Britain signed a deal on Thursday to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after a London judge overturned a last-minute injunction and cleared the way for an agreement the government ...

Keir Starmer says the deal - which involves leasing the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, with the option of another 40 - is in the UK's national interest.

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

Britain was temporarily blocked from concluding a deal on the Chagos Islands with Mauritius on Thursday after an eleventh-hour injunction by London's High Court, postponing an agreement aimed at ...

LONDON - Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a long-term deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius under which Britain will pay more than £100mn a year to guarantee the future of a joint US-UK air ...

The Government’s announcement of the Chagos Islands deal was temporarily delayed after a legal challenge was launched by ...

As tensions rise across Asia and the Middle East, the Pentagon is quietly boosting defenses at a secretive joint base with ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia air base ...

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There were tears of joy, firecrackers lit the air, and accolades were ... Diego Garcia, the remote Chagos island that hosts a UK-US military base, is at the centre of today's deal.

UK Signs Chagos Deal With Mauritius to Seal Future of US-UK Air Base By Muvija M and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain signed a deal on Thursday to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...