Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands ...
US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands, where there is a joint US ...
Britain's foreign secretary David Lammy said it was right that the new U.S. administration has the chance to review a deal ...
Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their ...
And media reports from the Indian Ocean suggest a 'special ... was going to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, which has been a British overseas territory for more than 200 years.
UK Halts Chagos Islands Deal as US Review Looms The UK government has paused its plans to return the Chagos Islands to ...
The UK took control of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and went on to evict its population of more than 1,000 people to make way for ...
A key aide for Donald Trump has warned the surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will jeopardise the "special ...
and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory. In the 1960s and 1970s Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base.
when the U.K. carved it into the British Indian Ocean Territory. Mauritius gained independence in 1968, but the U.K. retained control of Chagos, allowing the U.S. to establish a military base on ...
The UK struck a deal with Mr Ramgoolam’s predecessor to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands – also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory – but lease back the strategically ...