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Chagos Islands deal: Mauritius hints talks stuck over money

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Mauritius 's deputy prime minister hints Chagos talks with UK over future of Chagos Islands are being held up over the amount of money involved.

Under the deal, the UK would relinquish sovereignty to Mauritius over the archipelago but maintain a 99-year lease for Diego Garcia , home to a major UK - US military airbase.

The proposed deal has also attracted criticism in the UK , with the opposition Conservative party calling it a "monumental failure of statecraft".

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