UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by andystanton » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 10:43 AM UTC

UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
bbc.co.uk

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by zarzavat » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 11:02 AM UTC

Did they agree who will get the the .io ccTLD? Or is that up to ICANN?

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by rafram » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 11:53 AM UTC

The British Indian Ocean Territory is probably better known in the tech world for its top-level domain: .io.

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by ksec » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 12:39 PM UTC

What does this means in terms of global politics and US having a base there?

I also assume .io no longer being controlled by UK? ( Which is somewhat worrying )

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by pbiggar » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 12:47 PM UTC

> The remaining British overseas territories are: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands. There are also two sovereign base areas on Cyprus under British jurisdiction.

Good note at the end

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by corobo » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 12:54 PM UTC

zarzavat wrote: post #2

Did they agree who will get the the .io ccTLD? Or is that up to ICANN?

I have no answers - just a note there's another discussion regarding .io here if anyone wants more readin'

Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41729526

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by krapp » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 12:56 PM UTC

I recommend the Behind the Bastards series "How the British Empire and U.S. DoD Murdered an Island Paradise" about the Chagos islands for deeper context.

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by janice1999 » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 1:23 PM UTC

See also "How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise" ... "the story of the Chagos Islands, a paradise founded by former slaves that was wiped out by the British empire so they could lease it to the U.S. as an air base" [1]

[1] https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236...

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by matthewmorgan » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 1:27 PM UTC

Some countries have constitutions that forbid giving up any parts of its territory, but apparently our government can hand over sovereignty without even a vote in parliament

Re: UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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Post by quickthrowman » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 1:49 PM UTC

ksec wrote: post #4

What does this means in terms of global politics and US having a base there? I also assume .io no longer being controlled by UK? ( Which is somewhat worrying )

> What does this means in terms of global politics and US having a base there?

Absolutely nothing. The US still has a base on the island of Cuba [0], they aren’t giving up Diego Garcia.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base