Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago Credit: Reuters Sir Keir has also defended the deal as providing “legal certainty” for the future of the base after a UN court ruled ...

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 ...

“This woman was born on Diego Garcia,” several people said at once, referring to the largest island on the Chagos Archipelago that was turned into a joint US-UK military base in 1971. Suzette ...

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 would then pay at least £9billion over 99 years to lease back Diego Garcia, the largest of the Chagos atolls. At present, a lease is not necessary because the archipelago is a British ...

Donald Trump’s US administration will have a seat at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands ... resolution” to negotiations over the archipelago. A Mauritian government statement said ...

The US will be present at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands, which has been the subject of a controversial deal between Mauritius and the UK, the Mauritian prime minister has said. Last ...

A representative from Donald Trump’s administration will attend talks on the Chagos Islands (Aaron Chown ... resolution” to negotiations over the archipelago. A Mauritian government statement ...

Donald Trump has reportedly called for the US to be included at the negotiating table alongside the UK and Mauritius on the future of the Chagos Islands ... the Indian Ocean archipelago to ...

The call made by Lord Dannatt, former British Army chief, as reported by The Independent (UK), urging Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon plans to cede control of the Chagos Islands to ...