The UK flexes its muscles ahead of the imminent breakdown of post-Brexit trade talks with the Royal Navy threatening to interdict EU fishing boats.

Boris Johnson has just arrived in Brussels for crunch talks with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

Tensions are mounting in London and Brussels as Boris Johnson and European Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen 'pause' their all-important telephone discussion on the state of the negotiations after only 90 minutes.

In two separate interviews with the UK's biggest broadcasters the environment secretary George Eustice has tried to reduce expectations of an imminent breakthrough in trade negotiations.

Boris Johnson is due to hold 'crisis talks' with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to try to find a path forward in stalled trade negotiations.

Boris Jonson continues to send mixed signals on the all-important post-Brexit trade deal even as the deadline fast approaches.

Though several issues remain to be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties, the EU Commissioner states that a deal is still possible before the end of the year.

The European Commission says it will contribute 400 million euros to a WHO-led initiative to buy COVID-19 vaccines.

Britain is discussing with the European Union whether it will join a plan by the bloc to secure supplies of potential vaccines against COVID-19, officials in London and Brussels said on Friday.

EU leaders are expected to agree on a move to ban non-essential entry into the 27-nation bloc for a period of 30 days.