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Gernot Blumel, Austrian Federal Minister for the EU, Arts, Culture, and Media says the EU27 are united behind the draft Brexit deal. Ministers from the 27 non-British EU members agreed not to reopen talks on the draft Brexit divorce deal ahead of its signing this weekend. SOUNDBITE
After a meeting that lasted more than five hours, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces the cabinet has given its backing to a draft Brexit deal agreed with the EU. SOUNDBITE
British government ministers meet for a crucial cabinet meeting to decide the fate of a draft Brexit deal struck by negotiators in Brussels.
The United Arab Emirates, host of the COP28 climate summit, says it will seek consensus with a new draft deal after wide criticism of language on fossil fuels. SOUNDBITE
The European Union's climate chief expresses disappointment over a proposed deal at the COP28 summit in Dubai that fell short of calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels. "There are a couple of good things in there, but overall it is clearly insufficient and not adequate to addressing the problem we are here to address," EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra tells reporters. The United States, European Union and low-lying island nations have pressed for the final deal to include language on winding down the use of fossil fuels. SOUNDBITE