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Britain gives up Chagos Islands

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Cabbie21 Thu 03-Oct-24 13:40:51

I have just heard this on the news. Total surprise. I wasn’t even aware we “ owned” them. It seems that they will be returned to Mauritius. An agreement has been reached that one of them will still be used as a US military base.

Lahlah65 Sun 06-Oct-24 14:55:16

Sorry for misspelling -Chagos
Here is the link. (It’s a good little series.)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010gfz