Reuters with the story, citing unnamed EU sources
- A mid-November summit on Brexit seen less likely now
- Would still be possible in second half of the month
- Negotiators looking at linking extension of transition period with backstop to make the latter more palatable to Britain
The story also says that a planned update on Brexit has been moved from today to Friday, which suggest that there is 'no decisive progress' yet in negotiations as EU continues to await UK's proposals to come.
Here's the timeline of events for some catch up:
Tuesday
- May meets with Cabinet ministers to plan out Brexit deal
- Cabinet ministers inform May of what is needed for them to approve a deal in parliament
Wednesday
- May lays down the details of what is needed in phone call with Tusk; vice versa
- Tusk informs EU27 leaders of situation and moves meeting to Friday to allow May to come up with a workable proposal that will also get approval from Cabinet
So far, things are looking on the up but again, we're still lacking details on how workable things are.