Britain and its former colony reached a deal last October to hand back Chagos which it kept control of after Mauritius gained independence in the 1960s provided a UK-US military base remains on ...

Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of ...

The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has told the Mauritian leader that the deal to give away the Chagos Islands must not aid China’s “malign influence”. The Prime Minister also urged Mauritius to ensure the ...

Sir Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart have spoken directly for the first time about the Chagos Islands deal. The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants “strong protections” for ...

Sir Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart have spoken directly for the first time about the Chagos Islands deal. The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants “strong protections” for the ...