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UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius in landmark sovereignty deal

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UK PM Keir Starmer (File photo) The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after a high court ruling cleared the way for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to sign the controversial deal.The agreement ends decades of British control over the Indian Ocean archipelago, which has been at the centre of…

UK court temporarily bars British govt from completing Chagos Islands deal

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A UK high court judge issued an injunction early Thursday morning, temporarily blocking the British government from finalizing a deal with a “foreign government” concerning the Chagos Islands.“The government may take no conclusive or legally binding step to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the…