage of this lucrative trade. copenhagen. bristol not liverpool ball though and to work from all over europe slave ships that sail for africa. when i began to see slave ships leaving from not just liverpool anon but from every port in the atlantic as soon as a port becomes big enough to contemplate the trans oceanic voyage there's a good chance that voyage is going to be a slave trade voyage i mean like one hundred and seventy separate ports tiny places today they've got no idea that once upon a time they send a slave boy just simply to support in the child's charming place and yet i

born in one area he was deported at the age of eleven to the caribbean. when he was twenty one he managed to buy his freedom while passing through england. in his autobiography published in seventeen eighty nine he recounted his experience of the middle passage down in the hold and delivered a vibrant plea against slavery. facing the nations that have reduced him to the rank of an object the negro reclaimed his voice. gentlemen. such a tendency as a slave trade to the gorge man's mind and heart in them to every feeling of humanity. it is their fate on a d. of his mistaken avarice but it drops the milk of human kindness and turns it into god. which violates that first natural right of mankind equality and independence and gives one man a dominion over his followers which god could never intend. yet how mistaken is the everest's even of the planters oscillators more useful by being thus humbled to the condition of brutes and they would be if suffered to enjoy the privileges of man. when. one of the important things you see in a quijano or stubs vasa is that

because the caribbean has the same geographical and climatic features a south pole may eventually became the crossroads of the slavery routes. nowadays these islands are synonymous with holidays. the sweet life sunshine and nature killing mythical memories of a lost paradise. confine themselves to the beaches of suntan. but they could easily cross the threshold that separates the islands to realities. of. skeletons were exuma within yards of the bathers. between five hundred in one thousand graves are still buried beneath the sand. beach is one of the fifteen slave cemeteries that have been excavated among the thousand that exist in the caribbean. eighty nine skeletons were exam for study by the archaeologists of unwrap the national institute for preventive archaeological research judging by the state of their bones the archaeologists concluded that these men and women had not reached the age of thirty. their death working on sugar plantations had so deformed their bodies that they looked like seventy five year olds. these people were guinea pigs for the sugar experiment the collateral d

director are -- of caribbean affairs. proudlyrmed, i will represent the u.s. hinduism live peacefully together. i will work with the sigma -- government to develop economic as well as explore new opportunities. u.s. companies are conducting oil exploration off the coast of surinam and hope to find the same success that has occurred in neighboring guyana. in cooperation with these companies and the government of curbam the are trying to the dangerous use of mercury. in keeping with the goals of the caribbean face of security , if confirmed, i will continue to support regional assistant that provides technical training to law , andcement officers support strengthening of the rule of law. the surinam is on the trafficking and persons watch list for the second year in our. while surinam has been making efforts to meet the minimum standards there are additional steps needed. i pledge to work with the syrup and try toernment eliminate trafficking. my highest priority as chief of the mission's comer -- is to safeguard the wealth

it is a caribbean nation problem. i'm a supporter original organization, i am the ranking democrat on the helsinki commission. so, we believe and regional organizations, one of the challenges has very little involvement. therefore, it does not have the same degree of support that the os ec has because we are part of the process. know, howd like to you all believe, our regional organizations that region can be strengthened. in order to make them more effective, and to problems that is venezuela. as the outgoing deputy -- in the u.s.ve oas, mission to the oas, i will be happy to take the first crack at i certainly agree that the situation in venezuela has been an enormous concern for many reasons. and has been a very high priority for the oas and for the admission to the oas, although we have, there is much more to a peacefulote democratic solution, i think in the two years that i served in our mission, with come a long way. from the standpoint of initially, the oas was incapable of taking of any action. because the str

