Britain signed a deal on Thursday to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after a London judge overturned a ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a ...

Keir Starmer says the deal - which involves leasing the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, with the option of another 40 - is in the UK's national interest.

As we reported earlier, today's deal gives Mauritius control over the Chagos Islands and allows them to resettle the land - although not Diego Garcia, home to the UK-US military base. In an ...

Sir Keir Starmer is due to sign a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on Thursday.Under the terms of the deal Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the US and ...

LONDON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday signed an agreement transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The deal formally cedes British ...

The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military ...

Britain will retain control of the airbase on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.

The deal was halted by last-minute legal action - now that is overturned, a government lawyer says "everybody is standing by" to sign the agreement.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer expected to attend virtual signing ceremony with representatives from Mauritian government ...

After the UK government's negotiations to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius were blocked by a last-minute injunction, a UK court lifted the ban on the deal, which also provides for leasing a key US ...

The UK is set to sign a controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as soon as Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.