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UK defends Chagos Islands deal after Trump labels it stupid

Image Iosco County News Herald 21 Jan 2026
The UK said on Tuesday a 2025 deal to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius had secured the future of a key US-UK military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, after US President Donald Trump accused Britain of "great ... .
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Starmer to press ahead with Chagos Islands handover despite Trump criticism

The Independent 21 Jan 2026
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What to know about the Chagos Islands as Trump slams the UK's sovereignty deal

Image TDN 21 Jan 2026
... Islands, calling it "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY."
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Chagos Islands: international dispute and human drama

Image The Newport Plain Talk 21 Jan 2026
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 ....
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Chagos Islands Transfer Deal Hits US Opposition

The Maritime Executive 21 Jan 2026
The passage of the Chagos Islands bill through the British Houses of Parliament entered stormy waters on January 20, when amendments made to the bill ....
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Reform 'hypocrite' blasted as letter to Joe Biden about Chagos Islands emerges

The Mirror 21 Jan 2026
Andrew Rosindell, who defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK at the weekend, wrote to Joe Biden in December 2020 saying failure to 'decolonise' the Chagos Islands was causing international anger ... .
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UK defends giving up Chagos Islands

NWA Online 21 Jan 2026
LONDON -- A startled British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the plan, which his administration had previously supported ... .
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Keir Starmer slams Donald Trump over US President's Chagos Islands comments

London Evening Standard 21 Jan 2026
The Prime Minister accused the US President of reversing his opinion on the Chagos Islands deal with ‘the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland’ ... .
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Trump's Ire, UK's Defence: What Is The Big 'Deal' About The Chagos Islands Returning To Mauritius?

News18 21 Jan 2026
Britain ceded sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in a multi-billion dollar deal, in which it secured a lease for the key UK-US airbase on Diego Garcia over the next century ....
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Trump Attack on Chagos Island Deal Ignores the Chagossians

Human Rights Watch 21 Jan 2026
(London) – US President Donald Trump on January 20, 2026, attacked an agreement that he had previously approved under which the United Kingdom would restore sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
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Keir Starmer Accuses Donald Trump of Changing Tune on Chagos Islands

Newsweek 21 Jan 2026
The Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean include Diego Garcia, which hosts a key U.S.
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UK's Starmer rips Trump for backtracking on Chagos Islands deal support

The Hill 21 Jan 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer went after President Trump on ...
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Kemi fails to resist the cheap shot as she backs Trump on Chagos Islands | ...

The Guardian 21 Jan 2026
Tory leader tries to score points by siding with out-of-control president hellbent on destroying Nato and Europe. It had been a relatively quiet night ... Apart from that ... all fucked up ... ....
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PMQs live: Starmer to be questioned on Chagos Islands and Chinese embassy

The Daily Telegraph 21 Jan 2026
The Prime Minister came under fire from Donald Trump yesterday as the US president called his plan to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an “act of stupidity” ... attack on his Chagos Islands deal.
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Kennedy applauds President Trump for standing up to U.K.’s Chagos Islands giveaway (John Kennedy)

Public Technologies 21 Jan 2026
John Kennedy (R-La.) today released the following statement in support of President Donald Trump's comments denouncing the United Kingdom's deal to give away the Chagos Islands, a decision that would jeopardize the safety of a joint U.S.-U.K.

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