UK delays Chagos Islands debate after Trump’s pressure – media

The US president has called Britain’s decision to turn the Indian Ocean territory over to Mauritius “an act of great stupidity”

The British government has indefinitely postponed debate on a bill enshrining into law the UK’s cession of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, local media has reported.

The move comes after US President Donald Trump, who previously appeared to back the May 2025 agreement between London and the island nation...