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once again, the mauritius., the labour government has caved in. >> although, michael, i suppose you could make an argument that train drivers and people who work in the nhs that's in, in, in their interests , they're in their interests, they're british. i struggle to see whose interest this move is in other than china, other than a prime minister who used to be a lawyer wanting to appear very loyally in front of international courts and trying to buy favour by giving up territory, i mean, is that basically the foreign office view here that will look nicer. we'll look better in the world if we give up yet more land. >> well, it's quite clear, isn't it, that keir starmer , who it, that keir starmer, who always has been a defender and often rightly, in fairness to him, of those people who he thinks are oppressed, has decided that he wants to look good. and as i say, give up this territory in the indian ocean. but the real problem is what is going to be the impact for the united kingdom, the united states, seato, w

the chagus archipelago has been officially transferred to the republic of mauritius.he british appropriated it half a century ago, and now they seem to be giving in, though, leaving his military base there. one way or another, argentina is keeping a close eye on the chagas story, where recently. the return of the malvinas islands, also known as the falkland islands, which britain inherited after the war of 1982, has been increasingly discussed . and all the details, motives and layouts are in anna voronina. 210 years under the rule of the british kingdom, to finally stop being another colony. after almost six decades of proceedings, london agreed to return the chagos islands to mauritius, which remained in the possession of the kingdom, despite decolonization. we are proud to announce that with this agreement great britain recognizes our sovereignty over chagos. some thought that this was impossible, because such a small country as ours would not be able to deal with such great powers. a few words about mauritius itself, it is a state in the southwestern part of the i

she has no connections with mauritius whatsoever.aying to her, actually, in reality, we're not interested. we're going to hand your your homeland to a foreign entity, which is over 2000km away, with whom you have no connections with whatsoever. >> daniel, can i quickly put it to you? ranil, there's been no debate about this in parliament, no opportunity to talk about it, let alone to vote on it. is that another sort of tawdry part of this, this movement? >> well, it's as if they want to slip it through without scrutiny. but i know, having been on the receiving end of scrutiny through trade agreements, that it is now up to parliament to be able to scrutinise it, to be able to have debates on it. i hope that they will not shy away from that scrutiny. we had debates on all sorts of things during the conservative government, so i hope the labour government will have a full, open, unconstrained debate on it and hear what parliament has to say, and then we'll find out, won't we? if labour mps want to surrender this territory and want to al

t0 mauritius. when it comes to to mauritius. when it comes to sovereignty, i can tell you now sovereignty, i can tell you now so many people are up in arms. they say it risks the uk and much broader security. does it or not.7 also, the uk is now spending money to develop albanians prisons. so many people say we don't want foreign criminals in our prison system, but is that the answer then, that we have to develop the prison systems of other countries? your thoughts also, civil servants are threatening to go on strike if they have to return to work in the office. is a hard life, isn't it? also? a row has broken out about university free speech. i've got to say, though, it's not just universities. if you ask me. conservative views these days seem to have been looked down on in very dim light, don't they ? in very dim light, don't they? all of that and more. but first, the 6:00 news. >> michelle, thank you very much. the top stories at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut, according to lebane

as far as i know, the mauritius. as far as i know, the mauritius from the mauritius itself.s the indigenous population that had lived there. happily, they were thrown off and if one's righting an injustice, the easiest way to right this injustice is for the british government to allow the chagossians to go back to the chagossians to go back to the chagos islands. i've had a look at some of the things that have been said, and in essence , the been said, and in essence, the uk government are now saying that they will encourage or support mauritius to and give mauritius a lot of money, no doubt to facilitate a resettlement programme. when asked if there would be any teeth in that, it was fairly conceded that mauritius would then be the sovereign country. so we will give mauritius a lot of money on the basis that they will facilitate resettlement . will facilitate resettlement. but of course we won't be in a position because we will have surrendered our sovereignty to enforce it . and there's another enforce it. and there's another disturbing fact, which is that it said that tha

