this is just incredible. the caribbean a collection of 7,000 islands set in shimmering seas with some of the best beaches and marine life in the world. it s home to over 45 million people and a mix of cultures, music and natural wonders. but this oceanic environment is 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! ..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! shouting. ..i come face to face with one of the giants of this unique marine environment. there s a whale! yeah. 0h, whoa
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
Worries about germanys economic a boom for the first time in years the economy is shrinking but is it just a blip pois sign of a real slowdown meanwhile germanys foreign buying when it comes to alter official intelligence potentially costing the country trillions of euros. And things are getting critical for Industrial Companies along the banks of the river rhine low water levels caused by this sometimes lack of rain also very hampering shipping on germanys most important waterway. This is your Business Update im out on the homefront in berlin thanks for joining me the economy here in germany shrank by zero point two percent in the Third Quarter more than analysts had expected and stifled by global trade disputes and problems in germanys car
industry that it is being seen as a wake up call that stable growth is by no means guaranteed. Exports were down and imports up in the Third Quarter thats trouble for an economy built on strong exports a major part of the problem has been a bottlen