Donald Trump's incoming administration in the United States has "very deep disquiet" over the UK's plans to give up sovereignty of the Diego Garcia military base, Nigel Farage warned.Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said the "national security apparatus" in the US backed the plan to deal with the issue of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands by handing sovereignty to Mauritius and leasing back the strategically important UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

Donald Trump's incoming administration in the United States has "very deep disquiet" over the UK's plans to give up sovereignty of the Diego Garcia military base, Nigel Farage warned.Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said the "national security apparatus" in the US backed the plan to deal with the issue of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands by handing sovereignty to Mauritius and leasing back the strategically important UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.