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The UK Ambassador to the EU Council Tim Barrow arrives to the EU Council builiding to deposit the instrument of ratification document, notifying the Council that the UK has fully ratified the Withdrawal Agreement. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson casts his vost in the general election in Westminster. IMAGES
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the hardline pro-Brexit European Research Group of lawmakers, requests a vote of no-confidence in British prime minister Theresa May. SOUNDBITE
UK leader Rishi Sunak arrives in Warsaw for talks with Polish premier Donald Tusk and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. While in Poland's capital, the British prime minister will announce £500 million ($617 million) in additional military funding for Kyiv in its more-than two-year battle against Russia's full-scale invasion, according to his Downing Street office. IMAGES
The United States hails the EU-British deal to regulate trade rules for Northern Ireland as a chance to "improve the prosperity" across the region, John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, tells reporters. The deal will "open up all kinds of avenues for trade that were somewhat at risk," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE