According to the latest headlines floating on the wires, via RTÉ News, the EU will offer British Prime Theresa May a UK-wide customs union as a way around the Irish backstop issue, but it will have to be negotiated beyond the Withdrawal Agreement as a separate treaty.
The news triggered a fresh leg of an upsurge in the British Pound, with the GBP/USD pair surging nearly 50-pips to hit fresh session tops, around mid-1.3100s.