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Ireland might consider adding to Brexit border text - Irish Times

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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.

'Deadline of deadlines' in Brexit divorce talks this week 7:18pm GMT

BRUSSELS Theresa May must deliver her offer on a Brexit divorce package this week if she wants European Union leaders to grant Britain's request for talks on future free trade when they meet next week, EU diplomats and officials said on Tuesday.

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British PM May faces pressure to soften Brexit divorce after EU exit deal crumbles 7:18pm GMT

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.

Countdown to Brexit breakthrough? 7:18pm GMT

BRUSSELS Here is a timeline of the coming few days that will determine whether Britain avoids further costly delays in giving business assurances of a smooth exit from the European Union and of free trade with its biggest market in the future:

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Supporters of jailed British-Iranian aid worker sing carols at Downing Street 7:12pm GMT

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 leader says warned UK's May it could not support Irish border deal - RTE 5:40pm GMT

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.

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DUP leader says just as firm as Irish government on Brexit - Sky News 5:25pm GMT

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.

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Labour says May should consider keeping UK in EU customs union and single market 4:14pm GMT

LONDON Britain's opposition Labour Party called on Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday to put post-Brexit membership of the single market and the customs union under discussion in talks with the European Union. | Video

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Britain says 'conceivable' Manchester attack might have been stopped 3:24pm GMT

LONDON A suicide attack at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people in May might have been prevented if the security services had responded differently to intelligence in the months before the attack, a government report has found.

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Irish PM seeking border deal on principles agreed already 2:44pm GMT

DUBLIN Ireland wants to reach an agreement on the future of the Irish border after Brexit that is based on the principles struck in a tentative deal on Monday, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday.