UK Rwanda plan, Portuguese slavery, Musk vs Brazil and Australia

Gavin LEE | Luis MIGUEL CABRERA | Guillaume GOUGEON | Craig COPETAS | Patrick SMITH | Aysegul SERT | Susana FREXES

Edité par France 24 - 2024

It's also been a week that’s seen Portugal's president make an unexpected comment. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa says his country should pay the costs of its historical involvement in slavery and colonialism. It's a rare instance of an EU leader backing the need for reparations, but the move is not universally popular.

Finally this week, the world's third-richest man Elon Musk locked horns with the Australian and Brazilian governments. The social media boss was called an "arrogant billionaire" for refusing to remove violent content and hate speech. He claims free speech is under attack.

Produced by Gavin Lee, Luis Miguel Cabrera, Guillaume Gougeon and Juliette Brown.

Note
  • It's been a week where the midnight oil was burnt in Britain at a late-night session of the House of Lords. The controversial Rwanda bill was finally passed, two years since it was proposed. PM Rishi Sunak says the plan to fly migrants to Africa will be the solution to "stop the boats". But will it actually serve as a deterrent?

Langue
anglais
Date de publication
26/04/2024
Collection
The world this week
Contributeurs
Craig COPETAS Contributing Editor, The Daily Beast
Patrick SMITH Editor-in-Chief, The Africa Report
Aysegul SERT Independent journalist
Susana FREXES EU correspondent for Portuguese TV SIC Noticias and columnist for the Expresso newspaper

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