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 ...

Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...

The UK had controlled the region since 1814 and had detached the Chagos Islands in 1965 from Mauritius to create the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

In 1965 the UK detached the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and several Islands from the Seychelles and created the new British Indian Ocean Territory. Three years later Mauritius became an ...

Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing U-turn’.

In May the Starmer government transferred sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, but signed an agreement to lease the Diego Garcia base for 99 years.

In 1965, shortly before granting Mauritius independence, Britain separated the Chagos Islands, renaming them the British Indian Ocean Territory, and paying £3 million to Mauritius. The following ...

In 1965 the UK detached the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and several Islands from the Seychelles and created the new British Indian Ocean Territory. Three years later Mauritius became an ...

By 1965, they had convinced the British to violate international law by separating the Chagos Islands from the rest of its colony of Mauritius to create the “British Indian Ocean Territory.” ...