for more on this i've been speaking with arley gill — chair of grenada's national reparations commissioneaction to sir keir starmer�*s comments on opening a discussion around reparations at this year's commonwealth leaders summit. if it is that the prime minister speaks of the opponents of slavery and the slave trade and indeed andy king, king charles iii, will have spoken about the past, we believe that they should apologise because, in recognising that what has gone before, was a reckless car, not just on the caribbean and africa but left a scar is well on the united kingdom, and it has affected and the shape our future, our present, our present, and it is only fitting that the head of the commonwealth and the united kingdom at the very least ought to apologise. it is the moral and proper thing to do at the issue of the apparent injustice should be discussed at the commonwealth heads, and we expect several caribbean heads to raise that issue in their presentations, but we believe, as we go forward and look to the future, it is extremely important that we consider our past and what is n

arley gill is chairman of grenada's national reparations commission.d demand that that profound sorrow be converted into an apology for acceptance that what they have done is a crime against humanity and they should make some repair with regards to the harm that was caused by the actions and the involvement in the slave trade and slavery. so, we're hoping that this research will trigger the discussion of reparative justice in the castle of the british monarchy and indeed, in the parliament of the british government in the soonest possible time. i asked our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, how significant this is. what we know so far is that it's historic royal palaces, which is effectively a charity which looks after royal palaces, has become a partner in this research project which is being carried out by a researcher at the university of manchester. and the details we know about the project itself are that she, camilla de koning, is exploring, among other things, the links between the british monarchy and the transatlantic slave trade during the

for more more on this i'm joined now by arley gill, chairman of grenada's national reparations commissionqie british prime minister ackowledging the �*abhorrance�* of the slave trade and past actions. but very much trying to look forward and not backwards. what's your reaction from hearing that? well, thank you for having me and good day to all of your listeners. if it is that the prime minister of england speaks of the abhorrence of slavery and slave trade and genocide and the king, king charles iii, would have spoken about the past, we believe that it is only fitting that they apologise because in recognising that what has gone before, what crimes against humanity that have left a scar notjust humanity that have left a scar not just on the humanity that have left a scar notjust on the caribbean and in africa but left a scar as well in the united kingdom, and it has affected and shaped our future, our present and it is only fitting that they hold the commonwealth and the united kingdom at the very least up to apologise, it is the moral and proper thing to do and the issue of preparatoryjus

and also, the iranian director who was nominated, he is a —— and also, the actor, arley, he he is quited creative people. i think there will be political statements. i don't think they will come from jimmy kimmel. he will do his routine and get into it and be neutral. but this is an exciting year, also for the themes. so many films, short documentaries about syria, about refugees, about africans coming to the various places in lampedusa um to escape persecution. it will be a very interesting night. and the iranian director of the salesmen... yes, in trafalgar square in the middle of the night, a huge turnout and he is a brilliant director. he did a film last year about a taxi driver driving around tehran. it was called taxi came round. amazingly he is anti— regime and yet he works. they have not done anything punitive to him in a run. —— in iran. he is angry about the dance so he will not come to the ceremony. the ceremony sta rts come to the ceremony. the ceremony starts in five minutes. thank you very much. we will have lots more on the oscars when that ceremony starts. hello, good mo