The statement in the House of Lords by Foreign Office minister Baroness Chapman of Darlington on the transfer of the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, on Thursday 14 November. We use ...

The Chagos Islands lie roughly in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 km to the south of the southern tip of India.

The incoming Trump administration in the US could be preparing to lock horns with the Labour government over the Chagos ...

Back in October, the government struck an agreement with Mauritius to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. The deal ...

The papers on Thursday are led by a shake-up to the pension scheme. The Financial Times reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to announce pension “megafunds” are set to be created to help unlock ...

Trump Takes a Stand Against UK Handing Over Vital Island Territory to Mauritius** President-elect Donald J. Trump is gearing up to block a controversial handover of the British ...

Gaetz resigned from his seat in the US House of Representatives in light of the news, Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed on ...

Last month Jugnauth, who had been in office since 2017, negotiated an agreement for Britain to cede the Chagos Islands while retaining the U.S.-British Diego Garcia air base. India needs fair, ...

An ex-Royal Navy officer has slammed Labour’s decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands as “strategically ...

Reform UK leader says he was told Diego Garcia was ‘most important island on planet’ by senior adviser to new president. ...

He said: “It’s happening!” The Chagos Islands decision impacts the Diego Garcia airbase (DoD/AFP/Getty) The row comes as part ...