ports had to adapt to this race to africa and the caribbean. in london black while became a slave trade principal wharf here trade goods were embarked precious fabrics jewels porcelains weapons and brandy's all bought on credit but the bank's money around this pier a giant port complex gradually unfolded a city within a city entirely devoted to this new business. following london six hundred sixty three the great seaports all russia one after the other to take advantage of this lucrative trade. copenhagen. bristol not. liverpool ball though and work from all over europe slave ships that sail for africa. when i began to see slave ships leaving from not just liverpool anon but from every port in the atlantic as soon as a port becomes big enough to contemplate the trans oceanic voyage there's a good chance that voyage is going to be a slave trade voyage and we've got like one hundred and seventy separate ports tiny places today they've got no idea that once upon a time they send a slave boy just simply to support of the challenge is charming place

of the caribbean became a space of conquest for the europeans very early on really was the first place the columbus landed in the new world the first place that the spanish began to search for gold and the first place they began to enslave the indians so they were thorough going spaces created by design of european planters and imperial policy makers and for their profit right there aren't so many places where you can completely overlay a territory like that so they're in some ways the caribbean is a space where you find the purest of colonial territories where the masters of the space actually get to create the space to suit their own needs. in guadalupe every plot of land every single square inch of ground contains traces of this violent and deeply rooted history. and. today all that is left of the sugar war is a field. of the two hundred fifty sugary fineries active in the late nineteenth century only to remain in operation. in two thousand and seventeen at home in iraq archaeologists examine the remains of the son shocked residents and sugar refinery. a mill stock rooms and three r

earlier, crowds had been celebrating the annual caribbean carnival in the area. had a statement from greater manchester police. they say they have deployed a large number armed and unarmed officers in the area as investigations continue. they have released a statement saying, we currently have a number of people in hospital being treated for different injuries. but most do not appear to be life—threatening at this time. officers are working to establish exactly where this attack happened and who is responsible. we will have extra officers patrolling the area throughout the coming days. 0ur correspondent anna jameson is in moss side for us. update us on the latest details. i am standing on claremont road in south manchester, moss side. yesterday i am told there were two street parties, one just cordoned off behind me, as you can see. this was a great party atmosphere, the manchester caribbean carnival, colourful, vibrant, they were celebrating the 70th anniversary of the windrush coming in to england. but it turned sour when shots were heard and ten people we now

the caribbean became a space of conquest for the europeans very early on really was the first place the columbus landed in the new world the first place that the spanish began to search for gold and the first place they began to enslave the indians so they were thorough going spaces created by design of european planters and imperial policy makers and for their profit right there aren't so many places where you can completely overlay a territory like that so there are in some ways the caribbean is a space where you find the purest of colonial territories where the masters of the space actually get to create the space to suit their own needs. in guadeloupe every plot of land every single square inch of ground contains traces of this violent and deeply rooted history. today all that is left of the sugar war is a field. of the two hundred fifty sugar refinery is active in the late nineteenth century only to remain in operation. in two thousand and seventeen. in rep archeologists examine the remains of the son shocked residents and sugar refinery. a mill stock rooms and three rows of so-cal

born in one area he was deported at the age of eleven to the caribbean. when he was twenty one he managed to buy his freedom while passing through england. in his autobiography published in seventeen eighty nine he recounted his experience of the middle passage down in the hold and delivered a vibrant plea against slavery. facing the nations that have reduced him to the rank of an object the negro reclaimed his voice. gentlemen. such a tendency as a slave trade to the boss man's mind and heart in them to every feeling of humanity . it is their fate on a d. of his mistaken avarice but it drops the milk of human kindness and turns it into god. which violates that first natural right of mankind equality and independency and gives one man a dominion over his followers which god could never intend. yet how mistaken is the avarice even of the planters are slaves more useful by being thus humbled to the condition of brutes and they would be if suffered to enjoy the privileges of man. when. one of the important things you see in a quijano or stubs vasa is that he