mauritius will control the islands. mauritius, of course, islands.nt might be naive in its dealings with mauritius here? >> i think that the government is extremely naive about dealing with mauritius. mauritius is smoke and mirrors. the financial institutes , which are meant to institutes, which are meant to be independent, are entirely controlled by the political government. the prime minister and the finance minister have significant influence over the outcome and control, and the investigative powers that the institutes should have and must have. the grey list, which is the worldwide list on how companies are judged on their investment abilities and financial irregularities, came off the grey list about two years ago, and at the same time, all of the fraud issues that i am being faced with have been swept under the carpet . swept under the carpet. >> so essentially, we've ceded control of these islands to a corrupt nation. is that what you're saying? >> yes. i'm saying that the government itself is corrupt. the mauritius people are a lovely, lovel

thus, the chagus archipelago was officially transferred to the republic of mauritius. british appropriated it half a century ago, here now they seem to be giving in, though they have left their military base there. one way or another, argentina is keeping a close eye on this story with the chagas, where they have been increasingly discussing the return. that with this agreement great britain recognizes our sovereignty over chagos. some thought that this was impossible, because such a small country as ours would not be able to deal with such great powers. a few words about mauritius itself, it is a state in the southwestern part of the indian ocean, north of the island of madagascar. independence from britain received it in 1968. at the same time , friendly relations with moscow were established. by the way, today the diplomatic mission in mauritius is headed by our colleague irada zeynalova. it was from the moment of independence that the mauritian authorities began to seek the return of the archipelago. in 2019 , the un international court ruled that the separation of

we were forced to move to mauritius, _ over the years?e deal on the back office for compensation and there were agreements to relocate the chagossian, but they were treated worse in mauritius. we were treated as second—class citizens. we were living in poverty —— in poverty. the people did not receive any penny from compensation. we still have not received anything. still have not received anything-— still have not received an hina. ., , . anything. thank you very much for bein: anything. thank you very much for being with _ anything. thank you very much for being with us, _ for being with us, jean—francois nellan, who is from chagossian voices, a third generation chagossian who was born in mauritius. thank you very much for your time. let me tell you is not for the first time, but after a four month delay in belfast, the cruise ship 0dyssey has finally set off on its three and a half year cruise. there was a full start the other day. where is it going? the owners say it's heading for france and in the bahamas, which sounds rather nice. p

mauritius. you heard that right.ing we're giving it away and we're paying for it. well, i'm joined now by the tory mp mark francois. mark, thank you very much. how much of a complete catastrophe is this, do you think, by keir starmer and presumably david lammy? >> on a scale of 1 to 10, i'd rate it at about 13. this is absolute strategic madness . but absolute strategic madness. but this was our base . and diego this was our base. and diego garcia, the chinese have a lot of influence over the government of influence over the government of mauritius, to whom we're planning to sign this over. they've invested about $1 billion in mauritius in recent years. and in effect, this will give the chinese a veto over the future of that base . either they future of that base. either they might persuade the mauritian government by stuffing their mouths with gold to renege on the agreement, or the mauritians might just let them build their own rival base virtually. next doon own rival base virtually. next door. in military terms,

mauritius has been campaigning — happiness. mauritius has been campaigning for— happiness.aigning for this _ happiness. mauritius has been campaigning for this day - happiness. mauritius has been campaigning for this day for i happiness. mauritius has been - campaigning for this day for years, recently planting their flag and winning growing international support. not least at the united nations in its top court, which called on the uk to end its illegal occupation. finally, negotiations began and today, reluctantly but peacefully, the government agreed to hand over one of the very last scraps of britain's old empire. and andrew is here. it is quite a moment, isn't it? will we see other overseas territories handed over like this? haifa we see other overseas territories handed over like this?— we see other overseas territories handed over like this? how often do ou see a handed over like this? how often do you see a country — handed over like this? how often do you see a country as _ handed over like this? how often do you see a country as big _ handed over like this? how of

