The island hosts an American super-strategic airbase (meaning it easily handles heavy bombers and air tankers that can refuel ...

There has been scepticism about the proposed deal among allies of Mr Trump, including secretary of state Marco Rubio, but the UK has argued it is the best way to address uncertainty over the legal ...

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said doubts about the legal status of the Chagos Islands meant there would be 'no ...

For the record, China has pursued a decadely war of strategic position in the South China Sea, turning reefs into artificial islands and seizing Filipino waters. In 2016, the U.N.'s Hague's ...

La., took aim at U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer over a British plan to relinquish control of a territory that hosts a joint U.S.-U.K. naval base.

In Germany, thousands protest far-right immigration bill  On Sunday, around 160,000 protesters took to the streets of Berlin ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the ...

Britain's government insisted Thursday that it must hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure continued access to ...

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

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

Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades ... UK-US military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia. In the Friday call, Starmer "underlined the ...