The UK was "deemed second-rate in all categories aside from asset protection". The United States came in joint 29th, alongside Australia and St Kitts and Nevis.

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people.

In total, the authority said it has cost more than a staggering £508,000 between July 2024 and March 2025. Due to more ...

Mr Tuckwell said many of the Chagossian arrivals have children, and the council had a legal responsibility to find temporary ...

"The Chagos Islands have been British since 1814. Only Keir Starmer's Labour Party would negotiate a deal where we're paying to give something away," Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said.

The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814, when they were ceded by France. The archipelago is best known for the military base on Diego Garcia, ...

By 1965, they had convinced the British to violate international law by separating the Chagos Islands from the rest of its colony of Mauritius to create the “British Indian Ocean Territory.” ...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at a military headquarters in north-west London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, following a deal on the Chagos Islands.

In 1965 the UK detached the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and several Islands from the Seychelles and created the new ...

"The Chagos Islands have been British since 1814. Only Keir Starmer's Labour Party would negotiate a deal where we're paying to give something away," Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said.

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

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia. Fatima Al-Kassab | Posted on May 22, 2025, 5:53 PM. Share. Facebook. Twitter/X.