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caribbean carnival, it was colourful and vibra nt.it was colourful and vibrant. they were celebrating the 70th anniversary of the windrush coming into england but that turned soui’ coming into england but that turned sour when shots were heard and ten people we now know are injured. 0fficers people we now know are injured. officers were called and there are minorand officers were called and there are minor and major injuries that the hospital are having to deal with at the moment. there is some footage on social media the police have been talking to us about, they have said it was a video of the aftermath of the incident itself. the video appears to show a number of panicked people who had gathered around, by police as a voice shouts out, one voice shouts out, "can you hear me?" this is a developing story and we are getting different information as the morning continues. 0ne are getting different information as the morning continues. one of the key people here in moss side, the government adviser, who does a lot of work in the communi

ports had to adapt to this race to africa and the caribbean. in london black while became a slave to. it's principal war. here trade goods were embarked precious fabrics jewels porcelains weapons and brandy's all bought on credit with the banks money around this pier a giant port complex gradually unfolding a city within a city entirely devoted to this new business. following london six hundred sixty three the great seaports all russia one after the other to take advantage of this lucrative trade. copenhagen. bristol not liverpool ball though and to work from all over europe slave ships that sail for africa. when i began to see slave ships leaving from not just liverpool and non but from every port in the atlantic as soon as a port becomes big enough to contemplate the trans oceanic voyage there's a good chance that voyage is going to be a slave trade voyage and we've got one hundred and seventy separate ports tiny places today they've got no idea that once upon a time they send a slave boy just simply to support in the child's charming place a

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you looks at africa and the caribbean critically but that‘s not about racism.oesn't. what this is nobel prize for literature mean to him? i will tell you the story, i was back in india and the bbc world at one calls me up and says do you have a landline and i said yeah, other is, who are you? they said they wanted to talk to us about my friend vs naipaul i asked all my god, is he dead, and they said no, he‘sjust won the nobel prize, i said it was fantastic i called his house, i was told the place had gone wild, there are camera crews and people and he‘s doing an interview with itv right now, but he came on straightaway and he said you have heard of my little spot of good luck! if you‘re planning to catch a movie this weekend, you might be deciding whether to watch one at home or on the big screen. well now it could be big screens. new technology means films can now be projected onto the side walls of the cinema, as well as the main screen, to deliver a more "immersive" experience. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. it is summer blockbuster sea

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workforce of the caribbean sugar plantations. the caribbean sugar plantations. i was born in trinidad, all these facets, the background personality and life, to be explored. in 2001 he was awarded the nobel prize for literature. it was just one of many, but he could also be gruff, prickly, his views on africa upsetting his critics... you didn't try to keep the worst aspect of his earlier behaviour away from the site of the biographer —— he didn't try. in the end, it is not the personality traits, rather it is the books, the works of literature, that will endure. the writer salman rushdie said even though they disagreed all their lives, he felt he had lost a beloved elder brother. the scholarship boy from trinidad who had arrived in oxford in the fifth diplomat was always something of an outsider looking in, his gaze could be unforgiving and he was almost a lwa ys be unforgiving and he was almost always worth reading. to understand me, you have to know that writing is the most important aspect of my life. so it's a kind of magic,

less than 2a hours ago, this street was busy with people taking part in the nearby caribbean carnivalthousands enjoyed the event peacefully. but at 2.30am this morning,

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from the caribbean decades ago that then by about went along to the festival. it's noisy colorful and exuberant and hugely popular but as well as bringing visitors from around the world onto the streets of west london the notting hill carnival is a chance to celebrate the history of britain's caribbean population. this year seen a political scandal over how badly some of the so-called windrush generation and their descendants have been and are being treated seventy years on from the first arrivals arrival of more than four hundred have it illegally because of a hardening of home office rules hundreds have been deported or threatened with deportation others lost their jobs and their right to health care despite being longstanding british citizens. this year is also the sixtieth anniversary of the so-called race riots in notting hill when white youths went on the rampage attacking west indian immigrants and their property. and at this year's opening ceremony children performed a song remembering past and present struggles in trying to celebrate the pioneers upon

