When remote islands start to interest chatterboxes in think tanks and bureaucrats in foreign ministries, we can only assume ...
We do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country.” So wrote Lord Balfour as Foreign Secretary in 1919, referring to the views of the ...
US concerns about the status of its base in the Chagos Archipelago is understandable in a region of huge strategic importance ...
The UK plans to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while leasing a military base there - Trump says the deal is partly why he wants the US to own Greenland.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed on Wednesday that the UK has resumed discussions with the Trump administration over the fate of the Chagos Islands, also known […] ...
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What are the Chagos Islands and why does Trump think Britain would be stupid to give them up?
Donald Trump has accused the United Kingdom of “stupidity” over its plan to hand over ownership of the Chagos Islands, including the US air base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius.
Objections to ratification are based on the language of a 1966 US–UK agreement. But these objections misread that treaty’s intent and context.
President Trump has criticized a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, calling it "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY." ...
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has called Britain's deal to cede sovereignty of the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an "act of total weakness", ...
Britain agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in May 2025 -- a move described by US President Donald Trump as "an act of great stupidity" on Tuesday. The remote Indian Ocean archipelago was ...
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