It also prevents Mauritius from "renting" the nearby islands of Peros Banhos, Danger Island and the Egmont Islands. Mr Doughty warned that if the deal does not go through, the country's ...

Donald Trump has reportedly called for the US to be included at the negotiating table alongside the UK and Mauritius on the future of the Chagos Islands in a staggering last-minute intervention.

Mr Doughty raised the prospect of Mauritius leasing one of the other islands - such as Peros Banhos, Danger Island and the Egmont Islands - to a foreign power. The proposed deal is thought to ...

He was born on Peros Banhos, one of only three of the archipelago's 55 islands inhabited when Britain began expelling people. Today, no one is allowed apart from US military personnel and their ...

It also prevents Mauritius from "renting" the nearby islands of Peros Banhos, Danger Island and the Egmont Islands. President Trump's intervention could see further delays after a new deal between ...

Mauritius could rent out islands near the crucial Diego Garcia military base to China or Russia unless the UK hands over Chagos sovereignty, a minister claimed today. Foreign Office minister ...