Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ ...
Donald Trump’s team is looking for a way to veto the deal as a result of concerns over possible Chinese interference ...
The base, called the Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, is home to around 2,500 personnel. The base sits on Diego Garcia, "the largest of 55 islands that form the Chagos Archipelago and is known ...
Mauritius will end up getting nothing from Britain if it fails to back down over its demand for £800million a year for Diego Garcia, a former top civil servant has suggested. The Mauritian ...
The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...
Under the terms of the original agreement, which was announced in October, the UK would relinquish sovereignty to Mauritius ...
Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said ‘Starmer and Lammy need to come to their senses and ditch the deal’ ...
Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were unlawfully detained for years on the remote British territory of Diego Garcia, a judge has ruled. In 2021, dozens of Tamils became the first people ever to claim ...
The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos islands, including a key UK-US military base, to the Indian Ocean ...
Mauritius, an island country in the Indian Ocean, is reconsidering a deal with the United Kingdom concerning the Chagos Islands, which house a crucial U.S. military base. Despite the new ...