The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called ”Footprint of Freedom,” is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos Island chain in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most important and ...

The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

The Government plans to cede sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory but pay to lease back the strategically important US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. Ministers believe ...

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military base on Diego Garci.

Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

National security will be put at risk unless the Chagos Islands are handed over to Mauritius in a deal set to cost the UK taxpayer billions, Sir Keir Starmer said. The Government plans to cede ...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned national security could be put at risk without a deal to give “legal certainty” over the status of the Chagos Islands and the strategically important Diego Garcia military ...