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, ...

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 ...

The tension between Starmer the lawyer, Starmer the HR manager, Starmer the hands-off CEO and Starmer the politician is in ...

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

Sir Keir Starmer warned national security could be put at risk without a deal to give “legal certainty” over the status of the Chagos Islands and the strategically important Diego Garcia military base ...

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 ...

A renegotiated deal on returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is being considered by the new US administration.

Navin Ramgoolam said Donald Trump was ‘not a wolf’ and it was better to let him review the prospective deal between the UK and Mauritius.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart Navin Ramgoolam spoke directly for the first time about the Chagos Archipelago deal on Friday. Britain and its former colony reached a ...