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6 hours ago

Legislation ratifying the agreement will not progress this parliamentary term due to a stand-off with the White House.

7 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 …

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.
The Royal Navy will be forced to ask the French for help intercepting Russian vessels in British waters because the UK fleet is struggling to meet 'operational commitments'.

3 days ago

British officials acknowledge the legislation had run out of time to proceed to the statute book
UK government officials say they are not entirely abandoning the agreement but have run out of time.
The US President had initially supported the move, but changed his stance in January after warning it was an 'act of great stupidity'.

15 days ago

We've long known that the Chagos deal is a witch's brew of competing interests, drawing in the Chinese, a coven of Left-wing lawyers and a Mauritian government eyeing up billions.
Brussels has set out how Labour's deal to relinquish UK control of the Indian Ocean archipelago could increase the value of a fishing deal renewal it is currently thrashing out with Mauritius.

22 days ago

The Government finally admitted that missiles had been fired at Diego Garcia more than 30 hours after the attempted strike - and only after it had been confirmed by US officials.

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