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Long-awaited Chagos Islands deal set to be signed by Starmer

The prime minister is due to attend a virtual handover ceremony with Mauritian officials on Thursday, according to reports

The Independent UK

Chagos Islands deal signed after High Court judge rejects injunction bid

The deal to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius is expected to cost the UK £101million a year

Evening Standard

African islands under threat: what to do about Trump’s withdrawal from climate change agreement

President Donald Trump’s executive order withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement raises the question of the implications for small African Indian Ocean island states.

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Plastic Odyssey on sea-faring mission to target plastic waste in Madagascar

The Plastic Odyssey left France two years ago with the objective of finding ways to reduce marine plastic pollution in the 30 countries most affected. The vessel is currently in the Indian Ocean, exploring islands including Réunion and Mauritius. It is due to arrive in Madagascar on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

‘It's proof that you should never give up’ - Kim Le Court chases back after being dropped to claim first Monument victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

National champion of Mauritius overcomes breathing struggles and cramps to take victory in first participation at La Doyenne

Cycling News

Fury as Taxpayers Asked to Fork Out Millions More Over Chagos – Mauritius Turns Up the Heat

It looks like taxpayers could be asked to cough up even more cash as talks with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands head into their final stages.

The Fashion Central

Government declines to put date on when Chagos Islands deal will be agreed

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty was responding to an urgent question in the Commons.

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Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony is being finalised after months of doubt

The Guardian - UK

Talks to ‘finalise’ Chagos deal taking place with Mauritius, No 10 says

A deal was initially announced last year.

The Independent UK

Chagos deal being 'finalised' with Mauritius after winning Donald Trump's approval, confirms Downing Street

The plan means the UK will hand sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius and then pay to lease back the strategically important Diego Garcia military base

Evening Standard

Labour’s ‘Surrender’ of Chagos Islands Sparks Furious Legal Battle – Outrage Grows!

Labour’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has sparked yet another legal battle, with two British women born on Diego Garcia.

The Fashion Central

Starmer ‘running out of excuses’ as legal case for handing over Chagos Islands unravels

Exclusive: Opposition MPs hope that the unravelling of a major part of the legal case to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius could persuade Donald Trump to veto the deal at the last minute

The Independent UK

Chagossians seek legal action against UK over sovereignty deal

Britain intends to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining a key UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

Euronews

British Chagos Islanders set to sue UK government as they demand territory is not given to Mauritius

The women say their human rights have been ‘stripped away’

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The Independent UK

British Chagos Islanders set to sue UK Government over proposed deal

Two British women born on Diego Garcia are prepared to bring legal action over the plans to cede sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius.

The Fashion Central

Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands Deal Sparks Legal Battle Amid Public Outrage

Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is now facing a major legal challenge.

The Independent UK

Modi lands in Mauritius to back sovereignty claim over Chagos and boost maritime security

Indian prime minister set to sign maritime security deal in bid to counter China’s growing influence in Indian Ocean region

The Fashion Central

Keir Starmer’s Major Contradiction Exposes Labour Party Policy as a Total Farce

A growing controversy surrounds Labour’s proposed plan to hand over the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius, an ally of China

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US President Trump Supports UK Plan To Hand Over Chagos Islands

US President Trump supports UK's plan to transfer Chagos Islands to Mauritius, excluding Diego Garcia. International Court of Justice ruled UK's occupation...

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump suggests he will back UK in Chagos Islands deal

‘I think we’ll be inclined to go along with your country,’ president says of plan to hand sovereignty to Mauritius

Evening Standard

Would be ‘very, very odd’ for UK to act unilaterally over Chagos, says minister

It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is in Washington for talks with the US president.

The Independent UK

Watch: UK foreign secretary suggests Trump has influence on UK’s Chagos deal

Donald Trump may have a say over the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, David Lammy admitted on Wednesday, 26 February.

The Independent UK

Chagos Islands should be sold to the US not ‘corrupt Mauritius’ – Farage

During a debate on the British Indian Ocean Territory, Mr Farage argued the UK should sell the territory and ‘get a few billion quid’.

The Independent UK

Lammy admits Trump can veto Chagos deal ahead of White House confrontation over islands

Foreign secretary’s admission comes as The Independent has discovered the President has been handed a second legal dossier on why the deal should not go ahead

Evening Standard

Chagos deal will not go ahead if Trump rejects it, Lammy says

The Foreign Secretary said he still believed the agreement to cede the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius was the ‘best deal’.

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