Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of “one of the worst foreign policy failures in years” after Donald Trump signed off the deal for Britain to give away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Downing Street ...

The prime minister is facing mounting pressure as the rumoured £9bn of payments to the East African country could increase.

Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed UK territory that is home to a major US military base, the UK government said Tuesday.

Labour is accused of “bending the knee” to China and endangering Britain’s national security as the Government works to ...

Donald Trump has formally signed off Sir Keir Starmer ’s deal to hand the Chagos islands over to Mauritius, No 10 has said. The agreement is now being “finalised” between the UK and Mauritius.

Trump signed off on Chagos when he met Starmer in the White House (Simon ... ruling that the archipelago belongs to Mauritius, which critics point out is not binding on the UK.

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The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

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In recent years, non-binding UN rulings have declared British control unlawful and backed Mauritius’ claim to the territory. But rather than defend our sovereignty, Starmer’s government has ...