Court lifts injunction allowing Chagos Islands handover to Mauritius to proceed

Britain can conclude a deal with Mauritius on the future of the Chagos Islands on Thursday after a judge at London's high court overturned an 11th-hour injunction which had blocked the agreement being signed earlier. Lawyers representing a British …

UK PM says deal signed to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday he had signed an agreement to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius in return for continued use of a key military base. "A few moments ago, I signed a deal to secure the joint UK-US base on …

Keir Starmer's Chagos surrender thwarted at the last second as injunction granted BANNING Labour from handing over ...

The Chagos Islands deal will not be signed off after an injunction was granted in the early hours of today by a High Court judge. In the injunction granted at 2.25am, brought against the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Justice Goose granted …

Members of Chagossian community arrive at London court after UK-Mauritius deal blocked

UK court puts a last-minute block on the British government handing the disputed Chagos Islands to Mauritius

UK court allows deal with Mauritius to go ahead

Judge blocks Britain’s plan to transfer control of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

UK court blocks deal to hand islands to Mauritius

UK to sign Chagos deal with Mauritius

Sir Keir Starmer is due to sign a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on Thursday. Under the terms of the deal Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the US and UK to continue operating a strategically important …

Keir Starmer set to sign multi-billion pound Chagos deal to hand over islands to Mauritius

22 May 2025, 00:04 | Updated: 22 May 2025, 01:02 The deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius has faced criticism from Labour's political opponents. Picture: Alamy Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to sign off on the …