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British Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain "may never leave" the European Union if members of Parliament reject her Brexit deal next week. SOUNDBITE of British Prime Minister Theresa May
Prime Minister Theresa May calls on the European Union for "one more push" to strike a Brexit compromise deal. SOUNDBITE of British Prime Minister Theresa May
The nationalist pro-Irish Irish party Sinn Fein says the installing of a nationalist first minister in North Ireland, after the main pro-UK party agreed to endorse a deal with London, will be "a moment of very great significance". Speaking in Belfast, Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald says it will mark "the extent of change that has occurred here in the north and indeed right across Ireland". The The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP agreement with London -- approved on January 30 in an internal vote at a closed-door meeting in Lisburn, near Belfast -- formed a basis to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly, that has been paralysed for nearly two years. SOUNDBITE
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
British PM Rishi Sunak and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida sign a major defence deal that will allow UK troops to be deployed in Japan. The agreement is the latest sign of London's growing interest in the Asia-Pacific region, and Tokyo's efforts to strengthen its alliances to face the challenges posed by China. IMAGES
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