UK pauses handover of Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius amid US concerns
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Britain has said it won’t implement the Chagos deal without US support The United Kingdom has halted a plan to hand over the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago, to Mauritius. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed an agreement last year transferring sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius. However, the deal allowed Washington and London to retain control of the joint military base on Diego Garcia Island for an initial period of 99 years. US President Donald Trump said in February
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