. back to mauritius. >> silence being given back to mauritius., get out your atlases, your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> indeed. it's modelling my hair on boris johnson, sir. well, the conservative party chair, richard fuller, told gb news chopper's political podcast that ditching boris johnson as tory leader was a mistake. >> i think there are a couple of things. first of all, at the time and still i think removing bofis time and still i think removing boris johnson, whatever one might have thought about what went on or didn't go on at the time was a mistake and it was a mistake because that wasn't the question to be answered. if you wanted to change, you had to agree who the next leader was going to be. my personal view was also getting rid of someone who had just won a general election was probably not going to

because grant of mauritius?as tweeted on x , saying shapps has tweeted on x, saying that the sums being demanded at the time when he was defence secretary were absolutely enormous? >> yes. so this is the idea that we're going to give a sort of annual contribution to the mauritians to pay for this part transition, part way of sort of historic reparations, etc. don't know the sum of that. i suspect that we will see demands for that we will see demands for that figure to be made public. i have to be isn't it? yeah, i believe so. i think that it'd be very difficult for them to carry on like this otherwise. so i think that figure will come out at some point. but it does, of course, then undermine the case in terms of returning which sense that mauritian signed a deal in, i think the 1960s for these islands. and at the time, these islands. and at the time, the sum was for 3 million, now worth about 50 million. and i suspect that sum will be much, much greater in the future. so the question is, of course, we're returni

. think i'm right in saying, 1350 miles away from mauritius .e heck is going on? why ? i the heck is going on? why? i mean the falklands. when we staked our claim on the falklands, argentina wasn't even a country. so the people in argentina, the people in gibraltar, they want to remain british. i couldn't tell you about the chagos islands. i don't know enough about it, but i do know it's too far away from mauritius and why would we let china have any kind of stronghold, like you said in your monologue? >> indeed , andy, it's unfair to >> indeed, andy, it's unfair to lay this at the door of the new prime minister fully, isn't it? because these negotiations started under former foreign secretary james cleverly? >> i think there are two key bits that predate the labour government in 2019, the international court of justice ruled that the continuing british occupation of the islands was illegal and then in november 2022, just before he was dispatched as foreign secretary to home secretary james cleverly opened negotiations. so i think these are two

so i would be surprised if the mauritius government did not co—ordinate.. izieri; coordinated with before hand. very iood to coordinated with before hand. very good to get — coordinated with before hand. very good to get your — coordinated with before hand. very good to get your perspective on the story. thank you you so much for joining us on bbc news. thank you. breaking news on that story we've been following on the us port strike, and the union says they are heading back to work for now. the international longshoremen s association posted a statement on facebook, saying... "the international longshoremen s association and the united states maritime alliance, ltd. have reached a tentative agreement on wages and have agreed to extend the master contract untiljanuary 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues. effective immediately, all currentjob actions will cease and all work covered by the master contract will resume." that news coming into us, that strike appearing to be over, at least for now. on his first v

they're nowhere near mauritius. they're nowhere near mauritius.thing to do with mauritius, to mauritius. >> they want to go back because they have families there. their family are buried, but they're not going to be able to go back to diego garcia anyway because it's going to remain our base. it will remain an air base. >> so what's going to be secure? >> so what's going to be secure? >> but it will be an airbase it up. but the people in mauritius who lived there, who originally from the chagos islands, will be able to go back and be in the indian territory. >> the abject surrender of a socialist government that doesn't believe in national security. bear in mind half of this minute they've james cleverly started these negotiations. they didn't complete them. he didn't do this. >> this has been in the making. >> this has been in the making. >> it's a socialist thing because they half of them backed jeremy corbyn wanting us to pull out of nato . they're a bunch of out of nato. they're a bunch of pacifists who don't believe in the security of the cou

she has no connections with mauritius whatsoever.aying to her, actually, in reality, we're not interested. we're going to hand your your homeland to a foreign entity, which is over 2000km away, with whom you have no connections with we'll find out, won't we? if labour mps want to surrender this territory and want to allow that slippery slope to continue with gibraltar, the falklands and others potentially down the line or whether labour mps along with conservatives, i'm sure standing up for british interests. and this is, you know, in the interests not only of the united kingdom and of her people here, but indeed of the western world as well, working with our allies. >> okay, we have to do that. paul >> okay, we have to do that. paul. daniel, thank you very much. a great start to the show. thank you gentlemen. now, coming up next, a gb news exclusive for you from charlie peters. a labour mp has posted a video containing pictures of terrorists, cop killers and to celebrate black history month. you welcome back to farage with me. marti

