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Commonwealth leaders to defy UK by putting slavery reparations on summit agenda
Downing Street insists a discussion about the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
Leaders meet at Commonwealth summit with slavery reparations on agenda
Commonwealth leaders convened in Samoa to discuss climate change and reparations for Britain's role in transatlantic slavery.Top stories - NBC News - October 24 -
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Commonwealth leaders agree to consider reparations for historic slavery
Pledge comes despite British efforts to prevent the issue from being mentioned in official communiqueWorld - Financial Times - October 26 -
Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparations ahead of Commonwealth summit
PM plans to focus on ‘future-facing challenges’ such as climate change but Caribbean leaders hope to raise the issueWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
Britain's leaders likely to face slavery reparations questions at a summit of former colonies
A confrontation for Britain over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade appears increasingly likely to feature at a summit of nations its empire once colonized, after Caribbean leaders said ...World - ABC News - October 24 -
King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ past as calls for slavery reparations grow at Commonwealth summit
Some leaders had hoped Charles might use his speech at Chogm in Samoa as an opportunity to apologise for Britain’s colonial past. King Charles acknowledged “painful aspects” of Britain’s past while ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Keir Starmer urged to ‘engage’ on reparations at Commonwealth summit
Call from head of Caribbean reparations body comes as Bahamas foreign minister claims UK PM will change his position. UK politics live – latest updates Britain has a legal and moral case to ...World - The Guardian - October 24 -
Starmer under pressure to accept slavery reparations, as minister claims UK will eventually agree - UK politics live
PM Starmer has been told by Commonwealth leaders he must come to the table to discuss reparations for the “ill effects” of slavery. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has said that “no one ...World - The Guardian - October 24 -
Trump return puts UK defence spending top of agenda
Politicians say we're living in dangerous times, and Trump is a lot less willing than Biden to pay for Europe's defence.Top stories - BBC News - November 9 -
King Charles tells summit the past can't be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery
King Charles III has told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning ...World - ABC News - October 25 -
Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparation talks
The prime minister says he wants to focus on challenges faced by Commonwealth countries "right now".Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
What form could reparations for slavery take?
How likely is the UK to provide reparations for the slave trade, and what could that look like?Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
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Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says Lammy
Speaking in Nigeria, the UK foreign secretary said he wanted Britain to develop relations with Africa.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
Time has come for reparations dialogue, Commonwealth heads agree
The UK had previously insisted the subject was not on the agenda at the leaders' summit in Samoa.Top stories - BBC News - October 26 -
Starmer says he wants to ‘look forward’ and not talk about slavery reparations
UK prime minister would rather work with nations on ‘future-facing challenges’ at Commonwealth summit. . Keir Starmer has insisted he wants to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
King Charles acknowledges 'painful' slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
King Charles said the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery.Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
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Britain's foreign secretary says slavery reparations not about cash transfer
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy says reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing ...World - ABC News - November 4 -
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Investors cheer Trump’s economic agenda, defying gloomy media
Donald Trump winning the popular vote and control of Congress was not the only shocker this week; the stock market response was almost as stunning.Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
UK will not pay out over slavery, says Reeves
The chancellor says she understands why countries are making demands but the UK will not pay out.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
The Papers: 'Farewell Liam' and 'UK defies Putin'
Thursday's papers are led by Liam Payne's funeral and Ukraine firing UK-supplied missiles into Russia.Top stories - BBC News - 7 hours ago -
Labour MPs urge Keir Starmer to clarify stance on non-cash slavery reparations
No 10 says issue is off the table for Commonwealth summit but other nations are prepared to defy UK. Labour MPs have urged Keir Starmer to clarify his government’s position on non-cash reparations ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Why white working-class Britons should fight to secure colonial slavery reparations | Nels Abbey
The country grew rich from slavery, but those who directly benefited the most – and still do – were wealthy. They exploited everyone. So it’s a “no” to reparations, yet again. No to repairing the ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery
Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery. Historic England is commemorating the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass ’s ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
These world leaders attended Putin's summit in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and other world leaders for the BRICS Summit in Kazan. CBS News' Ian Lee breaks down who attended the event and its ...Top stories - CBS News - October 22 -
Trump’s Embrace of RFK Jr. Puts Fluoride, Vaccines and Obamacare on the Agenda
Donald Trump’s pledge to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild on health” has put three issues on the agenda in the final days of the 2024 campaign.Health - The New York Times - November 5 -
Democratic leaders across US work to lead resistance against Trump’s agenda
Democrats from California to Illinois prepare to ‘Trump-proof’ and ‘fight to death’ against his extreme proposals. After the November elections ushered in a new era of unified Republican ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
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‘Time has come’: Commonwealth heads agree to reparatory justice dialogue despite reluctant UK
UK government stresses it does not pay reparations and said before Chogm summit that issue was not on agenda. Commonwealth leaders have resolved that “the time has come” for a conversation on ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
Putin returns to world stage hosting 36 leaders at Brics summit in Russia
West infuriated as UN secretary general accepts invitation to meeting of countries including China, India and Iran. Vladimir Putin, ostracised by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
Putin Welcomes Xi and Other World Leaders to Russia for BRICS Summit
The Russian leader wants to cast himself as a global statesman, even as the U.S. and its Western allies try to isolate him.World - The New York Times - October 22