The Latest on the status of the Chagos Islands (all times local):4:15 p.m. The United Nations' highest court says the United Kingdom carved up Mauritius illegally when it ended its colonization of the Indian Ocean islands and must "bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible." Britain evicted about 2,000 people from the Chagos islands during the 1960s and 1970s so the U.S. military could build an air base. Many of them resettled in the U.K. and have fought in British courts to return to the islands. Many resettled in the U.K. and have fought in British courts to return to the islands.

Source: Fox News February 25, 2019 15:22 UTC