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Has US President Trump influenced the UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reconsider the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius? The original agreement would see the UK cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius and pay an average of £101m ($136m) per year to lease back a joint UK-US military base there, prized for its strategic location in the Indian Ocean. In April the deal, agreed under Sir Keir Starmer, was paused indefinitely after Trump pulled his support. Newscast's Adam Fleming and Chris Mason discuss why the deal might now be off the cards for good. #BBCNews

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