Authorities in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus said they will reopen part of a town (Reuters) abandoned since Cyprus was split after a Turkish invasion in 1974. The announcement drew rebukes from Greece, the European Union, and the United States. Turkey is the only country to recognize Northern Cyprus as an independent state.
UK: The government is expected to announce plans today to overhaul the Northern Ireland protocol (Bloomberg), an agreement that sought to avoid a so-called hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the wake of Brexit. A dispute over the protocol has led to tensions between the EU and the United Kingdom.
This Backgrounder looks at the future of peace in Northern Ireland.
