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

The UK has denied claims from the prime minister of Mauritius that it could end up paying double under a new Chagos Islands deal ... included the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a UK ...

A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to resolve the sovereignty of the Chagos islands, UK security officials familiar ...

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

Luquin. Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the central ...

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Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Britain and Mauritius are mounting a last-minute effort to finalise a deal over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands ...

Sir Keir Starmer's deal to hand back the Chagos Islands has been thrown into ... Diego Garcia, the largest atoll in the island chain, is home to a joint US-UK military base and is key to ...

The UK government had in recent weeks been optimistic about securing an agreement with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands before ... the largest atoll in the archipelago and home to the crucial ...

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