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British PM May faces pressure to soften Brexit divorce after EU exit deal crumbles
LONDON Hours after a Brexit deal collapsed, British Prime Minister Theresa May came under pressure on Tuesday from opposition parties and even some allies to soften the EU divorce by keeping Britain in the single market and customs union after Brexit.
May to reconvene Brexit talks with EU this week
LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May told senior ministers on Tuesday that she expects to reconvene Brexit talks with the European union later this week.
Ireland might consider adding to Brexit border text - Irish Times
DUBLIN Ireland might consider adding elements to the text of an agreement on the post-Brexit future of Northern Ireland's border as long as they do not undermine those already contained in the deal, the Irish Times reported on Tuesday.
DUP says will not accept divergence between Northern Ireland and rest of UK
LONDON The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday it would not accept any Brexit deal that saw Northern Ireland diverging either economically or politically from the United Kingdom.
After Brexit deal crumbles, May to speak to Northern Irish party
BRUSSELS Prime Minister Theresa May and other British officials will speak to Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on Tuesday after a tentative deal on Brexit with the European Union over the border with Ireland was dashed at the last minute.
Lubaina Himid awarded Britain's Turner Prize, oldest artist ever to win
LONDON Lubaina Himid, a 63-year-old artist whose creations include dinner plates painted with vomiting aristocrats, became the oldest person ever and the first black woman to win Britain's most prestigious art award - the Turner Prize - on Thursday.
Supporters of jailed British-Iranian aid worker sing carols at Downing Street
LONDON Supporters of Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is jailed in Iran, sang "homecoming" carols outside Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street offices on Tuesday evening.
DUP says it told UK it could not accept Brexit deal text
LONDON The Northern Irish party that props up Prime Minister Theresa May said it only got the text of the draft Brexit deal late on Monday morning and that the party told the British government that the terms were unacceptable.
DUP leader says warned UK's May it could not support Irish border deal - RTE
DUBLIN The leader of the Northern Irish party propping up British Prime Minister Theresa May told her on Monday it could not support her minority government unless a Brexit deal on the Irish border was changed, Irish broadcaster RTE quoted her as saying on Tuesday.
DUP leader says just as firm as Irish government on Brexit - Sky News
LONDON The leader of the Northern Irish party propping up Britain's minority government said on Tuesday her party was just as firm about its demands for a Brexit plan for Northern Ireland as Ireland's government.