Britain
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King Charles says "Britain had leading role in ending the slave trade", is the Daily Mail's summary of the Monarch's speech - which it judges was "punchier-than-expected".
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is also at the summit, has previously said he is open to Britain issuing a formal apology but that financial reparations were "not the right answer".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Germany deployed the world’s first targeted long-range military rockets, the V1 and V2, which it rained on Britain and infrastructure including the Belgian port of Antwerp, an Allied supply node after D-Day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The BBC reported Tuesday that Britain was likely to apologise during its G20 presidency next year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
K. Fuchs, Lamphere learned, was Klaus Fuchs, a German-born British physicist who joined the Manhattan Project with a team from Great Britain.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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