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King Charles in the Bahamas; judge rejects DOJ ballot move

The King's trip runs nine days and ends at a fifty-six-nation Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, where reparations pressure on Britain is expected to follow him.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentKing Charles landed in the Bahamas tonight to a guard of honour of ninety-six police and defence force members, wearing a light gray suit and sunglasses, which is a very strong first-day fit.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's the first leg of a nine-day Caribbean trip, and he told a youth rally in Nassau that the islands carry great suffering and injustices from the past.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBritain is under pressure to apologise and pay reparations for the slave trade, and the Commonwealth summit with fifty-six nations opens in Antigua and Barbuda on October thirtieth.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA federal judge in California tonight denied the Justice Department's emergency request to set aside mail ballots tied to more than twenty thousand suspected noncitizens, less than a week before the midterms.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNPR says some people on the government's list appear to be U. S. -born.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd when the DOJ lawyer said prosecutors were very busy, the judge told them to get busier.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLos Angeles County's early analysis found many people on that list don't even have active voter registrations. Busier it is.

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The story so far

  1. King Charles Faces High Stakes Test With Caribbean Tour · The New York Times
  2. King Charles Heads to the Caribbean as Texas Early Voting Hits Records · The New York Times
  3. King Charles to host Commonwealth leaders in the Caribbean · The New York Times
  4. King Charles lands in the Bahamas as reparations demands grow · South China Morning Post
  5. King Charles on Caribbean tour; Tatum wins it at the buzzer · Yahoo News New Zealand
  6. King Charles dances in Nassau as Trump campaigns in Ohio · Yahoo
  7. King Charles in the Bahamas; judge rejects DOJ ballot move (this story)

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