In the week of the first anniversary of Starmer moving into No 10, the polling guru Sir John Curtice said that he has had 'the worst start for any newly-elected Prime Minister'.

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

A legal challenge demanding the UK Government consult Chagossians before transferring sovereignty of their homeland has ...

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

David Lammy has urged a Reform UK MP to “get some help” because she is “swallowing conspiracy theories”. Sarah Pochin had asked the Foreign Secretary whether the US felt unable to use the UK-US ...

The Chagos Archipelago’s return to Mauritius marks the end of decades of diplomatic conflict between this island nation and ...

Tensions are now ratcheting up between the US and Iran, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejecting Mr Trump’s call ...

China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China ...

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Keir Starmer is facing humiliation on the international stage after experts at the United Nations (UN) called for his controversial deal with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands to be suspended.. UN ...

The Chagos Islands are located in the Indian Ocean about 5,799 miles (9,332km) south-east of the UK, and about 1,250 miles north-east of Mauritius. The UK purchased the islands for £3m in 1968 ...