The Independent9d
What’s next for the Falklands and other British overseas territories after Chagos deal?
The Indian Ocean archipelago had been a British island territory for over half a century ... 2001 (DoD/AFP via Getty Images) The move has provoked some criticism from Labour opponents.
The Daily Telegraph8d
Keir Starmer faces Commons vote on Chagos Islands handover
The Government said on Thursday that the strategically important Indian Ocean archipelago would ... or not they approve of surrendering British territory that we’ve had for the last 200 years ...
BBC5d
UK seeks to move migrants held on secretive island
The offer to the migrants, by British officials on the island on Tuesday, came after the UK announced it was handing sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot), which includes Diego ...
Firstpost10d
UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius: What's this territory and what was the dispute?
Diego Garcia, largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from Britain in 1966. File image/Reuters ... region to ...
The Sun6d
Chagos Islands: Where is the archipelago and can I visit the British Indian Ocean Territory?
Diego Garcia is off-limits to any non-military personnel. This restriction also applies to the wider British Indian Ocean Territory, which encompasses the islands. Because of these ...
RTE Online10d
UK gives Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius but keeps military base
Mauritius has claimed the archipelago - renamed British Indian Ocean Territory - since its independence in 1968 and garnered increasing international support. In 2019, the International Court of ...