UK considering frontloading payments to Mauritius over Chagos deal
Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ ...
Britain could hand Mauritius hundreds of millions to secure Chagos Islands deal
Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal ...
Prioritise cash for UK military over Mauritian demands on Chagos, say Tories
The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...
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Labour 'offering to pay Mauritius nearly £9bn' in Chagos Islands deal
The Government is currently scrambling to save its agreement to surrender control of the Indian Ocean archipelago ... it was ...
John Healey admits UK has not had any talks with Trump’s team over crumbling Chagos deal
Donald Trump’s team is looking for a way to veto the deal as a result of concerns over possible Chinese interference ...
UK Weighs Front-Loading Payments for Mauritius in Chagos Deal
The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the ...
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The Chagos Islands: Many dangers lie ahead
The Chagos archipelago, he said, was “a portion of our territory ... from Mauritius in 1965 and began administering the islands directly as the British Indian Ocean Territory does not alter this. At a ...
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Mayotte: 'Thousands' feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island
Emergency workers raced on Monday to restore basic services to the French overseas territory of Mayotte ... the most powerful cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean island in nearly a century.