London had secured the right to maintain a major joint military base with the US on Diego Garcia. Washington, which in May had called the Indian Ocean archipelago's transfer to Mauritius a 'monumental achievement,' has now reversed its position.

Il caso delle isole Chagos, arcipelago nel bel mezzo dell'Oceano Indiano, agita le acque tra Washington e Londra. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti ...

Il Regno Unito restituisce a Mauritius l’arcipelago delle isole Chagos: Londra manterrà la base strategica di Diego Garcia con un affitto di 99 anni. Rubio app…

Chief secretary to Keir Starmer insists that his relationship with the US president is ‘working’

LONDON: The UK government said on Tuesday its deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “secures” the future of a key US-UK military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, after…

Donald Trump has called the plan to transfer sovereignty ‘stupid’ and linked it to his own push to acquire Greenland

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The US president says it is "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".

PM’s spokesperson insists government’s position is unchanged and that the US still supports the deal

Ministers say the deal is necessary because international court rulings on Mauritian sovereignty had threatened the future of the base.

London had secured the right to maintain a major joint military base with the US on Diego Garcia. Washington, which in May had called the Indian Ocean archipelago's transfer to…