. think i'm right in saying, 1350 miles away from mauritius .eck is going on? why ? i the heck is going on? why? i mean the falklands. when we staked our claim on the falklands, argentina wasn't even a country. so the people in argentina, the people in gibraltar, they want to remain british. i couldn't tell you about the chagos islands. i don't know enough about it, but i do know it's too far away from mauritius and why would we let china have any kind of stronghold, like you said in your monologue? >> indeed , andy, it's unfair to >> indeed, andy, it's unfair to lay this at the door of the new prime minister fully, isn't it? because these negotiations started under former foreign secretary james cleverly? >> i think there are two key bits that predate the labour government in 2019, the international court of justice ruled that the continuing british occupation of the islands was illegal and then in november 2022, just before he was dispatched as foreign secretary to home secretary james cleverly opened negotiations. so i think these are two key

the uk and the indian ocean because the british government says it has agreed a deal which gives mauritiusull sovereignty over the chagos islands while allowing the uk and the us to retain operational control of their diego garcia joint military base there. mauritius has claimed sovereignty over the islands, which are around 500km south of the maldives, since independence in 1968. the uk evicted its population of more than 1,000 people in the 1960s and 1970s, to make way for that military base. under the terms of the agreement, the base will now be �*undisputed, and legally secure. 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 today's 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 m

that's after we surrendered control of the chagos islands to mauritius.bofis chagos islands to mauritius. boris johnson, remember him.7 he boris johnson, remember him? he gave this reaction to gb news. >> it's nonsense . it's total >> it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness. desire to look like the good guys. the desire to look as though we're unbundling the last relics of our empire . relics of our empire. >> now harry is riding solo. prince harry was reunited with his close friend prince si on his close friend prince si on his trip to south africa. but meghan is nowhere to be seen. >> and here's a debate the covid kids children apparently, are arriving at reception school, unable to talk wearing nappies and still using buggies. that's the shocking warning from a former children's tsar. >> and this sunday, it's national grandparents day and the soap actress sherrie houston joins us shortly to tell us what it's like to become a nana. i know all about that. that's what her grandchildren call her. oh, what it's

mauritius has claimed sovereignty over the island since its independence in 1968.cean about 1000 miles south of the indian subcontinent. it is made up indian subcontinent. it is made up of more than 60 mostly uninhabited islands. it was the uk's uninhabited islands. it was the uk's last african colony. under the agreement the key island of diego garcia will remain home to a joint diego garcia will remain home to ajoint uk—us diego garcia will remain home to a joint uk—us military base. in the 1960s the uk that did about 1500 local residents to make way for the airbase. they will now be allowed to return. our correspondent andrew harding has more. a scattering of tiny islands deep in the indian ocean. british for now but, after today's 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 agreemen

and mauritius is very friendly with china. well, that's what's really going on.form. nigel, i don't think that a prime minister is allowed by executive action to hand away sovereign british territory. >> this came up yesterday and david lammy has said they will now and whether they originally planned to do it. but there will be a debate and an act of parliament, a debate. >> yeah, it's got to be an act of parliament. it's got point, it's got to be active. >> yeah. what is interesting about this is i spoke last night to a retired naval commander, american naval commander, who's a good friend of donald trump, who, if you believe the betting markets, is favourite to win. but hey, who knows what's going to happen in a few days time. but very odd. the british government to make this decision right ahead of an american election given, as you say yourself, the importance of the relationship . relationship. >> well, you know, i've not been privy to any of the conversations that have taken place. what i do know , and i'm place. what i do know, and i'm talking now about th

