Open the Youtube video Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has described any potential handover as a "non-starter" and ...

The country, a China ally, is on course to take control of the Indian Ocean archipelago after ... However, US secretary of state Marco Rubio reportedly used his first phone call with Mr Lammy ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the White House they may have to wait a little longer .

The Foreign Secretary will travel to meet his new counterpart, Marco Rubio, this month to address ... our national security interests in the Indian Ocean and threatens critical US military posture ...

The Foreign Secretary is expected to meet Marco Rubio, his US counterpart ... the strategic archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius. The remote grouping includes Diego Garcia, the site ...

Chagos islanders dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the White ...

A day after he was sworn in on January 21, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to his counterparts ... such as the Pacific Islands Forum and Indian Ocean Rim Association.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come to a screeching halt under its new acting head, Scott Bessent.

With reports the UK and Mauritius have agreed new terms on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House spokesperson told The Independent the US president has not given it his blessing ...

Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Critics, including new US secretary of state Marco Rubio, are among those worried ceding control of the islands could weaken Western influence in the Indian Ocean and strengthen the reach of China.