Hundreds of Chagossians from around the UK gathered in London at a rally calling for a say in the future of the Chagos Islands. The group said they were angry after the UK government announced a deal last month that handed over sovereignty of their homeland to the Mauritian government.

Nigel Farage has claimed Donald Trump’s incoming administration has “outright hostility” towards the UK’s deal to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius. Labourarranged to give up sovereignty over the archipelago,

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The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

The Reform UK leader, a top cheerleader for the hard right Republican, branded a deal to give the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius 'an enormous mistake'.