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UK offers $11.79 bn for Chagos islands

The United Kingdom has offered a £9 billion (about $11.79 billion) deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while maintaining a 99-year lease for Diego Garcia, a key U.S. military base in the region.