The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

Give Chagos Islands to Trump, ex-army chief urges as he lays into Starmer’s deal - ‘It's very hard to find good news in this ...

The Chagos Islands deal could “dangerously” fracture the UK’s relationship with the US, Nigel Farage said, as he warned it could prevent future free trade agreements with America.

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

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the controversial Chagos Islands deal after the Conservative leader branded it an "immoral surrender". The Government plans to give the British Indian Ocean Territory ...

Nigel Farage has claimed that Donald Trump’s administration will impose tariffs on the UK because of Keir Starmer’s attempts to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The claim came during in a ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands - where there is ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government confirmed Wednesday that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump ...

The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has been a mess. At time of writing, expectations of an imminent agreement (or rather re-agreement, as ...

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump examining a deal reached by Britain and Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, which house a U.S ...

Britain and Mauritius said on Monday (January 13, 2025) there had been good progress in talks to finalise a deal over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including a U.S.-British military base ...

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 ...