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The government has argued that international legal rulings on sovereignty over the archipelago mean the UK has to cede the islands to Mauritius. Show comments Advertisement
However, Trump’s advisers and critics of the deal in the UK are concerned about the status of the crucial base, a potential block on nuclear weapons being taken to the island and the possibility ...
Donald Trump may still veto Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, despite the PM’s plans to push ahead with the deal. With reports that the UK ...
The UK took control of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and went on to evict its population of more than 1,000 people to make way for ...
The future of the Chagos Islands and a secretive UK/US airbase is set to be an early flashpoint between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer as the president-elect seeks to veto the controversial ...
Keir Starmer’s attempts to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius with a highly controversial deal appear to be on a knife edge after the two governments issued a joint statement admitting ...
The Chagos Islands deal could “dangerously” fracture the UK’s relationship with the US, Nigel Farage said, as he warned it could prevent future free trade agreements with America.
Donald Trump’s team are seeking assurances that the controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will not be completed before his inauguration in January.. The Independent ...