Trump signals support for Britain’s plan to transfer control of strategic Chagos Islands


US President Donald Trump, sitting alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office on Thursday, signalled he supported the UK’s plan to transfer control of a group of small but strategically vital Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius.

“I have a feeling it’s going to work out very well,” Trump said, adding that “we’ll be inclined to go along with your country”.

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