Boris Johnson departed 10 Downing Street on Thursday morning for a private meeting with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Negotiations to avert a no-deal Brexit are hanging in the balance following the Prime Minister's conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in which she is reported to have said there will be no Brexit deal with the UK unless Northern Ireland is in the customs union "forever". Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn