Andy Burnham returns from NYC as Trump torpedoes Chagos deal

express.co.uk

Prime Minister Andy Burnham returns from New York City today after President Donald Trump publicly called his party's Chagos Islands deal "terrible" during a tense press conference, threatening the agreement's future. The deal, inherited from former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, would hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while the UK rents back the Diego Garcia airbase. Trump's criticism follows London's earlier refusal to let the US use the base to refuel bombers targeting Iran. The agreement has faced domestic opposition over its estimated hundreds of millions in annual costs, concerns about Mauritius' ties to China, and campaigns by Chaggossians to keep the islands British.


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