The strategic significance of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean can hardly be overstated. After all, Diego Garcia the largest of the islands, has been a crucial airbase for many decades.

A judge who ruled Britain should hand back the Chagos Islands has also called for the UK to pay over £18trillion in slavery reparations. Patrick Robinson was one of the judges who ruled against ...

DONALD Trump could yet step in to block Britain’s £8billion handover of the Chagos Islands, Nigel Farage has claimed. The Reform UK chief said he was “surprised” the US President gave the ...

“They are clearly hellbent on giving away the Chagos Islands, whatever the risks to global security, whatever the risks to our own budgetary constraints, and having ignored completely the will ...

DONALD Trump has been given a veto on the UK’s plan to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, the Foreign Secretary confirmed yesterday. David Lammy revealed the US President can stop any ...

David Lammy last night admitted that Labour's plan to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - along with £9bn - could still be nixed by Donald Trump. The Foreign Secretary said defended the much ...

Donald Trump has indicated he would be prepared to back Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The agreement includes a plan to lease back the ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party will not stop opposing a deal that would hand over the Chagos Islands, despite it receiving a favourable hearing from US President Donald Trump.

The UK's deal to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is “strongly supported” by the United States, according to the Government. In October, it was confirmed the islands would once again ...

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 Mauritius.

A cash-strapped council has warned an increasing number of people from the Chagos Islands are flying into London and needing homelessness support when they land. Hillingdon council said it has ...

The Chagos Islands deal will not go forward without the support of US President Donald Trump, the foreign secretary has said. David Lammy told ITV's Peston programme, the UK had "a shared military ...