as fragile as it is beautiful, and the caribbean s relationship with its seas and ecosystems are changing rapidly. i m reece parkinson. as someone who has caribbean ancestry, this place has almost mythical status, even though i ve never been here before. we re swimming with sharks! i m kicking off my adventure in the dominican republic. oh, i m excited. voice over: ..where i discover how islanders are carving out a new relationship with the sea. really, what i want is for the community to get in touch with the ocean, because that s the only way we re going to take care of the ocean. and. esperate, capi! they shout and scream ..i come face to face with one of the giants of this unique marine environment. there s a whale. yeah. 0h, whoa! i m starting myjourney on the island of hispaniola, shared by haiti and the dominican republic. this is my first time ever in the caribbean. i m in the dominican republic, in the capital city, santo domingo, and it actually feels quite european
believe their prime suspect committed sex offender made of the young girl. after the searches, they said materials had been sent to germany for testing and will be examined over the next coming days and months. our home affairs correspondent has been following the case. i affairs correspondent has been following the case. affairs correspondent has been following the case. i was there last week, the german following the case. i was there last week, the german police following the case. i was there last week, the german police working | following the case. i was there last. week, the german police working with portuguese police carried out a search. it was a search on this spit of land poking out into the reservoir which is about 30 miles away from where she disappeared from the holiday flat. we were able to watch from about 100 metres away from another spit of land and we could see that the police were concentrating on some very specific areas, we could see them are bagging evidenc
they will be examined over the coming days and months. let s get the latest from our home affairs correspondent. daniel, bring us up to date with what we know. i was up-to-date with what we know. i was there on the up-to-date with what we know. i was there on the search up-to-date with what we know. i was there on the search last up to date with what we know. i there on the search last week in the algarve and it took place from tuesday morning until tuesday evening. we are able to watch it from about 100 metres from a spit of land across from the peninsula that the police were focusing on. it was clear that it was a tight focused search of about 50 metres square and it was based around a car park which is used as an informal campsite on this bit of land poking out into the reservoir. when the search was over, we went on to the site to see where the police had been and it was essentially a flattened area within that campsite and they had taken a number of samples from small hol