Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are to hold emergency talks as negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal go down to the wire.
With time for an agreement rapidly running out, the two sides' chief negotiators announced on Friday they were putting the talks on "pause" to allow political leaders to take stock.
In a joint statement following the latest round of negotiations in London, the UK's Lord Frost and the EU's Michel Barnier said the conditions for an agreement had still not been met.
After months of circling round the same issues, they said "significant divergences" remained over fisheries, the "level playing field" rules on fair competition and the enforcement mechanism for any deal.
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