On May 22, the United Kingdom signed an agreement with Mauritius that would transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.

The American people regularly list the United Kingdom as our closest ally, and for good reason. We don’t just talk about ...

What is the UK’s Chagos Islands deal and why has Starmer delayed it? - Sources have insisted the bill will return, although ...

A deal returning sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius could now be under threat after Trump appears to withdraw his ...

Trump revealed his apparent change of heart on Truth Social.

Donald Trump has now taken aim at the UK over the Chagos Islands deal, calling it ‘an act of great stupidity’. Trump has now claimed that the decision to hand over the territory to Mauritius is one of ...

President Trump has criticized a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, calling it "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY." ...

EXCLUSIVE: Keir Starmer has decided to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - but a new legal challenge says they might not be his to give to anyone.

Trump has criticized UK's plan to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius as 'act of great stupidity' - Anadolu Ajansı ...

US President Donald Trump on January 20, 2026, attacked an agreement that he had previously approved under which the United Kingdom would restore sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

"The Maldives’ claim to the Chagos Islands is historic, cultural, economic, and environmental," President Muizzu told Newsweek.

In 1971, London gassed the natives’ pets to give the U.S. its most strategic base in the Indian Ocean. Today, the atoll is a ...