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The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler says that the EU is "mesmerised" by what's going in in the House of Commons over Brexit.

"One of my EU contacts said to me today that the reason there's not more panic in European capitals at the moment about the prospect of no deal is because he said 'they still have the popcorn out,'" she said.

"They're mesmerised by what's going on in the House of Commons. They really want to see which way the wind is blowing.

"The EU will not move until it feels that it has no other choice."

She explained that the EU has repeatedly said the withdrawal agreement is not open for further negotiations.

However, the political declaration - the paper on the UK's future relations with the EU - is, says the EU.

"This really is because, at the moment, the EU isn't really feeling the heat.

"They see a divided parliament."

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Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, a Brexiteer, said: "We're almost there with this entire withdrawal agreement.

"We want to enter into the future economic partnership, but we have this one issue about how do you give guarantees over the Irish border."

He said: "I think that we today should send the prime minister back to Brussels with a strong mandate to be able to say 'if you compromise with us on this one issue, on the backstop', we will be able to get agreement."

Later today, MPs will find out if their efforts to change the direction of Brexit - through tabling amendments - will come to pass.

First they will find out if their amendments will be chosen by the Speaker at the start of the afternoon, and then if they have the backing of the House.

Amendments have been tabled by MPs from all the main parties, on everything from preventing a "No-Deal" Brexit, to postponing Brexit, and dealing with the backstop.

See the full list of amendments here.

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

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Rival factions of the Tory party who, until now have been so often trying to knock lumps out of each other, have, we can report, been meeting and talking, trying to thrash out a compromise.

Brexiteers Steve Baker and Jacob Rees-Mogg have met the prime minister alongside former Remainers like Nicky Morgan and Damian Green, accompanied by government ministers like Robert Buckland, the solicitor general.

They have, together, come up with what looks like, at a very early stage, what might be two potential compromises that the Tory party as a group might be able to get around.

You can see the leaked plan below.

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

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"It might not be 326 that matters."

According to one cabinet minister, that's the strange situation that Brexit has led us to.

The government's ambition is so low - or its hurdles so high - that what No 10 seeks to do on Tuesday is not to win (326 is a majority in the House of Commons), but to reduce the scale of resistance to their central policy that, in the words of another cabinet minister, only the "hardliners oppose", so that Theresa May can get the rebels down to a "few dozen", so then they can crack on.

But crack on with what, I hear you ask?

Read Laura's take on the day ahead here.

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It's going to be an important day for Brexit as MPs prepare to vote on amendments to Theresa May's deal.

MPs have been tabling amendments to the government's plans to try to influence the direction of Brexit since Mrs May lost the vote on her original deal earlier this month.

While MPs will not be voting on the Brexit deal itself again today, the outcome of tonight's votes may give some indication on what sort of Brexit parliament can agree on.

Speaker John Bercow will decide which amendments are put forward later today and voting will take place in the Commons from 19:00 GMT.

Join us throughout the day as we bring live updates.