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Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's ...
First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut off food and medical supplies to the islands. Finally, they deported the ...
In total, the authority said it has cost more than a staggering £508,000 between July 2024 and March 2025. Due to more ...
The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.
Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to give away the Chagos Islands is facing a fresh legal challenge. Campaigners have launched a High Court judicial review, which aims to stop the Government from signing ...
LONDON — Britain must address the potential threat from China when its Indian Ocean deal with Mauritius regarding the Chagos group of islands expires, senior British lawmakers have warned Foreign ...
John Healey has robustly defended the UK’s Chagos Islands deal, insisting the agreement needed to be struck to defend Britain’s interests as he appeared at a military conference.
Healey defends Chagos Islands deal as ‘vital’ to UK’s long-term interests The Defence Secretary was asked about the upsides of ‘giving away’ the Indian Ocean archipelago as he spoke at a ...
Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing ...
Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...
The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars.
In 1965 the UK detached the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and several Islands from the Seychelles and created the new British Indian Ocean Territory.