Negotiators see 'pathway' to possible Brexit deal after latest meeting

The next European Council summit for Johnson, Varadkar and their colleagues from the other EU capitals starts on October 17 next week

Britain and Europe's top Brexit negotiators sat down together Friday to test what British and Irish leaders say might be a "pathway" to a deal.

Technical talks on an agreement to govern Britain's EU divorce are stalled, just days before what had been billed as a last chance European summit.

But on Friday British Brexit minister Stephen Barclay and chief European Union negotiator Michel Barnier sat down for a working breakfast.

There have been many false dawns in the talks, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar are holding out hope.

After meeting in northwest England