this is my first time ever in the caribbean.e dominican republic, in the capital city santo domingo, and it actually feels quite european. in fact, this is the oldest cathedral in all of the americas, and it was built nearly 500 years ago. the cathedral of santa maria la menor — and much of the architecture here — is the legacy of the spanish, who arrived here by sea in the late 15th century, spearheaded by christopher columbus on his maiden voyage to the region. spain became the first european colonisers in the americas whilst also decimating the indigenous taino population. centuries later, the spanish legacy is still very strong. and when it comes to music, on this island, you won't hear much reggae. instead, it's the more latin feel of merengue and bachata. hey, reece! i'm meeting the country's king of bachata, martires de leon. so, bachata actually originates from the dominican republic? plays slow, melancholic tune. plays fast, staccato arpeggios. # bailalo, bailalo, reece. # bailalo, gozalo, reece... as well as its spanis

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come and taste the caribbean, come and taste the caribbean, come and celebrate with us.e thing that always brings families together . together. >> we've got some dishes on screen here. what's that? quickly. >> okay, so i don't even know okay. so that's that's fish that's probably fried fish. the one before looks like jerk chicken , chicken, >> what's flying fish? i've googled caribbean dishes and cuckoo. cuckoo and flying fish. >> so flying fish is a type of fish that, comes from barbados. that's like a bayesian dish , if that's like a bayesian dish, if i'm not mistaken. yeah. we've got so many different dishes here. we've got so many different islands . okay. that different islands. okay. that one. so that's plant in on the side, it was rice and peas and it was over . side, it was rice and peas and it was over. probably jerk chicken or jerk pork. that one was nice. >> look at the colours, >> look at the colours, >> that's definitely jerk chicken . that one there. chicken. that one there. >> i just told you off air. i went to scotland in the week, and i was so hungry. i

the grenada, with its tropical heat and lush greenery, is a caribbean dream. on the east of the island, nor per julian's tranquil farm, coconut sentiment, bananas, papayas, and frankly, the trees full of not meg to see not megs of different stages. no 4th of all, that is the very time to meet very tender young right from that fits it goes, it could be that states. right? and then after this, these, it come to that stage. how about example here? like we actually pop separating the, the, the, the part from the not make side. so if i open it right, eventually if it open. right? and then it will fall apart. i know this is an adult, much will not make at 1st glance, his plantation looks like a garden of eden, but it's threatened by climate change, and the warmer is the water gets the more destructive are the hurricanes. a good doesn't hurricanes occur in the caribbean every year of these, an average of 2.7 become devastating or catastrophic category 3 to find storms. norbert remembers one particular hurricane with horror in just a few hours. he lost everything. eve

send them and then we'll provide caribbean spice for as long as possible. the small caribbean islands might completely vulnerable in the middle of the ocean . if a hurricane approaches the alarm bells ring in the media real logical operation center and granada airport as with monster, hurricane events which reached the dangerous category 5 will probably be it made landfall on september 7th, 2004 that a half an hour. i think we had some speed off 11175. our strong ranada was set back decades. it's hard to imagine what will happen and the next hurricane hits the island you could be working for 50 is the build up. every thing i didn't want the, the one that's, that is all you had to gone. i mean, we saw that in the i 5, most of the victories went on. a lot of people live off that we meet norbert julian's family at dinner. they're all deeply religious. they say that god confronts people with small trials and big ones, such as past and future climate catastrophes. hurricane ivan pulled the ground out from under his feet. since then, his harvest has not been enou

a good doesn't hurricanes occur in the caribbean every year. of these, an average of $2.00 become devastating or catastrophic category 3 to find storms. norbert remembers one particular hurricane with horror in just a few hours. he lost everything, everything was set up, right. everything was ready to all the trees on the ground. and only a few tree will find them still. so everything was flap, don't update. for us, not us to, you know, bankruptcy. we have both a month to pay us on the phone and the ring died. so the plan, which is, is really, yeah, with us papaya vanilla or exotic flowers. almost everything trying same granados volcanic soil, the caribbean drain still exist with a sense and unique flavors, sentiment, pepper cloves, and cannot make the the music clumps and specialty restaurants and the port of capital saint george's, philip, and the evenings, the tourism is in full swing until the next hurricane most islanders rely only on hope that the next to retain sparrows will just close our eyes and get through it. send them, and then we'

