UK puts Chagos Islands handover deal on hold after Trump withdraws support - AP News
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The UK paused the Chagos Islands handover deal after President Trump withdrew US support.
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The United Kingdom has put its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on hold following the Trump administration's withdrawal of support. This decision by the White House disrupts a long-negotiated agreement intended to resolve a decades-old dispute over the archipelago. The proposed handover aimed to address international legal challenges to the UK's sovereignty and facilitate the return of Chagossians displaced by the establishment of the US military base on Diego Garcia. The move leaves the future status of the Chagos Islands and the resettlement efforts for its former inhabitants uncertain.
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