LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U.S.

Diego Garcia, one of the Chagos Islands, has been a UK and US airbase since the 1960s - Getty Russia has pushed for Mauritius ...

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LONDON (AP) — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K. military base that ...