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UK puts Diego Garcia handover on hold to appease Trump

· By Giovanna Faggionato
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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government is setting aside a plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius because of opposition from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, according to British media reports.

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