British government says accord will guarantee future of joint military base with US
Britain to agree multibillion pound payment to retain access to Diego Garcia military base also used by US
Agreement has security implications for joint military base with US on Indian Ocean archipelago
Remarks are a significant win for Sir Keir Starmer as he visits the White House for talks over Ukraine
Dispute over accord with Mauritius intensifies ahead of talks between UK prime minister and US president next week
Attacks on attorney-general Lord Hermer illuminate a wider battle about how to defend UK interests
Sir Keir Starmer sought US president’s blessing for lease that will affect joint military base on Diego Garcia
Diplomatic intervention came after Ramgoolam said earlier version did not factor in inflation
Mike Waltz and Jonathan Powell will hold talks about the Indian Ocean territory
The UK’s good intentions have collided with geopolitical realities
Last-minute push to finalise agreement on crucial military base before inauguration of Donald Trump
Officials are racing to conclude deal before Donald Trump takes office later this month
Focus of controversy is British efforts to secure key US military base
Conservative leadership hopefuls attack Labour and clash over decision, though there is a historical irony in all this
Former foreign secretary has momentum ahead of key MPs’ vote next week
Deal comes after 50 years of wrangling over the remote but strategically important archipelago
Britain must answer for ‘appalling colonial crime’ of forced displacement in 1960s and 1970s, says NGO
After a half century and more of exile, citizenship and sovereignty questions prevail
Descendants of those forcibly removed over US air base face ‘similarities to the Windrush situation’
Overwhelming defeat highlights diplomatic isolation of US and UK
Hague court says expelling inhabitants to make way for US base was ‘wrongful act’
Case sent to International Court of Justice after 22 of 27 EU members withhold support
Inhabitants and descendants of Indian Ocean islands to receive £40m in compensation
Islanders were forcibly displaced in the 1960s. Now there is hope of a return, but it is complicated by the US military presence
A claim concerning the displaced islanders’ right to resettle is awaiting judgment, says John Reed
![UNDATED FILE PHOTO- An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archi.....UNDATED FILE PHOTO- An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from Britain in 1966. The United States is preparing to deploy heavy B-2 bombers to Britain and the Indian Ocean Island of Diego Garcia, if necessary in time to lead an attack on [Iraq], the officer in charge of the fleet said on October 30 2002. - RTXLL8Z](https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/http%3A%2F%2Fprod-upp-image-read.ft.com%2F9ca9c70a-ac26-11e6-ba7d-76378e4fef24?source=next&fit=scale-down&dpr=2&width=240)
