close Cancel email WhatsApp link share Share bookmark Save Andy Burnham has opened the door to another major U-turn – this time over the future of the Chagos Islands. The group of islands, thousands of miles away in the Indian Ocean, has been at the centre of a long-running dispute between Britain and Mauritius – with the latter arguing it was unlawfully forced to give them up in 1965. Donald Trump told Burnham at their first meeting that the current deal with Mauritius – which would see Britain hand sovereignty of the islands back but pay to lease a shared…
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