UN court rejects UK claim to sovereignty over Chagos Islands

Judges say UK should end its administration of Indian Ocean islands as soon as possible

The UK’s claim to sovereignty over the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean has been ruled to be illegal by the United Nation’s highest court.

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