A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Britain and Mauritius denied on Wednesday media reports that London could end up paying double the amount in a renegotiated deal to retain a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian ...

Sir Keir Starmer appears to have had a change of heart when it comes to working with the Trump administration – and that’s a ...

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

At the time he warned that Britain giving up the Chagos Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean ... future of the US military base on Diego Garcia, given the legality of Britain ...

were reportedly detained near the Diego Garcia island — a part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) — on January 9 for allegedly crossing the maritime boundary. Sources said eight of ...

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 ...

The UK and the U.S. also have a joint military base in the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. Chinese and Indian troops have pulled back from two face-off points after a deal was struck in ...

An aerial view of Diego Garcia Islands in the Indian ocean (Alamy/PA) Ministers have been urged to delay decisions on giving up control of the Chagos Islands until after Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The government announced a deal to hand over the islands to Mauritius in October 2024, which is meant to secure the future of a secretive military base on the island of Diego Garcia. But it is ...