The EU has sparked fury by triggering part of the Brexit agreement to prevent the unfettered flow of Covid-19 vaccines to the UK via Northern Ireland.
The bloc has invoked part of the Northern Ireland Protocol in an attempt to stop vaccines made in the EU from getting into the UK through the back door.
The protocol, which is part of the Brexit deal, allows goods from the EU to be exported to Northern Ireland without checks. However the EU triggered Article 16 of the protocol tonight to slap temporary export controls on vaccines sent to Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster described the move as an "incredible act of hostility" and said she has tonight spoken to Boris Johnson and Cabinet Office Minister
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