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Chagos Islands Sovereignty Dispute

Factbox-Key facts about Chagos Islands deal to be signed by UK and Mauritius

Britain is set to conclude a multi-billion dollar deal over the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, allowing for the formal signing of the treaty that would secure the future of the U.

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What to know about the deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands

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UK court lifts a block on Britain handing the disputed Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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UK signs Chagos deal with Mauritius to seal future of US-UK air base

Britain is set to sign a deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while also securing the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, media reported on Thur...

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UK Signs Deal To Hand Over Chagos Islands

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

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UK to pay £101mn a year under deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Starmer claimed that Britain would have been liable to international legal challenge over its control of the Chagos had it not signed the treaty with Mauritius, putting the operation of the base in j...

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UK's deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius can go ahead, court rules

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AP PHOTOS: Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK-Mauritius deal

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Factbox-Key facts about Chagos Islands deal signed by UK and Mauritius

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia air base for the next century.

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UK agrees to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal it says protects key US base

Chagos-born Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice ... is free to implement a program of resettlement” on the islands, other than Diego Garcia. But it does not require the residents to be resettled.

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United Kingdom abandons its colony of the Chagos Islands, but maintains the Diego Garcia airbase, which gives the key to the Indian Ocean to the USA

The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the Chagos archipelago (and the massive US base on Diego Garcia island) to Mauritius (and to the Chinese fishing fleet).