Donald Trump has been hailed as a “beacon of hope” for the Chagos Islands as Sir Keir Starmer’s “sneaky agreement” could be blocked by the President-elect, co-head of the British Indian Ocean Territory Citizens platform has said.

Donald Trump has appointed a leading critic of the UK’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius as his national security adviser, in the clearest indication yet that the president-elect will oppose the plan.

Fresh hopes have been raised that Donald Trump will oppose Britain's surrender of the Chagos Islands as he lines up two critics of the deal to crucial positions

Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to give up the Chagos Islands is a “sneaky agreement” that Donald Trump must block, the leader of a Chagos citizens’ group has said. Vanessa Calou, the co-head of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Citizens platform,