RAF access dispute and Chagos deal expose strain between US and UK.
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Diplomatic sources told the Daily Mail that Starmer has warned Trump against launching any raids from Diego Garcia or RAF Fairford because of concerns it could break international law.
The weak-willed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is responding to President Trump's suggestion yesterday that he not give away the Diego Garcia island because of some woke idea from someone else claiming . . .
The U.K. won't allow the Pentagon to use British bases to launch attacks on Iran, reported The Times of London.
President suggests US could use Diego Garcia airfield for potential strikes against Iran ...
Trump told the U.K. not to "give away" the Chagos Islands, which is where a joint U.S.-U.K. military base is located.
The president warned against the loss of the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia ...
President Donald Trump previously indicated that the U.S. could use Royal Air Force bases in Fairford, England, and in the British territory of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, to conduct the strikes if Iran does not agree to curb its nuclear ...
The president is urging the United Kingdom to refrain from transferring the island to Mauritius as part of a 99-year lease agreement.
The US president warned the military base on Diego Garcia may be needed to respond to possible attack from Iran.