The DUP’s decision faces opposition from some hard-line unionists, who fiercely guard Northern Ireland’s place in the UK.
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00:00 In a late night breakthrough, Northern Ireland's main pro-British Unionist party has agreed
00:05 to end its two year boycott of a power sharing government with pro-Irish Republican Sinn
00:10 Fein.
00:11 DUP leader Geoffrey Donaldson has managed to convince his party leadership to accept
00:16 a British government deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements.
00:20 They had been concerned that while Northern Ireland would have access to the EU's single
00:24 market, the proposal would undermine the province's position within the UK.
00:29 The boycott had threatened the future of the landmark Good Friday Agreement peace accord,
00:34 which ended decades of sectarian violence.
00:37 [WHOOSH]