Britain said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - home to the US-British Diego Garcia air base - which has been criticised by US President Donald Trump. The planned legislation underpinning the deal to cede the islands to Mauritius, which needs the bac»»»

The strategically vital archipelago in the Indian Ocean, home to the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, had been the subject of a landmark agreement reached last year between London and Mauritius. The deal proposed transferring sovereignty while preserving British control of the base under »»»

PoliticsUnited KingdomUK freezes deal to return Chagos Islands to MauritiusAlex Berry with AFP, ReutersA fallout with President Trump has seen the planned handing over of the islands put on ice. At the center of the debate is the use of a joint UK-US military base. https://p.dw.com/p/5C1qwSome 2,00»»»