David Lammy will meet Donald Trump’s secretary of state in a last-ditch effort to convince the US to back the Chagos Islands deal, The Telegraph understands.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart Navin Ramgoolam discussed the Chagos Islands arrangement directly for the first time on Friday, according to Starmer’s office.

Starmer speaks to Mauritian PM directly for first time over Chagos deal - The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain.