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  Breakthrough on fishing rights as Brexit talks hang in the balance

  

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  Terms on access to UK waters all but finalised, say Brussels sources, but issue of following EU laws remains an obstacleA major breakthrough has been made in Brexit negotiations on the rights of European fleets to fish in UK waters, EU sources said last night, leaving a Franco-German demand that Britain follow EU laws as the final hurdle to a historic trade and security deal.Sources in Brussels said the two sides had all but finalised terms on the level of access for EU boats to seas within the UK’s 200-mile exclusive economic zone, with a transition period for phasing in changes understood to be between five and seven years. Continue reading...

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  Brexit trade and security deal with EU within 'touching distance', says No 10

  

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  Boris Johnson briefs cabinet on breakthrough and is expected to address nation early on Christmas EveA...

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  Boris Johnson calls on EU to break Brexit deadlock over fishing

  

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  Two sides at loggerheads as Michel Barnier says talks have entered final few hoursBrexit news –...

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  Boris Johnson and EU agree to extend Brexit talks until Sunday

  

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  Significant gaps remain between PM and EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen after Brussels dinnerA...

  Significant gaps remain between PM and EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen after Brussels dinnerA Brexit deal must be sealed by Sunday or there will be no deal, Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen agreed after a “lively and frank” three-hour summit which set the stage for a dramatic final act of the negotiations.Despite nine months of troubled talks, “very large gaps”...

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