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Boris Johnson meets senior ministers ahead of discussions on Brexit with sceptical EU leaders
•UK Brexit secretary Steve Barclay said all sides had to start real talks on Johnson's outline by the weekend to have any chance to get a deal in time
Boris Johnson submits ‘final’ Brexit proposal to EU but reiterates readiness for divorce without deal, seeks to define finer points by 11 Oct
•Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday published his "final" Brexit proposals, warning EU leaders that Britain will walk out without a deal on 31 October if they do not accept his terms.
France bids farewell to ex-president Jacques Chirac; many world leaders attend memorial service in Paris
•Chirac's death on Thursday aged 86 prompted a flood of tributes to a man whose high-profile political career spanned three decades
Brexit: With deadline looming, Theresa May to meet Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron to prevent 'no-deal' exit, press for delay
•Still struggling to get her EU divorce deal through parliament,Theresa May is hoping European leaders will agree on Wednesday to delay Brexit for a second time to stop Britain crashing out of the bloc two days later.
UK, EU leaders refuse to budge on Brexit but agree to more talks; Theresa May vows to deliver divorce deal on time
•Britain and the European Union agreed to further negotiations in the next few weeks, although that means any deal will come perilously close to the scheduled deadline of 29 March. That risks a chaotic departure for Britain that could be costly to both sides — both to businesses and ordinary people.
Seeking to avoid no-deal Brexit, Theresa May returns to Brussels to meet top EU lawmakers
•Theresa May's spokesman stressed that she wasn't coming to Brussels to ask for more time and remained determined to deliver a Brexit deal before the 29 March deadline.
Donald Trump, Jean-Claude Juncker agree to lower trade barriers in Washington meet, vow to forge strong US-EU alliance
•US president Donald Trump and EU president Jean-Claude Juncker have agreed to end the trade war with each other and to forge closer ties in their conference in Washington
European Union officials to meet leaders of China, Japan to forge alliances in face of Donald Trump’s trade policies
•Top European Union officials will be meeting Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe to forge alliances in the face of Donald Trump's protectionistic policies
16 European Union leaders to attend informal meet on migrant crisis ahead of full summit on bloc's asylum system
•The leaders of Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia — the four countries from the European Union that refuse migrants — said today they would not attend the meeting
On last leg of European tour, Sushma Swaraj calls on presidents of European Commission and Parliament in Brussels
•External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday held talks with President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani in Brussels on the last leg of her four-nation tour.