Starmer, Trump Discuss UK Base Deal Panned by White House

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump discussed the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, a point of contention between the two countries after the president reversed his previous support for a plan to return sovereignty of the island to Mauritius.

The leaders “recognized its strategic importance,” 10 Downing Street said of the Diego Garcia base in a readout of a call between Starmer and Trump on Tuesday. “The leaders agreed their governments would continue working closely to guarantee the future operation of the base and speak again soon.”

UK-US relations suffered a blow last month when Trump ...