Starmer said the deal to secure the U.K.-U.S. military base in Diego Garcia — to be leased for more than $100 million a year — is vital for Britain's defense, intelligence and national security.

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people.

The deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain will retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts a ...

The deal signed last month after long-running negotiations returns sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius, but will see Britain lease back the military site on Diego Garcia, the largest of the ...

The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

The Indian Ocean island nation has won international court rulings backing its claim to Diego Garcia and other atolls, but the U.S. and the U.K. have brushed them aside.

The consultancy says Mauritius offers investors a “stable bridge between Africa and Asia”. Britain is criticised for ...

Following a lease agreement with Britain, the U.S. built the naval base at Diego Garcia for defense purposes in the 1970s. The U.S. has described the base as “an all but indispensable platform ...

UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays by: PAN PYLAS, Associated Press. Posted: Oct 3, 2024 / 11:05 PM EDT. Updated: Oct 3, 2024 / 11:11 PM EDT.

LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal ...

LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands ...