Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said foreign forces are prohibited from building bases in the archipelago as part of ...

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India and Mauritius agreed on setting up a satellite tracking station near the US-UK strategic base Diego Garcia on the ...

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A deal to keep the UK-US military base running in the Chagos Archipelago is projected to see £34.7 billion handed to Mauritius over the next 99 years. Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti ...

Labour minister Stephen Doughty tore into Nigel Farage in the House of Commons after the Reform leader hit out at the Chagos ...

The London borough of Hillingdon has applied for exceptional financial support from central government, partially as a result of housing costs caused by a surge of arrivals of people originating from ...

As the Chagos Islands deal returns to the Commons, the Standard's Chief Political Correspondent, Rachael Burford, joins us to ...

The UK government is facing calls to support Chagos Islanders who need temporary housing after a surge of them arrived in the country to claim their right to British citizenship. Hillingdon Council ...

Sat, Oct 11, 2025 The arrival of 600 Chagossian migrants in west London since July has pushed Hillingdon Council to the brink ...

Read full article: Cold front brings fall weather to Central Florida ROME – Pope Leo XIV strongly affirmed the right of people to return to their homes after an unjust exile, issuing the message ...