Biden pushed UK to surrender Chagos Islands
Joe Biden pushed UK to surrender Chagos Islands
Joe Biden pushed the UK into giving up the Chagos Islands over concerns the US would lose control of an important air base, The Telegraph understands.
U.K. hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after long dispute
The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly evicted, while maintaining a key U.S.-British military base there.
Lammy defends Chagos Islands sovereignty surrender amid Commons heckling
David Lammy was heckled in the House of Commons as he defended the decision to give up UK control over the Chagos Islands. The Foreign Secretary said the UK Government wants the treaty with Mauritius signed and ratified in 2025,
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Labour’s shameful surrender of the Chagos Islands makes Britain look pathetic
We might as well be governed by the National Union of Students. In pursuit of their juvenile, half-witted anti-colonialism, Labour ministers have betrayed our strategic interests, delighted our enemies,
‘Student activists’: UK government to hand over Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius
Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue says the handing over of Chagos Islands sovereignty to Mauritius shows the United Kingdom has a government of “student activists”.
Lammy to face MPs over Chagos sovereignty surrender
Downing Street said the decision over the British Indian Ocean Territory was because of its unique circumstances.
Chagos Islands: UK transfer of sovereignty to Mauritius is step towards closing colonial chapter
The archipelago was acquired in the 1960s and a US military base established by displacing the indigenous population to ...
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Mauritius: Big Step, Small Win As Chagos Islands Restored to Mauritius
In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...
Tories to demand answers on Chagos Islands deal in Parliament on Monday
The Conservatives will demand answers on Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal in Parliament on Monday as they seek a ...
Lammy defends Chagos Islands deal as Tories claim it puts UK security at risk – UK politics live
Government needs to get better at communicating what it stands for, veterans from New Labour era argue. What the ...
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 than 60 islands in the ...
Political comment: Havant MP Alan Mak confirms support for Falkland Islands remaining British after Chagos announcement
Havant MP Alan Mak has confirmed his support for the Falkland Islands remaining British after the Government 's decision to ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial-Era Dispute
After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian ...
Freedom for Chagos islands: UK’s deal with Mauritius will be a win for all
The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...
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US Republicans fear UK Chagos Islands deal will boost China
WASHINGTON D.C. — Senior U.S. Republicans attacked the British government for its decision to cede control of the Chagos Islands, warning the move is a coup for Chinese interests. The most senior ...
Chagos islanders displaced for a US military base protest a deal on their future made without them
Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago ...