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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Starmer’s security reason for giving up Chagos Islands ‘blown out of water’ by junior minister

Keir Starmer’s biggest argument for handing over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius appears to have been “blown out of the water” by one of his own ministers.

Over the weekend government security officials briefed Bloomberg that the UK had no option but to give up sovereignty on the islands which house the crucial Diego Garcia UK/US airbase because they were in danger of losing control of the satellite communications system.

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