Chagos Islands, Britain and Mauritius

Britain and Mauritius deny reports the cost of Chagos Islands deal has doubled
Britain and Mauritius denied on Wednesday media reports that London could end up paying double the amount in a renegotiated deal to retain a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Starmer under fire amid row over Chagos deal cost
Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire at PMQs after Mauritius said the UK had agreed to change payment terms in its deal to hand it control of the Chagos Islands. It comes after Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam claimed the UK had now agreed to front-load the payments and change how they are calculated.
UK denies Mauritius claims Britain could 'pay double' in new Chagos Islands deal
Sir Keir Starmer had been accused of "bending the knee" to Mauritius after the country's leader said the UK prime minister "intends to push ahead" with the new agreement.
Britain denies reports it will pay more to finalise Chagos Islands deal
A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to Mauritius under a renegotiated deal to retain a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
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Starmer and Badenoch clash over Chagos Islands deal at PMQs
The Tory leader says "when Labour negotiates, our country loses"; the prime minister questions whether Badenoch has been "properly briefed" on UK security.
Trump still considering Chagos Islands veto as Starmer tries to close deal
With reports the UK and Mauritius have agreed new terms on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House spokesperson told The Independent the US president has not given it his blessing
Chagos Islands deal could dangerously fracture UK and US relationship – Farage
Nigel Farage urged the Government to give Donald Trump’s administration ‘a few weeks’ to think about the Chagos Islands before giving up sovereignty.
Categorically untrue: Britain on reports of it paying more to seal Chagos deal
Britain's Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said reports on the cost of payments to retain Chagos Islands rising from 9 ...
Donald Trump will target Britain in tariff blitz over Keir Starmer's Chagos surrender
Nigel Farage has warned the US president could lump the UK in with the European Union over the deal to hand the islands over ...
Starmer: Chagos deal necessary to give legal certainty for Diego Garcia base
Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
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US will put UK in tariff regime with EU over Chagos deal, says Farage
Tory shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said the Chagos Islands deal was ‘one of the worst foreign policy failures in ...
UK denies it faces paying billions more for Chagos deal
The UK government has denied claims made by the prime minister of Mauritius that it faces paying billions more under a renegotiated deal over the future of the Chagos Islands.
Keir Starmer insists Chagos deal necessary to safeguard national security
Sir Keir Starmer said legal certainty was required over the future of the Diego Garcia military base. Sir Keir Starmer warned ...
Sir Keir Starmer defends Chagos Islands deal after Tory leader brands it 'immoral surrender'
Sir Keir Starmer has defended the controversial Chagos Islands deal after the Conservative leader branded it an "immoral ...