Mr Tuckwell said many of the Chagossian arrivals have children, and the council had a legal responsibility to find temporary ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday he had signed a contentious deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a judge overturned a last-minute legal challenge. Labour ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K.

London (CNN) — The British government’s plans to hand control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius are set to be signed off on Thursday, after an 11th-hour legal ...

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial, multi-billion pound move ...

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 ...

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before the ...

UK agrees to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it says protects a key US base by: JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press. Posted: May 22, 2025 / 07:49 PM CDT.

UK plan to transfer Chagos Islands goes ahead despite last-minute legal injunction. ... and in 1965 it split the Chagos Islands from Mauritius before that former colony became independent.