Spain says it will have last word on Gibraltar border entries

Agreement in principle will allow territory to join the Schengen free movement area

Spain will have the last word on who can enter Gibraltar under the terms of the preliminary post-Brexit deal announced this week, Spain's foreign minister has said, in an assertion that was swiftly challenged by Gibraltar's chief minister.

The agreement in principle - struck just hours before Gibraltar was poised to become the only frontier marked by a hard Brexit - will allow the British overseas territory to join the Schengen free movement area with Spain acting as a guarantor.