USA looks set to veto British handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Government has decided, for some reason, to hand over the Chagos Islands - part of the British Indian Ocean Territory - to Mauritius, a country which has never had a claim over the islands.

However, the United States is deeply concerned about it and is set to veto the handover in order to keep the islands as allied British territory.

The USA wants the vital Diego Garcia military base on the islands to remain as British territory.

Britain has allowed the United States the use of Diego Garcia in the war against Iran. The United States wants the islands to remain British territory in order to use Diego Garcia...

Reform UK leader and GB News host Nigel Farage:

 

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The USA is certainly showing her superpower might at the moment and there's almost nothing anyone else can do about it. She's certainly ruling the roost. Thankfully she's using her mighty power for good reasons and is trying to make the world a better place.