The leaders of the Commonwealth group of nations will meet at a welcome banquet in Samoa in the South Pacific on Thursday, with climate change and reparations for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade both likely to be on the agenda.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as they attend a State Banquet during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (William West/Pool Photo via AP)

King Charles III should be prepared to dance when he visits Samoa this week. The Pacific Island nation's honorary consul made sure of that when he visited St.

Commonwealth heads of government are to push for a "conversation" on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade when they meet for the association's first summit in two years, the BBC