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Revealed: Donald Trump’s push to ‘veto Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal’

Donald Trump Sir Keir Starmer Chagos United States Chagos Islands David Lammy Nigel Farage Pentagon The Independent Joe Biden

The future of the Chagos Islands and a secretive UK/US airbase is set to be an early flashpoint between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer as the president-elect seeks to veto the controversial deal signed off by the prime minister and endorsed by Joe Biden, it can be revealed.

The Independent understands that Mr Trump’s transition team has requested legal advice from the Pentagon over the agreement that handed the Chagos Islands, which is under British control, to Mauritius.

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