Judge temporarily blocks UK from completing Chagos Islands deal
The order, granted at 2.25am, states the government may take "no conclusive or legally binding step to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory".
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The location of the Chagos Islands
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