'The #UK has suffered a humiliating defeat at the #UN United Nations general assembly in a vote over #decolonisation and its residual hold over disputed territory in the Indian Ocean .... Among #EU members who abstained were France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Greece and Finland
...The UK has promised to return the #ChagosIslands to #Mauritius when they are no longer needed for defence purposes, but has refused to give a date...'