The government has put the much-contested Chagos islands deal ‘on hold’ after outcry from Labour backbenchers. The deal would see sovereignty over the Chagos islands returned to Mauritius ...

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial, multi-billion pound move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge ...

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before ...

LONDON — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the British government ...

The government has temporarily been banned from concluding talks on the Chagos Islands deal by a last-minute injunction by a High Court judge. At 02:25 BST Mr Justice Goose granted "interim relief ...

The agreement would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain would retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts ...

So why has the government handed the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a nation some thousand miles away? The answer has a legal origin and a practical conclusion. It all focuses on the joint UK-US ...

Bertice Pompe and Bernadette Dugasse, two British women born on the Chagos Islands who fought to stop Britain handing over sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius - Lucy North/PA 33,714 people ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an earlier challenge was overturned, allowing the agreement to go ahead. Speaking to journalists on Thursday afternoon ...

SIR Keir Starmer has inflicted £30billion of self-harm on the nation with his Chagos Islands giveaway, opponents claim. The Prime Minister also came under fire for handing a separate £1billion ...

LONDON — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K. government ...