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Swordfish Kills Italian Surfer In Freak Accident Off Coast Of Indonesia

The fish unexpectedly sprang out of the Indian Ocean and impaled Giulia Manfrini in her chest, causing a two-inch puncture wound.

International Business Times

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 launch test today (and how to watch online)?

SpaceX will launch its fifth Starship launch test, called Starship Flight 5, in what will be an audacious attempt to capture the giant rocket's booster at its launch site on Sunday, Oct. 13.

Space

Handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius 'not an outright win'

The United Kingdom's recent decision to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former British colony, was a breakthrough, says Mauritian former foreign minister Jean-Claude de l'Estrac. But it isn't an unmitigated victory, he tells RFI, because the UK has been granted a long-term lease to maintain a military…

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Chagos Diaspora Angry At Lack Of Input On Islands' Fate

Raymonde Desiree was 25 when she was forced to leave her native Chagos Islands as Britain emptied the Indian Ocean archipelago of its inhabitants to make way for a strategic military base.

International Business Times

UK hands Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking the end of a longstanding sovereignty dispute

The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. The final treaty outlining the transfer of the Chagos Islands, where there is a significant US military base, is expected to be announced in the coming months.

The Conversation

What is the Chagos Islands deal? Proposals fall apart at the eleventh hour

Everything you need to know about the Chagos Islands deal

Evening Standard

UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal securing Diego Garcia military base

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, but agreed a deal with Mauritius to secure the future of a UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

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UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at Diego Garcia

The Independent UK

Earth from space: Successive lightning strikes illuminate eye of tropical cyclone in rare photos

A pair of 2015 astronaut photos taken just minutes apart shows the eye of tropical cyclone Bansi illuminated by two lightning strikes as the storm raged in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar.

LiveScience

Where is MH370? Expert claims to have discovered ‘perfect hiding spot’ of missing Malaysian Airlines plane

Researcher Vincent Lyne believes the plane was deliberately plunged into a 20,000ft-deep ’hole’ in the Indian Ocean’s Broken Ridge

The Independent UK

Kenya to build first nuclear power plant by 2034 amid local opposition

Kenya’s first nuclear power plant is set to open in 2034 on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the government announced as it prepares to host a US-Africa summit on nuclear energy next week. The announcement has already raised objections from activists and local residents over safety and environmental concerns.

Radio France Internationale

3 remarkable trees: A living fossil, a deadly canopy, and the world's biggest seeds that were once mounted in gold by royals

"Sailors believed they grew underwater at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and it was thought that male trees uprooted themselves on stormy nights and walked to find female trees, embracing them to pollinate their large flowers."

LiveScience

SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket records first successful test flight

The hour-long test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket was followed by a splashdown in the Indian Ocean

The Guardian - US

Baobab trees all come from Madagascar – new study reveals that their seeds and seedlings floated to mainland Africa and all the way to Australia

There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they have a surprising distribution. Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean; one is found on the continent of Africa; and the last is far away in Australia.

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The Hindu

Sea also rises: On understanding the Indian Ocean’s local impact

The consequences of a warming Indian Ocean extend very much into mainland India

The Hindu

Blue whales make comeback near the Seychelles after 60 years

Estimates suggest that there are only around 5,000 to 15,000 blue whales left in the world.

The Hindu

All eyes are now on the Indian Ocean region

Both the Western Indian Ocean and the Northern Indian Ocean have become active geographies again

The Guardian - AU

Timeline of the search for MH370 – a visual guide

Moments of hope in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight have captured headlines for years, from fresh searches in remote ocean west of Australia to finding wreckage on the beaches of Madagascar

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India ensured no one exercises hegemony in Indian Ocean region: Rajnath

Rajnath Singh stated that the Navy is ensuring that no country, with its overwhelming economic and military power, is able to assert dominance over friendly countries or threaten their sovereignty.

The Guardian - AU

‘We need to go again’: Australian who led MH370 search joins calls for fresh effort to find plane

Peter Foley, the program director for search led by Australian Transport Safety Bureau, says any chance of success needs the government to invest

Radio France Internationale

How overseas Mayotte became 'a department apart' within France

Children born to immigrants to Mayotte, a former colony turned overseas department of France, could soon be cut off the path to French nationality. This is not the first time the government has made different rules for the Indian Ocean islands.

The Guardian - AU

Fearsome threesome: how a trio of climate drivers is baking Australia’s west and leaving the east soaked

A rare confluence of El Niño, the Southern Annular Mode and the Indian Ocean dipole is to blame for the country’s unusually polarised weather

AAP

Indian Ocean security threats on par with Pacific: Wong

Vast waters to Australia's west present security, climate and conflict threats as serious as those facing the Pacific, the foreign minister told a conference.

The Hindu

U.S.-China tussle, warships in Indian Ocean dominate India-sponsored IOC conference in Perth, as Jaishankar takes aim at China

Growing concerns over the militarization of the Indian Ocean and great power rivalry discussed at Indian Ocean Conference in Perth.

International Business Times

Kenya Cult Leader Charged With 191 Counts Of Murder: Court

A Kenyan court on Tuesday charged the leader of a starvation cult and dozens of suspected accomplices with murder over the deaths of nearly 200 people in a forest near the Indian Ocean.

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