islands
Example Sentences
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In Orkney, a flood warning in place for the Churchill Barriers causeway which connects the main island to the island of South Ronaldsay through Burray and the islands of Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm.
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There will be no change in policy over the UK's decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a government minister has said.
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In May 2025 the British government agreed to give sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base on the island of Diego Garcia for £101m a year.
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The UK bought the Chagos Islands for £3m in 1968 and forced the removal of Chagossians from the archipelago over the next five years to make way for a UK-US armed forces base.
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Under the agreement Mauritius will gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the US and UK to continue operating a military base on one of the islands, Diego Garcia, for an initial period of 99 years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
