The US has made a last-ditch intervention on the future of the Chagos Islands, demanding a seat at the negotiating table ...
If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...
As part of the £90 million a year expected to be paid to Mauritius to keep control of the base, Sir Keir has promised a ...
President Trump must intervene to prevent this handover, which would damage U.S. national security and ultimately play into China's hands.
President Trump's intervention could see further delays after the UK and Mauritius reached a deal on the territory, pending ...
Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island ...
With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...
and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory. In the 1960s and 1970s Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the US military could build the Diego Garcia base.
the U.S. interest in the Chagos Archipelago is singular: to retain access to Diego Garcia for military purposes. It is no concern of the United States whether Britain or Mauritius is recognized as ...
and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory. In the 1960s and 1970s the UK evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the US military could build the Diego Garcia base.
In October, the Government announced that Mauritius will be sovereign over the Chagos islands, and then lease back the Diego Garcia military base. But allies of US president-elect Donald Trump ...
US President ... to hand over the Chagos Islands - where there is a joint US-UK military base - to Mauritius. The UK announced in October it would cede sovereignty of the archipelago in the ...