Brexit: McKee death 'shows need to solve Irish border issue'

The death of journalist Lyra McKee shows the need to 'find an answer' to the Irish border question in the Brexit talks, Emily Thornberry has said. The shadow foreign secretary urged ministers to accept that a customs union with the EU was the way to avoid a hard border and preserve peace. Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington rejected a link between the border or customs arrangements and the murder. Treasury minister Liz Truss said it was 'very wrong' to connect the two.