he became europe's first ever mayor of african caribbean descent. he studied in the uk and united states, earning a bachelor's degree in political theory, yale university world fellow who worked for the bbc as a presenter and journalist, lifelong commitment working on international development at uk national health service, he speaks of his mixed heritage, his mother is of english, welsh and irish heritage. his wife is american, and they live in atlanta, maryland, mayor reese leads the global parliament of mayors, please join me in welcoming mayor marvin reese. >> thank you very much. a very kind welcome. thanks for your welcome. i am here, my mother in law is sitting in the crowd somewhere. distinguished guests, the 19th century preacher said if you speak more than 10 minutes you need to be an angel or speaking to angels. this is -- many of you want to go home. i have been on 20 minutes and i'm not an angel. i have high hopes for all of you in the audience. this is benefactor of human civilization ever since there has been human civilization. the c

and finally the entertaining way europe meets the caribbean. the roma. on the move. highly toxic ammunition scratch on the bottom of the sea. agent orange can the business of vietnam. during in particular a matter on the ground all over iraq to stop the consequence of. a race against time. good old might be too late you the combination of such a waste to keep tongue in forty minutes on d w. they make a commitment. they find solutions so. they can stronger. africa on the move. stories for both people making a difference shaping their nation. on the continent of africa on the move the stories about motivational change makers are taking their destiny you speak to their knowledge of the d w c multimedia series from africa. d.w. dot com click on the most. part i want to welcome to our highlights show with the best picks of the week i'm your host meghan lee here's a look at what we've got in store for you today. top of the dream caribbean island with a distinct in your opinion claire. cool count.

12,000 cases, they have come up with a pool of 164 were people who had been living in the uk from caribbean caribbean countries prior to 1973 were either removed from the uk or detained. and they believe that, of those 164, 18 have very, very strong grounds for saying that they were unlawfully or wrongfully removed or detained. that is why the home secretary is going to issue them with a formal apology. they will also be directed towards routes for claiming compensation, and for those living abroad they will be given the opportunity to return to the uk. however, it is very difficult to put a price on what has happened to some of these people. their lives have been torn apart in many cases. they have lost their careers, they have been separated, perhaps, from friends, family and colleagues. for them, it is going to be very difficult to get those lives back. the time is 6.16pm. our top story this evening. all charges have been dropped against former police chief sir norman bettison who was accused of blaming liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster. coming up — a first test century forjos

beaches in the caribbean and the u.s. state of florida with masses of toxic algae blooms the so-called red tide is the worst in over a decade and it's killing sea affecting tourists and hurting people's health and gallacher reports. four weeks from now smelling saw gas of seaweed has been washed ashore across the caribbean in florida's atlantic coast these blooms are naturally occurring but weren't seen in this region before two thousand and eleven since then the problems grow worse while scientists are unsure what's behind it many belief human activity is a factor to largest rivers feeding into the control of the land of the amazon and the congo and of course there's been huge about deforestation in those two waters. and of course again you cut down the forest that's going to lose a lot more the this nutrient pollution in florida toxic algae is adding to the state's environmental woes this year's red tide is the worst in more than a decade the real life has been hit hard by the algae which poisons fish and removes oxygen

welcome back now beaches in the caribbean in the u.s. state of florida being swamped with masses of seaweed and toxic algae blooms the so-called red tide is the worst seen in over a decade and it's killing sea life affecting tourism and hurting people's health and a gallon revolves. for weeks foul smelling saw gas and seaweed has been washed ashore across the caribbean in florida's atlantic coast these blooms on naturally occurring but weren't seen in this region before two thousand and eleven since then the problems grow worse and while scientists are unsure what's behind it many belief human activity is a factor two largest rivers feeding into their control the land of the amazon and the congo and of course there's been a huge bout of deforestation in those two watersheds and of course again you cut down the forests that's their release a lot more it is this nutrient pollution in florida toxic algae is adding to the state's environmental woes this year's red tide is the worst in more than a decade the real life has been hit hard by the

