Pressure grows on Britain ahead of Commonwealth summit to pay slavery reparations

FILE - People ride a bus past flags representing Commonwealth countries next to Westminster Abbey in London on March 13, 2023. The Commonwealth is scheduled to meet Oct. 21-25, 2024, in Samoa.

Britain is facing growing pressure to address the issue of reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and other atrocities, as the former colonial power and many of its former colonies prepare to gather for the biennial Commonwealth heads of government meeting next month.