Tory talks with the DUP are 'going well' so far

"The Prime Minister is focused on getting the right deal with Brexit and I give her my full support", said Ms Davidson.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is in for a hard Tuesday as she is due to hold talks with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to secure an informal alliance before meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

Mrs May also assured MPs that the DUP would not have any sway over policy on LGBT rights and any "confidence and supply" deal with them would not have any effect on talks aiming to restore the powersharing Northern Ireland government, the MP said.

"I would expect that conversation to continue tomorrow".

Despite writing a column for the same edition of the paper, the former journalist said it was "news to me", adding that the story may have involved a "slight amount of top spin".

At least six people died and dozens were injured when a massive fire tore through a 24-storey London apartment block overnight, a fresh blow to the capital less than two weeks after the London Bridge terror attack.

The discussions, which have so far lasted for nearly two hours, have now moved from No 10 to Parliament in order for the Prime Minister to speak in the Commons.

The DUP leader said: "There's been a lot of commentary around the issues that we are talking about and it won't surprise anyone that we are talking about matters that pertain, of course, to the nation generally".

She reportedly apologised to Tory MPs, accepting personal responsibility for failing to win an outright victory and sacrificing the parliamentary majority she inherited from David Cameron when she became leader after the Brexit referendum a year ago.

Though Foster supported Brexit, she also might demand that May pursue a cushioned exit from the European Union, given her party's wish that a soft border remain between Northern Ireland and Ireland, an European Union member.

David Davis, the cabinet member in charge of Brexit, said talks with the European Union may not start on Monday because it would clash with the Queen's Speech, but they will still begin next week.

Mrs Foster said: "We've had some very good discussions today and those discussions are continuing this afternoon".

Among these was whether Britain's position would "be the same as in the letter of March 29" when May triggered the two-year Brexit countdown.

Meanwhile, the chief European Union negotiator has told the Financial Times that Britain that the clock was ticking on Brexit talks, and that Britain should be wary of further delays. That's why we're ready to start very quickly. "I can't negotiate with myself".

Moody's Investors Service said the inconclusive election outcome would complicate and "probably delay" negotiations with the EU.

Sarah Wollaston MP told Sky News: "The reality of having a different arithmetic is that we are going to have a different kind of Brexit negotiation because at the end of it this will come back to Parliament, and Parliament will be voting on it, and that's the same for domestic legislation as well, there is going to have to be a much more consensual approach".

The DUP is believed to be more favorable to a "soft Brexit" that would keep Northern Ireland's border with the Republic of Ireland free-flowing. It smacked of cowardice and did not go down well with the British people who form their views of whom they think would be a better leader from exactly that kind of televisual contest.

The deal has also caused consternation in Dublin, with Irish premier Enda Kenny warning such an alliance could upset Northern Ireland's fragile peace.

London's neutrality is key to the delicate balance of power in Northern Ireland, which was once plagued by violence over Britain's control of the province.

But that looks increasingly unlikely as Conservative British Prime Minister Theresa May fights for her political life after unexpectedly losing her majority in parliament. Furthermore, those in marginal constituencies are anxious that they would lose them, and join with those in other seats in not wanting an election that might put Jeremy Corbyn over the finishing line and into Parliament.

"This new arrangement is very unsettling and people are concerned and anxious about what it may mean", Sinn Fein MP Michelle Glidernew told AFP.