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Blow For Andy Burnham As Donald Trump Blasts 'Terrible' Chagos Handover Plan
President Donald Trump meets with Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Donald Trump has condemned the UK government’s “terrible” plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US president hit out at the “ridiculous” deal in his first face-to-face talks with Andy Burnham at the UN General Assembly in New York. Trump said relations between the UK and America wer
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