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UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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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.

LA Times on MSN · 1d

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 Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.

Firstpost · 2h

Britain Returns Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Why Now?

The UK is returning Chagos Islands to Mauritius after more than half a century. Chagos is a cluster of strategically important islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest among them is Diego Garcia, which became a military base for the UK and the US when Mauritius,

Chagos Islands, Falklands

The Daily Telegraph · 20h

Republicans warn the UK’s decision to give up the Chagos Islands will boost China

Top Republicans have warned that the United Kingdom’s decision to give up the Chagos Islands will boost China. Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, announced the end of 200 years of British rule over the strategically-important archipelago in the Indian Ocean on Thursday.

Evening Standard on MSN · 1d

Starmer defends Chagos Islands decision amid Argentine claims over the Falklands

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.

GB News on MSN · 1d

Britain HITS BACK after Argentina's attempts to exploit Starmer's Chagos Islands decision to 'reclaim' Falklands

Downing Street has scrambled to defend the Falkland Islands after Argentina's attempts to leverage the Chagos Islands debacle for its own gain. In light of yesterday's controversial move, Argentina renewed its vow to take full sovereignty of the Falklands,

1hon MSNOpinion

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, ...

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Chagos Islands: Why are they important in Indian Ocean and what do India, UK want? EXPLAINED

Britain ceded control over the Chagos Archipelago after years of negotiations with Mauritius. India has maintained strong ...

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Chagos diaspora angry at lack of input on islands' fate

Raymonde Desiree was 25 when she was forced to leave her native Chagos Islands as Britain emptied the Indian Ocean ...

21hon MSNOpinion

Labour’s surrender of the Chagos Islands will have Xi Jinping rubbing his hands with glee

I stick by the old journalistic rule that “Half an hour spent with Who’s Who is never wasted”. It is a tremendous compendium ...

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Fears over future of Falklands after Chagos Islands deal dubbed ‘strategic disaster’

Concerns have been raised over the future of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago - a ...

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'Rubbish': Envoy Jonathan Powell slams critics of UK's Chagos deal with Mauritius

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

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Falkland Islands' governor breaks silence as fears grow over Labour's next move

Labour's decision to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was welcomed by Argentina's foreign minister Diana Mondino, who ...

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Scotland's papers: Chagos Islands deal and 'Iceman' power void

More from Scotland's papers. The Herald. The Scotsman. Daily Record. The Scottish Sun. Daily Mail. Scottish Daily Express.

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