Under the deal, the U.K. can continue leasing the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, keeping the key military facility in British and American hands for at least 99 years. Sponsor Message World ...

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is rubber-stamped, peers said.

The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the Chagos archipelago (and the massive US base on Diego Garcia island) to ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the ...

Under the deal, the U.K. can continue leasing the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, keeping the key military facility in British and American hands for at least 99 years.

Starmer’s filthy Chagos Islands deal preserves Diego Garcia as key US-UK military base. 10 October 2024. Britain rejects International Court of Justice order to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814, when they were ceded by France. The archipelago is best known for the military base on Diego Garcia, which has supported U.S ...

“It is no exaggeration to say that Diego Garcia — the largest of the Chagos Islands — hosts the most strategically important U.S. air and logistics base in the Indian Ocean and is vital to ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia. Share By Fatima Al-Kassab May 22, 2025 5:53pm (NPR) ...

The agreement would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain would retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts ...