DUP leader Arlene Foster quits Stormont talks with Sinn Féin

Former first minister will return to powersharing negotiations on Wednesday morning

Sinn Féin negotiator Gerry Kelly seen in the party’s offices at Stormont, Belfast.  Photograph: PA.

Sinn Féin negotiator Gerry Kelly seen in the party’s offices at Stormont, Belfast. Photograph: PA.

A further round of negotiations between the DUP and Sinn Féin broke up on Tuesday night without any agreement on how to restore the Northern Executive and Assembly.

DUP and Sinn Féin talks teams led respectively by Arlene Foster and Gerry Adams remained locked in negotiations throughout much of Tuesday but by 8pm those negotiations petered out without agreement.

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