It is unclear what the US stance on the deal is exactly, but last year, before he was in office, Secretary of State Marco ...

There has been scepticism about the proposed deal among allies of Mr Trump, including secretary of state Marco Rubio, but the ...

As part of the £90 million a year expected to be paid to Mauritius to keep control of the base, Sir Keir has promised a ...

The archipelago is home to a joint US-UK military base, a strategically important military asset in the Indian Ocean.

Sir Chris Bryant appears to undermine the PM’s case for the controversial move after saying a UN body could not close ...

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

Under a mooted deal the UK would rent back the UK-US base on Diego Garcia for the next ... told Times Radio it was 'hard' to find reasons to support the Chagos deal. 'Frankly, £18billion is ...

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to ...

A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

The PM's reasoning of national security for his Chagos Islands deal has been "blown out of the water" by one of his own - as ...