British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's latest offer of a compromise deal for his country's departure from the European Union by the end of this month appears to have been rejected by EU officials even before all member-states have had the time to study its contents.
He has tried to deal with the single biggest stumbling block in the negotiations - fears of creating a tightly controlled border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom - by offering to keep Northern Ireland as part of the European Union's trade framework for a long period of time after Britain leaves the EU.
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