Category: Pacific islands

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 pastKing Charles acknowledged “painful aspects” of Britain’s past while...

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‘Failed to be a critical friend’: UK accused of taking eye off Israel-Palestine crisis

Critics say government shies away from standing up to Netanyahu in tilt to Indo-Pacific and pursuit of Middle East trade dealsPut Israel-Hamas conflict blog hereConcerns that the UK Foreign Office has neglected the...

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James Cleverly in Japan for G7 as UK tilts towards Pacific post-Brexit

Foreign secretary says ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ is ‘critical to UK’ and releases manga-style cartoons to mark his visitJames Cleverly has arrived in Japan for a G7 foreign ministers’ summit to...

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Tuvalu first to call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at Cop27

Pacific islands nation, which is acutely vulnerable to sea level rises, joins nearby Vanuatu in seeking phase-out of coal, oil and gasTuvalu has become the first country to use United Nations climate talks to demand an...

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