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Britain says goodbye to the EU

01/04/2017 GMT

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Britain told the EU this week that it's leaving. How will the next two years play out?

The British government officially set the wheels of Brexit in motion, by sending the EU formal notice of its intention to leave. Two years of intense and difficult talks now begin.  How do the two sides see them playing out?  Our London correspondent Rob Watson and Simon Wilson in Brussels in discussion with Jackie Leonard.
Photo: EU council president Donald Tusk holds Britain's departure letter
Credit: Reuters

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