The Chagos Islands deal will not go forward without the support of US President Donald Trump, the foreign secretary has said. David Lammy told ITV's Peston programme, the UK had "a shared military and intelligence interest" with the US "and of course they've got to be happy with the deal or there is no deal".

The Chagos Islands deal will not go ahead without the backing of Donald Trump, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said. Speaking to ITV’s Peston in an interview which will air in full this evening, he said: ‘If President Trump doesn’t like the deal,

Dispute over accord with Mauritius intensifies ahead of talks between UK prime minister and US president next week

Kemi Badenoch has called on Donald Trump to intervene and block the British Government’s deal to handover the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a call for a “foreign power” to intervene in the UK’s sovereign interests.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy suggested that Donald Trump could veto Sir Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal "if he doesn't like it". The UK is looking to hand over the territory to Mauritius while leasing out the island of Diego Garcia,