Incoming British PM Johnson picks his Brexit team

Boris Johnson, leader of Britain's Conservative Party, leaves a private reception in central London, Britain July 23, 2019. REUTERS/File Photo

Boris Johnson takes office on Wednesday as British prime minister and will then unveil the names of the team he has tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal.

Johnson enters Downing Street at one of the most perilous junctures in post-World War British history - the United Kingdom is divided over Brexit and weakened by a three-year political crisis since the Brexit referendum.