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A view of the southwestern beach at Grand Turk Island
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BRITAIN was prepared to land troops on a Caribbean tax haven after Margaret Thatcher’s government suspended local officials and increased Whitehall’s political power over the island, newly declassified papers reveal.
The Turks and Caicos Islands, a British territory, was plunged into crisis in 1986 when locally elected ministers were mired in a corruption scandal.
Britain’s Foreign Office responded by suspending the islands’ constitution and gave more powers to the governor, a move that could have sparked serious unrest.
The British government won’t confirm wide reports it has withheld intelligence sharing with the US over fears Trump’s attacks on boats near Venezuela are illegal, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
