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Diego Garcia: The tiny island causing a big stir | DW News
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2:14Now PlayingWhat looks like a tropical dream comes with a complicated backstory: Diego Garcia, an island that is again in the spotlight thanks to the US-Israeli war with Iran. It’s still a British Overseas Territory and home to a joint UK-US military base that had long been kept a secret. Against the backdrop of the war reverberating across the entire Middle East, Diego Garcia has again become a point of contention due to the US' claims of huge strategic importance. Trump is pressing the UK not to let go of its former colony — and with that, the long-fought decolonization efforts of the island's Indigenous people are falling by the wayside.
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