James Griffiths and Jenni Marsh, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:30:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png James Griffiths and Jenni Marsh, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 UK suffers major UN defeat over Chagos Islands decolonization https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2019/05/23/uk-suffers-major-un-defeat-over-chagos-islands-decolonization/ Thu, 23 May 2019 14:51:41 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= (CNN) — The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the UK’s continued occupation of the Chagos Islands—a humiliating defeat for London on its continued colonial legacy. The Indian Ocean islands, which are home to U.S. military base Diego Garcia, were separated from the former British territory of Mauritius during decolonization in 1968. On

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