Mauritius awaits Trump’s approval for UK to hand over archipelago, with Chagossians at odds over what’s in it for them.

The Chagos fiasco may yet do for Keir Starmer. As well as being calamitous in itself, it confirms the negatives that voters ...

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch says 'the country loses' through Labour negotiations as she grills Starmer over the Chagos Islands.

Now, The Independent understands that Chagossian Voices, a group representing people who originate from the Chagos Islands, has sought legal advice and is willing to take the government to court ...

Concerns that the new Marine Protected Area might be laxer have also been stoked ... Strategic Interests and International Norms The Chagos Islands episode provides a vignette of the conundrum that ...

Luquin. Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the central ...

In a humiliating climb down, Keir Starmer has reportedly suspended his foolhardy plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius until the new Trump administration takes office. This is welcome ...

An aide to Donald Trump has slammed the Government's decision to give up the Chagos Islands as "calamitous". Robert Wilkie, who is leading the US president’s transition team in the Department of ...

Suella Braverman has warned that giving away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would be a "disaster" for the British government's relationship with Trump. The Conservative former Home Secretary, a Trump ...

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.