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Who didnt respect the fundamental rights of my people. do you feel youve been denied your life here? yes, of course! britain still claims sovereignty over all these ruins, citing security concerns about a nearby american military base. but international law now says britain must let the islanders return permanently, and must not cling onto a piece of its old empire. the international court ofjustice has ruled they have a right to come back — and that failure to allow them to come back is a con...

Britain is illegally occupying these islands. the british and the americans say their priority here is security, that if the uk surrenders sovereignty over this strategic archipelago, before long, the chinese navy could be muscling in here. but the mauritian government insists they wont allow that to happen. but this isntjust about sovereignty and security. also visiting chagos today, islanders who were forcibly removed from their homes here by britain, 50 years ago. it is a rare chance to visit...

Andrew harding has travelled with the islanders and is the first journalist to broadcast from the chagos islands. is this idyllic archipelago still british territory? today, the government of mauritius said no. a mauritian delegation, visiting the remote chagos islands for the first time, put up a flagpole and then raised their national flag, politely but provocatively staking claim to territory held by britain for half a century. this being part of mauritius, it deserves to have a flag here, so...

And this visit by the mauritian government has challenged and maybe changed that. it is very difficult now to imagine britain clinging onto its hidden archipelago for that much longer. as for the islanders, they plan to come back here soon — and perhaps for good. andrew harding, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the los angeles rams have won the super bowl, in la

That their position is untenable. it is extraordinary to think that these exquisite islands have been cut off from the outside world for half a century. and this visit by the mauritian government has challenged and maybe changed that. it is very difficult now to imagine britain clinging onto its hidden archipelago for that much longer. as for the islanders, they plan to come back here soon — and perhaps for good. andrew harding, bbc news.

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To recognise a ruling at the international court ofjustice that it should relinquish control. those on board include a number of islanders who were forcibly evicted to make way for a us military base. our correspondent andrew harding sent us this report. we are with the mauritian government and their delegation. they have already run up the mauritian flag and they have brought other flags with them that they are going to plant on two of the disputed chagos islands. there are also scientists on b...

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Than where you were born, where you lived. and now, the group heads inland — the empty decades have turned their thriving village into a lost world. in the ruins of the old church, the mood turns to anger. im very angry at the behaviour of the uk government. who didnt respect the fundamental rights of the people. do you feel youve been denied your life here? yes, of course! britain still claims sovereignty over all these ruins, citing security concerns about a nearby american military base. bu...