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Culture

King Charles voices sorrow over slave trade at Commonwealth summit, offers no apology

Opening the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, King Charles III expressed 'the most profound personal sorrow' over the transatlantic slave trade but did not apologise or address reparations, while UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he is open to an apology.

World

UK's Burnham open to formal slavery apology but rules out financial reparations

Writing in The Guardian ahead of the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he is open to a formal apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, but rejected financial reparations and proposed debt relief instead.