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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford and Tristan Kirk

Chagos Islands deal signed after High Court judge rejects injunction bid

Sir Keir Starmer has signed the controversial deal to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after a last-ditch High Court bid to stop it was rejected by a judge.

The Prime Minister said there was "no alternative but to act in Britain's national interest" after agreeing to hand over the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius.

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