UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ... - Associated Press News
WEB2 days ago — LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Thursday it agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base there. British Foreign …
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia ...
WEB2 days ago — LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military ...
Diego Garcia: What 'Historic' UK Deal Means for US's Indian
WEB1 day ago — Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian Ocean, is about 1,300 miles northeast of Mauritian capital Port Louis. For half a century, it has been a staging area for major ...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBMauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of ...
Diego Garcia: What is on the secretive UK-US island in the Indian …
WEB6 days ago — Diego Garcia is one of about 60 islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago or British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) - the last colony established by the UK by separating it from Mauritius...
Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB2 days ago — In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it leased to the United States in 1966.
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The ... - ABC News
WEB2 days ago — UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays. The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB2 days ago — Mauritius and the UK have been in dispute over the Indian Ocean islands for the past 50 years. The deal includes ensuring the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a strategically key military ...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB2 days ago — Mauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of ...
UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
WEB2 days ago — The deal over the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos islands, will give the UK an initial 99-year lease over Diego Garcia in return for accepting Mauritian sovereignty.