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A historic deal for the United Kingdom to hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been put into question after the African island country’s new prime minister issued “counterproposals”. The British government still plans to hand over control of the chain of 60-some islands to Mauritius under the condition that a strategic joint UK-US military base on …

Labour's botched plans to hand over the sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius is unravelling. Keir Starmer and David Lammy are prepared to give away the Chagos Islands, then use taxpayers' money to pay for the privilege, which would be one of the worst deals in history We need the Chagos Islands to stay under British sovereignty, …

Mauritian Voters Hand Ramgoolam Fourth Term as Prime Minister

-- Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who served three terms as prime minister of Mauritius before being voted out a decade ago, reclaimed the top post after his four-party coalition won elections by a landslide. Ramgoolam’s Alliance du Changement secured all the parliamentary seats in the Indian Ocean island nation’s 20 constituencies, the state-owned Mauritius Broadcasting Corp. reported. Incumbent leader Pravind Kumar Jugnauth …

Donald Trump's team could challenge UK's deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Beijing-friendly Mauritius - after US president-elect appoints China hawks for crucial positions

Fresh hopes have been raised that Donald Trump will oppose Britain's surrender of the Chagos Islands as he lines up two critics of the deal to crucial positions. The Florida Congressman has previously warned against the Chagos Islands being handed to an ally of China given that they are home to a crucial Anglo-American military base on Diego Garcia. He …

Nigel Farage urges Donald Trump to intervene on UK's deal to hand over Chagos Islands to China-friendly Mauritius

Will Donald Trump block deal handing Chagos Islands to China-friendly Mauritius? New US president's Republican allies warned deal to hand over UK would aid communists

Donald Trump could kill off Sir Keir Starmer's plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius over fears it will help communist China. Allies of the new president slammed the decision last month to hand the British Indian Ocean Territory over to Mauritius, which is 1,300 miles from the archipelago. Florida senator Marco Rubio, who campaigned alongside Trump at …

Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem

Sir Keir Starmer decided to hand over the Chagos Islands out of “sheer political correctness”, Boris Johnson has claimed. The former prime minister accused the Government of ceding sovereignty over the archipelago, at a strategic waypoint in the Indian Ocean, to “look like the good guys”. Speaking to Camilla Tominey on GB News, Mr Johnson claimed that Labour had ceded …

Chagossians accuse Sir Keir Starmer of treating them like 'second-class citizens' after UK struck deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Boris Johnson says handing over Chagos Islands will be ‘colossal mistake’

Government sources insisted there was no question of control over the strategic airfield being relinquished as part of any deal to hand over wider control. “We are about to haul down the flag, casting doubt on a major Western strategic asset.” Deal could harm relations with US Mr Johnson said that the decision could harm relations with the US, which …