The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

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

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 ...

Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands - where there is ...

Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of ...

Britain and Mauritius said on Monday (January 13, 2025) there had been good progress in talks to finalise a deal over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including a U.S.-British military base ...

The UK's planned handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius should be considered by incoming US President Donald Trump before it goes ahead, Downing Street has said. Efforts were made to get the ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government confirmed Wednesday that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump ...

The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has been a mess. At time of writing, expectations of an imminent agreement (or rather re-agreement, as ...

UK's Starmer Wants 'Strong Protections' for Military Base in Chagos Islands Deal LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam ...

The prime minister has pressed Mauritius on the need for the Chagos Islands deal to allow "strong protections" for the UK-US military base there. Sir Keir Starmer spoke to his Mauritian ...