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Labour’s ‘Surrender’ of Chagos Islands Sparks Furious Legal Battle – Outrage Grows!

Labour’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has sparked yet another legal battle, with two British women born on Diego Garcia.

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Starmer ‘running out of excuses’ as legal case for handing over Chagos Islands unravels

Exclusive: Opposition MPs hope that the unravelling of a major part of the legal case to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius could persuade Donald Trump to veto the deal at the last minute

The Independent UK

Chagossians seek legal action against UK over sovereignty deal

Britain intends to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining a key UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

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British Chagos Islanders set to sue UK government as they demand territory is not given to Mauritius

The women say their human rights have been ‘stripped away’

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British Chagos Islanders set to sue UK Government over proposed deal

Two British women born on Diego Garcia are prepared to bring legal action over the plans to cede sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands Deal Sparks Legal Battle Amid Public Outrage

Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is now facing a major legal challenge.

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Modi lands in Mauritius to back sovereignty claim over Chagos and boost maritime security

Indian prime minister set to sign maritime security deal in bid to counter China’s growing influence in Indian Ocean region

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Keir Starmer’s Major Contradiction Exposes Labour Party Policy as a Total Farce

A growing controversy surrounds Labour’s proposed plan to hand over the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius, an ally of China

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US President Trump Supports UK Plan To Hand Over Chagos Islands

US President Trump supports UK's plan to transfer Chagos Islands to Mauritius, excluding Diego Garcia. International Court of Justice ruled UK's occupation...

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Donald Trump suggests he will back UK in Chagos Islands deal

‘I think we’ll be inclined to go along with your country,’ president says of plan to hand sovereignty to Mauritius

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Would be ‘very, very odd’ for UK to act unilaterally over Chagos, says minister

It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is in Washington for talks with the US president.

Evening Standard

Watch: UK foreign secretary suggests Trump has influence on UK’s Chagos deal

Donald Trump may have a say over the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, David Lammy admitted on Wednesday, 26 February.

The Independent UK

Chagos Islands should be sold to the US not ‘corrupt Mauritius’ – Farage

During a debate on the British Indian Ocean Territory, Mr Farage argued the UK should sell the territory and ‘get a few billion quid’.

The Independent UK

Lammy admits Trump can veto Chagos deal ahead of White House confrontation over islands

Foreign secretary’s admission comes as The Independent has discovered the President has been handed a second legal dossier on why the deal should not go ahead

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Evening Standard

Chagos deal will not go ahead if Trump rejects it, Lammy says

The Foreign Secretary said he still believed the agreement to cede the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius was the ‘best deal’.

The Independent UK

Starmer accused of defence spend ‘cover-up’ in row over how £9bn Chagos deal is funded

The PM said the uplift would boost ‘our capability on defence and security in Europe’, but stopped short of ruling out using defence cash to fund Chagos deal

Evening Standard

Starmer declines to say whether defence spending increase includes Chagos cash

The Prime Minister described the deal being negotiated with Mauritius as ‘extremely important for our security’.

Evening Standard

Defence Secretary declines to say whether spending increase includes Chagos cash

A figure for the value of the deal has not been disclosed, but it has been reported at a cost of £90 million per year.

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Starmer to tell Trump that UK’s Chagos deal will avoid tensions with China

PM to claim if US rejects Mauritius’s claim to own the islands, Beijing will be drawn into the regional dispute

The Independent UK

Minister defends controversial Chagos plan after key architect of the deal is arrested

Former Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is under arrest, the country’s Financial Crimes Commission has said

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Keir Starmer’s Chagos Deal in Chaos as Mastermind Faces Brutal Interrogation

Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial plan to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been plunged into chaos after the deal’s mastermind, former Mauritian

Evening Standard

Mauritius accepts Trump representative to ‘strengthen’ Chagos talks process

The Chagos Islands include the important UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

The Independent UK

Starmer’s security reason for giving up Chagos Islands ‘blown out of water’ by junior minister

Exclusive: Communications minister Sir Christopher Bryant has rubbished claims that satellite communication could be removed from Diego Garcia

The Independent UK

Give Chagos Islands to Trump, ex-army chief urges as he lays into Starmer’s deal

‘It's very hard to find good news in this deal,’ says Lord Dannatt

The Independent UK

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