Trump, Chagos Islands

The top secret island that could become first battleground between Trump and Starmer
For a tiny group of atolls comprising just over 20 square miles of land in the Indian Ocean, the Chagos Islands have a long and contentious history. The first inhabitants were slaves brought over by the French in the 18th century, and the territory was handed over by France to the British as part of Mauritius in 1814.
Trump victory could torpedo UK’s Chagos Islands deal
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.
Trump’s top new security adviser compared Chagos Islands deal to chaotic Afghan withdrawal
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.
‘Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage
Nigel Farage has claimed there is “outright hostility” in the US to the UK’s deal with Mauritius to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. The Reform UK leader, who has been a long-time backer of President-elect Donald Trump and visited the ...
Trump team hostile to Chagos deal, claims Farage
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,
Trump sided with Britain’s bid to keep hold of Chagos Islands
Donald Trump threw his support behind Britain’s efforts to keep the Chagos Islands when he was last US president, The Telegraph can disclose...
Farage issues Chagos Island warning: ‘There is outright hostility to this deal’
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Donald Trump pushing to 'VETO Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal' as President-elect's stance revealed
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,
UK will allay Trump concerns over Chagos Islands, says minister, as Priti Patel says Tories opposed to deal– UK politics live
Reform UK leader says he was told Diego Garcia was ‘most important island on planet’ by senior adviser to new president. ...
Keir Starmer told his Chagos surrender is 'dead and buried' after Donald Trump's victory
A group fighting for the rights of Britain's overseas territories have written to Donald Trump's new cabinet members to ...
Britain’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands should be sunk, says former Thatcher aide
BRITAIN’S deal to hand over the Chagos Islands should be sunk “the way Margaret Thatcher sank the Belgrano”, her former aide ...
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Trump ‘could save Chagos Islands from Starmer’s sneaky deal’
Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to give up the Chagos Islands is a “sneaky agreement” that Donald Trump must block, the ...
Labour slammed as 'strategically illiterate' over move to give up Chagos Islands
An ex-Royal Navy officer has slammed Labour’s decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands as “strategically ...
Mauritius has won back Chagos – but not all of it. Why the largest island, Diego Garcia, is so important to the UK
The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the ...
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The Chagos Islands: Many dangers lie ahead
The Chagos Islands lie roughly in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 km to the south of the southern tip of India.
Labour sparks fury after snubbing Chagos Islanders on Remembrance Sunday
Major controversy already surrounds Sir Keir Starmer's decision to hand the islands over to Mauritius after years of ...