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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

20/10/2019 GMT

EU considers Brexit extension request

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Latvia's foreign minister says EU27 will grant technical extension for an orderly Brexit

Latvia's foreign minister says EU27 will grant technical extension for an orderly Brexit.

A senior British government minister has insisted that Britain will leave the European Union eleven days from now, regardless of an official request to postpone Brexit.

Also in the programme: Police in Hong Kong have clashed again with protesters who've defied a ban on marches and face masks; and a plane has made the longest non-stop commercial flight - from New York to Sydney - taking more than nineteen hours.

Picture: A handout picture released by the UK Parliament shows Britain"s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on October 19, 2019. Credit: AFP via Getty Images.

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