UK Prime Minister Says US Talks Ongoing Over Chagos Islands Handover

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump (R) during a bilateral meeting at the Trump Turnberry Golf Courses, in Turnberry south west Scotland on July 28, 2025. Christopher Furlong/AFPUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Jan. 28 that discussions with the United States are continuing over a deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.Speaking to reporters while travelling in China on Jan. 28, Starmer said the issue had been raised repeatedly with the White House in recent days and maintained that the Trump administration had already reviewed and supported the agreement at an agency level.