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Belgium, France, Germany, UK, Jan 30 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: EFE/EPA Archive) The European Union has backed down on its plan to subject vaccine exports to checks on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION CENTRES IN FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE UK AND OF THE ASTRAZENECA HQ IN BRUSSELS.
There will "under no circumstances" be "checks at or near the border in Northern Ireland" in the UK's new proposal for a Brexit withdrawal deal, says Boris Johnson at the Conservative Party Conference. SOUNDBITE
Michel Barnier, European Commission Chief Negotiator for Article 50 Negotiations with the UK says the Brexit deal prevents a 'hard' border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. SOUNDBITE
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May says she will bring forward new ideas on how to handle trade over the Northern Irish border, after EU leaders rejected her Brexit plan. SOUNDBITE
The post-Brexit recovery across European markets has stalled with major share indexes mixed and safe-haven demand for precious metals helping the price of silver surge to a near-two year high. But, as Sonia Legg reports, trading volumes were light becasue of the July 4 public holiday in the United States.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by Northern Ireland's newly appointed First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly on arrival at Stormont Castle, after the restoration of power-sharing in Belfast on February 3. A pro-Irish unity politician, Sinn Fein's O'Neill made history by becoming the UK territory's first nationalist leader, and has predicted that the UK territory will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. IMAGES
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