Chagos islands plot twist: Unexpected challenger shocks #DonaldTrump amid #UK feud | Details A remote chain of islands in the Indian Ocean has become the center of a growing geopolitical dispute. As the United Kingdom moves to transfer control of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, the Maldives has stepped forward with its own claim—offering to preserve U.S. and UK military operations at the strategically vital Diego Garcia base. | The Times of India | World

US President Trump lambasted Britain's deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago including an island with an important US-UK air base as an act of ‘total weakness’ and ‘great stupidity’ underlining why he wants to acquire Greenland https://reut.rs/49Hea1N | Reuters

Four Chagos islanders have landed on one of the Indian Ocean archipelago's atolls to establish what they say will be a permanent settlement, a move they hope will complicate a British plan to transfer the territory to Mauritius. | Reuters