The truth: Why Keir Starmer is giving up the Chagos Islands

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signed over a vital piece of British territory in the Indian ocean to an ally of China and a friend of Putin - Mauritius. The future of the US-UK military base at Diego Garcia is now in question. As Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin celebrate, we ask: why did Keir Starmer surrender the Chagos Islands?

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