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Boris Johnson in last-ditch push for Brexit deal

Agreement on Northern Ireland but further talks ‘may not be possible’

A trade agreement with the European Union will be possible only if Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen can find a new political will to break the deadlock in talks tonight, Downing Street has warned.

The prime minister is to meet the president of the European Commission for dinner in Brussels in an attempt to salvage trade negotiations before an EU summit tomorrow.

Mr Johnson dropped his threat to break international law and renege on key parts of the withdrawal agreement after a deal with the EU on the Northern Ireland protocol.

The move will be seen as an act of good faith that will remove one of the obstacles in the path to a deal. However, government sources said that on the critical