Eduardo Bolsonaro Granted U.S. Green Card Amid Brazil Legal Battle and Tariff Dispute 
Rubio Urges Global Isolation of Nicaragua After Ortega Vows to End Elections 
Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Childcare Funding Freeze and Influencer's Role 
FBI Director Kash Patel Plans Russia Visit in October, Report Says 
US Military Completes 11th Straight Day of Iran Strikes Amid Strait of Hormuz Security Concerns 
Trump-Aligned MAGA Inc Builds $400 Million War Chest Ahead of Midterm Elections 
U.S. Plans Closer Coordination With Erik Prince’s Haiti Security Firm 
Trump Says Netanyahu Will Not Be Arrested During U.S. Visit Amid ICC Dispute 
US-Iran Conflict Escalates as Gulf Attacks Threaten Global Oil Supply 
Rubio to Meet Wang Yi as Trump-Xi Summit Plans Advance Amid Election Meddling Dispute 
US, China to Hold AI Talks Ahead of Xi’s September Visit 
Trump Set to Unveil New Tariffs on Dozens of Countries as Global 10% Duty Nears Expiration 
US-Iran War Enters 11th Day as Costs Climb to $37.5 Billion, Trump Warns of More Strikes 
ASEAN Summit Faces Pressure as U.S.-Iran Conflict, South China Sea Tensions Dominate Agenda 
US-Backed Pediatric HIV Treatment Drops After Foreign Aid Changes, Study Finds 
Maduro, U.S. Prosecutors Propose June 2027 Trial Date in Drug Trafficking Case 
China Conducts Live-Fire Naval Drill Near Japan’s Okinotori Island Amid Joint Operation With Russia 
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is looking to tout the new post-Brexit deal with the European Union over trade rules in Northern Ireland to the region and to his lawmakers this week. Sunak hopes the new deal would ease trade rules and break the political deadlock in the province.
On Tuesday, Sunak visited Northern Ireland and then touted the new deal with the EU to his lawmakers that would ease the post-Brexit trade with the region. Sunak is looking to secure the support of Northern Ireland and lawmakers in the hopes of resetting the United Kingdom’s relations with the bloc as well as the United States without drawing the ire of lawmakers under Sunak’s governing Conservative Party and in Belfast who are pro-Brexit.
The deal would hopefully resolve tensions between the UK and the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was arranged when the UK left the bloc, and to avoid having a hard border with EU member Ireland. Under the protocol, the region would be in the EU’s single market for goods. This raised concerns among pro-British unionists in the region, who felt that the protocol would separate the region from the rest of the UK.
Sunak said the new agreement, now called the Windsor Framework, would bolster the union and scrap out the rules that affected imported goods as well as give lawmakers on the ground more input over the rules and regulations from the EU.
However, whether or not the deal would be successful would depend on whether or not the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party supports the new arrangement that could end its boycott of the region’s power-sharing government. The power-sharing government was an integral part of the 1998 peace deal that ended decades of political violence in Northern Ireland.
On the same day, the Times reported that Sunak’s predecessor, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will not oppose Sunak’s deal with the EU on trade rules for Northern Ireland, citing allies who are close to Johnson. According to an ally, Johnson will not oppose the deal because “there is no rebellion.”
Another ally of Johnson’s said the former prime minister is expected not to be in attendance during votes instead of opposing Sunak’s deal.
