The deal "is proof that we all worked very responsibly together", says German foreign minister Heiko Maas.

He calls it a "diplomatic feat", but adds that it still needs to be discussed by EU leaders at their summit, as well as the European Parliament.

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Brexit Party MEP Belinda de Lucy says they "need to spend much longer analysing" the deal.

She says there are initial concerns over the transition period and over fishing policy.

"We just have to be very, very careful of supporting an offer we don’t fully understand yet," she says.

"For us, this is an internationally binding treaty - it is incredibly important we get this right."

She adds: "We are disappointed that it appears so much of May’s deal seems to be reheated."

The DUP statement goes on to say that "some progress" has been made over the issue of consent.

But it says "the government has departed from the principle that these arrangements must be subject to the consent of both unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland.

"These arrangements would be subject to a rolling review but again the principles of the Belfast Agreement on consent have been abandoned in favour of majority rule on this single issue alone.

"These arrangements will become the settled position in these areas for Northern Ireland.

"This drives a coach and horses through the professed sanctity of the Belfast Agreement."

We have a new statement from the DUP.

It says: "Following confirmation from the prime minister that he believes he has secured a 'great new deal' with the European Union, the Democratic Unionist Party will be unable to support these proposals in Parliament.

"The Democratic Unionist Party has worked since the referendum result to secure a negotiated deal as we leave the European Union.

"We have been consistent that we will only ever consider supporting arrangements that are in Northern Ireland’s long-term economic and constitutional interests and protect the integrity of the Union.

"These proposals are not, in our view, beneficial to the economic well-being of Northern Ireland and they undermine the integrity of the Union."

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Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg confirms that Saturday's debate will allow MPs to vote for the government's Brexit deal, or to vote for no deal.

This will anger MPs who expect to be able to vote for the deal or for an extension to the Brexit deadline, as mandated by the Benn Act.

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This motion sees the government ask Parliament to sit this Saturday – something that has only happened four times since 1939. It wants the House to use the sitting to approve its new Brexit deal with the EU, so that the government can fulfil its promise to leave the EU on 31 October.

It is expected that the House will approve the motion to sit on Saturday. But it is not clear that the Brexit deal will pass, as it faces opposition from both Remain and Leave MPs.

If the deal fails in the Commons and MPs also refuse to endorse a no-deal Brexit, the so-called Benn Act requires the government to ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline.

However, the government has repeatedly said it will not countenance an extension, and may attempt to make Saturday's vote a binary choice between deal and no deal.

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The deal is a "big step forward" but a lot must happen before there can be certainty, Ireland's deputy prime minister Simon Coveney tells the Irish parliament.

He calls the assurance of no checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic a "significant achievement", but urges caution.

The government is "confident" that, should the deal be approved in the Commons, the required legislation would be passed before 31 October, a spokeswoman for the prime minister says.

"We have said a number of times the public would expect, if a deal is passed, for MPs to do everything they can to pass it on time and, yes, we are confident that we can do that," she says.

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SNP Drew Hendry says his party will not vote for the "rotten" deal.

"There is another option simply to revoke Article 50," he says.

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Cabinet Minister Michael Gove says: "I think we will get it over the line [in Parliament].

"The majority of MPs will recognise this is the time to get Brexit done."

He says he hopes they can have conversations with "our friends in Northern Ireland".

"The UK is leaving the EU whole and entire under this arrangement," he says.

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A deal is better than no deal, says European Council President Donald Tusk, but adds that he is "not happy" because of the "substance of this political fight".

Asked whether it is a good deal for people in Northern Ireland, he says: "I am quite sure the recommendation from the Commission side and also the positive assessment of Taoiseach Prime Minister Varadkar, this is for me a guarantee that for our citizens, I mean of [the] continent but also of Ireland, this deal is OK.

"Otherwise I would not have accepted," he adds.