The British government said it has “paused” progress on its law to give away the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, home to a significant joint UK-U.S. military and intelligence base, after President Trump denounced the plan as stupid and dangerous.

The bill to make Sir Keir Starmer’s treaty with Mauritius, to give the nation a chain of British islands in the Indian Ocean and to pay them for the privilege, has been “paused” to give the government time to negotiate with President Trump. While this announcement was made on Wednesday, there was a quick attempt to walk back the statement, apparently revealing a government in turmoil over one of…

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