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British-Irish Council family photograph

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British-Irish Council family photograph

British-Irish Council family photograph

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer poses for a family photograph alongside the Taoiseach Simon Harris, Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Scotland's First Minister John Swinney and Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan during the British-Irish Council (BIC) summit in Edinburgh.

Formed in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement, this will be the 42nd meeting of the intergovernmental forum.

Report by Gluszczykm.

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