A prospective deal on returning the Chagos islands to Mauritius will ensure the United States maintains its strategic military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, Mauritius's prime minister said ...

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 ...

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.

Donald Trump will rule on the future of the Chagos Islands after his team directly intervened in the British Government’s deal. The Telegraph understands that Mr Trump’s team demanded Britain ...

Under the deal Britain, which has controlled the region since 1814, would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - a former colony that became independent in 1968 and the last British overseas ...

The UK has confirmed it will not finalise a deal to transfer control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump’s new U.S. administration is in place and consulted.

Britain struck a deal in October to hand control 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 ...

Last year Keir Starmer’s government agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a highly controversial deal. But while Labour’s attempts to end British colonial rule on the Indian ...

The UK’s government on Wednesday confirmed that it would not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until US president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming ...

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has questioned the duration of the lease on a U.S.-British military base, he told a local newspaper, a contentious element of ...

UK will wait until Donald Trumps in inauguration to sign off deal with Chagos Islands Credit: AP/ PA The UK will not sign off a deal to relinquish control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius until ...