Barnier says PM’s acceptance of need for ‘evolution clause’ as standards diverge has unlocked talks
A post-Brexit trade and security deal could be sealed as early as this week after Boris Johnson made a key concession over the weekend, the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has told the bloc’s ambassadors in Brussels.
Barnier said the prime minister’s acceptance of the need for a treaty-level mechanism to ensure fair competition as regulatory standards diverge over time had unlocked the talks. His comments came despite suggestions from Downing Street that a no-deal exit remains likely.
Continue reading...Outages disrupt vast majority of services, but search largely unaffected
Google is suffering a worldwide outage, with failures reported across the company’s services, including Gmail, Google Calendar and YouTube.
Beginning at about 11.50am GMT, the outages appear to have affected the vast majority of the company’s services, apart from Google search which is still operating largely unaffected.
