Just three months into power, Labour pulled off what it billed as a diplomatic coup: ending a long-running dispute over the status of the Chagos Islands, one of Britain’s final imperial possessions, ...

A senior advisor to President Donald Trump has revealed that the US is "reviewing" the UK’s negotiations with Mauritius over ...

The Government has denied agreeing to double the amount it will pay Mauritius in a deal to keep control of a military base on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.

The British government was grilled in parliament yesterday as it denied claims by Mauritius that a new deal to return the ...

The Reform UK leader claimed Starmer’s government ‘lied’ over why it wanted to hand over the Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius ...

Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to ...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned national security could be put at risk without a deal to give “legal certainty” over the status ...

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch also challenged Sir Keir Starmer over oil and gas projects in the North Sea.

With reports the UK and Mauritius have agreed new terms on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House spokesperson told The Independent the US president has not given it his blessing ...