One key location that has been mentioned is the U.S.-UK military base on Diego Garcia, a strategically important island in the Chagos Archipelago. Britain Hands Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius in ...

The UK's deal to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is “strongly ... archipelago's most strategically vital asset and because of its location in the Indian Ocean it has been a significant ...

The Chagos Islands became a British Indian Ocean Territory in 1965, when they were legally severed from Mauritius, three years ahead of its independence. Mauritius, located about 2,100 kilometers ...

Labour has opened the door to handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius. The islands, located in the Indian Ocean, have been British-owned since 1814 and include Diego Garcia, which hosts a US ...

Chagos Islands negotiations may see the UK hand over more than the rumoured £9billion as Mauritius reportedly demands a larger sum. In a last-minute attempt to score a better deal from the UK ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Donald Trump has signed off on Keir Starmer's surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritus, giving the UK the go-ahead to finalise the handover. No. 10 said the details are now being completed ...

In the late 1960s, the inhabitants of the remote Chagos Islands were forcibly moved to make way for a military base. Now London wants to hand over the archipelago to Mauritius. Those displaced at ...

US President Donald Trump, sitting alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office on Thursday, signalled he supported the UK’s plan to transfer control of a group of small but ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K ...