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NEW: EU27 diplomats were briefed on Brexit talks this evening. The main points:

1) additional clarifications provided by UK today described as minor, and the problems [customs and Stormont veto] identified in last week's UK proposals are fundamentally still there
2) UK is attempting to clarify how its customs proposals would be operable, but the principles remain the same
3) Diplomats were also told that there haven't been significant developments on the the declaration outlining the future relationship. UK wants text to reflect that it won't be in the customs union, open to accepting agreed dispute settlement mechanism
4) Negotiators will be meeting again tomorrow morning.
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NEW: This is where I understand the Brexit talks, and details of the agreement under discussion, to be at:

1) Northern Ireland would be part of the UK's customs territory, however it would follow EU customs rules (ie no customs border on the island of Ireland).
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