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Chagos deal paused by last-minute legal action

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The government has temporarily been banned from concluding talks on the Chagos Islands deal by a last-minute injunction by a High Court judge.

An injunction was granted at 02:25 BST when Mr Justice Goose granted “interim relief” to Chagossian Bertrice Pompe who had brought a case against the Foreign Office.

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