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Yeah interesting
I expect there will be a disappointing element along the lines of the airbase being leased to the USA, India or China -
Does the .io TLD get deleted?
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Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't handing sovereignty to the Chagossians themselves, rather than to Mauritius, have been the ideal here?
(but presumably, this wouldn't have kept the airbase for the US and UK, so was a non-starter in any negotiations)
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This is the right decision, and long overdue.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/britain-to-return-chagos-islands-to-mauritius-ending-years-of-dispute