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 ...

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

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

The archipelago is home to a joint US-UK military base, a strategically important military asset in the Indian Ocean.

Phillipe Sands, who compared Britain’s possession of territory to Russian invasion of Crimea, attended ceremony in 2022 ...

Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Sir Keir Starmer has warned national security could be put at risk without a deal to give “legal certainty” over the status ...

The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise ... Sir Keir Starmer’s Government plans to hand the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius but pay to lease back ...

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

The African island nation will assume sovereignty over the archipelago – minus a military base – but the UK government has ...