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Britain and EU strike Brexit deal ahead of summit

Britain voted narrowly in a 2016 referendum to leave the EU

Britain and the European Union reached a last-ditch Brexit deal on Thursday, just hours before an EU summit that is expected to give it a seal of approval.

But Prime Minister Boris Johnson will still have to take the accord to a sceptical British parliament for its backing on Saturday, and it is far from certain that it will pass.

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