i'm reece parkinson and i'm on a journey across the caribbean. in this programme, i'm heading to the bahamas. it's considered one of the most beautiful places in the world with dazzling marine life, breathtaking coral reefs and stunning white sands. renowned as a magnet for billionaires, bankers and beach lovers, it attracted nearly ten million tourists to its shores last year. but it's also an island nation on the front line of climate change. whoa! it was the beacon of hope that we needed when the lighthouse came on because everybody knew at that point that there is hope. rising sea levels and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns are affecting everyday life here, so i'm leaving the sunbeds behind to find out first—hand how the people who live here are trying to save this stunning paradise. god, i neverthought i would be doing that! i'm starting myjourney in sweetings cay, a small, sun—washed slice of the bahamas where the ocean is as much a place of work as it is for enjoyment. shervin tate has been a fisherman here all his life. how are

. >> wants the capsule those arrive in the caribbean. exports barbados handles the distribution one bottle currently retails for 50 $50 a cost export barbados hopes to bring down if they can overcome logistics hurdles the cost of shipping from ghani bite year that's about 60% of the costs were working on how do we drive this? >> costco direct flight, for example will help us be able to move a lot more food, a lot more medicine across the continent, a lot quicker back in ghana the center says it plans to ramp up its capsule production to 360,000 per month. >> if more investment is pumped into the program this fall comedy is coming to cnn what could go wrong i got news for you for me or saturday, september 14th at nine on cnn, sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep. >> so he takes z quell the world's number one sleep aid brand, and wakes up feeling like himself yet the rest to be your best with not habit forming zeke well, better days start with z equal night's white nfl players choose asleep members smart thing. i like to sleep cool

i love being a caribbean woman and this is my heritage - and i scream it loud and proud. proud black women. it�*s estimated roughly one million people are enjoying the notting hill carnival today, packing the streets of west london, and they�*ve been enjoying the colourful costumes, caribbean music and spectacular floats. we spoke to some who have travelled from far and wide to enjoy it. i�*m from brazil. i�*m really happy i�*m here. it�*s really, really beautiful and amazing to see that samba is cool here. yeah, it�*s really, really good. i'm from rio, so carnival is very important for me, for my culture. so, it's the first time i'm here in notting hill carnival and i'm enjoying a lot. around 7,000 police officers are patrolling this year�*s event. the met have condemned several violent incidents, which saw three attendees stabbed on sunday, but have praised the community spirit of the vast majority celebrating. we�*ve come all the way from blackpool up in the north. it�*s really well policed. there�*s plenty of security. it�*s very, very safe. and if you�*re not one for

destroyers o 99 year leases on british naval bases in canada and the caribbean.hat controversy over the only way it would work as if he could get the u.s. navy to declare the 50 destroyers surplus. chief of naval operations admiral stark said no are you crazy? we need this to protect ourselves. roosevelt said they are a surplus. and they were sent to great britain. this turned out to be a very popular decision a popular deal with the american public we get oldre destroyers get these great bases that will help protect our coast. it was a very popular decision and one in which allowed fdr to push congress to modify the neutrality act. to allow him to fail arms to belligerent nations on the cash and carry basis. so the neutrality act originated cannot send ships you cannot give weapons, or supplies. the cash and carry basis was enough to let roosevelt provide weapons to england and france but not to germany because england and france controlled the atlantic or at least they controlled the surface of the atlantic. so, the new cash and carry neutrality act was enacted

and i'm sure, as i said, i think the caribbean islands themselves are making a, you know, quite a solidconversation. and particularly barbados, which is my home, my, my home town. and particularly barbados, which is my home town. um, so it's good to see that the conversation has, has gone on a step further, as you say. perhaps we are just in phase one of that, but people do get nervous about it. and, um, its extraordinary, the level of vitriol as soon as you start talking about it, the level of vitriol that comes your way when you start talking about restorative justice, because a lot of people just don't want to. they just don't want to talk about it. they don't want to. they just don't want to engage with it. and does that make you kind of pause before you sign up to things like this or. no, you'rejust like, who cares? who cares? i'm not in the business of shirking away from things like that. but, you know, uh, there are a lot of people who just get uncomfortable when you talk about the legacy of slavery or, um, you know, the things that were done, you know, because, you know, i remem

