EU ready to discuss new Brexit deal if UK changes "red lines"

The European Union is ready to discuss a different deal on Britain exiting the bloc if London changes its existing "red lines", but a safeguard preventing a physical border on the island of Ireland would have to stay, the EU's chief negotiator said on Wednesday.

Michel Barnier told the European Parliament that the risk of a no-deal Brexit was now higher than ever after the British parliament decisively rejected on Tuesday the withdrawal agreement negotiated with the EU by Prime Minister Theresa May. (Reporting By Jan Strupczewski Editing by Alastair Macdonald)