, in mauritius.now there's lots of pressure on why he has not been announced during commons sitting. i know that david lammy, the foreign secretary, has spoken with the speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle, to say there will be a statement on monday. almost certainly, but do you think that anyone can do anything? is this now set in stone, or should we demand a right to review or tweak the terms of this treaty? >> well, chris, i'm not a lawyer and i'm certainly not a lawyer when it comes to international land claims, but my gut feel is that until any deal is ever completely signed by the most senior person, it's always delayed at least, or possibly reversible. so. so i and politicians are cowards when pubuc politicians are cowards when public opinion is strong enough, they back down. so i have no doubt if there's enough fuss about this, if the public unite and make a really strong case, this will be delayed and possibly reversed . possibly reversed. >> but andy, what do you think we should t

the un's top court ruled here that the islands do indeed belong to mauritius and should be handed overone of the very last scraps of britain's old empire. frankie bontemps is a second—generation chagossian and chairperson for campaign group chagossian voices. he's been giving me his reaction to today's developments. the vast majority of people feel— the vast majority of people feel betrayed. we are angry and feel betrayed. we are angry and feet iet — feel betrayed. we are angry and feel let down by both governments because since the start— governments because since the start of— governments because since the start of these negotiations at any time... how can they decide the fate — any time... how can they decide the fate of— any time... how can they decide the fate of our homeland without _ the fate of our homeland without us being involved? this is a statement of intent concerning the sovereignty of our homeland. while they have supposedly been talking to us. nothing — supposedly been talking to us. nothing. we remain powerless and voiceless in determining our own— and voiceless in de

mauritius is going to benefit from this deal. — mauritius is going to benefit from this deal. and _ mauritiusrael says it was being used to transport weapons. kamala harris and donald trump step up campaigning in key swing states across the us, with a month to go until election day. the world health organization approves the first diagnostic test for mpox — in its effort to ease a disease crisis in central africa. welcome to world news america. hello and welcome to world

china has been pumping money into mauritius . david lammy mauritius.endered to china. >> well, two things right at the start. i think an enormous shame that this has not been announced to parliament in parliament is not sitting and i think that matters. then next, no one seems to have asked the chagossians what they want and they, i gather, want all sorts of different things . i've in fact different things. i've in fact been to mauritius about ten years ago and spoken to chagossians. i have an observation about this in a question. the observation is this when david cameron was prime minister, we were apparently very resistant to doing this . then there was doing this. then there was apparently a change under later conservative prime ministers, and you may be able to cast some light on this because you were around at the time and some of the conservative leadership contenders feel very strongly that was wrong. others, as i understand it, were actually involved in these negotiations. so that element of it is strange. the question is, i want to know what

today, britain agreed to hand it all over to mauritius.the americans will remain in place. >> a crucially protects the national security interests of the united kingdom and our allies, reaching a full agreement with the united states by retaining the base on diego christ -- diego garcia. >> but some have warned that china could exploit the deal to extend its influence. it is over half a century since the inhabitants of the island we deported forcibly by the colonial power britain. this deal will give them the right to return home at last, perhaps even to resettle. >> it's about the sense of belonging. something that was robbed from me. a place we can call home. we will be free and be able to participate and get back what really belongs to us. >> mauritius has been campaigning for this deal for years, recently planting their flag on one of the atolls and winning growing international support, not -- most recently the united nations which called on england to end their illegal occupation. finally, negotiations began. today, reluctantly but p

the passports that they receive say that they were born in mauritius . that they were born in mauritiusthnic cleansing, martin. this is the eradication, the erasure, an erosion or the it's the eradication of their of their identity as a people. and i think that is deeply shocking and should concern every single person living under the governance of the labour party at the moment. >> henry bolton, thank you very much for an impassioned defence of the locals there. thank you very much. and joining me now in my panel in the studio is my panellist nigel nelson, gb news senior political commentator and trevor kavanagh, the former political editor of the sun. gentlemen, welcome to the studio. nigel, going to start with you. david lammy, andretti. nobody likes as something that benefits everybody. clearly doesn't benefit british strategic interests. and it definitely doesn't benefit thousands of chagossians who are saying they want to remain under british rule. >> yes. i mean, what the trigger that it rather depends on which chagos islands you're talking about. and because they're obviously al

