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UK signs deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

What to know about the deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean that’s home to a strategicall...

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Factbox-Key facts about Chagos Islands deal to be signed by UK and Mauritius

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UK court lifts a block on Britain handing the disputed Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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UK signs Chagos deal with Mauritius to seal future of US-UK air base

Britain is set to sign a deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while also securing the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, media reported on Thur...

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UK Signs Deal To Hand Over Chagos Islands

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Chagos Islands deal: Why was it delayed?

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UK Court Puts Last-Minute Block on a Deal to Hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius

The U.K. has agreed to hand Mauritius the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia.

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UK to pay £101mn a year under deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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United Kingdom abandons its colony of the Chagos Islands, but maintains the Diego Garcia airbase, which gives the key to the Indian Ocean to the USA

The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the Chagos archipelago (and the massive US base on Diego Garcia island) to Mauritius (and to the Chinese fishing fleet).

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UK plan to transfer Chagos Islands goes ahead despite last-minute legal injunction

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge and months of criticism on both sides of the Atlantic.