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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.

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis sealed a landmark deal to regain sovereignty over a chain of islands from Britain.

Everything you need to know about the Chagos Islands deal

Ineos Britannia beat Italy and will go on to face New Zealand in the final over another best-of-seven series

Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Britannia have beaten Luna Rossa 7-4 in Barcelona for the right to face the defending champions, New Zealand, next week

The Labour MP Torsten Bell is widely considered to be a rising star of the party. His recent book, Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back, provides a detailed description of what he sees as the key economic challenges facing the UK today and proposes a series of policy…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday said planned government investments of nearly GBP22 billion ($28.8 billion) in the capture and storage of carbon emissions marked a "landmark week" for Britain.

Exclusive: A group of indigenous Chagossians are planning to stage a protest over the decision to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius, The Independent understands, accusing the government of excluding them from talks

Envoy Jonathan Powell also slams critics of the pact, which he says was first negotiated by the Tories, stressing it’s ‘rubbish’ to claim China will benefit

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Investment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plans