4 hours ago David Lammy hits out at 'politicking' over Chagos Islands as he plays down claims Labour's sovereignty deal is collapsing after new Mauritian PM joins Donald Trump allies in voicing concerns

The Foreign Secretary insisted the sovereignty pact was a 'very good deal' as he played down claims it was on the verge of an embarrassing collapse.

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5 hours ago Starmer faces ‘total humiliation’ with Chagos deal on brink of collapse

Exclusive: The Chagos Islands deal is facing a crucial 48 hours with the new Mauritius government’s cabinet expected to look at whether to stick with the deal on Friday

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14 hours ago Is Starmer's Chagos Islands deal about to implode? Newly elected president of Mauritius voices 'reservations' as PM's envoy tries to convince Trump to keep agreement to hand over control

Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who was elected a fortnight ago, said he wants time to go over the details with lawyers.

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29 hours ago Keir Starmer’s envoy seeks to woo Donald Trump’s team over Chagos islands row

The president-elect is seeking legal advice from Pentagon in a bid to veto the controversial agreement

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34 hours ago UK government seeks meeting with Trump team over Chagos Islands agreement

National security adviser will travel to Washington in attempt to persuade US president-elect not to rip up dealUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s national security adviser is to travel to Washington as the UK government tries to persuade Donald Trump not to rip up the Chagos Islands agreement, the Guardian has learned.Jonathan Powell, who negotiated the Chagos deal earlier this autumn, is drawing up plans to visit the US capital in the coming days, four government sources said. Continue reading...

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