UK denies it faces paying billions more for Chagos deal
3 days ago · The UK government has denied claims made by the prime minister of Mauritius that it faces paying billions more under a renegotiated deal over the future of the Chagos Islands. Last October, the UK ...
Starmer under fire amid row over Chagos deal cost - BBC
2 days ago · Under the terms of the deal, the UK will continue to lease one of the islands, Diego Garcia, which contains a UK-US military airbase, for a period of 99 years. UK's Chagos deal on hold to allow ...
Britain denies reports it will pay more to finalise Chagos Islands deal
3 days ago · Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - a former colony that became independent in 1968 - while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the ...
Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
Oct 4, 2024 · After a dispute running for more than 50 years, the United Kingdom will finally hand back the Chagos Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, to the southeast African island country...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
Oct 3, 2024 · The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move. This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
Oct 4, 2024 · The British government agreed to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base.
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
Oct 3, 2024 · The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move. This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US...
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Oct 3, 2024 · The United Kingdom has announced it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will secure the future of a key US military base on the atoll of Diego Garcia...
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
Oct 3, 2024 · Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base, and which could also pave the...
Starmer and Badenoch clash over Chagos Islands deal at PMQs
2 days ago · Keir Starmer is grilled on the government's plan to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while maintaining a 99-year lease over a UK-US military airbase there Tory leader Kemi ...