Britain and the European Union have struck a last-minute agreement to stave off a breakdown in negotiations over Brexit, agreeing there will be no “hard border” between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
As NPR’s Frank Langfitt reports from London, “the fear [had been] that when the U.K. leaves the European Union, customs posts would go up dividing Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.”
It was one of the most contentious of a number of issues that could make it difficult to reach a final “divorce” agreement by March 2019.
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