The Chinese government has welcomed Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal as a “massive achievement”, despite his claim that Beijing had opposed it. Beijing’s ambassador to Mauritius ...

The UK and Mauritius agreed to a deal regarding the sovereignty of an Indian Ocean archipelago, including control over a key ...

Labour looked as though it might pull itself together. Aware that paying Mauritius while simultaneously cutting the winter ...

One hundred…million pounds. That is (roughly) the (annual) amount Britain will pay Mauritius to keep a military base on the ...

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A High Court judge has temporarily blocked Sir Keir Starmer from handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The Prime Minister was set to attend a “virtual signing ceremony” with representatives ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a historic deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, leasing ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed an agreement to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will cost ...

China has sent its "massive congratulations" to Mauritius after the island nation secured a multi-billion-pound deal for the ...

Starmer cannot explain it. His speech on Thursday said that a ruling by the International Court of Justice that the islands belong to Mauritius would “undermine the operation” of the US ...

Closer ties between Mauritius and Russia have sparked new ... Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been heavily criticised for the potential security threat linked to giving up the archipelago despite ...

UK leader Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.