Trump pushing to 'VETO Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal'

Revealed: Donald Trump’s push to ‘veto Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal’
Exclusive: The Independent understands America’s new president-elect is seeking legal advice from Pentagon to challenge controversial agreement
Could Chagos deal be the first sign of tension between Trump and Starmer?
The incoming Trump administration in the US could be preparing to lock horns with the Labour government over the Chagos Islands, Nigel Farage has claimed. Last month, Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced control of the islands would be handed over from the UK to Mauritius.
Trump’s top new security adviser compared Chagos Islands deal to chaotic Afghan withdrawal
Mike Waltz raised concerns about future of Diego Garcia airbase amid suggestions president-elect could block handover
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.
Hundreds protest against Chagos Islands deal
Hundreds of Chagossians from around the UK gathered in London at a rally calling for a say in the future of the Chagos Islands. The group said they were angry after the UK government announced a deal last month that handed over sovereignty of their homeland to the Mauritian government.
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...
Trump could challenge deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Fresh hopes have been raised that Donald Trump will oppose Britain's surrender of the Chagos Islands as he lines up two critics of the deal to crucial positions
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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.
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 ...
The post-imperial saga over Diego Garcia’s sovereignty
For nearly 50 years, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has been a critical part of the American global ...
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 ...
Diego Garcia: A critical asset in India-US Indo-Pacific strategy amid Chinese assertion
When Chinese have been working feverishly in establishing bases off Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Madagascar and have a ...
Nigel Farage: Donald Trump's team is 'hostile' to Chagos 'surrender'
The Reform UK leader, a top cheerleader for the hard right Republican, branded a deal to give the British Indian Ocean ...