Chief secretary to Keir Starmer insists that his relationship with the US president is ‘working’

The criticism comes just one day after the UK prime minister called for calm between the US and Nato allies

Chief secretary to Keir Starmer insists that his relationship with the US president is ‘working’

Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Britain’s plan to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

The prime minister has built his foreign policy around being seen as a trustworthy ally of the US president.

The US president has appeared to change his view on the deal

LONDON: The UK government said on Tuesday its deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “secures” the future of a key US-UK military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, after…

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The US president says it is "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".

PM’s spokesperson insists government’s position is unchanged and that the US still supports the deal

Ministers say the deal is necessary because international court rulings on Mauritian sovereignty had threatened the future of the base.

London had secured the right to maintain a major joint military base with the US on Diego Garcia. Washington, which in May had called the Indian Ocean archipelago's transfer to…