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Keir Starmer defends Chagos Islands return

The Irish News (US) on MSN · 19h

Starmer defends Chagos Islands decision amid Argentine claims over the Falklands

The Prime Minister said the agreement with Mauritius secures the long-term future of a joint UK-US military base.

The Telegraph on MSN · 1d

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.

Daily Express · 20h

Keir Starmer defends Chagos Islands decision as Argentina targets Falklands next

The Prime Minister insisted he has "secured" the Diego Garcia military base, which is used by the US to support operations in the Middle East.

Mauritius, Chagos Islands

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Mauritius Government Agrees Deal With UK on Chagos Archipelago

The Mauritian government said it’s reached an agreement with the UK regarding the Indian Ocean island nation’s sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.

UPI · 1d

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.

Yahoo · 1d

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.

20hon MSN

Chagos Islands row: Keir Starmer insists deal with Mauritius safeguards 'hugely important' base

UK envoy Jonathan Powell on Friday slammed critics of the Government’s Chagos Islands deal, saying the US was fully on board, ...

1don MSN

‘America will be furious and Beijing delighted’: How Starmer handed Chagos to China

Nigel Farage has claimed that “our American allies will be furious and Beijing delighted” after Sir Keir Starmer gave up the ...

‘Weak’ Keir is ‘handing British territory to ally of Beijing’, MPs slam as UK gives up sovereignty of Chagos Islands

SIR Keir Starmer has been accused of a “dangerous capitulation” after handing control of the Chagos Islands to one of China’s close allies. Sovereignty of the strategically-important archipelago ...

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What’s next for the Falklands and other British overseas territories after Chagos deal?

Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...

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