Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ ...

Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal ...

The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...

The Chagos Archipelago lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean and comprises 58 islands including Diego Garcia, which houses a major joint British and American military ... to see a European power lose ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos archipelago ... for military operations in the Indian Ocean. Now acting judge of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Supreme Court, Margaret ...

The Chagos Islands deal could prevent the ... Sir Keir Starmer agreed to give Mauritius sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory, including Diego Garcia, which houses a UK-US military ...

The Government is currently scrambling to save its agreement to surrender control of the Indian Ocean archipelago ... it was ...

when the U.K. carved it into the British Indian Ocean Territory. Mauritius gained independence in 1968, but the U.K. retained control of Chagos, allowing the U.S. to establish a military base on ...

Donald Trump’s team is looking for a way to veto the deal as a result of concerns over possible Chinese interference ...

Diego Garcia, a British Indian Ocean Territory and the largest of the islands in the Chagos Archipelago. Picture: Getty They wrote: "If the Government has any inclination to try and salvage this deal ...

The United Kingdom’s (UK) October agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius appeared to ... in maintaining their military foothold in the Indian Ocean. While the ...