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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK government confirmed Wednesday 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 ...

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.

It came after it emerged that Lord Hermer previously represented a group of asylum seekers allowed to come to Britain from the Chagos Islands in a ‘one-off’ deal just months after his appointment.

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 ...

Suella Braverman has warned that giving away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would be a "disaster" for the British government's relationship with Trump. The Conservative former Home Secretary, a Trump ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sir Keir Starmer will hold talks with Donald Trump in Washington within weeks as the "special relationship" faces strains ...