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Merkel challenges British PM to come up with plan to avoid no-deal Brexit
German chancellor has given Boris Johnson thirty days to find alternative to 'backstop'.
At his first meeting with Mrs Merkel since taking office, Mr Johnson repeated his demand that the EU scrap the backstop - a previously negotiated guarantee of an open border on the island of Ireland. Also: Nigeria said to be on the brink of being declared polio-free and there's shock in Russia after a couple who took their baby to an opposition rally are threatened with having their children put into care.
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