Military base. Disputes continued. At the United Nations and the international courts for many years. With me is our correspondent andrew harding, one of the few people that has been to the Chagos Islands. This is a long running story. Take us through the decision today. It story. Take us through the decision today. Decision today. It is an extraordinary decision today. It is an extraordinary story. I decision today. It is an | extraordinary story. As decision today. It is an extraordinary story. As you say, it has been in the courts for a long time. A dispute that has rumbled on in the background. Most people listening to the stand watching this will never have heard of the Chagos Islands. That they might have heard of Diego Garcia, the american Military Base which is really at the heart of the dispute and this breakthrough today. The mauritian government and the British Government are framing it like this, it is about military. In the Indian Ocean. Back when mauritius won its indepen
The dispute continued at the United Nations and in international courts for many years and this agreement was reached following two years of negotiations. Andrew harding has the details. A scattering of tiny islands deep in the Indian Ocean. British, for now, but after todays agreement, not for much longer. The Chagos Islands are all uninhabited, save for one, an important one, diego garcia. It is home to a big and secretive american military base. Today, britain agreed to hand the whole archipelago over to mauritius, but crucially, The Americans will remain in place. This is a very, very important agreement between our countries. Crucially protects the national security interests of the united kingdom and our allies and has been reached in full agreement with the united states retaining the crucial base on diego garcia. Also closes down a potential route for migrants. But some have warned that china could exploit the deal to extend its influence. It is over half a century since the in
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