The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says the 99-year agreement to lease back Diego Garcia will cost the UK £101m a year,

Britain is set to sign a deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while also securing the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, media reported on Thur...

Harriet Mathews, director general for Africa, the Americas and Overseas Territories at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, told the High Court that the overnight injunction had "caused h...