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There are just 10 days until the 2024 US presidential election when either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump will be elected to the White House. Here’s some of today’s top Democratic news – check out the Republican news as well. Top Democratic news today  – Harris to deliver speech in Texas with Beyonce, latest polls tight Harris to deliver address on reproductive freedom at Texas rally featuring Beyoncé Vice President Kamala Harris will give a speech on reproductive freedom in Texas on Friday, according to a senior Harris campaign official. In the closing days of the election,…

There are just 10 days until the 2024 US presidential election when either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump will be elected to the White House. Here’s some of today’s top Republican news – check out the Democrat’s news as well. Top Republican news today – Trump pledges to get migrants out, Republicans cut into Democrats early voting edge When will Trump be on Joe Rogan’s podcast? Former President Donald Trump is set to appear on podcasting giant “The Joe Rogan Experience” on Friday. Rogan is set to interview Trump in his studio based in Austin, Texas, as reported by Politico. Trump…

Quick View – Contents Should Britain pay reparations? As the Commonwealth summit got underway on Friday, there have been renewed calls for the UK to provide reparations for its historical role in the slave trade. The prime minister and the chancellor have ruled out “paying out” reparations – but there have been hints the government would be willing to pay out other forms of reparations. The UK has long faced calls to provide reparations for its role in the Atlantic slave trade which saw millions of Africans enslaved and forced to work, largely on plantations in the Caribbean and Americas.Many Commonwealth leaders ignored…

Such demands stand on shaky moral ground. The contention that slavery gave rise to British wealth appears unfounded, with generations of motivated activists attempting to find some way in which the Industrial Revolution and Britain’s subsequent economic growth derived from the trade, and in each case appearing to fall short… the argument that those living today have a moral responsibility to make amends for the sins of their forefathers can be rejected out of hand. Britain has not sought compensation from Denmark for the depredations of the Vikings, or from North Africa for the acts of the Barbary corsairs.

The government’s current position puts it out of step with a number of UK institutions, such as the Church of England, the University of Glasgow and Lloyds Bank – as well as the Guardian – who, in recent years, have not only issued formal apologies but announced proposals for reparatory justice. The insistence on focusing on “current future-facing challenges” such as climate resilience and debt restructuring went down like a lead balloon with legal experts, campaigners and the Caribbean Community (Caricom). Many felt it showed a deep ignorance of what the campaign for reparative justice actually is.

Black MPs have told Keir Starmer that considering reparations for slavery is the “right thing to do”… Bell Ribeiro-Addy said there should be a discussion about the different ways in which reparations can be paid, such as through environmental or educational reparations. “People have heard the large sums of money and they’ve got quite scared but they haven’t thought about all the different ways in which we could go about repairing the sheer imbalance of equality that we created by taking part in the enslavement and trafficking and colonisation of countries”.

The Prime Minister insisted slavery reparations would not be on the agenda at the summit in Samoa this week. Canny politicians from elsewhere in the Commonwealth – astute at spotting the weakest link – appear to have outsmarted him to secure a debate on the topic…Any wobble by Sir Keir should concern us all and begs the question, yet again, whether he is really up to the job. On the world stage – beyond the cosy confines of Labour Party internal politicking – he seems to struggle with the twilight arts of diplomacy, distraction and negotiation.

UK Daily Trending stories Trending – Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ‘fiddle’ the debt Rachel Reeves has received several warnings via the media this week over her plans to fiddle Britain’s debt rules in order to release up to £50 billion to be used on investment spending. The Budget is due next week and will set out the government’s plans for the economy. In the run-up to the statement, speculation and analysis features on the newspapers – in print and online – and are expected to do so until the financial statement is released.  The facts The reaction The likes of…

Trending News Inspiration Papers News that Matters Impact on your life Good News Trending – Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ‘fiddle’ the debt rules Rachel Reeves set to increase borrowing after announcing major change to fiscal rules Planned ban on smoking in pub gardens ‘set to be ditched by No 10’ Budget 2024: Reeves admits ‘taxes will need to rise’ in stark warning to public King Charles says past can’t be changed as calls for slavery reparation grow in Samoa Previous Next Sarah Wilkinson@swilkinsonbc Read More Al-Farouq Mosque was reduced to rubble last night by the israelis during their invasion of Qizan…

A weakening band of rain moving north and east across England and Wales with low cloud and mist ahead of it. Patchy rain across Northern Ireland too. Some bright intervals and showers following. Mild, but windy across far southwest England. TONIGHT: Rain slowly clears all but the far northwest. Mostly dry elsewhere with light winds and clear spells allowing patchy mist and fog to form, especially across central and eastern areas.