Johnson, Merkel to face off in first Brexit talks

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with his EU counterparts this week in his gamble to renegotiate the Brexit divorce bill. [AFP]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Berlin on Wednesday to kick off a marathon of tense talks with key European and international leaders as the threat of a chaotic no-deal Brexit looms.

On his first foreign visit since taking office, he will seek to convince German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and on Thursday French President Emmanuel Macron, to renegotiate elements of the UK's impending divorce from the European Union -- something the EU leaders have already ruled out.