With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

Donald Trump may still veto Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... a new agreement on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House spokesperson ...

He said: “The British Prime Minister informed me that he intends to push ahead with the agreement reached between Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the Chagos archipelago. “We remain ...

Negotiations on returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius follow a long-running legal battle by the archipelago’s former residents (Fiona Hanson/PA) Sir Keir Starmer remains “confident” that ...

Donald Trump may still veto Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... have come to terms on a new agreement on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House ...

Nigel Farage urged the Government to give Donald Trump’s administration ‘a few weeks’ to think about the Chagos Islands before giving up sovereignty. The Chagos Islands deal could ...

There is hope that the historic agreement securing the country’s sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago will be signed on March 12 – Mauritius Independence Day. A top official close to the ...

He has also said that a prospective deal on returning the Chagos islands to Mauritius would ensure the US maintained its strategic base on the Indian Ocean archipelago. "There is a disinformation ...

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, has questioned the deal agreed by his predecessor and it is yet to be ratified.

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.

Since 2022, when the Conservatives were in power, the UK has been negotiating a deal with Mauritius to hand over control of the Chagos archipelago.