Burnham wants to ‘recast’ Chagos Islands deal after US resistance

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants to reopen discussions with the United States and revise the agreement to transfer control of the Chagos Islands. The deal has faced US resistance, and the islands are home to the strategically important Diego Garcia military base.

UK PM says he wants ‘a new discussion’ with Washington over the disputed islands UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said he wants to “recast” the UK’s deal to cede control of the Chagos Islands after resistance from Washington, which said the agreement could instead be modelled on America’s Greenland deal with Denmark. The prime minister told the Economist he wanted “a new discussion” with the US over the disputed islands, which are home to the Diego Garcia military base. Continue reading...