UK shelves Chagos Islands deal after Trump's criticism

UK shelves Chagos Islands deal after Trump's criticism The UK has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands - which hosts the joint US-UK Diego Garcia military base - back to Mauritius, according to British media reports. This comes after US President Donald Trump repeatedly criticised the plan and said Britain was "making a big mistake" by handing sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in exchange for the UK and US having continued use of the airbase. The base puts US bomber aircraft within 5300km of Iran but requires UK authorisation for use.