Britain cedes disputed islands to Mauritius, securing key U ... - NBC News
WEB2 days ago · The deal on the Chagos Islands ends a battle over Britain’s last overseas territory in Africa and preserves the Diego Garcia air base but has been criticized as aiding China. IE 11 is not supported.
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBThe US-UK base will remain on Diego Garcia – a key factor enabling the deal to go forward at a time of growing geopolitical rivalries in the region between Western countries, India, and China.
US Republicans fear UK Chagos Islands deal will boost China
WEB2 days ago · October 4, 2024 2:40 pm CET. By Emilio Casalicchio. 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 Republican members of both the Senate and House …
Diego Garcia: what "historic" UK deal means for US's Indian Ocean …
WEB2 days ago · Tom Tugendhat, Britain's former security minister and a leading candidate for Tory leader, said Mauritius was now "free to rent" the Chagos Islands to countries including China, potentially ...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB3 days ago · UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more ...
UK’s decision to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands will …
WEB1 day ago · Joe Barnes in Washington. 04 October 2024 8:08pm BST. Top Republicans have warned that the United Kingdom’s decision to give up the Chagos Islands will boost China. Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s ...
Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB3 days ago · U.S. Navy/Reuters. Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London ...
Chagossians criticise lack of say in UK deal to hand over islands
WEB2 days ago · UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius; One of the largest islands on the tropical atoll, Diego Garcia, will remain a joint US-UK military base and is expected to remain so for 99 ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ... - Associated Press News
WEB3 days ago · LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Thursday it 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 that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base there. British Foreign …
UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
WEB3 days ago · The UK has agreed to give up sovereignty of a group of islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius in return for securing the future of a UK-US military base situated on Diego Garcia. The deal over ...