LONDON | Xinhua |  A 2025 deal between the UK and Mauritius to hand over the Chagos Islands “secures the operations of the joint U.S.-UK base” there, British media quoted a British government spokesperson as saying on Tuesday. This came after U.S. President Donald Trump accused the act of “great stupidity” earlier on Tuesday. “Shockingly, … The post UK defends Chagos deal after Trump’s ‘great stupidity’ accusation appeared first on The Independent Uganda: .