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Anonymousabout 2 hours ago

The UK has indefinitely suspended legislation to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after the Trump administration withdrew its support, citing strategic concerns over the Diego Garcia military base. The collapse leaves Britain caught between a 1966 treaty binding it to US consent, a 2019 ICJ opinion declaring its administration unlawful, and an estimated 10,000 Chagossian descendants still waiting to return home more than fifty years after their forced expulsion.