Why the UK is Keeping the Chagos Islands (for now)

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Sign up to Brilliant for a free 30 day trial and you'll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/tldr/ Starmergeddon Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/tldrpodcasts After agreeing a new deal with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, it appears Starmer has u-turned and deferred proceedings until after Trump takes office. So in this video, we'll explain the history behind this deal and it seems to have now collapsed. 📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/ 🎞 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tldrnews 💡 Got a Topic Suggestion? - https://forms.gle/mahEFmsW1yGTNEYXA Support TLDR on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tldrnews Donate by PayPal: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought. TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks! ////////////////////// Sources: 1 - https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and#_ftn1 2 - https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jun/08/2002311975/-1/-1/1/HARRIS.PDF 3 - https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/U.S.-should-accept-that-its-Indian-Ocean-base-belongs-to-Africa 4 - https://veteranlife.com/military-history/diego-garcia/ 5 - https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/169/169-20190225-ADV-01-00-EN.pdf 6 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia 7 - https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and 8 - https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2003/2222.html 9 - https://inkstickmedia.com/the-us-base-at-diego-garcia-holds-a-dirty-secret/ 10 - https://press.un.org/en/2019/ga12146.doc.htm 11 - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/01/corbyn-condemns-mays-defiance-of-chagos-islands-ruling 12 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj49qjypqv4o 13 - https://www.ft.com/content/f4d70560-5ae6-4450-8e2d-dab5bb1b3487 14 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/uk-closes-in-on-chagos-deal-with-7-years-of-payments-up-front?srnd=homepage-uk 15 - https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1879154379565183336 16 - https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Averting-a-Strategic-Misstep_.pdf