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.
The deal – reached after years of negotiations – will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move.
This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US government as a military base for its navy ships and long-range bomber aircraft.
The announcement, made in a joint statement by the British and Mauritian Prime Ministers on Thursday, ends decades of often fractious negotiations between the two countries over the islands.
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So when exactly did the British Government consult with the people of Chagos as to whether or not they wanted the islands to be governed by Mauritius? Reference Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I live in the Falkland Islands. I really don't want it to be taken by Argentina. Please don't let this happen UK GOV..
The BBC, true to form, tell LIES again!!
The Chagos group of islands, which are barely above sea-level, passed into British ownership from the French. In 1968, Harold Wilson, then PM of the UK, split off these islands from Mauritius, thereby making them totally separate – they became "British Overseas Territories". Mauritius has no claim on these 60-odd coral atoll-based islands.
This is yet another step towards more instability and calamity. The Chinese, who are deeply into Mauritius already, will waste no time in exploring the possibilities of building their own base, adjacent to the one on Diego Garcia. They have made themselves experts at doing so, via their escapades in the South China Sea.
Once again, our politicians make our lives even more hazardous than before. I am sure they all "Cannot Understand Normal Thought".
Free Scotland and northern ireland now
Give Ireland back to the Irish, give Falklands back to Argentina and give Gibraltar back to Spain.
Still waiting our Malvinas are return to us 🇦🇷❤️
Because koe biden told him to. ? For the us Base. We may as well vote for joe biden. These criminals have totally ficked the UK. The whole of europe is sending all it s illegal criminal immigrants here and they are doing nothing. More then nothing they are giving them our tax payers money. They bring nothing. Bit take everything.
As Prime Minister of the UK, Mr Starmer should not have given away Chagos islands, which is of paramount importance for maintaining security and peace in the regions and across the Globe. Giving away such a strategic location to a small island of Mauritius, with a population 1.2 millions, is rediculous and also terrifying to be honest about it. Such small island as Mauritius could be easily influenced by other big countries and suspicious groups, parties and terrorists. It is of critical importance for a REFERUMDUM TO BE CONSTITUTED IMMEDIATELY.
Whites still.. Not evolved,,,
Illegal occupation….just like West Bank (period) nothing as complicated as it made out to be…My grandmother could have explained this better…LOL…
0816 Michaela Track
Shameless people!
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
These colonial countries need to pay reparations to the ppl they displaced and back pay on the resources they stole and to assist with restoration of these locations.
Not all nations CAN be bought.where are the judges to oversee this.
Yeah,so when are they wrapping up their military base in Kenya,they have done more than enough environmental damage.
Nothing would surprise me anymore about Starmer and his cronies and shame on the BBC for supporting this awful woke government's anti British agenda. I'm not surprised that a further 500,000 people have cancelled their TV licences in the last 12 months. Not only is the BBC a nest for paedophiles but it's also openly bias in support of this vile morally bankrupt woke agenda that's both against and openly challenges Britains traditional Christian values… Shame on you.
uk is a poor nation connected to london city
Great they finally noticed that the uk cannot keep this land robbing . Then the cheeky buggers open war bases. Why ..
Give Ireland back to the Irish. Or they can easily flood the uk with immragrating people .
End all this worldwide.. Forklands island as well. Rock of rock in galibrata
So, the US is an imperialist owning Diego Garcia. These so call "free world", have they no shame for stealing Mauritius's land. It was never UK to give to the US. Why should Mauritius be forced not to get back their land immediately?
I am from Mauritius
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we will get our island back then we'll rent it back to them to make money anually
If Mauritius hasn't got a claim, to the Chagos Islands, how the hell has Britain? Her partner in crime, America has abused and polluted the Islands for decades. This is the problem with these two countries, they have regularly abused the rest of the world for decades, and are still at it.
And for you Brits, who are no doubt, angry that the Islands are to be returned, I ask you, have you no shame? When are we ever going to own up to the fact that, we viciously, shamelessly, insidiously, ravaged, exploited most of the world, and it's now payback time, whether we like it or not!
Even now, we are still not doing this willingly, as we should, NO, we are doing it because, we really, no longer, have a choice! Next will be the Falklands and Gibraltar. We will at some point, in the future, be forced to give them up. What goes around comes around!
start emptying Diego Garcia then
@ 2:35 , News reporter: Britain gave USA a 99 year lease on Diego Garcia while Britain’s own lease runs out in 10 years. How’s that returning the Chago Islands to Mauritius ? Very Fishy.
You don't called return? Something that never was yours ? Its called Vacated and released to the real owners!
Mauritius never owned Chagos so how do you return it. Plonkers!
Yes us 8m0earlism at work f usa its torture base renditions starving solar children use to wage illegal wars brir usa is j7st reoccurring them instead britain
Sick mautitous shame on you allowing torture place there uss war crimes.
These war criminal b@stards have the sheer audacity to talk about human rights, democratic values and other countries respecting UN charter and sovereignty of Ukraine while they invade, murder, displace, then setup illegal occupations all over the world. Tjhey are still in Iraq and Syria illegally! the fkn nerve!
UK should return Biafra to Biafran's.
Finally after decades Mauritius is complete as a republic
Scumbags. Vote Reform UK. Time to take back our country.
It's in the Indian ocean and was only associated with Mauritius for 50 years under British rule and is over a thousand miles away. The ICJ ruling is tenuous at best. The US supplanted the UK in other words.
MALVINAS ARGENTINAS,🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
This is so historic that no one cares
What moron thought this was a good idea ?
Stop pandering at black people
chagos is part of the islamic ummah
This is sending me to sleep
I think Mauritius has enough islands.
Whatever BBC. Brexit has nothing to do with this, and it makes me want to vomit my organs all over you when you use brexit and colonialism in the same sentence – being that the EU is reflective of a facist empire of unelected leaders who hate the UK and english people