EU says hours left for a Brexit deal, UK says 'see sense'.

The European Union said on Friday there were just hours left to strike a Brexit trade deal while Britain called on the bloc to see sense as the two sides race to prevent a turbulent finale to the Brexit crisis at the end of the month.

Both London and Brussels are demanding the other compromise amid a flurry of often conflicting messages that, variously, a deal is possible, a deal is in serious trouble or that a deal is imminent.

Several hours after EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier told London that there were just hours left to navigate a 'very narrow' path towards a deal, Johnson said the British door was open but that the EU should see sense and compromise.

'It's the moment of truth,' Barnier told the European Parliament in Brussels.

'There is a chance of getting an agreement but the path to such...

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