The UK's deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will be met with "outright hostility” by the Trump administration, Nigel Farage has predicted. The Reform UK leader, a supporter and friend of the incoming US president,

Reform UK leader says he was told Diego Garcia was ‘most important island on planet’ by senior adviser to new president. 'We are where we are' - minister plays down prospect of UK realigning with EU standards to boost trade 15:16Helena Horton Speaking at the Agricultural Industries Confederation conference this morning,

U.S. President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Mark Rubio, told POLITICO last month that he fears the deal would boost China and warned the agreement poses “a serious threat” to U.S. national security. The Independent reported Wednesday that Trump's new team could even try to veto the deal.

Co-head of British Indian Ocean Territory Citizens platform urges incoming president to block plan to hand over islands to Mauritius

Nigel Farage has suggested the US president-elect and his friend, Donald Trump, is opposed the UK government’s decision to handover sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Granted an urgent question on the subject,

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Donald Trump has appointed a leading critic of the UK’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius as his national security adviser, in the clearest indication yet that the president-elect will oppose the plan.

Donald Trump is looking to veto Labour's Chagos Islands surrender deal in a fresh blow to Sir Keir Starmer's foreign ambitions. The giveaway had been endorsed by Joe Biden - but in light of Trump's blowout victory last week,

Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage - The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

Donald Trump threw his support behind Britain’s efforts to keep the Chagos Islands when he was last US president, The Telegraph can disclose...