In a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical flashpoints, the recent sovereignty transfer of the Chagos Islands from the ...

The Diego Garcia atoll - the biggest of the islands ... Mauritius will now be able to bring in a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands - while still accepting the use of Diego Garcia ...

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ...

including the largest atoll structure in the world, the Great Chagos Bank with a total area of 13,000 km2. Are you starting to get a picture of the potential of this place in surfing terms?

Mauritius deal to turn over the archipelago shores up Western influence in the Indian Ocean as China tries to increase its ...

When the first Americans arrived on Diego Garcia, the largest atoll in the Chagos chain, the remaining residents were simply shipped out, first to a nearby island and then to Mauritius. Official ...

Keir Starmer had been temporarily banned signing off on the Chagos Islands deal by a High Court judge - but the injunction was lifted hours later after an emergency hearing ...

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands ... Diego Garcia, a tropical atoll in the dead centre of the ocean and far from any threat, was ideal. Construction began in 1971.

The deal includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia ... the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from the ...

The UK-Mauritius deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands was revived after a British court lifted a last-minute ...

As UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius for £101 million a year in last-minute deal, here's all you need to know about ...