The U.K. government is seeking to determine whether U.S. President Donald Trump can derail its plans to hand over sovereignty of a strategically vital island to Mauritius, after he reversed his stance on the plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/world/politics/uk-trump-chagos-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #defense #chagos #us #donaldtrump #mauritius #indianocean

@Geri Since when did the #UK ever followed international laws?

• They didn't grant #Chagos|sian #RightToReturn nor #independence and keep #DiegoGarcia occupied and leased to the #USA as a literal #BlackSite!

Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 on #KeirStarmer #ChagosIslands #Chagos @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Starmer ‘withdraws Chagos Islands bill’ in face of Trump’s backlash over deal | The Independent The Chagosians didn't want the deal so scrapping it was the right move but done for the wrong reason. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... #Chagos

Starmer ‘withdraws Chagos Isla...

Starmer ‘withdraws Chagos Islands bill’ in face of Trump’s backlash over deal | The Independent

The Chagosians didn't want the deal so scrapping it was the right move but done for the wrong reason.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-trump-chagos-islands-deal-b2906771.html

#Chagos

Why #Trump is attacking the #UK over #Chagos Islands – and what it tells us about #Britain’s place in the world

https://theconversation.com/why-trump-is-attacking-the-uk-over-chagos-islands-and-what-it-tells-us-about-britains-place-in-the-world-273939?

Starmer acusa a Trump de presionar al Reino Unido por Groenlandia

El primer ministro británico acusa a Trump de «presionarle» para cambiar su postura sobre Groenlandia.

SN Redacción | EFE

Londres.- El primer ministro británico, Keir Starmer, acusó este miércoles al presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, de criticar el acuerdo sobre las islas Chagos para así «presionarle» para que cambie su posición sobre el futuro de Groenlandia.

En la sesión semanal de control en la Cámara de los Comunes, Starmer puntualizó que «no cederá» frente a Trump y que defenderá los principios del Reino Unido de que la isla del Ártico pertenece a sus habitantes y al reino de Dinamarca.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/id-T64b23_U?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&

El líder laborista, que siempre ha mantenido una posición conciliadora ante Trump y ha evitado criticarle, informó también de que mañana recibirá en Londres a la primera ministra danesa, Mette Frederiksen, mientras el presidente de EE.UU. no cede un ápice en sus intenciones de controlar «por las buenas o por las malas» la isla de Groenlandia.

El conflicto con Mauricio

Trump calificó ayer en su portal de Truth Social de «GRAN ESTUPIDEZ» el pacto para ceder la soberanía del archipiélago de Chagos a Mauricio, acordado en 2025, y de arrendar a ese estado Diego García -donde hay una base militar conjunta británica-estadounidense- por 99 años.

La palabras de Trump sobre Chagos tenían el «propósito expreso de presionarme a mí y al Reino Unido en relación con mis valores y principios sobre el futuro de Groenlandia», dijo Starmer.

«No cederé. El Reino Unido no cederá en nuestros principios y valores sobre el futuro de Groenlandia bajo amenazas de aranceles, y esa es mi postura inequívoca», puntualizó, en un tono nunca empleado para referirse a Trump.

«He dejado clara mi postura sobre nuestros principios y valores. El primero es que el futuro de Groenlandia es solo del pueblo groenlandés y el Reino de Dinamarca. El segundo es que las amenazas de aranceles para presionar a los aliados son completamente erróneas», insistió.

Amenazas de Trump

El presidente estadounidense ha amenazado con imponer aranceles del 10 % al Reino Unido y otros aliados europeos a partir del 1 de febrero a menos que acepten la compra de Groenlandia, y se ha negado a descartar el uso de la fuerza militar para apoderarse de la isla.

El Gobierno británico defiende que el pacto sobre Chagos es necesario porque los fallos de tribunales internacionales a favor de las reclamaciones de soberanía de Mauricio ya suponían una amenaza para el futuro de la base militar en Diego García.

