The UK has been forced to pause its plan to hand over the Chagos Islands, on which the US air base in Diego Garcia resides, after US President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the deal.

Ahead of King Charles III’s state visit to Washington last week, the UK government quietly shelved its agreement to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while maintaining the lease on the US-UK ...

Sir Keir Starmer has shelved his Chagos Islands deal amid worsening relations with Donald Trump after the US failed to formally confirm its approval. Trump had urged Starmer to scrap the deal despite ...

Sir Keir Starmer has been told to ditch his Chagos deal after Mauritius was accused of closing its airspace for China. Taiwan ...

Donald Trump’s foreign policy record keeps getting stronger.For decades, the British-owned Chagos archipelago—specifically ...

The Chagossians thought they had a chance to return home with the U.K.’s deal to hand over their home islands and lease the ...

LONDON -- Britain's agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is on indefinite hold because U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has withdrawn its support for the ...

The Indian and Pacific oceans cover roughly half the globe and are dotted with strategically valuable islands. Who has what ...

The Chagos Islands deal has been paused indefinitely because of US President Donald Trump pulling his support, foreign minister Stephen Doughty has confirmed. The agreement would have seen the UK cede ...