The deal is meant to secure the future of a secretive military base on the island of Diego Garcia, but it has left the UK without sovereign territorial control over a piece of land that is crucial ...

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The UK has long controlled Chagos and the Diego Garcia military base located there, jointly operating it with the United States. British Foreign Minister David Lammy said the deal settled the ...

The United States has applauded a landmark deal between the United Kingdom and Mauritius that secured its continued use of Diego Garcia, a vital British and American joint military outpost in the ...

open image in gallery A group of Chagossians dedicating a memorial stone to mark their visit to Diego Garcia, part of the Chagos archipelago (PA) Ms Cuddy described an unusual place full of ...

The chain includes the Salomon Islands, Peros Banhos, Nelson's Island, Three Brothers Islands, Eagle Islands, Danger Island, the Egmont Islands and Diego Garcia, a strategically important US ...

This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP) Chagossians, led by Olivier Bancoult, on phone at centre, outside the Mauritian Prime Minister’s office ...

“It’s simply something neither of us can give up,” Diego Luna, right, said of his decades-long friendship with Gael García Bernal. “Even if I wanted to, I wouldn’t be able to.

LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military ...

It then granted the US permission, on a 50 year basis, to use BIOT, including Diego Garcia for defense purposes — an agreement that renewed in 2016 for an additional 20 years. The UK said that ...