In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

"Today's deal secures this vital military base for the future ," said British Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the vital military base at Diego Garcia, the largest in the chain of islands off the tip of India, for the future.

Mauritius and the UK have been in dispute over the Indian Ocean islands for the past 50 years.

LONDON: Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades a...

The deal will allow people displaced decades ago to make way for an airbase to return home.

Agreement secures future of Diego Garcia military base, with U.K. handing sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.T...

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at...

Britain today said it will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but will keep its strategic joint military base with the US in Diego Garcia.

Under deal US, UK to keep strategic joint military base on Diego Garcia

Britain said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but under what US President Joe Biden called a "historic agreement" will keep its strategic joint military base with the United States on Diego Garcia.

Diego Garcia will remain under U.S.-U.K. jurisdiction for at least 99 years, but forcibly removed Chagossians will be helped to resettle.

The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute over the key military base and Britain’s last African colony.

the United Kingdom has announced its decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius | OpIndia News

In a historic move, Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed that a deal had been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades of fraught negotiations

The UK Government said it has reached a political agreement with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands