After months of talks, UK cabinet ministers are understood to be gathering on a conference call to discuss a Brexit deal with the EU.
Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg says that “wouldn’t
happen in No 10 wasn’t by now very confident that a deal is shortly to be
finalised”.
At the same time in
Brussels, the UK and EU negotiating teams are still locked in discussions.
It’s understood they
are talking about specific details for future fishing rights – on catches of
specific species of fish.
Earlier, EU sources
said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula
von der Leyen had also been in contact in an attempt to break the deadlock.
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After months of talks, UK cabinet ministers are understood to be gathering on a conference call to discuss a Brexit deal with the EU.
Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg says that “wouldn’t happen in No 10 wasn’t by now very confident that a deal is shortly to be finalised”.
At the same time in Brussels, the UK and EU negotiating teams are still locked in discussions.
It’s understood they are talking about specific details for future fishing rights – on catches of specific species of fish.
Earlier, EU sources said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had also been in contact in an attempt to break the deadlock.
Good evening
Hello and thanks for joining us.
In the next few hours, UK and EU leaders will reach a deal that will govern their future relations after Brexit.
We’re here to take you through tonight’s developments, and will bring you all the reaction as it happens.
And with analysis from our correspondents and the BBC Reality Check team, we hope to guide you through what it all means.
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