The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

Just three months into power, Labour pulled off what it billed as a diplomatic coup: ending a long-running dispute over the status of the Chagos Islands, one of Britain’s final imperial possessions, ...

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If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, has questioned the deal agreed by his predecessor and it is yet to be ratified.

The agreement to hand over the Chagos Archipelago and lease back the strategically vital UK-US military base on Diego Garcia has run into difficulties (Alamy/PA) The UK has been negotiating a deal ...

Sir Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart have spoken directly for the first time about the Chagos Islands deal. The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants “strong protections” for ...