EU floats new Irish border compromise in tentative Brexit plan - FT

European Union negotiators have floated a tentative Brexit plan to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland and to give Britain stronger guarantees that a customs border would not be needed along the Irish Sea, the Financial Times said on Thursday.The biggest obstacle to a Brexit deal has been Britain's wish to keep the border of its province of Northern Ireland with Ireland open - preserving frictionless trade and a 1998 peace deal that ended sectarian violence - while leaving the EU's sing