U.S. President Donald Trump said he was speaking to the U.K. about a potential deal between Britain and Mauritius to transfer ...

If there is one mission which Sir Keir Starmer pursues with Churchillian resolve, it is the sacred quest to relinquish ...

U.S. President Donald Trump 's wide-ranging "reciprocal" tariffs have hit a remote, disputed island hosting a key U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean, although the tax appears to be a symbolic move ...

A new future for the Chagos is approaching. On April 1st a British government spokesman said that Britain was finalising a ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to ...

Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel has raised an urgent question in the Commons regarding the government's plans to ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been told he is “running out of excuses” to press ahead with the controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A key argument for the deal was ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been told he is “running out of excuses” to press ahead with the controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A key argument for the ...

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Two women born on the Chagos Islands are looking to bring legal action against the Government, saying the territory should remain in UK hands and not be given to Mauritius. Bernadette Dugasse and ...