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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Windsor later on Monday when they are expected to sign off on a new agreement on the NI Protocol. But what will be the key points NI politicians will be looking out for in the document which finally emerges?

Former DUP leader Arlene Foster called the move ‘tone deaf’.

Few people watching Rishi Sunak’s carefully-crafted lines in Windsor, or even reading the Government’s eight ‘explainer’ documents will grasp the full significance of Monday’s UK-EU deal.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party will "consider very carefully" the terms of the new protocol deal.

How will the green lane work in practice?

The US president has long taken a close interest in the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Westminster is on stand-by for a Northern Ireland Protocol deal to be announced after it was revealed that the European Commission President would meet the Prime Minister today for “final talks”.

Rishi Sunak is poised to announce his post-Brexit deal with the EU, with or without DUP approval, after securing the support of leading Eurosceptics in the Conservative party.

Senior UVF figures have warned loyalists will “wreck the place” and “the streets will be in flames” if any Brexit deal between the UK and EU does not scrap the Irish Sea border.

The Prime Minister is set to meet the President of the European Commission as they agree to keep working in person to resolve the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol.