UK-Rwanda migrant deal ‘did not stipulate return of funds’

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In tonight's edition: Kigali says that a refund is not on the table now that the UK's new PM, Keir Starmer, has scrapped the controversial deportation plan. Hundreds of millions of pounds have already been spent building homes as planned. Meanwhile, a deal signed between Benin and Nigeria in May allowing goods from the port of Cotonou to be transported to Niger through northern Nigeria has come as a lifesaver to those who rely on the free flow of trade between the countries. Finally, despite only becoming a nation in 2011, South Sudan has already turned out an impressive array of athletes who have taken the international basketball scene by storm.