'On a knife edge': Britain and EU in last-ditch trade talks

Pro-EU demonstrator Steve Bray props banners outside the conference centre in Westminster where trade talks between the UK and the EU continue in London, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. With less than one month to go before the UK exits the EU's economic orbit, talks are continuing, and UK officials have said this is the last week to strike a deal. [AP]

Britain and the European Union will make a last-ditch attempt to strike a post-Brexit trade deal this week, with probably just days left for negotiators to avert a chaotic parting of ways at the end of the year.