UK's Starmer says Trump's Chagos U-turn is to pressure Britain

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2026-01-21

London (PA Media/dpa) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused US President Donald Trump of changing his stance on the Chagos Islands deal, with "the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain" over the government's position on Greenland. Starmer vowed he would not "yield" after the US president branded the agreement to cede sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory an "act of great stupidity" in a series of social media p......

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