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Brexit negotiations enter late stage

13/12/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Brexit negotiations enter late stage

The UK and the EU have both warned they are unlikely to agree on a trade deal

The UK and the EU have both warned they are unlikely to agree a trade deal.

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen have warned they are unlikely to reach a post-Brexit trade deal by the end of Sunday. 

Also in the programme: Why Brazil hasn’t yet approved a coronavirus vaccine and the Polish women who are going to the Czech Republic for an abortion.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are the writer, broadcaster and comedian, Timandra Harkness and Peter Tatchell, international human rights campaigner and director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation

(Picture: UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson (L) and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen (R). Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

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