it's a celebration of caribbean culture dating back six decades.showtime, as musicians and performers make their way through the streets of west london to celebrate caribbean culture and heritage. after months of preparations, sewing and bedazzling costumes, this group of family and friends can't wait to wow the parade judges. it takes a lot of time and a good team and it takes a lot of patience because you do this for one day. we try to put everything into it to make sure it comes out the way we wanted. i love being a caribbean woman and this is my heritage - and i scream it loud and proud. celebrating with family and friends, celebrating our culture, being able to be who we are. proud black women. it's estimated roughly one million people are enjoying the notting hill carnival today, packing the streets of west london, and they've been enjoying the colourful costumes, caribbean music and spectacular floats. we spoke to some who have travelled from far and wide to enjoy it. i'm from brazil. i'm really happy i'm here. it's really, really beautiful

carnival is about experiencing caribbean culture. wanted a little piece of home at notting hill, so what started off with 100 people is now one of the biggest carnivals in the world. tell us about the costume, the parade, are you excited? so us about the costume, the parade, are you excited?— us about the costume, the parade, are you excited? so excited. here is my punch. — are you excited? so excited. here is my punch. staying _ are you excited? so excited. here is my punch, staying hydrated, - are you excited? so excited. here is| my punch, staying hydrated, getting all the _ my punch, staying hydrated, getting all the vibes, babe. my punch, staying hydrated, getting allthe vibes, babe. all my punch, staying hydrated, getting all the vibes, babe.— all the vibes, babe. all the vibes. so ultimately _ all the vibes, babe. all the vibes. so ultimately carnival— all the vibes, babe. all the vibes. so ultimately carnival is - all the vibes, babe. all the vibes. so ultimately carnival is about. so ultimately carnival is about experiencing

and so this letter was delivered to roosevelt, a seaplane as he's cruising the caribbean. and churchill wrote, quote, it would be wrong in principle. and disadvantageous in effect, if at the height of the struggle great britain were to be divested of all salable assets. so that after the victory was won, our blood civilization saved and time gained for the united states to be fully armed against all eventualities. we should stand stripped to the bone. so fdr really deeply moved and concerned by this letter but didn't say anything. he doesn't. holding meetings, doesn't have any briefings didn't say anything to anybody. he sort of as his harry hopkins said he was refueling. but when he comes back, the united states, you start to see his master unfold. so december 17th, he has a press conference, starts by saying, i don't have much news to report, boys just got back from this caribbean cruise because with this one thing, you know, if your neighbor's house is on fire and he asks to borrow your garden hose, you're going to lend him your garden hose. you're going to charge him f

this is a clumps of hope for the people here and all the other caribbean islands we are looking to manyous occasions for us because it is our first since our independence and we are just so thankful we have this opportunity to celebrate and just be thankful for this amazingness. you celebrate and just be thankful for this amazingness.— celebrate and just be thankful for this amazingness. you are a fashion desianer this amazingness. you are a fashion designer in — this amazingness. you are a fashion designer in dominica, _ this amazingness. you are a fashion designer in dominica, i _ this amazingness. you are a fashion designer in dominica, i can - this amazingness. you are a fashion designer in dominica, i can see one| designer in dominica, i can see one of your designs behind you looking gorgeous and you have designed close thing for her as well? tiara gorgeous and you have designed close thing for her as well?— thing for her as well? two years ago she came home _ thing for her as well? two years ago she came home to _ thing for her as well? two years ago she came home to receive one -

the colourful costumes, the joyful music, the vigorous dancing, and the smells of caribbean cuisine —only be the spectacle of the notting hill carnival. just being able to express yourself, have a good time. everyone�*s out, it's a good vibe. music, the food, the vibes, everything. all good vibes. the atmosphere, the people. just the pleasure and joy it brings. well, over two million people are expected to fill the streets of west london today and on bank holiday monday for the 56th annual notting hill carnival, and the sun has come out for what is europe's biggest street party. around 7,000 police officers are on duty to ensure everyone attending stays safe. for many here, losing the carnival in the pandemic for two years is still fresh in their minds, making them value it even more. i've been coming to carnival since 1976. since after the pandemic, we need to have the carnival to bring in all the foreigners and enjoy the carnival, and it's one of the greatest carnivals, i think, in the world. and, for many of the older generation, passing on a celebration of caribbean arts, culture

this is my first time ever in the caribbean. iam in this is my first time ever in the caribbean.arheaded by christopher columbus on his maiden voyage to the region. spain became the first european colonisers in the americas was also decimating the indigenous population. centuries later, the spanish legacy is still very strong. when it comes to music, on this island, you won't hear much reggae. instead, it is the more latin feel of merengue and the chatter. i am latin feel of merengue and the chatter. iam meeting latin feel of merengue and the chatter. i am meeting the country was making of music. it actually originates from the dominican republic? singing as well as his spanish roots, it is thought it is few strong influence from the enslaved africans who were brought here and the indigenous people who were displaced during colonisation. it's infectious melodies and attract passers—by. singing yeah, ithink yeah, i think especially back home in the uk, whenever you think of the caribbean, it is barbados, jamaica. i am mixed caribbean, it is barbados, jamaica. iam mixed race caribb

