High court judge blocks UK from concluding Chagos Islands deal

Government had been due to give green light to deal handing sovereignty of islands to Mauritius

A high court judge has blocked the UK government from concluding its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands with an injunction granted in the early hours of Thursday.

The agreement to hand sovereignty over the Chagos islands to Mauritius was due to be given the green light by ministers on Thursday.