EU hopes UK cross-party talks will break Brexit deadlock this week

The European Union is hoping that Britain's ruling conservatives and the opposition Labour Party will reach a deal this week on the terms of the country's exit from the EU, possibly including membership in a customs union, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator said.Michel Barnier, speaking at Leuven university in Belgium, said it was up to Britain to break the deadlock.Prime Minister Theresa May agreed a withdrawal deal with the European Union last year but it was rejected three times by the deeply d