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Students on weekend courses received letters from the Student Loans Company (SLC) or their universities stating that maintenance loans and childcare grants had been awarded in error.
The escalation came despite a two-week truce agreed between the US and Iran, with both sides earlier claiming progress towards ending a war that has killed thousands across West Asia.
Last month, the UN voted to describe the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs”.
Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz since the war began on February 28 after US and Israeli strikes, disrupting a route that carries about one-fifth of global oil supply.