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First morning light strikes the Houses of Parliament in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Britain's Parliament is set to vote in a rare Saturday sitting on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new deal with the European Union, a decisive moment in the prolonged bid to end the Brexit stalemate. Various scenarios may be put in motion by the vote. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK lawmakers vote to delay final Brexit decision again

By Jill Lawless and Mike Corder - Associated Press

Leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party, Fabian Picardo after securing a win in the general election, in Gibraltar, Friday Oct. 18. 2019. An election for Gibraltar's 17-seat parliament took place under a cloud of uncertainty about what Brexit will bring for the speck of British territory on Spain's southern tip. In the 2016 referendum, 96% of the 34,000 residents voted not to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)

The Latest: Johnson seeks support for Brexit deal

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Undated handout photo issued on Friday Oct. 18, 2019 by the group Led By Donkeys of an anti-Brexit protest message which has been ploughed in 40 metre high letters in a field at Manor Farm, Water Eaton, Wiltshire, England. (Will Rose, Led By Donkeys via AP)

Yes or No? Vital vote on Brexit plan set for Saturday in UK

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves the podium after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Britain and the European Union reached a new tentative Brexit deal on Thursday, hoping to finally escape the acrimony, divisions and frustration of their three-year divorce battle. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Johnson urges support for Brexit deal before knife-edge vote

By MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 file photo, Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster, center, speaks to journalists after her meeting with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier at EU headquarters in Brussels. The Democratic Unionist Party is a small Northern Irish political grouping with an outsized Brexit role. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson most likely needs the 10 votes the party has in Parliament if he is going to have any chance in getting any Brexit deal he negotiates with the European Union over the line. Little wonder then, that the party is being courted intensely by Johnson. As things stand, it’s not clear whether the party will support any deal that emerges.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Small Northern Irish party plays big role in Brexit talks

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Tourists sheltering underneath a British Union flag umbrella walk across Westminster Bridge in the rain towards the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Saturday drama: Brexit battle to be decided in UK Parliament

By GREGORY KATZ and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 file photo, Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster, center, speaks to journalists after her meeting with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier at EU headquarters in Brussels. The Democratic Unionist Party is a small Northern Irish political grouping with an outsized Brexit role. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson most likely needs the 10 votes the party has in Parliament if he is going to have any chance in getting any Brexit deal he negotiates with the European Union over the line. Little wonder then, that the party is being courted intensely by Johnson. As things stand, it’s not clear whether the party will support any deal that emerges.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

The Latest: EU lawmakers might not OK Brexit deal by Oct. 31

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European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, shakes hands with Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers, Article 50, at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is in Luxembourg on Tuesday to brief ministers on the state of play for Brexit. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Brexit talks inch closer to a deal ahead of summit

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 photo showing a Loyalist mural painted on a wall in east Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Small Northern Irish party plays big role in Brexit talks

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Anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters protest across the street from the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. A Brexit divorce deal is still possible ahead of Thursday's European Union summit but the British government needs to move ahead with more compromises to seal an agreement in the next few hours, the bloc said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Customs, VAT issues seen holding up Brexit deal

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European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier arrives for a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers, Article 50, at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is in Luxembourg on Tuesday to brief ministers on the state of play for Brexit. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Latest: Scottish party won’t accept Brexit plans

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UK Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay, right, shakes hands with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier before their meeting at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

A crunch Brexit week looms with drama in London and Brussels

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Union flags flap in the wind as two people walk up a set of stairs outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Technical talks on Brexit continued in Brussels over the weekend with European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier due to brief EU ambassadors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Latest: Ireland: Brexit talks could go into next week

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UK Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay, left, shakes hands with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier before their meeting at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

The Latest: EU, Britain to intensify talks on a Brexit deal

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, left, greets European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier prior to the start of the weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Latest: EU’s Tusk says Brexit part of brutality trend

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event on &quot;transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement&quot; in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to get involved in crash involving diplomat’s wife

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Stanley Johnson, father of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks at an Extinction Rebellion panel on climate change in Trafalgar Square, on the third day of ongoing demonstrations in London, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Police are reporting they have arrested more than 500 people since the start of two weeks of protests as the Extinction Rebellion group attempts to draw attention to global warming .(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Boris Johnson’s father joins climate protesters in London

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to mental health professionals during his visit to Watford General Hospital, in Watford, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Britain and the European Union appeared to be poles apart Monday on a potential Brexit deal, with the Dutch government urging the British government to offer &quot;more realism and clarity,&quot; and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting the bloc has to soften its stance. (Peter Summers/Pool Photo via AP)

U.K. says chances of Brexit deal slim; EU chides ‘blame game’

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend Parliament in London, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. The U.K. offered the European Union a proposed last-minute Brexit deal on Wednesday that it said represents a realistic compromise for both sides, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the bloc to hold &quot;rapid negotiations towards a solution&quot; after years of wrangling. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

EU demands U.K. ‘realism’ as Boris Johnson tries to save Brexit plan

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert - Associated Press

A construction worker works outside European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. British Brexit negotiator David Frost is continuing technical negotiations at EU headquarters on Friday, seeking ways to find a breakthrough in the stalled UK-EU divorce negotiations. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

What next as UK and EU seek last-minute Brexit deal

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press