UK pauses plan to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Britain’s government said today it had put on hold ‌its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands – home to the US-British Diego Garcia air base – which has been criticised by US President Donald Trump. The planned legislation underpinning the deal to cede the islands to Mauritius, which needs the backing of Washington, [] The post UK pauses plan to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.