but why have caribbean nations been the 1st to actually launch theirs? we are seeing that central bank, digital currencies are seeing increased interests throughout the world. and i think that's because there is a lot of benefits that they can pose that they can offer. they cut down on fraud and corruption and they can reduce theft didn't, especially in places that rely heavily on cash. and there's also opportunities where they can kind of make banking a little bit easier across the board for this and bank to population. and when it comes to the caribbean, we could only really speculate as to why they're being such leaders in this space. i know we recently just finished a report that looked at crypto currency adoption at every country and actually the caribbean didn't stand out in any real regard in that, in general crypto currency adoption compared to other regions. the, the, the most adoption actually happened in the dominican republic, which ranked 51st on our global crypto currency adoption index. so we know it's probably not related to crypto curren

a hotspot which we call a caribbean hotpot. we deliver nearly 100 meals a week to people from our community and also the wider community. the caribbean community is friendly, we support each other. this is my mum's recipe, how she taught me to do the peas. my mum came in 1962, my dad came in 1961. as many people came from the caribbean, my parents came from dominica so if you have someone shouting words and your parents or you are all as a group, i don't think we really understood it. just those people over there don't like us. my community at the time was going to church with my parents. and thatis, going to church with my parents. and that is, i love that until i became a teenager. the club scene, the youth clubs, that was my growing up, and that's where we met other young people my age. i was meeting the wider community, the caribbean community, people from jamaica, barbados. i hope that i do my mum justice and that's why i continued now in memory of my mum. and also in memory of people that we used to deliver for and are th

during the second world war, thousands of men and women from the caribbean came to serve in the royal air force, training at raf hunmanby in yorkshire. many returned after the war to settle in britain. but there's no public memorial to reflect their contribution. campaigners who'd like to create one have been told it wouldn't be "inclusive". abi jaiyeola reports. the efforts of the brave men and women who served in the royal air force during the second world war are well known. but there's some parts of the story that are perhaps less familiar. glenn parsons wants to highlight the contribution of thousands who came from the caribbean to train with the raf here in filey. the nazi peril was only 26 miles away across the english channel, and the americans, it was still 18 months before they came into the war. so the call went out, it went out to the small isles of the caribbean, and farmers, fishermen, women, answered that call and came here. and i feel very strongly, as do many other people in the black community, that sacrifice to help this country has never properly been reflected. tw

thank you for joining us richard fain the ceo and chairman of royal caribbean. kelly? >> our thanks to richard, seema. is royal caribbean doing the 472 day cruise we are talking about later. >> 271 days, around the world. join me one day, we'll go. >> i will talk to you later. thank you, everybody, for tuning in to "the exchange" today "power lunch" begins right now >>> welcome, everybody, to "power lunch," i'm tyler mathisen here is what is ahead this hour. boot barn sales are up 67% from prepandemic levels the stock more than tripling over the past year the ceo will be here to discuss his business and what comes next plus the ceo of ray mopped james. the company reporting record quarterly numbers. the stock up nearly 60% this year we will follow the money to find out where his clients incesting. and lucid shares are skyrocketing this. ev maker is one of this week's hottest stocks we will talk about that and

fountains of men and women from the caribbean came to serve in the royal air force in the second world war. many returned after the war to settle in britain. there is no public memorial to reflect their contribution and campaigners who would like to create one had been told it would not be inclusive. the efforts of the brave men and women who served in the royal air force during the second world war are well known. but there's some parts of the story that are perhaps less familiar. glenn parsons wants to highlight the contribution of thousands who came from the caribbean to train with the raf here in filey. the nazi peril was only 26 miles away across the english channel, and the americans, it was still 18 months before they came into the war. so the call went out, it went out to the small isles of the caribbean, and farmers, fishermen, women, answered that call and came here. and i feel very strongly, as do many other people in the black community, that sacrifice to help this country has never properly been reflected. two of glenn's uncles travelled from jamaica and were trained at ra

