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Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters, left, and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as &quot;legally binding&quot; changes in hopes of winning parliamentary support for the agreement. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Brexit booster Farage expects yearlong delay

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FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, a bureau de change on the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, near the town of Jonesborough, Northern Ireland. The Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland have issued a warning to Irish drivers, Thursday Feb. 28, 2019, that they will need a special insurance document to cross the currently invisible border from Ireland into Northern Ireland, if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, FILE)

Irish border still a key Brexit obstacle

By GREGORY KATZ and PAOLO SANTALUCIA - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at a community centre during her visit to Belfast, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May has told business leaders in Northern Ireland that she is seeking changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement but not the total removal of the backstop plan that is the most contentious part of the deal. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA via AP)

EU chief ponders ‘special place in hell’ for some Brexiteers

By LORNE COOK and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at Downing Street, London, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. May's Brexit strategy took another blow Sunday when Nissan canceled plans to make its new SUV in northern England amid continued uncertainty over the country's future relations with the European Union. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

The Latest: May says she won’t completely remove backstop

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Cheerleaders perform in front of anti-Brexit demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament in London, ahead of the upcoming American football Superbowl on upcoming Sunday, Thursday Jan. 31, 2019. The Superbowl will be played between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots Sunday Feb. 3, in Atlanta, USA.(Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

The Latest: EU’s Barnier makes case for Irish backstop

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Anti Brexit protesters on board a hired red London bus demonstrate as they drive past the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue May's rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown this week. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The Latest: Verhofstadt: No majority to reopen Brexit deal

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FILE - In this February 1972 file photo, a building burns in the bogside district of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday, one of the the most notorious events of “The Troubles.” Time has not completely healed the hatred, distrust and fear of those caught up in the decades-long conflict. (AP Photo/Michel Laurent, File)

AP Explains: Brexit awakens old fears in Northern Ireland

By TAMER FAKAHANY - Associated Press

Forensic investigators at the scene of a car bomb blast on Bishop Street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Northern Ireland police and politicians have condemned a &quot;reckless&quot; car bombing outside a courthouse in the city of Londonderry. The device was placed inside a hijacked delivery vehicle and exploded Saturday night as police, who had received a warning, were evacuating the area. There were no reports of injuries. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

N Ireland police deal with hijackings after weekend car bomb

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This photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 shows the scene of a suspected car bomb on Bishop Street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland politicians are condemning a car bombing outside a courthouse in the city of Londonderry. The device exploded Saturday night as police, who had received a warning, were evacuating the area. The Police Service of Northern Ireland posted a photograph of a vehicle in flames and urged the public to stay away. (Steven McAuley/PA via AP)

IRA dissidents suspected in Northern Ireland car bomb blast

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Pro-European demonstrators hold posters at Parliament Square in London, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is struggling to win support for her Brexit deal in Parliament. Lawmakers are due to vote on the agreement Tuesday, and all signs suggest they will reject it, adding uncertainty to Brexit less than three months before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Explaining the border ‘backstop’ that halted Brexit deal

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. May is struggling to win support for her Brexit deal in Parliament. Lawmakers are due to vote on the agreement Tuesday, and all signs suggest they will reject it, adding uncertainty to Brexit less than three months before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Theresa May’s Brexit deal overwhelmingly rejected, no-confidence vote on British leader looms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, centre, gives a reply to lawmakers during the scheduled Prime Minister's Questions time, in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday Dec. 5, 2018. Britains House of Commons opened round two Wednesday in a bruising battle between lawmakers and Prime Minister Theresa May's government over Britain's Brexit split with the EU. (UK Parliament, Mark Duffy via AP)

Theresa May Brexit plan gets little popular support

By Benjamin Plackett — Special to The Washington Times

Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab, leaves after a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Negotiators from Britain and the European Union have struck a proposed divorce deal that will be presented to politicians on both sides for approval, officials in London and Brussels said Tuesday. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

D-Day for Theresa May as she seeks backing for draft Brexit deal

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May, right, arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. EU leaders meet for a second day on Thursday to discuss migration, cybersecurity and to try and move ahead on stalled Brexit talks. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The Latest: Gibraltar ‘not a problem’ in Brexit discussions

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the House of Commons, London, with an update on the latest developments in the Brexit negotiations, Monday Oct. 15, 2018. (PA via AP)

The Latest: May says UK, EU need ‘courage, trust’ on Brexit

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the House of Commons, London, with an update on the latest developments in the Brexit negotiations, Monday Oct. 15, 2018. (PA via AP)

The Latest: Tusk says new thinking required in Brexit talks

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, a sign in a parking lot of a cemetery reads: &quot;No EU border in Ireland&quot; near Carrickcarnan, Ireland, just next to the Jonesborough Parish church in Northern Ireland. The land around the small town of Carrickcarnan, Ireland is the kind of place where Britain’s plan to leave the European Union walks right into a wall - an invisible one that is proving insanely difficult to overcome. Somehow, a border of sorts will have to be drawn between Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, and EU member country Ireland to allow customs control over goods, produce and livestock once the U.K. has left the bloc. (AP Photo/Lorne Cook)

The Latest: Austria’s Kurz sees border as Brexit ‘tactic’

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, an Irish flag flies over the graves in a cemetery in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, just next to the the Jonesborough Parish located in Northern Ireland. The land around the small town of Carrickcarnan, Ireland is the kind of place where Britain’s plan to leave the European Union walks right into a wall - an invisible one that is proving insanely difficult to overcome. Somehow, a border of sorts will have to be drawn between Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, and EU member country Ireland to allow customs control over goods, produce and livestock once the U.K. has left the bloc. (AP Photo/Lorne Cook)

Irish border issued entangled with questions of identity

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, an Irish flag flies over the graves in a cemetery in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, just next to the the Jonesborough Parish located in Northern Ireland. The land around the small town of Carrickcarnan, Ireland is the kind of place where Britain’s plan to leave the European Union walks right into a wall - an invisible one that is proving insanely difficult to overcome. Somehow, a border of sorts will have to be drawn between Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, and EU member country Ireland to allow customs control over goods, produce and livestock once the U.K. has left the bloc. (AP Photo/Lorne Cook)

Irish border riddle confounds EU, UK as Brexit end nears

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends a roundtable meeting with business leaders whose companies are inaugural signatories of the Race at Work Charter at the Southbank Centre in London, Thursday Oct. 11, 2018. (Henry Nicholls/Pool via AP)

The Latest: ‘Intense effort’ didn’t seal UK-EU Brexit deal

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