The archipelago is home to a joint US-UK military base, a strategically important military asset in the Indian Ocean.

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

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

Starmer’s security reason for giving up Chagos Islands ‘blown out of water’ by junior minister - Exclusive: Communications ...

A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to ...

The Tory leader says Labour's negotiations could cost the UK billions; the prime minister questions whether Badenoch has been ...

In 2019, as vice-president of the ICJ, Xue Hanqin ruled that the UK should give islands to Mauritius ‘as rapidly as possible’ ...

Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a ...

Keir Starmer has insisted that a deal on the 'legal certainty' of the Chagos Islands is 'vital to national security'.

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the controversial Chagos Islands deal after the Conservative leader branded it an "immoral ...

UK's Starmer Wants 'Strong Protections' for Military Base in Chagos Islands Deal LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam ...