U.Okay. fingers Chagos to Mauritius however U.S. nonetheless can use Diego Garcia base : NPR

This picture launched by the U.S. Navy exhibits an aerial view of Diego Garcia, a distant island within the Indian Ocean.

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LONDON — The UK has signed a deal handy over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an settlement Britain says will even guarantee the way forward for a strategically essential U.S. navy base.

The Chagos Islands are an archipelago in the course of the Indian Ocean. Underneath the deal, the U.Okay. can proceed leasing the biggest of the islands, Diego Garcia, holding the important thing military facility in British and American fingers for at the very least 99 years.

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