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 ...

The third argument critics of the deal make is to look askance at the absence of Chagossians from the negotiation. This claim ignores the fact that ministers have engaged Chagossian groups in the UK, ...

The US has made a last-ditch intervention on the future of the Chagos Islands, demanding a seat at the negotiating table ...

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

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

President Trump must intervene to prevent this handover, which would damage U.S. national security and ultimately play into China's hands.

Mauritius has been intent on reclaiming Chagos for decades ... rent for Diego Garcia and opportunities to build hotels on the archipelago – but many noted he made no mention of Chagossians.

The Chagos Islands deal has been hailed as necessary ... near the existing US military base, if the archipelago isn't given to Mauritius. He wrote in The Times: "If you value UK national security ...

The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is ...

The Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, expressed, yesterday, his confidence that there would be a positive resolution over the agreement between Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the ...

“LEFTY lawyers” who “hate and are ashamed” of the UK are partly to blame for the government possibly paying slavery reparations, an MP has said. The UK has been negotiating a deal with ...