Judge temporarily blocks UK from completing Chagos Islands deal

The government has been temporarily blocked from concluding the Chagos Islands deal by a late-night High Court injunction. Ministers had been expected to complete a deal that would have seen the UK hand over sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius in the coming hours. But in an emergency injunction granted early on Thursday, brought against the Foreign Office, Mr Justice Goose allowed “interim relief” to Bertrice Pompe, who had previously taken steps to bring legal action over the deal. Ms Pompe is a Chagossian woman who sees the deal as a betrayal of their rights. Politics latest: Prisoners could serve…