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Despite the warm ceremony, the cloud over UK reparations for historical transatlantic slavery remains. The event is part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa.

Demonstrators flooded Istanbul's streets, heeding the call of Turkey's main opposition CHP party. The mass protests, ongoing since top CHP figure Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest, are among the biggest against Erdogan.

It is the first time Christian Lindner has visited Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion. Meanwhile, Ukraine's president has vowed revenge after shelling in Kherson. DW has the latest.