The Latest Breaking News from Chagos

Downing Street sources say agreement is ‘done deal’ and will not be scuppered by US president’s U-turn

A British civil servant of Indian origin, Dr. Francis Vijay Narasimhan Rangarajan, faces social media backlash over the controversial Chagos deal. He led negotiations to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, retaining use of the Diego Garcia base. Critics, including former politicians, have voiced strong opposition to the…

Legislation on controversial deal will not now be debated in Lords on Monday amid warnings it could breach international treaty

Legislation reportedly no longer set to be debated in Lords on Monday amid warnings it could breach international treaty

Tory leader tries to score points by siding with out-of-control president hellbent on destroying Nato and Europe

Prime minister surprisingly forceful at PMQs over US president’s volte face on Chagos and refusal to drop tariffs threat on Greenland

NEWS ANALYSIS: The US president has abandoned diplomatic niceties for open contempt with his recent attacks on the UK – and Sir Keir Starmer has finally come out swinging, writes political editor David Maddox

The Prime Minister accused the US President of reversing his opinion on the Chagos Islands deal with ‘the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland’

Sir Keir Starmer has called the US president’s approach to Greenland issue ‘completely wrong’

Ministers say the deal is necessary because international court rulings on Mauritian sovereignty had threatened the future of the base.

As Donald Trump rages over the Chagos Islands deal, Keir Starmer is poised to approve a sprawling Chinese mega-embassy in London, risking an unprecedented diplomatic confrontation with the White House at the worst possible moment.