Donald Trump’s US administration will have a seat at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands, the Mauritian prime ...

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated the marine portions of Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a 582,570 square-mile area in the Pacific Ocean, as ...

He has also said that a prospective deal on returning the Chagos islands to Mauritius would ensure the US maintained its strategic base on the Indian Ocean archipelago. "There is a disinformation ...

Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of ...

The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

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The prime minister has pressed Mauritius on the need for the Chagos Islands deal to allow "strong protections" for the UK-US military base there. Sir Keir Starmer spoke to his Mauritian ...

The prime minister has pressed Mauritius on the need for the Chagos Islands deal to allow "strong protections" for the UK-US military base there. Sir Keir Starmer spoke to his Mauritian counterpart on ...

Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the ...

Sir Keir Starmer last night warned that the Anglo-US military base on the Chagos Islands must be protected ... to cancel this dreadful deal in the national interest.' Tory peer Lord Kempsell ...

Sir Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart have spoken directly for the first time about the Chagos Islands deal. The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants “strong protections” for the ...