Macron meets Johnson, while Pound recovers slightly on backstop hopes

Macron meets Johnson, while Pound recovers slightly on backstop hopes

French President Emmanuel Macron warns Prime Minister Boris Johnson there isn't enough time to negotiate a whole new Brexit deal, while Angela Merkel's comments that she has not given Britain 30 days to find a solution to the so-called Irish backstop sent the Pound up Thursday afternoon.

Francis Maguire reports.