Starmer: Trump backed Chagos deal after review by US intelligence

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2026-01-28

London (PA Media/dpa) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted US President Donald Trump initially backed his Chagos Islands handover deal "in very clear terms" following sign-off by US intelligence agencies, despite the president's recent change of tune. Trump last week attacked the deal to cede sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius as an "act of great stupidity." But the prime minister stressed the Trump admin......

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