Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands ...

The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has been a mess. At time of ...

Britain will give U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's new government the chance to review a deal with Mauritius over the ...

In response to Badenoch, Sir Keir told PMQs the planned agreement would ensure the military base on Diego Garcia can continue operating effectively. A deal over the Chagos Islands was first ...

UK Halts Chagos Islands Deal as US Review Looms The UK government has paused its plans to return the Chagos Islands to ...

Under the proposed deal, Mauritius will be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has previously played down the ...

Unfortunately, with remarkable neglect of strategic foresight, Starmer’s government agreed last October to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, Diego Garcia included, to Mauritius.

Britain set up the Diego Garcia base after independence and leased ... would pursue its fight for full sovereignty over the Chagos islands.

Britain and Mauritius are progressing in treaty negotiations over the Chagos Islands' future, including the strategic Diego Garcia military base. Though the October handover deal faced criticism, both ...

A Labour MP questioned claims by the Foreign Secretary that the Government has engaged with the Chagossians throughout the ...

and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory. In the 1960s and 1970s Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia ...