The Latest Breaking News from the Chagos Islands

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

Stephen Doughty, foreign office minister, says if UK had not negotiated a deal with Mauritius, ‘a legally binding decision against UK seemed inevitable’

Mauritius votes on Sunday in a legislative election overshadowed by a wire-tapping scandal that has sparked concerns over the erosion of rights in the Indian Ocean nation. The poll follows last month's historic agreement granting Mauritius sovereignty over the Chagos Islands after a lengthy legal battle with Britain.

In March this year, some of the migrants brought legal action against the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Exclusive: Donald Trump has received legal advice on Starmer’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius requested after Nigel Farage raised concerns about the deal directly with his team

The Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius earlier this month.

Letter: A new agreement that any new migrants arriving at the Chagos Islands will be transferred to St Helena doesn’t cover this group, who have been there since 2021, writes Vince Thompson

The government of St Helena has been handed £6.65m to take migrants who arrive in the Chagos Islands

Rwanda, the Chagos Islands, arms to Israel – all fit a pattern. Look to the speech his attorney general made this week; all the clues are there, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’s call for Britain, having ceded the Chagos Islands, to abandon its imperial delusions

The United Kingdom's recent decision to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former British colony, was a breakthrough, says Mauritian former foreign minister Jean-Claude de l'Estrac. But it isn't an unmitigated victory, he tells RFI, because the UK has been granted a long-term lease to maintain a military…