First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...

Claims have circulated around international support for the Government’s deal with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands and its implications for the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. The Prime ...

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

Coverage of the Foreign Affairs select committee session on the Chagos Islands agreement, with evidence from foreign office ...

The Chagos Islands are located in the Indian Ocean about 5,799 miles (9,332km) south-east of the UK, and about 1,250 miles north-east of Mauritius.

The UK’s deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been criticised by a panel of UN experts (Lucy North/PA) By Christopher McKeon, PA Political Correspondent June 10, 2025 at 11:25pm BST ...

Scrap Chagos Islands deal and agree new one, UN panel urges UK PA Media Two Chagossian women tried to block the UK-Mauritius deal at the UK High Court James Chater ...

Keir Starmer is facing humiliation on the international stage after experts at the United Nations (UN) called for his controversial deal with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands to be suspended. UN ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces calls to suspend his deal handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius after UN experts criticised its treatment of the Chagossian people. The deal, agreed last ...

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars.