A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base. The secret just got out
The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US ...
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Inside the secret tropical island used as ‘CIA black site’
features on lists of the world’s most remote islands. It is one of about 60 islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago or British Indian Ocean Territory — the last colony established by the ...
UK to cede control of remote group of islands in Indian Ocean in 'historic' move
The UK is set to give up sovereignty of a remote group of islands in a 'historic' move.
UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain ...
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Strategic mistake or historic reparation? UK gives up islands in the Indian Ocean
In the late 1960s, the inhabitants of the remote Chagos Islands ... with its roughly 1,000 small and tiny islands, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territories. The main reason for this ...
Why is the UK's history with the Chagos Islands so controversial?
Human Rights Watch claimed last year three crimes against humanity against the Chagossian people, including a continuing ...
Starmer says Falklands are British and will remain British after Chagos Islands row
The prime minister last week refused to rule out ending British control of Gibraltar and the Falklands as he faced a backlash ...
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UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius but keeps key US military base
Mauritius has claimed the archipelago -- renamed the British Indian Ocean Territory -- since its ... Justice advised Britain to hand over the remote islands. During the hearings, the UK apologised ...