The EU agrees to delay Brexit until January 2020

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• The EU has agreed to delay Brexit until January 2020.
• EU leaders met on Monday and agreed unanimously to grant an extension, which parliament could use to hold a general election.
• It represents an embarrassing climbdown for Boris Johnson, who made a "do or die" pledge to take Britain out of the EU on October 31.

The EU has agreed to delay Brexit until at least January 2020 after Boris Johnson was forced reluctantly to seek an extension.

Ambassadors from EU member states agreed unanimously to the UK's request to extend Article 50 until January next year following a meeting in Brussels on Monday.

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