Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a year. The prime minister said the deal was the only way to maintain the base's ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands.

Sir Keir Starmer is due to sign a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on Thursday. Under the terms of the deal Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the ...

UK Signs Chagos Deal With Mauritius to Seal Future of US-UK Air Base By Muvija M and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain signed a deal on Thursday to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia ... The widespread interest and legal necessity of the deal is due to the strategic ...

British PM Keir Starmer hails deal, which allows UK to retain control of strategic UK-US airbase, as ‘absolutely vital’.

As we reported earlier, today's deal gives Mauritius control over the Chagos Islands and allows them to resettle the land - although not Diego Garcia, home to the UK-US military base. In an ...

LONDON - Britain signed a deal on May 22 to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... control of the strategically important US-UK air base on Diego Garcia, the largest island ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands ... the UK's national security. Under the terms of the agreement Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but ...

LONDON — Britain on Thursday signed a deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... of the strategically important U.S.-UK air base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of ...