Foreign secretary says failure to agree deal would have harmed US relations but Lindsay Hoyle suggests news should not have ...

In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...

In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...

Robert Jenrick has accused David Lammy of handing over the Chagos Islands so he can “feel good about himself at his next ...

Conservative Party leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat repeatedly shouted “not true” as Mr Lammy set out the reasons behind the ...

Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago ...

Senior officials told incoming Labour government that refusing to sign away the islands would jeopardise ‘special ...

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give the Chagos Islands away in return for its own independence from Britain, with ...

UK foreign secretary says a deal over control of the Chagos Islands will not impact other overseas territories.

Andrew Griffith, the Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs, raised his concerns in the House of Commons on the ...

In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 (when Mauritius gained independence), the UK expelled Chagossians from the ...

The archipelago was acquired in the 1960s and a US military base established by displacing the indigenous population to ...