I’m likely to accept UK deal on Chagos Islands

Trump says he is likely to accept UK deal on Chagos Islands
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was inclined to back a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the future of a U.S.-UK military base in the Chagos Islands, in a boost for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Trump 'inclined' to back UK's Chagos Islands deal
US President Donald Trump has indicated he would be prepared to back Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.The agreement includes a plan to lease back the strategically important US-UK military base on Diego Garcia at British taxpayers' expense.
The Unnoticed Beneficiary of the Mauritius-UK Chagos Island Deal? India.
New Delhi has far more influence on Mauritius than may be noticed in Europe. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, then prime minister of Mauritius, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, Apr. 25, 2022.
Why Starmer seems to have won battle with the right over Chagos deal
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage tried to use the treaty as leverage against Labour. Sean O’Grady explains why it hasn’t yet worked out as they hoped
Donald Trump Set To Back Chagos Islands Handover Deal In Boost For Keir Starmer
The president said he was "inclined to do along" with it just a day after the Tories urged him to block the agreement.
Trump: Chagos Islands talks going to work out very well
Donald Trump indicates he will be prepared to back Sir Keir Starmer's deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Speaking in the Oval Office alongside the prime minister, the president says: "We're going to have some discussions about that very soon,
Trump Tells Starmer He’s Inclined to Back UK Deal on Chagos
President Donald Trump said he was inclined to support the British deal to cede control of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean, where the US and UK share a military base.
The real power struggle in Mauritius dwarfing Starmer’s Chagos deal
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Watch CutTheClutter: Diego Garcia, India-US ties from Cold War to Chagos deal & changing geopolitics
In Episode 1615 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses changing geopolitical dynamics—past, ...
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Trump Furious at Starmer’s Ceding Sovereignty Over Chagos Islands to Ally of Communist China, Sources Tell the Sun
British premier due in Washington for a parley with the president, who is said to be ‘livid’ over the deal Sir Keir negotiated.
Mauritius could develop Chagos land near British military base
Concerns raised over potential Chinese involvement in future developments on archipelago after Labour hands territory over ...
Starmer accused of defence spend ‘cover up’ in row over how £9bn Chagos deal is funded
The PM said the uplift would boost ‘our capability on defence and security in Europe’, but stopped short of ruling out using ...
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Chagos Islands should be sold to the US not ‘corrupt Mauritius’ – Farage
Nigel Farage told the Commons he would rather hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to the US, as opposed to “corrupt Mauritius”. The Reform UK leader also listed colonial-guilt as one ...
Trump signals support for Britain’s plan to transfer control of strategic Chagos Islands
But some Republicans worry about handover to Mauritius, a close China ally, as archipelago includes US-British military base ...