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World Service,31 Jan 2019,23 mins
Britain Seeks to Renegotiate Key Parts of Brexit Deal Including Irish Backstop
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On Tuesday British Prime Minister Theresa got the support of parliament to return to the European Union and ask for a change to the Brexit withdrawal agreement. She's been mandated to ask for 'alternative arrangements' to the Irish backstop, which guarantees there wouldn’t be a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In Venezuela, mass protests have been held in various parts of the country by groups pledging solidarity to Juan Guaido, the opposition leader who declared himself interim president just over a week ago. We speak to an 11-year-old girl who grants wishes to impoverished nursing home residents in her American town.
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