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Met Police arrest 17 protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsTens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in central London on Saturday ahead of the anniversary of the 7 October attacks in Israel.Officers have made 17 arrests so far, the Metropolitan Police said, as part of a “significant” policing operation…
Blood test detecting 12 cancers at an early stage receives government funding Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA blood test that could detect 12 cancers at an early stage will be funded by the government, health secretary Wes Streeting has said.The blood screening will help catch cancer before symptoms develop and boost the UK’s economy, said Mr Streeting.It is one…
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Quick View – Contents UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius – response The UK has announced it will relinquish control of the Chagos Islands, a remote but strategically significant archipelago in the Indian Ocean, after more than 50 years of British rule.The agreement will see the UK officially hand over the islands to Mauritius, including the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a key U.S. military base used by navy ships and long-range…
“Every time we made a request to be heard we have been excluded,” she said, claiming UK officials said the Chagossian community could not be involved in negotiations between the two countries.
“Today, again, we’ve been excluded,” the 34-year-old postgraduate student told the BBC.
“We need to respect the rights of indigenous people.”
Ms Nellan said she would like to go back to the islands, but not under Mauritius’ control.
“Our right to self-determination – whether we want to be British citizens or Mauritian citizens at all – has been stripped today,” she said.
An extraordinary row broke out yesterday when Keir Starmer’s government announced it was handing the islands to Mauritius … Shortly after leadership rival and former security minister Tom Tugendhat tweeted it was “disgraceful” that a Tory government had started the talks in what was seen as a pointed remark against Mr Cleverly.
However, the Cleverly camp then responded with a briefing claiming it was Liz Truss who ordered the talks to start when she was prime minister.
But Truss has hit back and said it was Boris Johnson who started the talks.
The government has finally put right one of the last wrongs remaining from British colonial rule.
In the 1960s we severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius and then expelled hundreds of islanders so we could lease the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia to the US military.
This was later judged illegal by the international courts and criticised by the UN. Now, at last, we have agreed to hand the islands back to Mauritius.
Confected Tory anger at this should be dismissed as the hypocritical rantings of a party which still hankers after empire.
WHAT a day of ignominy for the new Government — not just giving away strategically vital British territory but handing taxpayers an endless bill for the privilege.
Labour has taken mere weeks to capitulate entirely, despite Mauritius’s historic claim having no validity — it never owned the islands — nor being legally binding.
The Chagos debacle weakens us militarily while, incredibly, forcing us to pay unknown sums to Mauritius every year.
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base, and which could also pave the way for people displaced decades ago to return home. U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the deal, saying it would secure the effective operation of Diego…
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UK weather today: After a chilly start for most, it will be dry with plenty of sunny spells for many on Friday. Cloudier in the far west with patchy rain, especially over Northern Ireland and western Scotland, where it will be breezy. UK weather tonight: Windy, cloudy with patchy rain in the west. Dry with light winds and clear skies elsewhere, bringing a risk of patchy mist, fog and frost by dawn. Source: Met Office
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