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Chancellor Sajid Javid is confident that UK trade will be "better off outside of the EU" despite the fact that border checks will enter force at the end of the year.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said that the EU is ready to pursue an unprecedented trade deal with the UK, but insisted that there must be a “level playing field” on regulations and common standards.

Sudanese authorities will turn over the nation’s former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court [ICC] to stand trial for genocide and war crimes in Darfur.

Micheál Martin’s Fianna Fáil secured the most seats in the Irish general election with 38, a mere one ahead of Sinn Féin.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove has told firms that import checks at the UK border will come into force and frictionless trade with the EU will cease at the end of 2020.

Sinn Féin has topped the first preference poll in the Republic of Ireland general election, with 24.5 per cent of the vote.

Labour leadership candidate Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign team has denied accusations that they hacked into the party’s membership database, calling the claims “utter nonsense”.

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has confirmed that his government will donate a sum of roughly £1.5 million to aid China in its fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane Thiam has resigned this week after five years at the helm following a surveillance scandal at the Swiss bank.

The independent statistics regulator has confirmed that claims made by prime minister Boris Johnson about the impact of universal credit to date were inaccurate.

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has travelled to Australia to promote a future trade deal as part of a wider tour which will also span southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Labour shadow foreign secretary and leadership hopeful Emily Thornberry has said that the party would be “more professional” if she were to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.

US president Donald Trump has been cleared of all impeachment charges following his trial in the Senate.

The leaders of Ireland’s three main parties, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin, clashed on issues such as health and housing in the final TV debate before the weekend’s general election.