The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

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

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

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

Last October, under Tory leadership, the UK agreed to cede sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius while retaining a 99-year lease on the Diego Garcia atoll, which hosts a UK-US military base.

Britain's government insisted Thursday that it must hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure continued access to satellite communications at a key US-UK military base.

The foreign ministry hit back at reports that Britain would pay Mauritius up to £18 billion ($22 billion) to use Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean archipelago where the base is. Britain and its ...

The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called ”Footprint of Freedom,” is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos Island chain in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most important and ...