The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

The Defence Secretary said it was time for the UK and European allies to ‘step up, to do more of the heavy lifting’.

A British minister has dismissed media claims that the UK's lease payments for the Diego Garcia military base to Mauritius ...

Recent media reports suggesting Britain might have to pay double for the U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia were ...

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned national security could be put at risk without a deal to give “legal certainty” over the status ...

Making clear his own opposition to the deal, Kennedy, the Republican senator from Louisiana, said it was “bone deep down to ...

Air base could become hotbed for Beijing’s spyware and missile technology, fears former Diego Garcia commander ...

National security will be put at risk unless the Chagos Islands are handed over to Mauritius in a deal set to cost the UK taxpayer billions, Sir Keir Starmer said. The Government plans to cede ...

A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to ...