As talks continue between the DUP and Conservatives over a potential confidence-and-supply arrangement to support Theresa May's minority government, Mrs Foster said: "When I meet with the Prime Minister in London tomorrow, I will be mindful of our responsibility to help bring stability to the nation at this time of challenge".
The DUP's Michelle McIlveen also blocked the introduction of climate change legislation in the Northern Ireland parliament last December when she was environment minister, according to The Belfast Telegraph-making Northern Ireland the only place in the United Kingdom not to have passed its own laws to cut carbon emissions.
Its key slogan during the campaign turned out to be rather prescient: "A vote for the DUP team is a vote to send "Team Northern Ireland" to Westminster".
May's two top aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, announced they had quit yesterday, following sustained criticism of the campaign within the party.
May's gamble of calling snap polls backfired after the British electorate delivered a hung Parliament, forcing her to seek the support of a small Northern Irish party for staying in power, as the country braces for hard Brexit talks.
Barwell was one of the Conservative lawmakers who lost his seat in Thursday's election, which saw the party lose its parliamentary majority.
Downing St. said the Cabinet will discuss the agreement on Monday.
She said she "obviously wanted a different result" and felt "sorry" for colleagues who lost their seats. The main opposition Labour Party surpassed expectations by winning 262. "I take responsibility for my part in this election campaign, which was the oversight of our policy programme", he said.
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That's even after Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah flew to Qatar to discuss the crisis with officials. Meanwhile, Turkey's parliament approved sending troops to an existing Turkish base in Qatar as a sign of support.
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall, meanwhile, fell on his sword after just six months in the job, after slumping to a distant third place in Skegness & Boston on a woeful night for the Eurosceptic party, which shed swathes of voters to Labour and Conservatives.
Instead, the result has sown confusion and division in British ranks, just days before negotiations are due to start on June 19.
It is likely the DUP will press for increased investment in Northern Ireland as the price of their support in Westminster and push for a more significant role in the Brexit process.
The arrangement with the DUP will make governing easier, but it makes some Conservatives uneasy. The DUP said only that it would enter talks.
And the other thing, I think, which I think caught us by surprise was the sheer effectiveness of the campaigning by Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing leader of the Labour Party who fought a very authentic campaign - quite an old fashioned campaign, in some ways - with big open-air rallies where he really energized people.
DUP Leader Arlene Foster recently denied the party was homophobic. "You're telling me that cosmic balls of dust gathered and there was an explosion", he said during a 2007 debate. "When it becomes a matter for me is when people try to redefine marriage".
But she seems secure for the immediate future, because senior Conservatives don't want to plunge the party into a damaging leadership contest.
The Times newspaper's front page declared "May stares into the abyss".
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