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 ...

Sir Keir has also been criticised after one of his closest friends, Philippe Sands, an international lawyer, was at a ceremony on the Chagos Islands at which the Mauritian flag was raised.

Slam poet Geraldine Baptiste pulls no punches when telling the story of her “Granpapa”, one of the 1,500-plus people ripped from a peaceful existence on the Chagos Islands by the British to ...

Instead, the crossbench peer said Sir Keir should explore handing control of the Chagos Islands to the US, adding that it is in the Americans’ interests to maintain control of it. Asked whether ...

Despite its strategic significance, the United Kingdom, under the leadership of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is preparing to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. This decision ...

A judge working for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) who ruled against the UK over the Chagos Islands is a former Chinese Government official. Xue Hanqin backed a majority verdict at the ...

Nigel Farage has claimed Sir Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal will cost the British taxpayer £52bn over 99 years. The Reform UK leader made the claim at a rally in Wiltshire today. He also took ...

Sir Keir Starmer should scrap his plans to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and consider ceding control to the US instead, the former head of the British army has said. Lord Dannatt, former chief ...

Sir Keir Starmer should scrap his plans to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and consider ceding control to the US instead, the former head of the British army has said. Lord Dannatt ...

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