Brexit talks fail to yield breakthrough with timely deal feared ‘impossible’

Barnier warns negotiations may have to continue as UK’s Irish border plans are an ‘untested’ risk. A breakthrough in the Brexit talks has failed to materialise after a weekend of intensive negotiations, with European Union capitals concluding that it may now be impossible for the UK to leave the EU by 31 October with a deal. In a briefing to EU ambassadors on Sunday evening, the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, raised the prospect of the talks having to continue aft