During a press conference, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the Diego Garcia military base is of the 'upmost importance' ...

Keir Starmer says the deal - which involves leasing the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, with the option of another 40 - is in ...

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The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

The UK has signed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and lease back the military base there for £101m a ...

Mauritius has said that India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has supported the signing of the agreement between the island ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.