{
  "id": 17767063,
  "title": "Summit meeting in the Caribbean: Britain's slave trade: Why not apologize?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/gipfeltreffen-in-der-karibik-der-britische-sklavenhandel-warum-nicht",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T08:01:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/gipfeltreffen-in-der-karibik-der-britische-sklavenhandel-warum-nicht-entschuldigen/100266558.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "King Charles III visited the Bahamas and was greeted at the Junkanoo Festival in Nassau. During his upcoming speech at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Antigua and Barbuda, he will address the transatlantic slave trade with \"ruthless honesty\" and \"sincere sorrow\". The UK government has avoided an official apology, but new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated a possible change in stance, stating he is \"open\" to an apology and willing to engage in a structured dialogue. Burnham, however, ruled out reparations, a stance supported by Finance Minister John Healey but criticized by opposition leader Kemi Badenoch.",
  "summary": "The transatlantic slave trade was banned by the British almost 220 years ago. But the aftermath still weighs heavily on people in the Caribbean to this day - and there is still an argument over responsibility.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}