There's a glimmer of optimism that a no-deal Brexit may be avoided, after a meeting between UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron ended with some suggestion that an alternative solution to the controversial Irish backstop can be found.
Mr Macron, however, said there would not be a new withdrawal agreement that was very different form the existing one.
UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.
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