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“The Australian people can always trust us to... ensure the integrity of our border protection framework.”

Scott Morrison, Australian prime minister,

speaking after the government lost a vote on legislation in the lower house to block sick asylum seekers, quoted by the BBC on Tuesday.

“It’s clear from our side that we are not going to reopen the withdrawal agreement but we will continue our discussion in the coming days.”

Michel Barnier, European Union Brexit negotiator,

saying the bloc might agree to tweak the political declaration on EU-UK ties after Brexit, quoted by Reuters on Tuesday.