LONDON — So long 2024, we hardly knew ye. It’s been a mammoth year in British politics. Rishi Sunak gambled on a snap ...

Failure often occurs little by little, then all of a sudden. This feels increasingly true of the UK’s attempt to cede ...

A historic deal for the United Kingdom to hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been put into question after the African island country’s new prime minister issued ...

A former Foreign Office official has urged Sir Keir Starmer to reject demands from Mauritius for more money in talks over the ...

Resumed negotiations over a proposed deal to return the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius from Britain are not solely over financial compensation, the premier and a government official have said.

Mauritius's deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are being held up over the amount of money involved. Under the terms of the ...

A former Foreign Office official has urged Sir Keir Starmer to reject demands from Mauritius for more money in talks over the Chagos Islands. Simon McDonald, who advised foreign ministers for five ...

Mauritius has reportedly demanded £800 million per year and billions in reparations from Britain in talks over the Chagos Islands. Britain and Mauritius want to finalise a deal to hand back the ...

Mauritius has been demanding £800million a year and ‘billions of pounds in reparations’ as part of the beleaguered Chagos Islands talks, it emerged today. Sir Keir Starmer has been facing ...

Mauritius is ‘overplaying its hand’ with demands for more money to secure the Chagos Islands, a former top mandarin has warned. Simon McDonald, who was the most senior civil servant at the ...