they were afraid that if they let the americans go, and canada will go and then the caribbean ♪ ♪ and so their fixation on suppressing the american rebellion is based on that if they let that happen entire empire might very well collapse pretty. >> and you will you point out that the colonial leaders are sending the treaties thinking that while he surely nice person if only the parliament that he would handle this appropriately but he turns out say think that you point out that he was worse than the parliament. >> that's right, they is a consensus that parliament is a body attempting to impose its will and they begin to develop the argument to george the third cousin no department is doing. and john dickinson, one of the early revolutionary years develops that they fully george knew what was going on, he would stop it all. and over time, they come to the realization it that this on george the third is a hopeless cause because nobody is more committed to imposing the imperial power on the colonies in george the third. and when the war is over, and looking for state governments in the f

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it could be a reality thanks to royal caribbean. the nine-month roundtrip voyage dubbed the ultimate world cruise will make visits to all seven continents stopping at more than 150 destinations in 65 countries. highlights include machu picchu and the taj mahal. it will set sail from miami in december of 2023 and wraps up in december, 2024. tickets start at an eye-popping $61,000 per person plus taxes and fees. anne-marie? >> yeah, you know, i was all about it, diane. i start to google until i saw that last line. >> exactly. right? >> i was like hmm. >> hmm. i don't think this is for me. >> might not be for me. i am not the target market. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thank you. >> you got it. >>> so up next, new trouble for conor mcgregor. what the mma fighter is accuse of doing at a hotel in rome. mma of doing at a hotel in rome.e. why hide y your skin if dupixixent has s your modederate-to-sesevere eczea or atopipic dermatititis undeder control?l? hihide my skinin? not t me. by h hitting eczczema whwhere it couou

nbc's vaughn hillyard traveled to the caribbean island of antigua. >> reporter: this pristine caribbean island is nowhere close to china. but today china's presence here right in the backyard of the u.s. is increasingly obvious and defining. $5 million toward construction of the island's university, a $50 million loan for its renovated airport. a $55 million grant for a cricket stadium. in the country, even constructing a confucius institute to connect antiguans to china. just how much has china invested in finance and grants? >> maybe about $200 million, which is sizeable for a small country like antigua and barbuda. >> reporter: on average china is spending two to one compared to the u.s. in overseas development. antigua and barbuda is one of 140 nations now partnering with china as part of its belt and road initiative, building infrastructure across the world. whatever does all of these investments get china ultimately? >> it gets china a strategic position in the caribbean. >> reporter: china strengthening its partnerships in the process. in 2020 a vote came before the u.n. human ri

don't know that the majority of it is not for the caribbean. it is actually been important for me to actually make a difference in terms of the food import bill. i don't need to, but if the 100 fish i need to be just saying thousands of fish. so what's the capacity for one of these are the maximum capacity for that would be about $4000.00 fish. 4000 thea built from modified swimming pools. christina's form supplies up to 450 kilograms of tilapia, the islands restaurants every month. and she aims to double her production every 6 months, while using minimal resources. thinking about this story here in barbados in relative terms with the small island developing states, still facing the same challenges to limited space. it's please, how did you fit into all of that? well this, this is a perfect model for that because like i'm trying to promote farming, where instead of the old traditional farming on which would have been huge ponds, huge land, huge water usage. and we're doing a compact farm, small and very efficient water usage. christina also pla

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when you think about the british empire, you know, africa, the caribbean, asia were part of britain. so when we think about the caribbean as being somewhere separate, as somewhere with a different history, we really miss the point. why only yesterday, in the morning chronicle... but it's the personal discoveries which can mean even more. actor paterson joseph, who has written and performed a play about britain's first black voter, was so moved by his story, he is about to release a book about the hidden historicalfigure. the more we know the more we know about ourselves, the more confident we are. so when i discovered ignatius sancho, for example, my confidence grew. of course i belong here, for many reasons. some of them negative, but a lot of them very positive. icons of the past many hope will be better acknowledged in the future. adina campbell, bbc news. e—cigarettes could soon be prescribed on the nhs in england to help people stop smoking tobacco products. the medicines agency, the mhra, has updated its guidance to allow manufacturers to submit their vaping devices for regul

