Surrendering UK sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is an “irresponsible act”, a Labour former minister has said, backing calls ...

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

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 ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has refused to reveal the figures involved in the deal, including how much it would pay Mauritius for a 99-year lease of Diego Garcia, the island that is home to a vital ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The BBC gained unprecedented access to the island and the migrant camp there to cover the proceedings. Diego Garcia is part of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot), an area ...

Failure often occurs little by little, then all of a sudden. This feels increasingly true of the UK’s attempt to cede ...

The British government said Wednesday it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius, after ...