Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island ...

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

In October, the Government announced that Mauritius will be sovereign over the Chagos islands, and then lease back the Diego Garcia military base. But allies of US president-elect Donald Trump ...

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 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 ...

But both accept they must also get the approval of the United States, which operates a military base on the largest of the Chagos islands, Diego Garcia. Although Mauritius and Britain have agreed ...

Britain puts future of the islands on hold amid president-elect’s concerns that agreement could boost China’s influence Donald Trump will rule on the future of the Chagos Islands after his ...

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It’s closing anyway. 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 ...