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25/10/2019 GMT

Brexit: EU considers extension

BBC World Service - World Update, Brexit: EU considers extension

EU ambassadors meet to discuss a Brexit extension, as British MPs consider an election

Most EU states are understood to favour a three-month delay to Brexit, with an option to end earlier if a deal is ratified sooner than this by Parliament. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will give members of Parliament more time to debate his Brexit deal if they back a 12th December poll.

Also on the programme, the US Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Mueller inquiry. We hear from Australia where a permanent ban on climbing Uluru comes into force, and why the Solomon Islands refused China's attempt to lease an entire island from them. 

(Picture: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street. Credit: Dennis/ AFP)

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