UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius — NEWS ONLY —

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Its pretty clear Starmer usurped control over the UK. Foreign influencers need to be shut off.
 
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"It has emerged", under what rock has the Torygraph been hiding? They haven't looked at the list of ICJ judges who sat on that case in 2018-19 until now, 2025 - 6 years later - and only just now have noticed one of them was Chinese... top quality scoop reporting there!
Her Wikipedia page since 2013 has consistently mentioned that she was Director General Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so again, not exactly not exactly Woodstein is it?

Are we to believe that the other 13 judges present had no say in the decision? The only dissenting judge was - shock - an American (Joan Donoghue - who made the South Africa Vs Israel interim ruling last January).

The African Union and 29 other nations filed written statements and the African Union and 22 nations participated in the oral proceedings. But somehow it's all a dastardly CCP plot?
China (and Russia and South Korea) declined to participate in the oral proceedings. China's written statement is 15 pages of legalese which boils down to the bland final paragraph:
China hereby reiterates its principled position of firmly supporting the process of decolonization. At the same time, China encourages and
calls upon States concerned to act in good faith, and seek appropriate solution to relevant issues through negotiation or any other peaceful means agreed to by both parties.
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So they didn't even present any evidence to sway the court one way or the other.
China even abstained from previously voting in the General Assembly on the issue, seeing it as a bilateral issue between Mauritius and the UK.
 
Reported as too political in the meantime, as GTX‘ admonition has been more or less ignored, I think, we‘ll make this thread a „NEWS ONLY“ one.
To those still not familiar with that measure, it means, that news from media can still be posted via link, or maybe as written excerpt with the source given (perhaps useful for paywalled sources), but without any comment, please!
 
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An unexpected twist.
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Not entirely surprising:
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The US lease deal with the UK was due to expire in 2036 (20 year extension to the original 50 year deal), so the new 99 year lease brings a very handy bonus to the US - which is why they are pretty happy about the outcome, a far better deal than the UK was offering. Would you rather have another 20 year extension or 99 years?
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Problem with that is that that the PRC is likely instead to end up with the base, and the US and the UK with serious egg on their faces.
 
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Starmer’s Chagos deal to cost UK up to £30bn
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... over 99 years.
From the Sky.com link provided by @Flyaway:
Sir Keir said the average cost per year is £101m but the net overall cost is £3.4bn, not £10bn, and all public sector projects are measured in net costs.

However, there is confusion over the government's calculations as the full agreement between the UK and Mauritius reveals the UK will pay:

• £165m a year for the first three years;
• £120m for years four to 13;
• £120m plus inflation for every year after to year 99;
• £40m as a one-off to a fund for Chagossians;
• £45m a year for 25 years for Mauritian development.

If inflation were to remain zero for the next century, this would work out to around £10bn over 99 years.

Assuming an average of 2% inflation, Sky News analysis suggests costs could rise as high as £30bn.

Downing Street stood by its figures, saying government accounting principles were applied to adjust for long-term costs and the value of the pound today is worth more than the pound in the future.
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From what I have been able to understand after reading this very long thread, at any moment the Chinese can show property rights over the most important American base and the Americans will have to evacuate it. This is not serious.
 

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