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Northern Ireland

Famous Victory

For the first time, Sinn Fein, the Irish nationalist party, has won the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Post-Brexit discord

The two have accused their government of “embarrassing” the UK by seeking the power to change the details of a treaty agreed last year with the EU. Happily for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the crisis may have blown over for now with his controversial bill having cleared its first parliamentary hurdle by winning the first House of Commons vote by 340 to 263 votes.