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Britain is illegally occupying these islands. the british and the americans say their priority here is security, that if the uk surrenders sovereignty over this strategic archipelago, before long, the chinese navy could be muscling in here. but the mauritian government insists they won t allow that to happen. but this isn tjust about sovereignty and security. also visiting chagos today, islanders who were forcibly removed from their homes here by britain, 50 years ago. it is a rare chance to visit their ancestors graves. it is in such a mess. it makes me sad , says rosamund. and although the chagossians are not united on this, the group raises another mauritian flag, in defiance of britain. andrew harding, bbc news, on the chagos islands. the british foreign, commonwealth and development office has said it has established a £40 million support fund for displaced chagos islanders to run over ....
The mauritians are already acting like it is a done deal, bringing in these international experts to map their new maritime borders, surveying this reef to see if it might actually count as an island. i haven t seen any dry land yet. no dry land. no. that s not good news, then, for the mauritians? well, the legal aspects, i ll leave them to the lawyers. and the mauritian lawyers have been busy. they have won two victories at the united nations. under international law, britain is illegally occupying these islands. the british and the americans say their priority here is security, that if the uk surrenders sovereignty over this strategic archipelago, before long, the chinese navy could be muscling in here. but the mauritian government insists ....
The british and the americans say their priority here is security, that if the uk surrenders sovereignty over this strategic archipelago, before long, the chinese navy could be muscling in here. but the mauritian government insists they won t allow that to happen. but this isn tjust about sovereignty and security. also visiting chagos today, islanders who were forcibly removed from their homes here by britain, 50 years ago. it is a rare chance to visit their ancestors graves. it is in such a mess. it makes me sad , says rosamund. and, although the chagossians are not united on this, the group raises another mauritian flag, in defiance of britain. andrew harding, bbc news, on the chagos islands. that s all for now ....
That s not good news, then, for the mauritians? well, the legal aspects, i ll leave them to the lawyers. and the mauritian lawyers have been busy. they have won two victories at the united nations. under international law, britain is illegally occupying these islands. the british and the americans say their priority here is security, that if the uk surrenders sovereignty over this strategic archipelago, before long, the chinese navy could be muscling in here. but the mauritian government insists they won t allow that to happen. but this isn tjust about sovereignty and security. also visiting chagos today, islanders who were forcibly removed from their homes here by britain, 50 years ago. it is a rare chance to visit their ancestors graves. it is in such a mess. it makes me sad , says rosamund. and although the chagossians are not united on this, ....
They put bases here and there quietly, including a naval base off of the west coast of africa, that gives their navy access to atlantic ocean. they of muscling up nuclear warheads. this looks rather frightening. it doesn t seem to me that the united states is prepared for this. we have congress members fighting among themselves, trying to evict people from committees and push massive spending bills, the border is wide open. we have universities and colleges that continue to give aid and comfort and support to communist china, american companies that are highly unpatriot make continue to do business there. and give them access to their subject and resources. what do you make of this? well, a challenge for when we re uniquely unprepared. china was supposed to become our best friend, and turn into a liberal democracy, ....