Brexit blow as DUP won't support deal

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton
Updated October 17 2019 - 7:03pm, first published 6:58pm
Talks between Britain and the EU are continuing with just weeks to go until the Brexit deadline.
Talks between Britain and the EU are continuing with just weeks to go until the Brexit deadline.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's last-ditch attempt to clinch a Brexit deal was thrown into disarray just hours before a European Union summit when the Northern Irish party he needs to help ratify any agreement refused to support it.