The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

The UK and Mauritius agreed to a deal regarding the sovereignty of an Indian Ocean archipelago, including control over a key ...

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Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will pay Mauritius 101 million pounds ($136 million) per year to lease back the Chagos Island base for at least 99 years.

A British court has blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, hours hours before the agreement was due to be signed ...

Britain signed a deal on Thursday to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after a London judge overturned a last-minute injunction and cleared the way for an agreement the government ...