Brexit talks close to breakdown, deal is 'overwhelmingly unlikely': BBC reporters
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Brexit talks are close to breakdown and unless Britain accepts Northern Ireland remaining in the EU’s customs union there is unlikely to be a deal, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg cited an unidentified Downing Street source as saying.