Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Diego Garcia

UK refusing to allow Trump to use RAF bases to attack Iran

The US president’s renewed criticism of the Chagos deal is reportedly because he is being blocked from using UK bases for a strike on Iran.

The Independent UK

Starmer insists Trump backed Chagos deal as White House officials hold meetings with opponents

Exclusive: Campaigners have met with the Trump administration about the controversial deal, with a growing belief the US president will veto it

The Independent UK

Starmer defends Chagos deal as Badenoch criticises multibillion ‘surrender tax’

Sir Keir Starmer said the agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius secured the ‘vital’ Diego Garcia military base.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

British taxpayers foot £100k private jet bill for asylum-seeking sex offender’s emergency surgery

Foreign Office says Labour ‘inherited a deeply troubling situation’ from the previous Tory government

Evening Standard

Lammy sent legal letter over ‘misleading parliament’ on Chagos as Cleverly doubles down on criticism

Exclusive: The foreign secretary has been sent a legal letter demanding he correct the Commons record

The Independent UK

Starmer running out of time to land Chagos Islands deal before Trump takes power

The UK and Mauritius governments issue a joint statement admitting that they still have not agreed a deal for the handover of the Chagos Islands with an incoming Trump administration set to try to block an agreement

The Independent UK

Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike

Forty-two hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by UK military

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Trump Administration

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.