Keir Starmer has insisted the Falkland Islands “will remain British” just days after failing to give that guarantee. The Labour leader clarified his position at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday.

Labour faced heavy criticism from figures on the right over the decision, which will see Mauritius take control of the former British Overseas Territory.

Joe Biden pressured the UK to relinquish control of the Chagos Islands due to fears that the US might lose access to a key military airbase, it is understood. In the days following the July general election,

The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly evicted, while maintaining a key U.S.-British military base there.

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to claim a meaningful victory.