The Prime Minister made the announcement this afternoon after an 11th hour legal bid to halt the handover failed.

Just hours before the crucial moment, it emerged a High Court has granted an injunction stopping the negotiations being concluded.

The Prime Minister's plan to announce this morning that he was handing the archipelago to Mauritius was thrown into chaos after a High Court injection was made in the dead of…

The Prime Minister made the announcement this afternoon after an 11th hour legal bid to halt the handover failed.

Signé jeudi par le premier ministre travailliste, Keir Starmer, l’accord prévoit le maintien d’une base militaire américano-britannique sur Diego Garcia, une île de cet archipel…

The PM claimed the controversial giveaway of Britain's territory in the Indian Ocean would cost only £3.4 billion over the next century and was necessary to secure a vital…

Ministers have insisted the deal to transfer sovereignty of the British territory is 'good value' - despite Sir Keir's counterpart describing it as a 'great victory'.