Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the British Isles, is desperate to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, yet another nation surrounded by water. Never mind that Mauritius never owned the Chagos, ...

called the Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, is home to around 2,500 personnel. The base sits on Diego Garcia, "the largest of 55 islands that form the Chagos Archipelago and is known as the ...

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The UK and Mauritius have agreed to hold talks on the future of the disputed British Indian Ocean Overseas Territory/Chagos Islands ... the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia will continue ...

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego ... islands. Only by acknowledging Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos, including Diego Garcia, can the United States ensure that its military ...

The US had sought out the Chagos Islands as a military base during the Cold War ... Construction began in 1971. Today, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia has an anchorage, an airstrip, and ...

including a naval base in Bahrain close to a Royal Navy support facility. However, Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago – British sovereign territory that the Government ...

The UK's deal to return the Chagos Islands ... it was confirmed the islands would once again come under Mauritian control, although Diego Garcia would remain a military base for the US and UK ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos ... important naval and bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia.