It has been widely reported that, during his meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week, President Trump gave his ...

During a debate on the British Indian Ocean Territory, Mr Farage argued the UK should sell the territory and ‘get a few billion quid’.

The strategic significance of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean can hardly be overstated. After all, Diego Garcia the largest of the islands, has been a crucial airbase for many decades.

A judge who ruled Britain should hand back the Chagos Islands has also called for the UK to pay over £18trillion in slavery reparations. Patrick Robinson was one of the judges who ruled against ...

“We are estimating that the number of people coming from the Chagos Islands will increase and that is a huge burden to local budgets. “We want to do as much as we can to help these people and ...

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Donald Trump has indicated he would be prepared to back Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The agreement includes a plan to lease back the ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to give away the Chagos Islands is so “outlandish and irrational” the Government could be challenged over it in court, a former attorney general has warned.

DONALD Trump could yet step in to block Britain’s £8billion handover of the Chagos Islands, Nigel Farage has claimed. The Reform UK chief said he was “surprised” the US President gave the ...

Instead, the crossbench peer said Sir Keir should explore handing control of the Chagos Islands to the US, adding that it is in the Americans’ interests to maintain control of it. Asked whether ...