UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting announced on September 23, 2026, that the government would review its Chagos Islands agreement with Mauritius after Donald Trump criticized the deal and questioned the lease terms for Diego Garcia. Annual payments to Mauritius have been placed on hold pending the review.
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Burnham admitted that a deal is not yet in place over the Chagos Islands
Trump hailed Burnham as a ‘natural business person’ but called the Chagos Islands deal ‘terrible’
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after US president told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".
My binary take on a very simple problem. If the US doesn't like the terms of the lease (which the US signed) on the Chagos Islands, the US has got 12 months to leave the BIOT BBC News - UK to review Chagos Islands deal after Trump's latest criticism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after US president told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".
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The UK has an independent foreign policy.. 🙄 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after Donald Trump told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".
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Defence secretary places annual payments to Mauritius on hold as UK government reviews deal over Diego Garcia base UK politics live – latest updates Wes Streeting has said annual payments worth at least £120m to Mauritius are on hold as the government reconsiders its deal over the Chagos Islands , after Donald Trump refused to back the agreement. The defence secretary said the payments would not b
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UK reviewing Chagos Islands deal after Trump brands it 'terrible' #BritishGovernment #ChagosIslands #DiegoGarciaMilitaryBase #USPresident U.S. president lambasted deal over Diego Garcia military base.
It'll be interesting to see who gets the contract. "In an interview ... re: the government’s plans for a National Centre for Information Defence, Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, said it was needed to help people “to separate fact from fiction”." www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Tories say deal should be fully scrapped after it was criticised by Donald Trump during his meeting with Andy Bu