Prime Minister Theresa May said she held "constructive" talks in Brussels on Wednesday as she sought concessions on Brexit from a sceptical European Union, her strategy further battered by the defection of three MPs.
The European Union's top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier ruled out on Wednesday changing the terms of the deal for Britain's departure from the bloc, he said in a French newspaper interview.
The "backstop" provision in Britain's EU divorce deal aimed at avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland is temporary, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and British Prime Minister Theresa May said after a meeting in Brussels.
Brexit negotiations might be extended if Britain fails to work out a sensible deal for leaving the European Union, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.
Three lawmakers from Britain's governing Conservatives quit over the government's "disastrous handling of Brexit" on Wednesday, in a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May's attempts to unite her party around plans to leave the European Union.
Jean-Claude Juncker cut himself shaving on Wednesday -- hardly news, even in the hothouse Brussels' EU political bubble.
As many as 15 British government ministers may vote to stop the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on March 29 in the event that no Brexit deal has been agreed, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Britain's ruling Conservative Party has been taken over by right-wing, anti-EU lawmakers who will force out more moderate colleagues, Member of Parliament Anna Soubry said after she left the party on Wednesday.
The European Union will not agree to renegotiate the deal on Britain's exit from the bloc but there might be some margin of manoeuvre for a statement on the Irish backstop, a Spanish foreign ministry source told Reuters.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday reiterated he had no expectations of a Brexit breakthrough when he meets British Prime Minister Theresa May in the evening.
Britain is able to manage the security risks of using Huawei telecoms equipment and has not seen any evidence of malicious activity by the company, a senior official said on Wednesday, pushing back against U.S. allegations of Chinese state spying.