Brexit deal agreed as EU leaders endorse Boris Johnson’s plan — live updates

European leaders are now giving a joint press conference on the new Brexit deal.

Donald Tusk, the EU Council President, says the key difference between Boris Johnson’s deal and the one negotiated by Theresa May is “Johnson’s acceptance to have customs checks at the point of entry to Northern Ireland.”

That compromise will “avoid border checks” between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and will “ensure the integrity of the single market,” Tusk says.

Agreeing a deal also “allows us to avoid chaos,” he adds.

But he acknowledges that all now rests with the British and European Parliaments approving the pact. “Now, we are all waiting for the vote in both Parliaments,” Tusk says.

He concludes: “On a more personal note, what I feel today is, frankly speaking, sadness.”

“In my heart I will always be a Remainer,” he adds.

And on a final note, a message to the UK: The EU’s “door will always be open” should Britons decide in the future that they want to rejoin.