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Why did the UK government sign the Chagos deal now?

BBC News Thursday, 22 May 2025 ()
Why did the UK government sign the Chagos deal now?A deal to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands and lease back a key military base has been months in the making.
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News video: Badenoch: Chagos deal is an example of Labour chaos

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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch claims the Chagos Islands deal was an example of "Labour chaos", saying, "we should not be paying to surrender British territory to Mauritius”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at...

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