Diego Garcia

since 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 14:17 UTC

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25 days ago

US deploys a third of its stealth bomber fleet for possible Iran strike after Trump warned Tehran 'you're going to be in great danger' if it does not abandon its nuclear program

found 2025 › Apr › 08 (Tue) @ 08:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Six stealth bombers flew in to the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia from Missouri last week in the 'largest single deployment in US history'.

30 days ago

US base and 4,000 of its troops are 'at risk of complete destruction' if Trump decides to strike Iran, state newspaper warns as it lays out how Tehran would launch attack with long-range drones

found 2025 › Apr › 03 (Thu) @ 09:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Iranian armed forces-run Defra Press claimed that Iran 'certainly has sufficient weapons' to attack Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean where the US has recently bolstered military pres…

32 days ago

Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

found 2025 › Apr › 01 (Tue) @ 17:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubt

Donald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicate…

47 days ago

Chagossians seek legal action against UK over sovereignty deal

found 2025 › Mar › 17 (Mon) @ 21:48 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

Britain intends to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining a key UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

50 days ago

Weather tracker: Cyclone Jude causes chaos in Mozambique

found 2025 › Mar › 14 (Fri) @ 16:19 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

More than 200mm of rain fell in 24 hours, destroying 900 homes and leaving 40,000 people without power

Cyclone Jude was the third cyclone to hit Mozambique this season. First spotted as a depression l…

71 days ago

Starmer to tell Trump that UK’s Chagos deal will avoid tensions with China

found 2025 › Feb › 21 (Fri) @ 18:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

PM to claim if US rejects Mauritius’s claim to own the islands, Beijing will be drawn into the regional dispute

Keir Starmer is to urge Donald Trump to recognise that a US rejection of Mauritius’s leg…

84 days ago

Trump has not decided whether to back UK’s Chagos Islands deal

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 23:43 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Sir Keir Starmer sought US president’s blessing for lease that will affect joint military base on Diego Garcia

87 days ago

Concern in Downing Street over Chagos Islands handover deal

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 19:53 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Senior figures have reservations over agreement to cede sovereignty over islands to Mauritius, Labour sources say

Senior Downing Street figures have concerns about the government’s deal to cede sover…

88 days ago

UK waits nervously for Trump to back Chagos Islands deal

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 19:54 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

U.S. president's shake-up of the security apparatus has complicated scrutiny of controversial British deal over Diego Garcia military base.

3 months ago

Attorney General faces conflict of interest claims over Diego Garcia asylum seekers he represented getting 'one-off' deal to come to the UK

found 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 14:13 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Lord Hermer represented a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers in an unsuccessful action against the British government in 2023.

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