"ha ha caribbean." caribbean, it's caribbean. tropical storm, you know what it's called? ernesto.e name of this hurricane moving in on the virgin islands right now. what a name, ernesto. wow. that doesn't sound so much like a hurricane to me, sounds like the name of an attentive lover. [ laughter ] "oh, ernesto, ernesto." i think -- wow, indeed. yow, indeed. i think by this time tomorrow, those islands may no longer be virgin. [ rim shot ] republican [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ yeah. i'll bet you're thinking, jeff, you're so focused on the news here on earth, what about the happenings else-where in our vast solar system? well, thank you so much, jeff. [ laughter ] on mars, this is true, guillermo. on mars, you know it's very cold on mars. for years, scientists have been trying to come up with a way to raise the temperature so that humans can live there and bring all of our practices to a new planet. [ laughter ] and they have finally come up with a machine to make it inhabitable. now, this is true. at least, that's what i gather from this sky news report. they say, if you blast ho

a word people are very scared about, but i think the caribbean islands themselves are starting to leadleft and it is perhaps time for some sort of restorative justice.— sort of restorative justice. now we have a new — sort of restorative justice. now we have a new government, - sort of restorative justice. now we have a new government, a - sort of restorative justice. now we have a new government, a labour| have a new government, a labour government, do you think that is an opportunity to move that conversation on quite significantly? without doubt, i think there probably is and as i said i think the caribbean islands themselves are making quite a solid first of leading that conversation. particularly barbados, my home town, so it is good to see that the conversation has gone on a step further as you say. perhaps we are just in phase one of that, but people do get nervous about it and it is extraordinary at the level of vitriol, as soon as you start talking about it, the level of vitriol that comes your way when you start talking about restorative justice, because a lot of people justi

but in the first phase of it, they came up from the caribbean. the caribbean is not technically north america but it is the staging for new spain. in the 1520s they come into florida, and he and three companions are shipwrecked on north america and walk all the way from florida to mexico city, a very long multiyear pilgrimage. then you move into st. augustine or st. augustine and in 60 -- 1565 you have a creation of the fully realized spanish-style city. then i move it over to new mexico with the great pueblo revolt, also the coming of the christians and i look at the conquest of acoma and i am using these ambitions, they are not always noble ambitions, sometimes they are ambitions to clear way native americans who get in the way. but as time goes on there is a deepening of relationship to the continent itself, a deepening of relationship and to the indigenous people themselves and the possibilities of creating catholic place. >> the ambition to care for the natives whom they met, and what was striking in all of this is that the ambition to care

i'm wondering if could you talk about some of the alliance building you're doing in the caribbean to mitigate the risks associated with maritime migration. adm. lunday: thank you. thank you for the important work the department of state does with the department of homeland security and other agencies to address some of the challenges in the caribbean. so in my last role, i commanded our coast guard atlantic area but i've also was charged with leading a d.h.s. joint task force, joint task force east. and our responsibility was, you all heard of the southwest border, of course, it was the southeast border, the maritime border. and addressing the challenges that press against the southeast border, including irregular maritime migration. and so what we found working with other d.h.s. partners, with other parts of the interagency, and then throughout the caribbean, is that our cooperative efforts on maritime security do address a range of threat, -frp also vital to lowering the risk of illegal -- i regular maritime migration. because what we find is that, as you know well, if we see irreg

he had just got back from his caribbean cruise. there's just one thing.f your neighbor's house is op on fire and he asks to borrow your garden hose, you're folk to lend it toit him. you're not going to charge him for it, you just want it back when he's done. simple, generous, persuasive who would not lend a garden hose to your neighbor's house who's on fire? so then he moves the chess piece a little bit further, on and decemberer 29th he gives a fireside chat on national security which is truly an extraordinary speech. if you likeis to read speeches, this iss an amazing one. he starts off a by saying it is no exaggeration to say that all of us in the world would be living at the point of a gun, a gun loaded with explosive bullets economic as well as military, if axis powers take over the world. a couple of great lines there. there can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. there can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb. we musthe be the great arsenal f democracy.de this is like the core of his strategy at this point,? what can we tap into america's great