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i just want to bring you to the eastern areas of the caribbean basin. this was filmed in the atlantic sea. it is a drone that's flying through is hurricane san. the category for storm. it's moving to the east of bermuda. we have got a tropical storm watch out, but it isn't expected to make land full. now to the west of us for the caribbean, scattered showers and thunderstorms, plenty of sunshine coming through for havana with heavy rain in central mexico. the weather sponsored by cutaways voted world's best line of 2021. when you're from a neighborhood known as a hot bed of radicalism, you have to fight to defy stereotypes in going so good. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them. i'm indic, make that reservation along some of the book. so this is your on al jazeera, as hospitals and clinics across asia, battle co did not see mountains of medical waste piling on one on one ac. again, this is dangerous pandemic. for one al jazeera, the health of humanity is at stake. a global pandemic requires a global response. w h o is the guar

but after madagascar and ivory coast the caribbean felt the most attention. the 3 years since becoming french department had seen a very little change. the large families descended from the 1st european settlers. the bouquets remained firmly in charge. the black population was underpaid and was kept on the edge of society in extreme poverty. even new baskerville, secure. so at the bottom of that is assume that the length of it pee, me in the to look. bah, la capacity. this a federal disco, so the due to only to show back up barbara dove were 11 you meant to fossil e, g mazin of lamar low, her doll at the least pleaded ball give were those or for the buck rama tape for you? could it of worldly, whose world the little the can social conflict was deepening. people were beginning to realize that being a department of one france was only a smoke screen to keep their islands within the republic. in 1950 the m p for martinique, emmy, caesar wrote a long se called discourse on colonialism. the colonialists may kill in india, china. he wrote torture in madagascar in p

north africa and madagascar had fallen into line that kept the lid on the caribbean. only indo china had caught fire. so the french still fall, they had everything under control but the tide of global history had turned in the cold war. washington and moscow now wanted independence for countries of the old empires to weaken them and build their own. it was already happening as the british gave up, india, ceylon, and burma, and the dutch withdrew from indonesia. but while other empires were collapsing, france went against the grain and would not let go. meanwhile, in sub saharan africa, several political parties in different countries combined in the early 19 fifties to form the r d a of an african movement with communist affiliations in france. one of its leaders was the ivory coast and b filica, so fed whiny, who openly wanted to end the colonial period. france could not possibly accept this, particularly at this time of the cold war. paris decided to try and break these rebels who were a little too close to moscow, floyd slightly in ivory coast. the french army acti

but for much across the region, the caribbean is fine and sunny. ah, if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in a sense the race is the story of america? what's working and what's not? a lot of people are only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda. if america can't handle multiple challenges on multiple frauds, we need to go back to school. the bottom line on al jazeera ah brazil, senate inquiry on the government's handling of the pandemic recommends leveling, criminal charges against presents john bull sanara. ah, how am i he, dean, this is al jazeera blowing from doha. also coming up, i will process to move arrests and sit on all the cooley just since the military. i stood the instrument governments to avoid a civil war.

havens right, i mean, you think of maybe a financial center like hong kong or some sort of obscure caribbean island. but the pandora papers actually paint a very different picture there, showing that they, they actually revealed that south dakota has become the new hot spot for tens of millions of dollars that used to be in offshore accounts in the caribbean and europe. and this is despite of jo biden's promise to no combat corruption. earlier this year to the i'm issued a national security study memorandum of the fight against corruption to establish come and corruption as a corps, us national security interest. the united states will lead by example. and in partnership with allies, civil society and in the private sector to fire this courage of corruption. and in fact, delaware, were mister biden, hales from i've got some pretty good the tax breaks for companies, them i. so if his big platform is to deal with tax evasion, as many leaders do where the americans on this list, well, that's a good question. they're basically not there. i mean, we hear report after report obviously about like a

