A Brexit deal has been agreed between the UK and EU before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels.
Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker called it a "fair" outcome - and the EU Commission President said there was no need to extend the Brexit deadline, BBC reported.
He said: "We have a deal so why should we have a prolongation."
This will be a boost for the PM, but he still faces a battle to get the deal through Parliament on Saturday, with the DUP opposing it.
Mr Johnson urged MPs to "come together" and "get this excellent deal over the line".
He added: "Now is the moment for us to get Brexit done and then together work on building our future partnership, which I think can be incredibly positive both for the UK and for the EU."
Brexit should happen "without any more delay", he added, so that the government could turn its attentions to domestic priorities.
The prime minister has repeatedly insisted the UK will leave the EU on 31 October - he could yet be forced to ask for an extension but it will be up to the leaders of the 27 member states - not Jean-Claude Juncker - whether to grant one.
The two sides worked round-the-clock on the legal text of the deal, but it will still need the approval of both the UK and European parliaments.
In a statement, the Democratic Unionist Party, which the government relies on for support in key votes, said: "These proposals are not, in our view, beneficial to the economic well-being of Northern Ireland and they undermine the integrity of the Union."
It added: "Saturday's vote in Parliament on the proposals will only be the start of a long process to get any Withdrawal Agreement Bill through the House of Commons."
What is in the deal?
Most of the deal is the same as the one agreed by Theresa May last year - the main change is the Northern Ireland proposal.
The UK will continue to abide by EU rules until the end of 2020, and possibly longer, to allow businesses to adjust
The UK will still pay an estimated £33bn "divorce bill"
The rights of EU citizens living in the UK, and UK citizens in the EU, will be guaranteed
What's changed?
Northern Ireland will be aligned to the EU single market
The controversial "backstop" - that critics feared could have kept the UK in a customs union with the EU indefinitely - has been removed
Northern Ireland will instead remain a part of the UK's customs territory, so it will be included in any future trade deals struck by the government after Brexit
But Northern Ireland will also remain an entry point into the EU's customs zone. The UK will not apply tariffs to products entering Northern Ireland as long as they are not destined for onward transportation across the border
A joint EU/UK committee will decide which goods are at risk of entering the single market and the UK will collect EU tariffs on them on behalf of the EU
The Northern Ireland Assembly - which has been suspended since January 2017 - will get a vote every four years on whether to continue with the new trading arrangements
The decision would be based on a simple majority, rather than requiring a majority of both unionists and nationalists to support the rules in order for them to pass
The DUP's objections
In a statement, the Democratic Unionists said Northern Ireland's main East-West trade route would still be subject to EU customs rules, "notwithstanding that Northern Ireland will remain part of the UK customs territory".
"All goods would be subject to a customs check regime regardless of their final destination," the statement added, and the plan for a joint EU/UK committee would give the EU a "veto" on which goods would be exempt from tariffs or not.
"This is not acceptable within the internal borders of the United Kingdom," the DUP said.
They expressed concerns Northern Ireland consumers would face increased costs and less choice, and Northern Ireland would also be subject to different VAT arrangements to the rest of the UK.
"Some progress" had been made on democratic consent for the deal, it went on, but the idea of giving the Assembly a vote on the new arrangements that could be won by a "simple majority" violated the Good Friday Agreement, which demands the backing of both unionists and nationalists.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the deal sounded "even worse" than the one negotiated by the PM's predecessor, Theresa May, and "should be rejected" by MPs.
MPs have voted to hold an extra sitting in the Commons on Saturday to discuss the next steps.
Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said the government would hold a vote on the deal and was not "not contemplating defeat".
But, he added, if the plan did not get the backing of MPs, the alternative was leaving without a deal.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said he and Mr Juncker had been told by the PM that "he has faith in his ability to convince the majority he needs in the House of Commons".
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage called for the deal to be rejected by Parliament, saying it would mean "we will not be making our own laws in our own country".
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said: "The next few days will set the direction of our country for generations, and I am more determined than ever to stop Brexit."
MPs passed a law in September that requires the PM to request an extension on 19 October if Parliament has not agreed a deal or backed leaving without a deal by that date.
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