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 ...

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

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.

Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago. In a joint statement ...

Give Chagos Islands to Trump, ex-army chief urges as he lays into Starmer’s deal - ‘It's very hard to find good news in this deal,’ says Lord Dannatt ...

Under the terms of its deal, Britain will give away the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean and pay billions over a century to lease back Diego Garcia, the island that hosts the strategically ...

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. However, the Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, has questioned the deal, and U.S. President Donald Trump's team ...

the largest island of the Chagos archipelago. However, the Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, has questioned the deal, and US President Donald Trump’s team ...

When Britain granted independence to Mauritius in 1968, the UK insisted the Chagos archipelago, particularly Diego Garcia with its crucial US military base, was vital to Western security interests in ...

However, Sir Keir himself said that the payment is essential to secure the future of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago. During Prime Minister's ...