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Added on the 12/10/2021 16:15:13 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Chris Heaton-Harris, the UK's Northern Ireland minister, insists he is "under a legal duty to call an election within 12 weeks." The announcement comes as a deadline to resume devolved government at the Stormont assembly passed at midnight, after UK and regional lawmakers failed to resolve a standoff over post-Brexit trade rules. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden meets with UK Prime Minister Rish Sunak during his short visit to Northern Ireland. His visit marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, a US-brokered peace agreement ending the conflict between pro-Irish and pro-British militants in April 1998. IMAGES
UK negotiator for Brexit David Frost remains in Brussels for ongoing Brexit talks. Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday 14 December signalled there was a "narrow path" to a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, as key sticking points remain after both sides abandoned a supposed make-or-break deadline. Without a post-Brexit deal, Britain's trade with its biggest market would in future operate on pared-down World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, including tariffs and quotas. IMAGES
The United Kingdom's Brexit negotiator David Frost returns to the offices of the UK mission to EU after talks with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier. IMAGES
British negotiator David Frost arrives at European Commission headquarters on Sunday, the deadline for post-Brexit trade talks to make progress or fail. IMAGES
The UK's chief Brexit negotiator David Frost arrives at the European Commission in Brussels, in a bid to save the dying hopes of a post-Brexit trade pact, after the latest round of negotiations broke up without agreement. IMAGES