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Diego Garcia, one of the Chagos Islands, has been a UK and US airbase since the 1960s - Getty Russia has pushed for Mauritius to take control of the Chagos Islands from Britain. Moscow’s support for ...

DONALD Trump cannot buy the Chagos Islands to unblock Britain’s stalled Mauritius deal, a minister declared today. The warning comes as the future of the strategic Indian Ocean archipelago remains ...

Labour has told Donald Trump he cannot purchase the Chagos Islands to stop the "surrender" deal from being forced through.

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - London's High Court refused permission on Tuesday for a legal challenge over Britain's deal with Mauritius to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, home to the ...

Exclusive: Plane that flew Reform leader to Maldives appears to be linked to billionaire Christopher Harborne ...

Mauritius is planning to sue Britain over delays in ratifying the Chagos Islands deal. Navin Ramgoolam, the island nation’s prime minister, said his government had begun consulting international law ...

The BBC said a government source has denied that the UK Parliament has halted a ratification process to turn over the control ...

It come after a minister said the UK is discussing "concerns" with the US, after President Trump criticised the deal.

African nations are planning a Chagos-inspired legal battle to win slavery reparations from Britain, The Telegraph can reveal ...

London's High Court rejected a legal challenge against Britain's agreement with Mauritius over Chagos Islands sovereignty. The deal retains British control of the Diego Garcia military base under a 99 ...

A strategically important base is the setting for a new version of an old story about colonialism, exile, sovereignty, and the projection of power ...