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15 hours ago

Stephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliament

A treaty over ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has become “impossible to agree …

33 hours ago

God bless Donald Trump. He may be mad, bad and dangerous, but on one issue he is triumphantly right. He opposes the British Government's plan to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

43 hours ago

Mauritian foreign minister pledges to ‘spare no effort’ to regain control of islands, as US fails to give approval of deal

A senior official in Mauritius’ government has vowed that the Chagos Islands…

2 days ago

Keir Starmer faced a chorus of mockery for abandoning the surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in the face of deteriorating relations with the Trump administration.
Some of the UK papers today follow Sir Keir Starmer shelving his Chagos Islands deal, and the historic Iran-US peace talks in Pakistan.
Lord Simon McDonald (pictured), who was in charge at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office when the UK was advised to hand back the islands, said the plans would now go 'into the deep freeze'.
Mauritius vowed to 'spare no effort' to reclaim its control over the Chagos Islands after Keir Starmer's deal to hand them over collapsed.

3 days ago

A bill laying out plans to return the Indian Ocean archipelago, home to the US-UK Diego Garcia base, has been paused.

Officials accept that time has run out to pass law after US dropped its support for plan

The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, after…

16 days ago

An organisation founded by Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister's national security adviser (NSA), received the money in a series of payments.

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