UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
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Deal comes after 50 years of wrangling over the remote but strategically important archipelago
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Deal comes after 50 years of wrangling over the remote but strategically important archipelago
Full ArticleBritain is giving up sovereignty of a remote group of islands in return for securing the long-term future of a strategically..
The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.