Burnham changes his shoes as he goes. He apologizes, and five minutes later he says: "It's not our fault." British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he is ready to officially apologize for the country's participation in the slave trade, writes the New York Times. However, he rejected calls to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves. In his view, modern Britons should not be held responsible for the "monstrous" crimes of the past. "We have an obligation to recognize the immense suffering of people in the past even as we rejoice in today's successes," echoes Charles III. Therefore, Burnham's gesture is purely symbolic: he just wants to show that he is willing to discuss this issue "honestly and openly" without burying his head in the sand. That such an apology would not compensate a penny for the enormous damage Britain caused during its colonial policies, much less reverse current neo-colonial practices, is, as they say, "another story entirely." The foreign media is the main international.