DUP Backs Deal to Restore N. Ireland Government, Subject to Changes on Brexit Rules
• DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says the party has endorsed a deal to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, subject to new legislation being passed.
• Donaldson says the deal is not perfect but provides a basis for returning to devolved government at Stormont.
• The deal aims to remove checks on goods moving within the UK and ending NI blindly following EU laws.
• Donaldson faced some criticism from DUP members but says the executive's vote to endorse was "decisive".
• UK Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris welcomed the DUP's move as a "significant step".