he said he would become the first effort directly alleged mayor of african caribbean dissent. marvin studied at the uk and here in the united states. he earned his bachelor's degree in economic history and politics with a master's degree in political theory and government. he is a university will fail in this his work for the bbc as a presenter and journalist. marvin's lifelong commitment to public service ended early on working international development at the uk's national health service. he often speaks of his heritage. his father arrived in england as a 12-year-old and his mother was of english welsh and irish heritage. most of his jamaican family live in atlanta, los angeles and maryland. mayor rees leads the global parliament at ayer so please join me in welcoming mayor marvin rees. [applause] >> thank you very much. thanks for your welcome to the united states. i'm actually here -- my mother-in-law sitting in the crowd somewhere. there she is. [applause] thanks to my distinguished guests. it was the 19th century -- you said if you can speak more than 10 minutes you need

the manchester caribbean carnival which took place yesterday is due to carry on today as well and we'veat carnival who says today's events will take place. this shooting happened here at the street party which was organised to coincide with the caribbean carnival but was not actually part of it. the organisers say yesterday's events were entirely peaceful and two days events will go ahead as planned. thank you very much and a. in a moment we will talk to michael, not his real name, but he was there when the attack happened. but first let's look at some footage that michael sent us of the chaos he himself witnessed. can you hear me? 0k, ok, let's talk to michael now, who was there when the attack happened and who centres that video you were just watching, michael, thank you for talking to us on bbc news. take us for talking to us on bbc news. take us through what you saw and what you heard and how you felt? well, what i saw was not much, it was more what i heard. i was just there, saw was not much, it was more what i heard. i wasjust there, enjoying the good vibes are having a drink. i n

find that was killing sea life and harvesting to resume along the coastlines of florida and the caribbean all that and more when we come back. hello looking back to international weather forecasts well across parts of china we have been watching a lot of tropical activity over the last few days and today is not any different than those we are watching one system down here across the south china sea as well as up here across the eastern coast of china let's take a look the forecast as we go for the next few days because we are going to be seeing plenty of rain coming out of these two systems down here across the south this storm is going to be making its way towards the west we do think as we go from thursday to friday we could be seeing a landfall in vietnam as a tropical storm but weakening quite quickly and that's going to be down to a depression but still bring quite a bit of heavy rain there and up toward shanghai we are going to be seeing some very heavy rain few as a tropical storm system makes its way on coast as well where across india very heavy rain showers have been the problem

out finally the entities way europe meets the caribbean. the rome. thirty. w. . germany which. any time any place. to sing new music video never. happened at the back of the. songs to sing along to download it is the combo from super. to. have varied courses into active exercises that are available like d. w. dot com slashdot actually and on facebook in the app store. in german for free it doesn't mean. i don't mean that as well as says president nicolas maduro survived in the homes after an apparent explosion at a military parade on saturday the. government sources say that drones loaded with explosives detonated storing the fans just hours after the incident materials said it was an assassination attempt plotted by his foes. i have no doubt that this all points to be extreme right in venezuela in alliance with the rights in colombia.

thousands of people enjoy manchester's caribbean carnival every year.was no exception. but after the event finished at a large party a few streets away, shots were heard. officers arrived on the scene at 2:30am this morning, some were armed. nine people, including two children, suffered pellet—type wounds and another man has leg injuries. whilst the injuries are serious, they are not life—threatening. i think it's more by luck that's occurred and actually, discharging a firearm in a crowded place like that, we could be investigating here a murder, as opposed to an attempt murder investigation. over the last 30 years this area has changed dramatically. guns and violence were once commonplace here. this incident has caused anger and frustration for the community leaders who have worked hard to change this neighbourhood's reputation. i live in moss side, i love moss side, i breathe the air of moss side. i've been there for a long time and i'll continue to spread the good word about this community. but situations like this don't help and it's about sending

he said he became europe's first directly led mayor of african caribbean dissent. he studied in the u k and united states and earned his bachelors degree in economic history and a masters degree in political theory and government. he has a yield university world fell up and has worked for the bbc as a presenter and journalist. his life long commitment started early on working in international development at the u.k. national health service. his mixedpeaks of heritage. his father arrived when he was a 12-year-old. , androther-in-law is swiss most of his jamaican family live in atlanta, los angeles, and maryland. currently leads the global parliament of mayors. please join me in welcoming mayor marin rees. [applause] thank you very much for your kind welcome. thanks for your welcome to the united states. i am here most summers anyway. my mother is in the crowd somewhere. do you want to wave? my sister and law as well. the sting wish guests -- distinguished guests, it was the 19th preacher who said if you going to speak more than 10 minutes, you either need to be an a

