The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

Members of the House of Lords stress that renewal of the deal in 99 years will depend on the goodwill of the then-government ...

Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's ...

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

David Lammy criticises a Reform MP for promoting "conspiracy theories" about the Chagos Islands. Discover more about his ...

Everything you need to know about the Chagos Islands deal. Sign in. News Sport ... and pushback from various players amid concerns it would give China greater hold over the region.

What has China said about the Chagos Islands in the past? In 2017 China abstained on a UN General Assembly vote which asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to deliver an advisory opinion ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. ... Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China take effect. 5:49.

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge and months of ...

The Chagos Archipelago became a British territory in 1814. In 1965, the U.K. formally separated the islands from its then-colony Mauritius, before Mauritius gained independence three years later.

Fact check: China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal Different claims have been made as to whether or not China supports the deal between the UK and Mauritius.

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge and months of ...