caribbean culture traffickers.tival, the notting hill carnival, of course, is underway. more than 7000 police officers are on duty on the streets, with around a million people expected to attend. and finally, quite possibly my favourite story of the day. hopefully yours too. a world war ii veteran celebrating her 102nd birthday has become britain's oldest parachutist. here's the moment she took that leap . well, you can see there leap. well, you can see there monette bale marked the milestone with that skydive, raising over £10,000 for charity. despite admitting the jump charity. despite admitting the jump was a bit scary, she encouraged others in their 80s and 90s to keep going. she said and 90s to keep going. she said and to never give up. i think we can also see the moment she landed the face of a very relieved 102 year old there and for her 100th birthday, she drove a ferrari on a racetrack. apparently. who knows what she'll do for 103? those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm sam francis, back with

visitors to a new art installation in the caribbean will need to take masks and oxygen tanks.alled "a world adrift," the underwater sculptural installation is the work of a british artist who wants to highlight the dangers of climate change for the west indies. >> in common with every artist, whose vision begins with a blank canvas. his latest is more exotic than most, the chalets of the caribbean. >> for me, it is very important, a way of telling stories, a way of looking at nature and looking into this fascinating space where colors are different, refraction is different, textures, formations, evolution, even how you feel is completely different. >> his studio in the county of kent is currently empty. the sculptures and the message they convey are being installed on the seafloor. what's left behind are his preparatory notes. >> we try to replicate the water, the surface texture, how light will penetrate through that and how, again, the organic transformation will adhere to the figures and change how they look. >> this is where you will be able to find the installation, sitti

a haitian— another caribbean man. a haitian american.y. — difficult times to be honest, injury, obviously covid affected us all, but she was running _ affected us all, but she was running at her best during or just— running at her best during or just before the pandemic. plenty more on the olympics on our sport website. before we 90, our sport website. before we go, some breaking news to bring you and that is that storm debby has strengthened into a category one hurricane as it approaches, —— the gulf coast in florida. these are live pictures showing siesta key in florida which as you can see is already experiencing high winds, as you can see here, the national hurricane centre has posted on x and says that he becomes a hurricane as it approaches the north—eastern coast —— debby becomes a hurricane. forecasters say it could bring historic levels of rainfall as it moves north. officials have also warned of life—threatening storm surges and it is expected to make wonderful in the big bend region in the early hours of monday morning. that's

we have tropical storm watches for the caribbean.will form by tonight, tropical storm force wind for puerto rico. bermuda, watch for this. you could see direct impact, east coast just indirect impact. we love that. we can have hurricanes as long as they don't impact us here in the u.s. bermuda, caribbean, if you have a vacation or cruise, be on ashes letter. carol happy >> carley: happy monday. vice president doing a 180, promising now crackdown during her vftz to arizona over the weekend. >> i was attorney general of a border state, i went after gangs, drug cartel and human traffickers. we know the immigration system is broken and we know what it takes to fix it, earned pathway to citizenship. had a chance to pass the to toughest bipartisan border bill. when i am president, i will assign the bill. >> carley: those words don't lineup with what she said in the past. she said urn undocumented immigrant is not a criminal. we must overhaul enforcement policy, they are cruel and out of control. thomas hodgson joins us now. good morning to

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today traditionally known as adults day, winning colourful costumes and the colours of the caribbean.here is no place for violence at carnival. when you think about the roots of carnival and stems from racial missions and civil rights movements and the 1950s when racial tensions were high so it has a history in terms of caribbean and because of this. people coming together. this is the final day and by the end of today more than 2 million people will have taken to the carnival. this route is three miles long so there's music and food and people enjoying themselves. definitely not a small event, we can tell by the sound levels the much celebrations are continuing. let's move on to the paralympics. the paralympics begin in paris on wednesday. even from veterans of previous games especially took your constrained by the pandemic palace will offer something new. the the pandemic palace will offer something new.— the pandemic palace will offer something new. the crows will be insane, something new. the crows will be insane. you're _ something new. the crows will be insane, you're in _ somet

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