{"id":187217,"date":"2024-10-04T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-hand-mauritius-sovereignty-of-chagos-islands-following-a-long-running-dispute\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T00:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:01:13","slug":"uk-hand-mauritius-sovereignty-of-chagos-islands-following-a-long-running-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-hand-mauritius-sovereignty-of-chagos-islands-following-a-long-running-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"UK hand Mauritius sovereignty of Chagos Islands following a long-running dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/bLTUiwy-QmI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK hand Mauritius sovereignty of Chagos Islands following a long-running dispute\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bLTUiwy-QmI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UK has agreed to transfer the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The dispute has been going on for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is over 200km from Mauritius and made up of more than 60 islands, most of them uninhabitable. One island, Diego Garcia, is home to a military base used by the UK and US. However the new deal will allow the UK retain its use.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government said the treaty would &quot;address wrongs of the past\u201d, while the US president Joe Biden welcomed the move, saying &quot;I applaud the historic agreement\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>However this decision has come under fire by some conservative MP\u2019s for setting a dangerous precedent, as well as some native Chagossians for not being consulted in the decision. <\/p>\n<p>Sky correspondent Matthew Thompson has more on the story. <\/p>\n<p>#chagosislands #Mauritius #skynews<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/uk-to-hand-over-sovereignty-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius-after-decades-long-dispute-13227089 <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK has agreed to transfer the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The dispute has been going on for decades. The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is over 200km from Mauritius and made up of more than 60 islands, most of them uninhabitable. One island, Diego Garcia, is home to a military base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-187217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK hand Mauritius sovereignty of Chagos Islands following a long-running dispute | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch UK hand Mauritius sovereignty of Chagos Islands following a long-running dispute for free, here on News ISC. 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