As part of the £90 million a year expected to be paid to Mauritius to keep control of the base, Sir Keir has promised a ...

The third argument critics of the deal make is to look askance at the absence of Chagossians from the negotiation. This claim ignores the fact that ministers have engaged Chagossian groups in the UK, ...

The Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, expressed, yesterday, his confidence that there would be a positive resolution over the agreement between Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the ...

President Trump must intervene to prevent this handover, which would damage U.S. national security and ultimately play into China's hands.

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 ...

In any case, Mauritius’s claim rests on the ludicrous idea that, since the Chagos archipelago was administered by the British from Mauritius, it should be Mauritian today – a risible argument that ...

Mauritius awaits Trump’s approval for UK to hand over archipelago, with Chagossians at odds over what’s in it for them.

The US has made a last-ditch intervention on the future of the Chagos Islands, demanding a seat at the negotiating table ...

President Trump's intervention could see further delays after the UK and Mauritius reached a deal on the territory, pending ...

There has been scepticism about the proposed deal among allies of Mr Trump, including secretary of state Marco Rubio, but the ...

The cost of the Chagos Islands deal is equivalent to more ... backlash from opposition parties over the plan to give away the archipelago. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that without ...