The strategic significance of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean can hardly be overstated. After all, Diego Garcia the largest of the islands, has been a crucial airbase for many decades.

Nigel Farage told the Commons he would rather hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to the US, as opposed to “corrupt Mauritius”.The Reform UK ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to give away the Chagos Islands is so “outlandish and irrational” the Government could be challenged over it in court, a former attorney general has warned.

I would like to reassure you that the legal and historical contexts of the Chagos Archipelago and the Falkland Islands are very different. UK Ministers have been very clear throughout the process ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was inclined to back a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the future of a U.S ...

US President Donald Trump has indicated he would be prepared to back Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The agreement includes a plan ...

A judge who ruled Britain should hand back the Chagos Islands has also called for the UK to pay over £18trillion in slavery reparations. Patrick Robinson was one of the judges who ruled against ...

DONALD Trump has been given a veto on the UK’s plan to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, the Foreign Secretary confirmed yesterday. David Lammy revealed the US President can stop any ...

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Donald Trump has indicated he would be prepared to back Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The agreement includes a plan to lease back the ...

Instead, the crossbench peer said Sir Keir should explore handing control of the Chagos Islands to the US, adding that it is in the Americans’ interests to maintain control of it. Asked whether ...