The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain.

Surrendering UK sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is an “irresponsible act”, a Labour former minister has said, backing calls for the Government to withdraw from a deal over the territory. Admiral ...

Luquin. Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the central ...

Donald Trump’s secretary of state challenged David Lammy over Britain’s deal to give away the Chagos Islands in their first call together, The Telegraph can reveal. Marco Rubio is understood ...

The UK's planned handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius should be considered by incoming US President Donald Trump before it goes ahead, Downing Street has said. Efforts were made to get the ...

The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has been a mess. At time of writing, expectations of an imminent agreement (or rather re-agreement, as ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands - where there is ...

Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is ...

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The UK will not finalise a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is consulted. The British government ...

Mauritius urged Britain and the US on Monday to push through a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands, suggesting it could help contain China and Iran. Dhananjay Ramful, the foreign minister ...

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-UK military base - to Mauritius. The UK announced in October it would ...