Chagos Islands, Britain

Mauritius asks for review of Chagos Islands deal with UK
Mauritius' new prime minister said he has asked for an independent review of a deal with the United Kingdom over the future of the Chagos Islands. Under the agreement, which has still to be signed, the UK would relinquish sovereignty over the archipelago but maintain a 99-year lease over Diego Garcia,
Britain confident Chagos Islands deal will go through after doubts raised
The British government says it is confident its plan to secure the future of a U.S.-British military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be ratified after an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the new Mauritian prime minister publicly dismissed the deal.
The Chagos Islands betrayal shames Britain. Here’s how we stop it
Chagos pour British!” they chanted, in the melodious creole of their ancestral archipelago. And any watching Brit could hardly fail to be moved. They were gathered outside our High Commission in Mauritius,
Lammy plays down criticism of Chagos Islands deal
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has played down criticism from the new Mauritian prime minister and the incoming Trump administration of a deal to cede control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Under the agreement,
Mauritian PM orders ‘independent review’ of UK Chagos deal
Mauritian PM orders ‘independent review’ of UK Chagos deal - The deal to cede sovereignty over the archipelago to the Mauritian government was announced earlier this year.
Mauritius orders review of Chagos Islands deal as Starmer’s plan dealt another blow
The Mauritian government is now launching its own review into the Chagos deal after The Independent revealed concerns from the incoming Trump administration and phone hacking of British officials
Keir Starmer's Chagos deal thrown into doubt as Mauritius PM orders review
The Chagos Islands include the Diego Garcia military base used by the US and the UK and has been controlled by the UK for 200 years.
Nigel Farage demands new referendum as he blasts Chagos Islands deal
Nigel Farage has demanded a referendum on Sir Keir Starmer’s “rotten” Chagos Islands deal. Reform UK's leader wants the ...
Britain confident Chagos Islands deal on military base will proceed as doubts surface
Britain is confident its plan to secure the future of a U.S.-British military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia ...
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Cllr Duncan Crow: Chagos Islands deal must be stopped
I was staggered when a few weeks ago, the Labour Government suddenly announced it was going to hand sovereignty of the Chagos ...
I believe Moscow has its fingerprints over Labour’s terrible Chagos deal
In an act of self-harm, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed to hand over sovereignty of the ...
Starmer faces ‘total humiliation’ with Chagos deal on brink of collapse
Exclusive: The Chagos Islands deal is facing a crucial 48 hours with the new Mauritius government’s cabinet expected to look ...
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Trump’s top new security adviser compared Chagos Islands deal to chaotic Afghan withdrawal
Donald Trump has appointed a leading critic of the UK’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius as his national security adviser, in the clearest indication yet that the president-elect will oppose ...
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Hundreds protest against Chagos Islands deal
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 ...
The Independent20d
Revealed: Donald Trump’s push to ‘veto Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal’
Meabnwhile, president of the Conservative Friends of Overseas Territories, Lord Blencathra, said Labour’s Chagos Islands deal is “dead and buried” after recent elections in Mauritius and the US.
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Britain’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands should be sunk, says former Thatcher aide
BRITAIN’S deal to hand over the Chagos Islands should be sunk “the way Margaret Thatcher sank the Belgrano”, her former aide has declared. Pressure is mounting on PM Sir Keir Starmer to tear ...