Foreign Office pays out for flights, mostly business class, and hotels to negotiate lease of Diego Garcia air base ...

Civil servants splashed almost £75,000 on business class flights, hotel stays and taxis during negotiations to surrender the ...

Diego Garcia, an atoll and one of the largest of the 52 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is geographically part of the Chagos Archipelago -- a British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is ...

What were the objectives and purpose of your stay in Mauritius since February 2025?** The University of Mauritius and the ...

France favors a system where the islands would be jointly managed by the two countries, but the U.K.'s decision last year to hand over control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron began a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Wednesday and spoke of the need for his country to find new ...

Ludovic Marin, AFP While Paris favours a "co-management"of the Scattered Islands, there is a push for Rajoelina to raise a full handover, similar to the 2024 deal for Britain to return the Chagos ...