Reform UK leader says he was told Diego Garcia was ‘most important island on planet’ by senior adviser to new president. 'We are where we are' - minister plays down prospect of UK realigning with EU standards to boost trade 15:16Helena Horton Speaking at the Agricultural Industries Confederation conference this morning,

The UK's deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will be met with "outright hostility” by the Trump administration, Nigel Farage has predicted. The Reform UK leader, a supporter and friend of the incoming US president, told MPs the agreement would put the UK at odds with an important ally.

U.S. President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Mark Rubio, told POLITICO last month that he fears the deal would boost China and warned the agreement poses “a serious threat” to U.S. national security. The Independent reported Wednesday that Trump's new team could even try to veto the deal.

Co-head of British Indian Ocean Territory Citizens platform urges incoming president to block plan to hand over islands to Mauritius

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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. Last month, Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced control of the islands would be handed over from the UK to Mauritius.

Donald Trump has appointed a leading critic of the UK’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius as his national security adviser, in the clearest indication yet that the president-elect will oppose the plan.

Donald Trump is looking to veto Labour's Chagos Islands surrender deal in a fresh blow to Sir Keir Starmer's foreign ambitions. The giveaway had been endorsed by Joe Biden - but in light of Trump's blowout victory last week,

Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage - The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.