DUP likely to support UK PM's Brexit divorce agreement

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party has had good discussions with the British government, a BBC journalist quoted the party's deputy leader as saying on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks its support for her Brexit divorce agreement.

A BBC Northern Irish correspondent tweeted that Nigel Dodds said an agreement was by no means close and that the pro-Brexit party's conditions had not softened. The small Northern Irish party supports May's minority government but has opposed her Brexit deal over a "backstop" arrangement to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.