EU rejects Britain's request to run weekend Brexit talks: The Times

(Reuters) – The European Union rejected a British government request to allow Brexit talks to run through weekend, The Times newspaper reported bit.ly/2Ipq7gM on Saturday.

“If we held talks at the weekend it would look like these were proper negotiations,” the newspaper quoted an EU diplomat as saying. “We’re still a long way from that”.

Reporting by Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler

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