But both accept they must also get the approval of the United States, which operates a military base on the largest of the Chagos islands, Diego Garcia. Although Mauritius and Britain have ...

A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

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.

Sir Keir Starmer was last night accused of an ‘epic failure of diplomacy’ after it emerged his deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius could cost taxpayers billions more.

Keir Starmer was hammered over 'surrender' on the Chagos Islands during PMQs clashes. Sir Keir insisted there was a need for 'legal certainty' over the status of the military base on Diego Garcia - ...

Britain and Mauritius denied on Wednesday media reports that London could end up paying double the amount in a renegotiated deal to retain a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian ...

Dame Priti Patel and Richard Tice are among those who have roundly condemned Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius - with the shadow Foreign Secretary claiming the ...

The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise to £18 billion and disputed claims made by the Mauritian Prime Minister about the renegotiated deal. Mauritian Prime ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home ... Britain made the shock announcement that it would return the Indian Ocean island chain to Mauritius after years of court battles, even if there ...

UK Says a Deal on the Chagos Islands Won't Be Finalized Until Trump Is Consulted LONDON (AP) — Britain's government confirmed Wednesday that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty ...