[UPDATE] EU Offers To Extend Brexit Deadline To Oct. 31
(WorldNews Belgium)

European Union leaders on Thursday offered Britain a delay to its EU departure date until Halloween, The Associated Press reports. Leaders of the 27 remaining EU member states met for more than six hours before agreeing to postpone Brexit until Oct. 31, two officials said. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations. European Council President Donald Tusk confirmed in a tweet that an extension had been agreed to, but he did not disclose the date. British Prime Minister Theresa May, who had sought a delay only until June 30, still has to agree to the offer. EU leaders spent a long dinner meeting wrangling over whether to save...