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British-ruled Northern Ireland could stay in a customs union with the EU after Brexit, the bloc's chief negotiator Michel Barnier says as he unveils a draft divorce treaty. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at Northern Ireland's Assembly in Belfast on the second day of his two-day visit to the UK territory, which comes after Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill made history by becoming its first nationalist leader. O'Neill, a pro-Irish unity politician, has predicted that Northern Ireland will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. However, Sunak's government said earlier this week that Northern Ireland's place within the UK appears "secure for decades". IMAGES
Public sector workers in Northern Ireland rally in Belfast as tens of thousands of employees go on mass strike, with no end in sight to a protracted political crisis that has left the UK province without a devolved government for almost two years. IMAGES
Victims' families, survivors and dignitaries gather to mark the 25th anniversary of the Omagh bombing, the deadliest attack in the period of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland known as the "Troubles". On 15 August, 1998, a massive car bomb planted by dissident republicans tore through Omagh's busy town centre killing 29 people and injuring 220. 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
Dissident republicans hold a march in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry. Some people set a police truck on fire, as participants in the march marched with Irish flags. IMAGES
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