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PM to claim if US rejects Mauritius’s claim to own the islands, Beijing will be drawn into the regional dispute

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, that he wants "strong protections", including from "malign influence", for a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia, according to a statement from Downing Street.

The incoming Trump administration in the US could be preparing to lock horns with the Labour government over the Chagos Islands, Nigel Farage has claimed.

Concerns over the territories were raised after the Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands.