Keir Starmer warns Anglo-US military base on the Chagos Islands must be protected from 'malign influence'

found 2025 › Feb › 01 (Sat) @ 08:09 UTC

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Mauritius, a China ally, is on course to take control of the Indian Ocean archipelago. But the deal remains on ice until Mr Trump decides if it risks the security of the joint US-UK base.

Ocean heatwave likely killed 30,000 fish off Western Australia coast, government says

found 2025 › Jan › 29 (Wed) @ 06:58 UTC

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Environmentalists fear overheated water could bleach Ningaloo Reef as woman says swimming at local beach like taking ‘hot’ shower

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Ocean warming has more than QUADRUPLED over the past 40 years - and scientists say there's only one way to slow it down

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 16:49 UTC

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In the late 1980s, ocean temperatures were rising at a rate of 0.06°C per decade, according to experts from the University of Reading. Now, that rate has surged to a whopping 0.27°C per decade.

Joe Biden had one job. And he failed | Mehdi Hasan

found 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 12:15 UTC

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The president was supposed to defeat Donald Trump and end the threat he posed to our democracy. Yet, here we are

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Labour WON'T hand over the Chagos Islands until Donald Trump is back in office, No10 admits - as Mauritius sends negotiating team back to London over '£9bn' sovereignty deal

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

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No10 admitted it was 'obviously now right' for Donald Trump's incoming US administration to consider the terms of an agreement to hand over the Indian Ocean archipelago.

UK stalls Chagos Islands deal until Trump administration can ‘consider detail’

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 15:41 UTC

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Future of Diego Garcia military base should be considered before handover to Mauritius signed off, No 10 says

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'Why are Brits paying to surrender something that's already ours?': Kemi Badenoch skewers Keir Starmer over £9bn cost of 'dud' Chagos Islands deal - as Mauritius continues to hold out on handover

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 14:34 UTC

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The Prime Minister was told to abandon his 'dud' deal to handover the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius, which will reportedly land taxpayers with a huge bill.

Fresh hope in search for MH370 as Malaysia announces hunt will resume in a NEW stretch of the Indian Ocean

found 2024 › Dec › 20 (Fri) @ 18:41 UTC

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Malaysia's cabinet has agreed to a proposal to launch a new search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared mysteriously 10 years ago, the transport minister said Friday.

Nigel Farage claims there is 'deep disquiet' within Team Trump over UK's 'surrender' of Chagos Islands to Mauritius as ministers grilled over deal

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 14:59 UTC

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The Reform UK leader issued a new demand for the Government to abandon its deal to hand sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Judge finds UK unlawfully detained migrants on British island

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 16:44 UTC

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Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were held in a camp on the Indian Ocean island, which is the site of a secretive UK-US military base.