Pope Leo XIV has said he is "delighted" the UK has agreed to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Speaking to a delegation ...

All peoples, even the smallest and weakest, must be respected by the powerful in their identity and rights, particularly the ...

The Pope has described Sir Keir Starmer’s surrender of the Chagos Islands as a “significant victory” that has repaired a ...

The pontiff met in the Vatican with former residents of Diego Garcia, the island in the Indian Ocean, who were removed in the ...

Most originate from Diego Garcia, the only island that has any reasonable chance of being habitable—and only after considerable investment—and are intent on securing financial reparations and ...

The base at Diego Garcia enables the U.S. to conduct operations in support of regional stability and provide rapid crisis response, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said.

Diego Garcia, a tropical atoll in the dead centre of the ocean and far from any threat, was ideal. Construction began in 1971.

All the infrastructure including harbours, refuelling stops and provisions is located on Diego Garcia, and so still out of bounds. The nearest civilisation is in the Maldives, 300 miles to the north.