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A measles epidemic in Samoa has killed 20 people - mainly children - as hundreds of new cases emerge across the Pacific Islands every day.

In Samoa - the worst affected nation - a state of emergency has been declared as the government said 19 out of the 20 people who have died from measles are aged four and under.

The government said 202 cases were

Britain has been accused of acting like an illegal colonial occupier for refusing to hand back control of a remote set of islands in the Indian Ocean.

The Chagos Islands were due to be given back to Mauritius by Friday following an overwhelming vote at the UN General Assembly in May.

The Foreign Office says it does not recognise Mauritius' claim to