While Joe Biden was supportive of the deal, those close to Mr Trump suggest he may not feel the same. But it's not clear how far his own views would take him.

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home ... He was born on Peros Banhos, one of only three of the archipelago's 55 islands inhabited when Britain began expelling people.

The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is ...

as the latest twist in the Chagos deal unfolds. On a day when we expected the Mauritian government to rubber stamp the plans to take over sovereignty of the archipelago from the UK, any agreement ...