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UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what President Joe Biden called a "historic agreement" will keep a strategic Indian Ocean military base with the United States.
U.S. praises U.K. deal to cede archipelago to Mauritius, retain control of military base
The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of Britain's once-sprawling African empire.
UK gives up top secret island that’s home to a US military base – what is inside?
The UK has given up a top secret island to Mauritius after years of arguments and negotiations. The Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean has been strictly out of bounds since 1973 ever since the UK and US used the island as a military base. It is has been at the centre of a long-running dispute between the UK and Mauritius.
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base
The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.
Starmer hands Chagos Islands back to Mauritius
Sir Keir Starmer has given up the Chagos Islands, handing the Indian Ocean territory to Mauritius. The islands were British-owned from 1814 but have now been signed away by the Government in a deal that it claimed would safeguard global security by ending a long-running dispute.
UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
The deal over the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos islands, will give the UK an initial 99-year lease over Diego Garcia in return for accepting Mauritian sovereignty. Diego Garcia will also be kept out of a deal for Mauritius to resettle the islands,
A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base. The secret just got out
The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US military base shrouded in secrecy will not be allowed to return
Britain to give Chagos Island to Mauritius, retain US-UK military base
Operation of Diego Garcia, a strategic military base jointly operated by the UK and US, is protected by the agreement.
UK to give up Chagos Islands sovereignty to secure future of military base
Overseas Territories minister Stephen Doughty confirmed the Government has reached a political agreement with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory, following negotiations which began in 2022.
UK announces landmark deal to hand islands back to Mauritius - minus US military base
Under the deal reached by Sir Keir Starmer with Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands is to be handed back more than five decades after the rest of Mauritius won independence from the UK.
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British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos islands)
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising over 1 ...
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Labour is putting the jewel of our strategic crown in the Indian Ocean at risk
Three months in and Labour are already leaving us weaker and opening the door to our rivals. Keir Starmer’s legalism, not ...
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British Diego Garcia Is A Big Win for Mauritius Raising the China Fear in the Indian Ocean
Critics in Britain fear this would open access to China, but a British-US military base will remain even after Mauritius ...
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Britain to cede sovereignty of Chagos Islands
Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of ...
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Argentina vows to gain ‘full sovereignty’ of the Falklands with ‘concrete action’ after Chagos deal
Argentina has promised to gain “full sovereignty” of the Falkland Islands with “concrete action” after Britain surrendered ...
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Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands 'surrender' sparks swift outrage: 'Dangerous capitulation!'
The 60-strong island chain is home to the Diego Garcia military base, which is leased by the UK to the United States and has ...
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