UK forced to shelve Chagos Islands legislation after US dropped support

<p>Officials accept that time has run out to pass law to allow transfer of islands to Mauritius</p><p>The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement.</p><p>On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/uk-forced-to-shelve-legislation-to-return-chagos-islands-to-mauritius">Continue reading...</a>