Chagos Islands deal shelved by government after Trump calls it ‘act of great stupidity’

The agreement, which includes a plan to lease back the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia – the largest island in the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, has been criticised by the US president (Picture: AP)

The government’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been shelved over Donald Trump’s opposition to it.

The agreement, which includes a plan to lease back the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia – the largest island in the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, has been criticised by the US president.

Trump initially supported the deal but later branded it an ‘act of ...