Britain and Rwanda cross swords at an international court from Wednesday, with Kigali seeking more than £100 million it says London still owes from a scrapped deal to deport migrants.
Officials from the two countries will lay out their case at a three-day hearing before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, set up in 1899 to settle contractual disputes between nations.
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