UK PM Keir Starmer faces a crimes against humanity complaint at the UN over the alleged forced removal of Chagossian people from the Diego Garcia islands.
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No 10 earlier said that handing sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius was "the best way to protect a vital" military base on Diego Garcia ...
The plan was to transfer sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago, while maintaining control of the US-UK Diego Garcia military base on a lease agreement for 99 years at a cost of $47 (£35) billion.
A bill laying out plans to return the Indian Ocean archipelago, home to the US-UK Diego Garcia base, has been paused.
The proposed £35 billion agreement includes a plan to lease back the crucial UK-US military base on Diego Garcia ...
The deal, which includes a plan to lease back the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, has been criticised by US President Donald Trump.
Geography is destiny. From the Strait of Hormuz to Diego Garcia, geopolitics is back -- and it never really left.
Iran's ambassador to London has warned UK military bases tied to US operations could fall within range as tensions escalate, with RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia named ...
Iran's attempted missile strike on the US-UK base at Diego Garcia has convinced many analysts that Tehran's selfdeclared range limits are over, bringing most of Europe within potential reach.
Volodymyr Zelensky said photographs of Diego Garcia were taken 'in the interests of Iran', along with images of bases in the Middle East housing American and British troops.