Surrendering UK sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is an “irresponsible act”, a Labour former minister has said, backing calls ...

The 2000 residents of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed to make way for a giant US military base. Will the Cocos Islands be ...

a chain of more than 60 islands off the coast of India. The deal would allow the U.K. and U.S. to maintain the Diego Garcia military base. However, following a change in leadership in Mauritius ...

The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...

Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago, houses a US-UK military base - HO/US Navy/REUTERS The Chagos Islands had been interpreted by the US and UK to be exempt, in part because ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s proposed deal with Mauritius to hand over the Chagos Islands would not prevent ... was to protect the joint UK/US military base on Diego Garcia, which plays a crucial role ...

Mauritius Wants to Rethink a Deal With the UK Over Remote Islands Housing a Key US Base LONDON ... and 1970s so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base, which has supported U.S ...

The Chagos Islands deal could prevent the ... over the British Indian Ocean Territory, including Diego Garcia, which houses a UK-US military base. However, experts have warned that the handover ...