Brexit talks resume as divorce day looms

BRUSSELS - The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meets Britain's negotiating team on Tuesday as both sides seek a breakthrough with just weeks to go before this month's ominous divorce deadline.

Barnier, a former French foreign minister, will meet in Brussels with Britain's attorney general Geoffrey Cox and Brexit minister Stephen Barclay for talks that start at 1700. But despite that defeat, EU leaders insist that the withdrawal agreement will not be reopened, and talks in Brussels are focused on drafting a separate document to placate doubters in London.

"Many Tories who dislike May's deal are reluctantly coming round to the idea of voting for it," said Eurasia Group analyst Mujtaba Rahman, a former UK official.

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