Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, tells reporters at his press conference: "We are fully committed to protect peace, to protect stability on the island of Ireland."

He says the agreement says a hard border will be avoided while protecting the integrity of the single market, and that Northern Ireland will remain within the UK customs territory.

The European Commission has published the full details of Boris Johnson's deal.

You can find the revised Withdrawal Agreement here, external.

And you can click here, external to find the revised Political Declaration, which is a non-binding document setting out the future relationship between the EU and UK.

If you don't want to wade through all 64 pages of the deal, the commission's press release is here, external.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the PM's deal is "even worse" than Theresa May's, which was rejected three times by Parliament.

"These proposals risk triggering a race to the bottom on rights and protections: putting food safety at risk, cutting environmental standards and workers' rights, and opening up our NHS to a takeover by US private corporations," Mr Corbyn says.

"This sell-out deal won't bring the country together and should be rejected. The best way to get Brexit sorted is to give the people the final say in a public vote."

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

One thing I’ve been told is that Boris Johnson will not hold a vote (on his deal) unless he’s confident of winning it and I do not see how he can be confident of winning it unless he has the DUP on board so I think whether Saturday goes ahead is very much up in the air.

If he goes for the Saturday sitting [in the Commons], he could go down in flames. He could lose his deal and for the Brexit deal to go down for a fourth time could potentially be a game over moment.

More than that, he could even find himself facing Parliament backing another referendum.

If Saturday goes ahead, it is going to be a massive moment in the history of this country.

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

I question whether this is a part of gamesmanship on the part of Boris Johnson to try and bulldoze the DUP back on board.

In other words to say: "Look – Brussels is happy, they’re prepared to sign off on it, I’m prepared to sign off on it, the only problem is you guys."

In other words, massively cranking up the pressure on the DUP to back down, because they are saying: "Actually we still stand by our earlier statement."

So as things stand they are not yet on board. So you have to ask why is Boris Johnson saying there is a deal?

I surmise to really try and turn up the heat on the DUP to try and get them on board, because everyone else is on board.

The EU's chief negotiator kicks things off at the press conference by thanking both the British team and EU negotiating teams for their "tenacity and professionalism".

Michel Barnier says the agreement drawn up by both sides is the result of "intensive work" and "should provide legal certainty in every area where Brexit - like any separation - creates uncertainty".

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The BBC Brussels reporter Adam Fleming seems to think so.

"I don't think there will be any further concessions from the EU," he says.

"I don't think they'll come back to the negotiating table for the third, fourth or fifth time. This is the last deal they're prepared to offer."

Our reporter says the EU will now be preparing for just two scenarios - firstly, a no-deal Brexit, and secondly, an extension to the process that Mr Johnson is compelled by law to ask for under the Benn Act.

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The pound has hit a five-month high against the US dollar following the PM's announcement that he's agreed a Brexit deal with EU officials.

The pound was up 1%, worth 1.2937 dollars.

It fell 0.5% earlier today after the DUP said it would not support the deal in its current form.

Check the latest updates to market data here.

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Jo Swinson, leader of the Liberal Democrats, says her party will continue to push for a second referendum.

"The fight to stop Brexit is far from over," she adds.

"Boris Johnson's deal would be bad for our economy, bad for our public services and bad for our environment. The next few days will set the direction of our country for generations and I am more determined than ever to stop Brexit."

Ms Swinson supports a second referendum with an option to remain in the EU.

Former Green Party leader tweets:

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While I deeply regret the outcome of the referendum of 23 June 2016, I continue to believe that the European Union is best served by an orderly and amicable withdrawal of the UK from our Union.

Our hand should always remain outstretched as the UK will remain a key partner of the European Union in the future.

However, the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement has proven difficult in the UK. In order to help the UK's prime minister secure the necessary majority in the House of Commons, discussions with the UK resumed in early September this year.

As regards the Withdrawal Agreement itself: negotiations focused on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and sought to identify a mutually satisfactory solution to address the specific circumstances on the island of Ireland.

The negotiators also discussed the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the UK.

Their aim was to adjust the Political Declaration in a way that reflects the different level of ambition now sought by the government of the UK for the country's future relationship with the European Union.

The negotiators reached an agreement on a revised Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and on a revised Political Declaration on 17 October 2019.

Both were endorsed by the European Commission. The prime minister of the UK also signalled his approval of these documents to me today.

Both texts are attached to this letter. I recommend that the European Council endorses the revised Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration at its forthcoming meeting.

As I have indicated to you in the past, I believe it is high time to complete the withdrawal process and move on, as swiftly as possible, to the negotiation on the European Union's future partnership with the UK.

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"Boris Johnson will not get the numbers to get a deal unless he has the DUP," BBC deputy political editor Norman Smith says.

"That is just an arithmetical fact.

"The only way he could conceivably get it through is if you suddenly saw a whole load of Labour MPs coming on board," he adds - but he says it is unlikely any opposition MPs would do so unless the DUP was also backing the deal.

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BBC deputy political editor Norman Smith says we are "heading for one humongous showdown" in Parliament on Saturday now that a deal has been approved by the EU.

In a statement a few moments ago, the DUP said: "Our earlier statement still stands in response to news that a deal has been reached."

That earlier statement read: