An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.

Surrendering sovereignty over the Chagos Islands would be an irresponsible ... in the global south with abandoned discussions with the Maldives. Head of Policy Exchange’s National Security ...

“As I have argued elsewhere, surrendering sovereignty over the Chagos Islands would be an irresponsible ... and neighbouring Maldives, punctures the argument that we have fostered goodwill ...

Downing Street has been accused of delaying the surrender of the Chagos Islands for fear of a backlash from Labour MPs. Ministers declared at the start of April that a controversial deal to hand ...

Diego Garcia, island in the Chagos and home to UK-US military base. Photo by USGS/NASA Landsat data/Orbital Horizon (Getty images) The government has put the much-contested Chagos islands deal ...

The much-criticised deal to hand over Britain's Chagos Islands to Mauritius appears to be on the rocks, with Sir Keir Starmer reportedly deciding to delay the agreement out of fears it could ...

Controversial plans to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius have reportedly been delayed amid fears of a “toxic" backlash over the cost of the deal as MPs are set to vote on sweeping welfare cuts ...

Mauritius has fuelled fresh security fears over the Chagos islands deal after announcing it would seek a closer relationship with China. The Chinese ambassador to Mauritius said she supported ...

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 ...

The government has put the much-contested Chagos islands deal ‘on hold’ after outcry from Labour backbenchers. The deal would see sovereignty over the Chagos islands returned to Mauritius, but with ...

Senior figures in Number 10 are said to be concerned that officially signing of Chagos deal now would be politically ‘toxic’ as MPs are set to vote on £5bn of cuts to benefits ...