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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of Chagossians from around the UK gathered in London at a rally calling for a say in the future of the Chagos Islands. The group said they were angry after the UK government announced a deal ...

Mauritius opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam declared on Tuesday that his alliance had won a crushing election victory over the ruling coalition, after Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth conceded he faced ...