TOP secret national security concerns lie behind PM Sir Keir Starmer’s willingness to pay billions to Mauritius to take over the Chagos Islands. Sir Keir told MPs international legal rulings on ...

Baroness Foster said she had brought the message of Chagossians to the Falkland Islands to raise awareness of the UK's ...

The prime minister of Mauritius has told his parliament that Keir Starmer intends to “push ahead” with a deal over the Chagos ...

But both accept they must also get the approval of the United States, which operates a military base on the largest of the ...

The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise to £18 billion and disputed claims made by the Mauritian Prime Minister about the renegotiated deal. Mauritian Prime ...

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Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of ...

The Mauritius government also denied the reports. Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - a former colony that became independent in 1968 - while ...

It was a fiery start to PMQs this week, which heavily featured the UK's agreement to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, setting up an ensuing debate on Reform MP Nigel Farage's ...

The prime minister of Mauritius has told his parliament that Keir Starmer intends to “push ahead” with a deal over the Chagos Islands “in the coming weeks”. During a Mauritian National Assembly ...