Keir Starmer should reconsider Chagos Islands deal | Andrew Marr | The New Statesman
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as posted by the channelThe Prime Minister is caught between the international court and Donald Trump.
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Under pressure from the International Court, Labour are due to relinquish British ownership of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
But the islands house a strategic US airbase, and the Prime Minister needs to maintain good relations with the incoming Trump administration.
Andrew Marr, Hannah Barnes and Rachel Cunliffe answer a listener's question about whether the government will rethink the Chagos Islands deal.
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