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, ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the British government said Tuesday.

Chagos Islands negotiations may see the UK hand over more than the rumoured £9billion as Mauritius reportedly demands a larger sum. In a last-minute attempt to score a better deal from the UK ...

The UK government is working with Mauritius to finalise a deal on the future of the Chagos Islands, Downing Street has said. Under the proposed agreement, Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

LONDON (AP) — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K ...