YET another Commons urgent question on the Chagos Islands. Labour MPs skedaddled just as Tories rushed to enter the chamber. This created what police call ‘traffic-flow management challenges’.

As the US signs off on the formal sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory being ceded to Mauritius, Sean O’Grady ...

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

Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago. In a joint statement ...

LONDON (AP) — Two women born on the Chagos Islands are seeking to take the British government to court over a proposed deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Indian Ocean archipelago to ...

The controversial deal to give up the Chagos Isalnds is being “finalised” after winning approval from President Donald Trump, Downing Street has confirmed. The plan means the UK will hand sovereignty ...

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 ...

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising ...

Two women born on the Chagos Islands are looking to bring legal action against the Government, saying the territory should remain in UK hands and not be given to Mauritius. Bernadette Dugasse and ...

It comes after cash-strapped Hillingdon council warned an increasing number of people from the Chagos Islands were flying into London and needing homelessness support when they land. The town hall ...