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  • Welcome to FirstFT here, today's top stories

  • Theresa May has vowed to invoke Article 50 by the end of March, triggering the formal process to leave the European Union

  • The UK Prime Minister said she wants to take full control of immigration and rejects the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice

  • Britain will have two years to negotiate its new relationship with the bloc

  • Voters in Colombia narrowly rejected a peace deal signed with Marxist guerrillas last week

  • The accord with the FARC rebels ended a 52 year conflict that killed more than 250,000 people

  • The surprise result has thrown the country into uncertainty

  • But the government and the rebels have ruled out a return to conflict

  • And an anti-immigration referendum in Hungary has been invalidated by low voter turnout

  • Just over 40% of the voters cast ballots, short of the 50% required

  • The result was a setback for Prime Minister Viktor Orban, but he vowed to continue his fight against EU refugee burden sharing

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