Mauritius vows to ‘decolonise’ Chagos Islands after Starmer shelves handover
The Guardian
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Mauritian foreign minister pledges to ‘spare no effort’ to regain control of islands, as US fails to give approval of deal
A senior official in Mauritius’ government has vowed that the Chagos Islands will be “decolonised” after Keir Starmer was forced to shelve legislation to hand the islands back to Mauritius.
On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks, after a lack of support from Donald Trump.
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