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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Alexandra Topping Political correspondent

Mauritius vows to ‘decolonise’ Chagos Islands after Starmer shelves handover

An aerial view on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos archipelago
Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos archipelago, hosts a joint US-UK military base. Photograph: NASA Archive/Alamy

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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