El Reino Unido acordó pagar a Mauricio al menos 120 millones de libras anuales (138 millones de euros) durante los 99 años de vigencia del acuerdo. –sn–

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In a further deterioration of transatlantic relations, U.S. President Donald Trump criticized U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plans to return sovereignty of an island that houses a crucial military base to Mauritius. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/world/politics/trump-uk-starmer-chagos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chagos #uk #us #donaldtrump #keirstarmer #greenland

So, just like the case of #Greenland, #Chagos Islands already hosts the U.S. military...this story just gets #dumber and dumber
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-greenland-uk-chagos-islands-mauritius-deal-diego-garcia/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us #trump #insanity #impeachment #fascism #imperialism

Trump und die Briten: Schrammen am "special relationship"

Großbritannien hat immer auf seine besondere Beziehung zu den Vereinigten Staaten vertraut. Nun aber sieht es sich mit denselben Zöllen bedroht wie die Europäer. War das aufwändige Werben um Trump vergebens? Von C. Prössl.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/uk-trump-china-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#VereinigtesKönigreich #Trump #Chagos #Johnston #China

This is literally the #dumbest thing I've heard: "#DonaldTrump has suggested Britain’s decision to cede the #Chagos #Islands to #Mauritius is among the reasons he wants to take over #Greenland."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/20/trump-greenland-chagos-islands-uk-stupidity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #insanity #impeachment #imperialism

#Trump #DonaldTrump #Greenland #UK #USA #UnitedStates #SpecialRelationship #Europe #America #European #American #UnitedKingdom #Chagos #keirstarmer #ChagosIslands #PrimeMinister #News #Annexation #Politics #USPol #Sky #BBC
A special relationship? With Trump? Keir Starmer has to pick a side, and America isn’t what it was so let it go… it’s not wise to make deals with the devil.

UK's Chagos Islands deal an 'act of great stupidity', Trump says

I guess he is an expert on stupidity.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mkp021rvro

#uk #trump #chagos

川普首度公開炮轟英國首相施紀賢 Keir Starmer ，批評英國將查戈斯群島 #Chagos 的主權交給毛里裘斯是「極其愚蠢的行為」

https://europechinese.blogspot.com/2026/01/chagos.html

@houseoflords.parliament.uk has published a survey to gather views from Chagossians on the UK’s Agreement with #Mauritius concerning the #Chagos Archipelago. The survey is available in #Creole and #French but answers have to be in #English, effectively locking out the generation forcibly displaced 🤦‍♂️

Today in Labor History November 8, 1968: At the request of the U.S., the UK began their ethnic cleansing of the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean. The forced removal of the Chagos Islanders concluded in 1973, paving the way for the U.S. to use the islands as a staging and refueling station for its wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, primarily from its base on the Chagossian island of Diego Garcia. The U.S. desired a depopulated territory to avoid the UN’s decolonization requirements. Lord Greenhill wrote the following to the British Delegation at the UN: “The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours; there will be no indigenous population except seagulls who have not yet got a committee. Unfortunately, along with the Birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays.” In the early- to mid-1800s, the Chagos Islands were used as staging post in the slave trade. In the 1970s, the governments of Mauritius and the Seychelles protested the forced removals. There were also protest actions taken by Chagos Islanders, including street demonstrations and a hunger strike by six Chagossian women. In 2000, the British High Court granted the deportees the right to return, but they were never allowed to actually return. In 2019, the International Court of Justice delivered the advisory opinion that the removal of the islanders had not been lawful.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #colonialism #chagos #diegogarcia #deportation #GulfWar #afghanistan #civildisobedience

It's confirmed, Chagos Islands will be handed back to Mauritius "by the end of the year".

Chagos islands are at about longitude 72°. The nearest UK overseas territory to the west is Akrotiri and Dhekelia at 33°, to the east Pitcairn Islands at -130°.

This being the southern summer, the sun is currently up over British Antarctic Territory, and will remain so until the equinox March 20. It's debatable how much sovereignty the UK really exercises over their slice of the south pole, but there's no doubt which side of that debate the British government takes.

Therefore, it will not be until the equinox, March 20 2026, at 18:53 local time, or March 21 02:53 UTC, on Oeno Island, that the sun will finally indisputably set on the British Empire, for the first time in centuries.

Now is the time to start planning your party.

#chagos #imperialism #geography

#Chagos

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