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3 days ago

US officials are believed to have drawn up a proposal to bypass the UK and make their own deal to take control of Diego Garcia, according to reports.

Potential proposal would secure control of Diego Garcia base amid stalled UK plans to cede sovereignty of territory

Donald Trump is reportedly weighing a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius …

60 days ago

The U.S. president, who has changed his mind multiple times on the issue, warned Starmer in February that he was “making a big mistake” in giving over the island.

80 days ago

Esmaeil Baghaei denies the long-range missile attack, which could change the calculus of the war for US allies.
Whether it was a dramatic one-off or a warning, Iran's launch of two missiles across 2,000 miles towards Diego Garcia, Britain's territory, should have been a wake-up call for our government.
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.
The UK has given US forces the green light to run 'defensive' operations from its military sites, such as Diego Garcia.

81 days ago

UK condemns what it says is Iranian attack on airbase in Indian Ocean, but Tehran denies it carried out the launches.
The attack on Diego Garcia occurred before the U.K. confirmed that U.S. use of its bases includes defensive operations against "missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait…

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