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EU threatens legal action as UK seeks to reverse Northern Ireland treaty

The European Union has threatened legal action against Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government published plans to override a treaty governing the post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland.

Radio France Internationale

Therese Raphael: Boris Johnson makes his biggest Brexit gamble yet

A bill introduced to Parliament Monday by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss seeks to reform the Northern Ireland Protocol, revive Northern Ireland’s power-sharing arrangement and protect the Good Friday Agreement. On all three fronts, however, it is as likely to make things worse — all while damaging Britain’s international reputation and…

Tribune News Service

Sturgeon sets out plan for second independence referendum

The First Minister has published the first of a series of papers laying out the benefits of ending the union

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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tells DUP to 'get on with it' and restore Stormont after Brexit NI Protocol bill published

But DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said they need to see the Protocol bill "moving forward" through Westminster

Belfast Live

Brexit blunder: Boris Johnson ‘dug a hole and jumped in’ over Northern Ireland trade pact, says Lord Hague

The senior Tory peer also warned the PM faces a ‘huge battle’ getting the deeply controversial Northern Ireland Bill through Parliament

Evening Standard

Blood and Bronze: unveiling the British Empire's brutality in Nigeria

In his book Blood and Bronze: the British Empire and the Sack of Benin, historian Paddy Docherty reveals the brutality of high-ranking British officials in destroying the Kingdom of Benin in 1897. Justified by Whitehall at the time, the wrongdoings would now be considered crimes against humanity.

Radio France Internationale

Brexit: Protocol bill risks ‘significant harm’ to UK economy, business chiefs warn

Bosses fear Britain ‘teetering on brink of trade war’ after radical unilateral move

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Irish Government needs to ‘get real’ about protocol problems – Donaldson

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill said UK actions over the protocol breach international law.

The Independent UK

Truss: ‘Absolutely no reason’ for EU anger over plan to override Brexit deal

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s plans to legislate to rip up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol have been met with outrage in Brussels and Dublin.

The Independent UK

What is the Northern Ireland protocol?

Boris Johnson plans to override contentious element of Brexit deal that he himself agreed just three years ago but Tory MPs strongly opposed

The Independent UK

UK now ‘teetering on brink of trade war with EU’, warn London business leaders

They warned of ‘further economic pain’ and ‘falls in investment’ after the Government unveiled its deeply controversial Northern Ireland Bill

Evening Standard

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Supreme Court rejects bond hearings for immigrants facing deportation

Tribune News Service

Business leaders urge PM to pull back from ‘damaging trade war’ with Brussels

The European Commission has accused the UK of undermining the trust needed for effective operation of its post-Brexit trade deal.

The Independent UK

UK sparks EU ire with bill to override parts of Brexit deal

The United Kingdom unveiled legislation to override parts of the Brexit deal it signed with the European Union, risking a trade war with the bloc, which threatened to take legal action.

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Belfast Live

Boris Johnson ripping up Brexit protocol is ‘a new low’ says Ireland’s Michaél Martin

It comes after the publication of a bill to amend the Northern Ireland protocol

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson reveals 'utterly reckless' Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

BORIS Johnson’s bill to overhaul the Northern Ireland Protocol has been published as he looks to give ministers the power to unilaterally ditch…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Northern Ireland protocol bill: reckless provocation

Editorial: For its own cynical reasons, the government has decided to revert to Brussels-bashing, risking a trade war by doing so

The National (Scotland)

It's a busy time in the Anglo-Britosphere – The REAL Scottish Politics

THERE’S a lot going on in the Anglo-Britosphere this week – as usual, none of it good.

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Evening Standard

Government unveils plans to rewrite the Northern Ireland Protocol

Ministers claimed the move was justified under international law due to the ‘genuinely exceptional situation’ despite opposition from Ireland and the EU

Reuters

Explainer-What is in Britain's proposed new post-Brexit law for N.Ireland

Britain published legislation on Monday to tackle disruption to post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, setting out measures it says are needed to protect peace in the British-ruled province but which are sure to antagonise the European Union.

The Independent UK

Key questions as legislation designed to tear up parts of NI Protocol published

The UK is seeking to use domestic legislation to override aspects of the arrangements it agreed with the EU in 2019 to govern Irish Sea trade.

Irish Mirror

What UK Government is proposing to remove Irish Sea trade barriers and override Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol

A green channel, dual regulatory framework, tax changes and new governance arrangements are all in the mix

Daily Mirror

Huge Brexit changes in Northern Ireland set to go ahead as fears mount of EU trade war

Boris Johnson has exposed Britain to a trade war by tearing up the Brexit deal that his own government struck with Brussels just three years ago

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson could face new EU legal action this week over threat to tear up Brexit deal

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill branded ‘reckless’ by majority of Stormont assembly members

Radio France Internationale

Britain, EU set for tense showdown over Northern Ireland trade rules

After a months-long stalemate between London and Brussels, Britain on Monday set out new legislation amending the post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland – a move the EU has warned is in breach of international law.

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