Chagos Islands deal
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The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge and months of criticism on both sides of the Atlantic.
Sir Keir Starmer said the agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius secured the ‘vital’ Diego Garcia military base.
A British court on Thursday paved the way for a government deal on returning the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius, lifting a temporary ban which had forced an 11th-hour halt