the uk has announced it will hand over the chagos islands to mauritius, following years of negotiations. the islands, which are located in the indian ocean, are a remote but strategically important region. under the new arrangement, the uk—us military base on the island of diego garcia will remain. mauritius has long argued it was illegally forced to give up the islands when it gained independence in 1968. our correspondent andrew harding reports. these are the chagos islands, deep in the indian ocean. british for now, but after today's agreement, not for much longer. the islands are all uninhabited, save for one. an important one. diego garcia. it is home to a vast and secretive american military base, used to refuel bombers during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. foghorn but for years, the island nation of mauritius has been staking claim to the chagos islands, planting their flag on one of the tropical atolls here and demanding that britain give up what some have called the uk's last colony in africa. back in the 1960s, the people living on the archipelago were forcibly removed by b

and what they've said is, i bet they don't want to go into mauritius. the negotiations and they feel very angry about it. so their views are not taken into consideration either way. that i think is a mistake because they have the right to go back to the chagos islands, no matter whose sovereignty it's under. >> one of the people you've just mentioned there is boris johnson. one of the other things boris was saying was that he feels that there needs to be a referendum on whether or not we should exit the echr. would you agree with that? >> so on the echr, everyone gets, in my view, down a rabbit hole about leaving the convention, what we need to do is to remove the european court of human rights as the supreme arbiter of human rights disputes in this country , and human in this country, and human rights law in this country. in this country, and human rights law in this country . one rights law in this country. one of the first things tony blair did was to introduce them into the fabric of our legal judicial system through the human rights act in 1998, th

mauritius has claimed sovereignty over the islands since its independence in 1968. subcontinent. it's made up of more than 60 mostly uninhabited islands. it was the uk's last african colony. under the agreement, the key island of diego garcia will remain home to a joint uk—us military base. in the 1960s, the uk evicted about fifteen—hundred local residents to make way for the airbase. they'll now be allowed to return. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has more. a scattering of tiny islands deep in the indian ocean. british for now but, after today's 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. it crucially protects the national security interests of the united kingdom and our allies, and this has been reached in full agreement with the united states, retain

the historic deal will see britain lease the island of diego garcia from mauritius for at least 99 yearsmeaning the uk and us can continue using the area as a military base. mps are to be given the opportunity to vote to legalise assisted dying. proposals to change the law so that some terminally ill people in england and wales can choose to end their life will be put before the commons later this month. up to 100,000 babies in england are having their entire genetic code sequenced. blood from the umbilical cord is being tested for more than 200 rare diseases — all of which are treatable, and in some cases curable, if caught early. we can start with some breaking news. it'sjust coming into we can start with some breaking news. it's just coming into us from the west bank that reuters news agency, where the israel defense forces are saying may have conducted a strike on the city of saying at least 14 people have been killed in that strike. no more information on that at the moment, but reuters are saying that the palestinian health ministry are reporting that at least 14 people have been k

he helped devise a plan to give mauritius those islands.deal across. >> across the first time i've ever agreed with lefties on guys. >> now, unfortunately, we've only got seconds left, so apologies. we're not going to be able to do the union jackass. but in terms of greatest britain, i'm going to go for what was he called again? alex. >> his name is jim o'neill. >> his name is jim o'neill. >> jim o'neill doing something for the elderly this winter. look. thank you very much. it's been an incredibly lively show. i've enjoyed it. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to everybody who's been watching and listening and again, just from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to everybody who's been donating to help friends of the elderly this winter period. just give me.com/page four slash save our seniors. i'll see you on monday. >> expect a warm front moving from the kitchen right through to the rest of the house. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello, good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update. brought to

