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Radio 4,22 May 2025,45 mins

Government signs deal to hand over Chagos Islands

The World Tonight

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The UK has signed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the military base there for an average of £101m a year. Keir Starmer says the deal is in the UK's national interest. We hear from a Chagossian woman who tried to stop the deal with a last minute legal challenge. The Trump administration has barred Harvard from enrolling international students -- marking an escalation between Washington and America's richest university. We speak to one of the international students affected. And 30 years since the release of Pulp's Common People, we explore the legacy of the Brit Pop classic.

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