Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base.

The United Kingdom is set to hand over the Chagos Islands to the small nation of Mauritius after the deal received approval from the White House. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

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A chunk of British Indian Ocean Territory is the remote Chagos archipelago, embroiled in a long-running dispute between the U.K. government and Mauritius. The largest Chagos island hosts the joint ...

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Donald Trump has cleared the UK's plan to 'surrender' the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... to finalise the handover of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The islands are home to the Diego Garcia ...

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Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed UK territory that is home to a major US military base, the UK government said Tuesday.

Firstpost Africa | N18G The UK has now confirmed that Trump has formally signed off on the proposed deal between the UK and Mauritius regarding the future of the Chagos Islands. It is now up to the UK ...

and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory. In the 1960s and 1970s Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base.