Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their ...
Britain and Mauritius said on Monday there had been good progress in talks to finalise a deal over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including a U.S.-British military base, with London hoping for ...
the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease - an agreement that needs to be ratified. Since then, an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and new ...
the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The British government had been working to ratify its agreement with Mauritius before Trump is sworn in next week. But Starmer's ...
The UK split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.
US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands - where ... it would cede sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, but maintain ...