Brexit deal next week "within reach" - Barnier

A Brexit deal is "within reach" next week, EU negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday, even as he rammed home his insistence that Britain must accept possible checks on trade between its mainland and Northern Ireland."An agreement is within reach for Oct. 17, next Wednesday, if we succeed to the end of this negotiation now," Barnier said in a speech to business leaders at the European Parliament.EU leaders are due to meet for dinner in Brussels next Wednesday and hope to agree a withdrawal t