here he is in mauritius with ak.ow: did you ever get nervous that adam was figuring out who you were? i did initially, and then we're walking around the resort. and he turned to me, and he said, "what did you think of me?" and so i buttered him up a bit. i said, "your english was great. you've come a long way from such humble beginnings." and i turned it back on him, and i said, "what did you think of me?" and he said, "first, i thought you were intelligence. but now, now we are brothers." kate snow (voiceover): against a backdrop of serene stillness and beauty, the brothers continued to talk and even relax. they each had something to gain in this face-to-face meeting. kate snow: he had one objective-- getting that book deal. he did. and it seemed like you had one objective. oh, we had-- definitely we had one objective. kate snow (voiceover): the objective was to see him, confirm that adam was indeed the man who had terrorized amanda and lorinda. next, they wanted him to admit his involvement in the kidnapping. that'

today, britain agreed to hand the whole archipelago over to mauritius but, crucially, the americans willries. crucially protects the national security interests of the united kingdom and our allies, and this has been reached in full agreement with the united states, retaining the crucial base on diego garcia. it 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 inhabitants of the island were deported forcibly by the colonial power, britain. this deal will now give them the right to return home at last, perhaps even to resettle there. it's about a sense of belonging. it's something that was robbed from me. a place that we can call home. we will be free and we will be able to participate and get back what really belongs to us. that's happiness. mauritius has been campaigning for this dealfor years, recently planting their flag on one of the atolls and winning growing international support... ..11 of the charter... ..not least at the united nations and its top court, which call

of course , they mauritius. of course, they weren't mauritius to begin with.heat of battle things can get pretty spicy and james cleverly will be forgiven. i know that the prospect of becoming prime minister warms the cockles of many a tory politician, but here's the thing i didn't quite expect this level of amnesia from the leadership candidate. it was, in fact, him who opened negotiations with mauritius just back in 2022. not that long ago. so spare me the tory condemnation from those who, frankly, hadn't heard about the chagos islands until last week. but it does beg the question, doesn't it? with labour and the tories seemingly in agreement that the sun can now finally set on the british empire, where does that leave the uk? there are cabinet scuffles happening reportedly this week on reducing foreign aid, with rachel reeves trying to cut the level of foreign aid to cut the level of foreign aid to its lowest level in 17 years. now, with all of that being said, is britain now slowly coasting to become a middle economy? attached to a couple of good foreign o

why is london handing over the chagas archipelago to mauritius? british politicians are shifting the blame onto each other, and argentina is declaring claims to the falkland islands. boris johnson. accused israeli prime minister netanyahu of personally installing a wiretap in his toilet several years ago. the press is wondering, why? are you completely out of your mind? we've gotten carried away. a game that makes enemies of parents and children. there are already victims, who created it and spreads around the world. investigation by alexander karpov. the ukrainian armed forces fled their positions in panic when the pincers around ugledar began to tighten. the details of the liberation of the strategically important city were reported today by the ministry of defense. the ukrainian command threw its most combat-ready units into defending the high-rise building, which was called an impregnable fortress. as a result, the ukrainian armed forces lost a significant part of their elite formations and a lot of armored vehicles. footage from. gledar, wher

mauritius. >> your reaction? >> your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands, see where they are and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . political correctness. >> sir keir starmer has announced what he calls a game changing £22 billion funding package for projects that capture and store carbon emissions. speaking to workers in liverpool, he said the investment in so—called carbon capture clusters will create thousands of jobs, bring in investments and help meet climate goals. however , green climate goals. however, green campaigners warn the move could prolong oil and gas production, with the projects not set to begin storing carbon until 2028. well, following his speech, our political correspondent katherine forster challenged the prime minister over the costs with renewable energy, you get lower energy costs for good, not just for one

historic move, the uk government announces the return of the chagos islands in the indian ocean to mauritiusraeli strike on a medical facility — close to the centre of the lebanese capital. i'm anna foster in beirut — the israeli military continues to hit targets across lebanon — saying that 15 hezbollah fighters were killed in an air strike in the south. meanwhile the war in gaza continues. bbc examines a fatal air strike on a school in gaza city which killed multiple children. live from london. this is bbc news. in a historic move, the uk government announces the return of the chagos islands in the indian ocean to mauritius. lebanon's health ministry says nine people are killed in beirut in an israeli strike on a medical facility — close to the centre of the lebanese capital.