Foreign Secretary says ‘it takes two sides to get there’ when questioned on proposed pact that would see Britain give islands ...

The 2000 residents of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed to make way for a giant US military base. Will the Cocos Islands be ...

Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, linked the holiday to the Government’s deal to relinquish sovereignty of the ...

Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal ...

A former Foreign Office official has urged Sir Keir Starmer to reject demands from Mauritius for more money in talks over the ...

Mauritius has ‘made a counter proposal’ in the Chagos Islands deal, reportedly demanding £800 million a year and ‘billions of ...

Under the terms of the new agreement, they and their descendants would be allowed to return to the islands, though they would be excluded from Diego Garcia. Mauritius, an African nation located ...

Ministers have so far kept silent on how much it will cost the UK to lease the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of ...

The base sits on Diego Garcia, "the largest of 55 islands that form the Chagos Archipelago and is known as the 'Footprint of Freedom' for its shape, regional location, and strategic importance ...

The Government insisted the deal to give up sovereignty over the Chagos Islands but lease back the Diego Garcia base was backed by the US. Nigel Farage has said the incoming Trump administration ...

A group of more than 60 asylum seekers were unlawfully detained by the UK on the remote island of Diego Garcia, a judge has ruled. The asylum seekers, who are Sri Lankan Tamils, arrived at the ...