Mauritius, Chagos Islands

UK presses Mauritius on deal to protect Chagos Islands base
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.
UK's Starmer wants 'strong protections' for military base in Chagos Islands deal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, that he wants "strong protections", including from "malign influence", for a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia,
UK, Mauritius PMs speak for first time about Chagos deal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart Navin Ramgoolam on Friday spoke directly for the first time about the Chagos Islands deal, Starmer's office said.
Give us Chagos Islands and we will keep out China and Iran, Mauritius tells UK
Deal would prevent a third party gaining influence over territory which hosts key Western military base, says foreign minister
The Mauritius-UK Chagos Agreement Is a Good Deal for the US
Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean.
PM presses Mauritius on need for Chagos Islands deal to protect UK-US military base
The prime minister has pressed Mauritius on the need for the Chagos Islands deal to allow "strong protections" for the UK-US military base there.
Starmer speaks to Mauritian PM directly for first time over Chagos deal
The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain.
Starmer tells Mauritius: Chagos deal must not aid China’s malign influence
Sir Keir Starmer has told the Mauritian leader that the deal to give away the Chagos Islands must not aid China’s “malign ...
Government has no idea how it will pay for £9bn cost of Chagos deal
Exclusive: Written parliamentary answers suggest government could raid the under-pressure defence budget to pay bill ...
Keir Starmer defies Donald Trump with new statement 'committing' to Chagos deal
The Prime Minister has confirmed his commitment to a Chagos Islands deal despite 'deep disquiet' from the new US administration.
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'Surrender' of Chagos Islands to Mauritius would be 'disaster' for Labour's relationship with Trump, Braverman says
Suella Braverman has warned that giving away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would be a "disaster" for the British government ...
David Lammy to meet Marco Rubio in last-ditch attempt to save Chagos deal
David Lammy will meet Donald Trump’s secretary of state in a last-ditch effort to convince the US to back the Chagos Islands deal, The Telegraph understands.
Fury at 'terrible' Chagos deal which Priti Patel fears 'will cost taxpayers billions'
Richard Tice said he was "cautiously optimistic" after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made "serious representations to the incoming President Trump administration".