Mauritius has indicated that it has secured more concessions from the United Kingdom in the Chagos Islands deal, raising the ...

Britain is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean in return for securing the long-term future of a strategically important military base (John Parker/Sylvia Cordaiy Photo ...

The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

Nigel Farage slams Keir Starmer over 'immoral surrender' of Chagos Islands, costing taxpayers £18 billion. Find out more.

With reports the UK and Mauritius have agreed new terms on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House spokesperson told The Independent the US president has not given it his blessing ...

UK's Starmer Wants 'Strong Protections' for Military Base in Chagos Islands Deal LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the ...

Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of ...

Dame Priti Patel and Richard Tice are among those who have roundly condemned Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius - with the shadow Foreign Secretary claiming the ...

The UK faces paying more to Mauritius under a renegotiated deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, the prime minister of the African island nation has suggested. Last October, the UK announced it ...