birth of climate change has opened in london, 11 artists with a personal connection to africa, the caribbean and south america have pinpointed environmental change as a racial process with deep brutes and colonial history through this collection of artworks, the overlapping crises of environmental damage and colonialism. a put under scrutiny. i'll just here as jessica baldwin has been to have a look. mountains of sugar piled high in a french warehouse, harvested in sugar cane plantations across the globe. the sweet cargo travels thousands of kilometers to feed europe. it's a pattern of tre, dating back hundreds of years. and as this exhibition argues, that history holds the roots of current climate change. we are history challenges visitors to take a different perspective. to go back in time to when european nations colonized much of the world, extracting natural resources, forcing millions into slavery, and setting up the plantation system. from the colonial period onwards, we had these patterns of movements of shapes, movements of people, movements of product, movements of commerce, moveme

but for much across the region, the caribbean is fine and sunny. ah, the karone of ours has been indiscriminate in selecting its victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain, a disproportionately high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins. the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that a seen united kingdom fail it citizens, britain's true colors coming soon on al jazeera. ah ah, this is al jazeera, quick reminder, all the top stories this our citizens military jones has made more arrests following mondays come protests against the co have continued late into the nights . but the military leader says he had to seize power to avoid a civil war. a committee of brazilian senators is forcing owner reports that recommends criminal charges against countries president for his handling overcurrent of ours pandemic. if the vote passes, the attorney general have 30 days to decide if gyre bull scenario should face criminal charges. an

that's jose juan, the mingus headed the caribbean biosphere reserve. he says the rules only work because local tourism companies have brought into this more to let all, many of the criteria and good conservation habits have been created by them because they understand they have to protect the well shark. so that this resource stays with us. i don't know the words everyone wants the shocks and the tories to keep coming a leslie that way. it was an incredible experience. if you get the chance you have to come because they are really incredible, amazing to be able to swim with such an immense and marvelous animal. and then it's gone. submit screws won't show up, populations will be heading off to maxima. the question, as every year is how many will return john home out 0, mate scored. authorities in pyro have come up with a novel way to re pub is thousands of guns sees from criminals. children and their parents inaugurated this playground in lima, which is made almost entirely of melted down weapons. 5000 guns were used to create c source swings and even

the mingus head of the caribbean biosphere reserve. he says the rules only work because local tourism companies have brought into this more general. many of the criteria and good conservation habits have been created by them because they understand they have to protect the well shark. so that this resource stays with us. i don't know the words everyone wants the shocks and the tories to keep coming elected when it was an incredible experience. if you get the chance you have to come because they are really incredible. amazing to be able to swim with such an immense and marvelous animal. and then it's gone, submits goes, well, show population will be heading off to maxima. the question, as every year is how many will return? john holmes out 0 met scott. r as an out all a sport. thanks so much marian. we start with football in paris, seizure manner, where become a depleted squad to resume their winning ways and france. but they had to navigate a tough road against the team, coming forth in the league on j. p. s. she trailed at half time b

it was a caribbean restaurant and he was a guest chef there. we fell in love, really quick got married in under eight months. - you work fast, my friend. - yeah. yeah. [laughing] so it made sense for us to just open up our own establishment and make it caribbean and let it explore the love for each other as well as the love for the islands that we have. johnny devenanzio: what a beautiful story. you're both first time restaurateurs? yes. not only did we open a restaurant in the pandemic, ria was pregnant. we had one child already and just her enduring through that inspired me as a man to work harder and to be better. it literally hit probably three weeks before we were about to open. so at that point, we had invested everything into it. oh, man. yeah, that's scary. was scary as hell. yeah. table two. [interposing voices] thank you. opening this place once covid hit, was there a fear inside? did you feel like there was a risk? i think eleanor roosevelt said it best when she said, well-behaved women rarely make history. no risk, no reward. angie