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Brexit goes down to wire as May calls last-day talks

Negotiations to secure an orderly Brexit deal will go down to the wire after Theresa May said she would return to Brussels for more talks on the eve of a planned signing summit.

After an inconclusive trip to Brussels to meet EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker, the British prime minister said she would return on Saturday to finalise preparations for a full EU meeting the next day.

It is believed that the texts of the deal will not be final before a meeting of top EU diplomats — the summit’s so-called “sherpas” — on Friday, frustrating some European leaders.

“There are some further issues that need resolution. We have given direction to our negotiators this evening….
Source: Seychelles News Agency