the caribbean became a space of conquest for the europeans very early on really was the first place the columbus landed in the new world the first place that the spanish began to search for gold and the first place they began to enslave the indians so they were thoroughgoing spaces created by design of european planters and imperial policy makers and for their profit right there aren't so many places where you can completely overlay a territory like that so there are in some ways the caribbean is a space where you find the purest of colonial territories where the masters of the space actually get to create the space to suit their own needs. in guadalupe every plot of land every single square inch of ground contains traces of this violent and deeply rooted history. and. today all that is left of the sugar war is a field. of the two hundred fifty sugar refinery is active in the late nineteenth century only to remain in operation. in two thousand and seventeen at home in iraq archaeologists examine the remains of the son shocked residents and sugar refinery. a mill stock rooms and three ro

in addition to that, they talked about the caribbean basin as the caribbean lake. they wanted stability because of the canal. there are all these interventions in the caribbean during wilson's presidency. and then veracruz, it looks like the germans are supplying the current dictator of mexico, a guy who had seized control from the old dictator, who had cooperated with the united states for a long time. the word comes to the white house in the middle of the night that this german ship has left cuba and it is headed to veracruz with munitions for the dictator. wilson wants democracy in mexico. he decides he has to send the navy. the had also been a little incident where american troops, ships of all navies were often cruising in the caribbean. americans had gone ashore and were insulted onshore by the mexicans. they had gone ashore in a little boat, flying in american flag. that was supposed to grant them immunity for whatever they were doing. there was a scuffle. wilson wanted the dictator to apologize for it. he would not. these things come together and there is t

from sao tome a continuance of captive started being shipped to brazil in the caribbean. between the kingdom of congo south ptomaine brazil and portugal the first roots of the transatlantic slave trade were stablished. in europe hundreds of captives arrived each year by portuguese ships. in lisbon black and white aristocracies lived on an equal footing they shared the same language the same interest all grew rich from both the slave and sugar trades . in economic social police and it became optional this is what it was he would associate african it on base move up cement that could ogle a cable to a. man it when they don't want to gain or wattles off opata again let's be fair does it to the queen pagani of people she has no one to come what is it a dividend is it it put a piece. on the african toast the riches that portugal devoured seem inexhaustible. in the bedlam district the building of the here or nimitz monastery was financed by the slave sugar and spice trade. the splendor of its architecture reminds us of the era when lisbon dominated the world and flooded other e

they relaxed in the gentle breezes of the caribbean. they finished, played card games, joked around, drink martinis and watched movies in the evening on the deck. a navy plane delivered special letter for roosevelt for winston churchill who later said this was one of the most important letters he ever wrote. that letter catapulted roosevelt from calm seas and sunny blue skies into a dark war-torn world. churchill began his letter with a solemn observation that the future of our two democracies and their humane in light meant civilization now depended on the military aid that the u.s. could provide to britain and he asked for supreme and decisive help in our common cause. churchill did not ask for americans soldiers. instead, he very pointedly wrote, give us the tools and we will finish the job. he did not believe that the british could not win the war without american forces, but he couldn't do that yet to his american cousins. so he said that what the british needed with american ships, planes, tanks and other weapons. up to that point

for europe's biggest street party the notting hill carnival event to celebrate south africa caribbean culture and aims to promote tolerance this year as carnival marks six decades since a series of riots broke out in the area it's also take on special significance this year following a government deportation scandal. and get lots more of course on all these stories on the web site al jazeera dot com but those are the headlines the news is going to continue here on alt as you know after witness i'll be back in about twenty five minutes by phone or. getting to the heart of the matter unless we have new generations growing up to understand better our relationship with the natural world then soon there will be nothing left facing reality or our friends and allies played a positive role in preventing any escalation from taking place here their story and talk to al-jazeera.