UK decision not to send minister to meeting is sign of how Brexit is shifting foreign policy.

Spectre of Iraq War intelligence misuse raised at EU council meeting. / There was strong support among EU countries for an independent UN investigation and calls for more evidence – with the UK relatively isolating in its support the Trump administration’s line.

It’s time to tell us what you want, ministers say, as European press tears into PM.

The German Foreign Minster has said Germany will not support any Brexit agreement that results in a hard border on the Island of Ireland. Heiko Maas was addressing a conference of Irish ambassadors and diplomatic mission chiefs in Dublin Castle.