UK's Frost: 'working very hard' on Brexit deal

Britain’s main Brexit tre deal negotiator, David Frost, said "we are still working very hard" ahe of a day expected to be one of most intense days in long-running Brexit tre negotiations. Monday started off with little good news about any progress Monday, with United Kingdom and European Union seemingly still stuck on same issues that have dogged standoff for months.

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier held a pre-dawn briefing with ambassors of 27 member states to see if a deal is still possible with London ahe of January 1 deline, but h news of a breakthrough.

In evening, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have his second phone call with EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in barely 48 hours, to decide wher to pull plug on an agreement that could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides and disrupt cross-Channel tre for years to come. 

(Im Credits: AP)