Trump pushing to 'VETO Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal'

Could Chagos deal be the first sign of tension between Trump and Starmer?
The incoming Trump administration in the US could be preparing to lock horns with the Labour government over the Chagos Islands, Nigel Farage has claimed. Last month, Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced control of the islands would be handed over from the UK to Mauritius.
Trump team hostile to Chagos deal, claims Farage
The UK's deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will be met with "outright hostility” by the Trump administration, Nigel Farage has predicted. The Reform UK leader, a supporter and friend of the incoming US president, told MPs the agreement would put the UK at odds with an important ally.
Trump victory could torpedo UK’s Chagos Islands deal
U.S. President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Mark Rubio, told POLITICO last month that he fears the deal would boost China and warned the agreement poses “a serious threat” to U.S. national security. The Independent reported Wednesday that Trump's new team could even try to veto the deal.
Trump’s top new security adviser compared Chagos Islands deal to chaotic Afghan withdrawal
Donald Trump has appointed a leading critic of the UK’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius as his national security adviser, in the clearest indication yet that the president-elect will oppose the plan.
Farage issues Chagos Island warning: ‘There is outright hostility to this deal’
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Donald Trump pushing to 'VETO Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal' as President-elect's stance revealed
Donald Trump is looking to veto Labour's Chagos Islands surrender deal in a fresh blow to Sir Keir Starmer's foreign ambitions. The giveaway had been endorsed by Joe Biden - but in light of Trump's blowout victory last week,
Trump sided with Britain’s bid to keep hold of Chagos Islands
Donald Trump threw his support behind Britain’s efforts to keep the Chagos Islands when he was last US president, The Telegraph can disclose...
‘Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage
Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage - The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.
Keir Starmer told his Chagos surrender is 'dead and buried' after Donald Trump's victory
A group fighting for the rights of Britain's overseas territories have written to Donald Trump's new cabinet members to ...
Chagos Islands Statement
The statement in the House of Lords by Foreign Office minister Baroness Chapman of Darlington on the transfer of the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, on Thursday 14 November. We use ...
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The Chagos Islands: Many dangers lie ahead
The Chagos Islands lie roughly in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 km to the south of the southern tip of India.
Labour slammed as 'strategically illiterate' over move to give up Chagos Islands
An ex-Royal Navy officer has slammed Labour’s decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands as “strategically ...
Mauritius has won back Chagos – but not all of it. Why the largest island, Diego Garcia, is so important to the UK
The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the ...
Britain’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands should be sunk, says former Thatcher aide
BRITAIN’S deal to hand over the Chagos Islands should be sunk “the way Margaret Thatcher sank the Belgrano”, her former aide ...
Labour sparks fury after snubbing Chagos Islanders on Remembrance Sunday
Major controversy already surrounds Sir Keir Starmer's decision to hand the islands over to Mauritius after years of ...