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.

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the ...

Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...

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

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...

A six-year-old British boy was detained in Mauritius alongside several adults in connection with a £1.6 million drug ...

The UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on Diego ...

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

David Lammy accused a Reform UK MP of “swallowing conspiracy theories” over a question she asked him in the House of Commons.

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the UK's £3.4bn deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. At prime minister's ...

The fiscal tightening underlying the 2025-26 Budget has drawn sharp public criticism, especially for raising the Basic Retirement Pension (BRP) entitlement age to 65 years. In response, Government is ...

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