Borrell, 'agreement on sanctions against Hamas and violent settlers' - Breaking news. "The technical work will continue in the next few days but we have a political agreement," says Borrell.

This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell in a press conference after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the 27 EU countries. "A solid compromise has been found" on sanctions on Hamas and the Israeli settlers responsible for the violence in the West Bank, Borrell says.