From deserts to defence posts, Trump's tariffs spare no ground or sea
From secret military bases to uninhabited islands, Trump's sweeping tariffs have left no corner untouched-even places with no trade, no civilians, and no exports ...
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Chagos Archipelago: Political Agreement between the UK and Mauritius
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 ...
U.K. and Mauritius close in on deal over Chagos Islands after U.S. signals its consent
Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to ...
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Labour slammed for Chagos surrender as rare marine environment threatened by China
Speaking in the Commons this week, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said: “Both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos archipelago, which protects the ...
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Trump approves UK plan to give up Chagos Islands under ICJ’s ‘decolonization’ ruling
Approval from the White House was necessary to broker the deal due to U.S. military cooperation with the U.K. at the joint Diego Garcia base on the archipelago’s largest island. The Chagos ...
The Economist4d
Talks over the Chagos Islands show the rising clout of Mauritius
A new future for the Chagos is approaching. On April 1st a British government spokesman said that Britain was finalising a ...
Los Angeles Times5d
U.K. and Mauritius close in on deal over Chagos Islands after U.S. signals its consent
Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.