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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Wingate

UK refusing to allow Trump to use RAF bases to attack Iran

United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber lands at RAF Fairford (Ben Birchall - (PA Archive)

Donald Trump has withdrawn his backing for Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal because he has not received UK approval to use its military bases for a US strike on Iran, it has been reported.

The US president attacked the agreement to hand sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia joint UK-US military base as “a big mistake”.

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