Labour's Chagos Handover Deal In Tatters After Trump Brands It 'Ridiculous'

Wes Streeting admits plan “can’t go ahead” without the US president’s backing.

Labour’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is in tatters after Donald Trump branded it “ridiculous”.

The US president sounded the death knell for the controversial plan following talks with Andy Burnham at the UN General Assembly in New York.

The UK government announced last year – when Keir Starmer was still PM – that it was going to hand sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius.

Britain would also pay £9 billion over the next 99 years so the UK-US military base at Diego Garcia can continue to operate as it does at the........

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