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The UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “over the moon” after sealing a “historic” deal with the EU over its trade with Northern Ireland.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen meet in Windsor, to conclude more than a year of negotiations over the "Northern Ireland Protocol". IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demands that unionists end their boycott of the devolved government in Northern Ireland, in a speech marking 25 years of peace in the divided territory. "I urge you to work with us to get Stormont up and running again. That's the right thing to do in its own terms. And I'm convinced it's also the right thing to do for our union (UK)," Sunak says in Belfast. SOUNDBITE
Speaking shortly after meeting US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insists the UK-US so-called "special relationship" is "in great shape". Sunak adds that Biden and him discussed economic economic security in the in the UK-ruled territory, 25 years on from a historic peace deal brokered by the US government.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says his Democratic Unionist Party will vote against the UK government's new trade plan for Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the EU.
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