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In this image taken from video released by Downing Street, Sunday April 7, 2019, showing Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May defending her position on Brexit, and her decision to hold cross-party talks with opposition Labour Party, in a video message filmed at her Chequers country retreat. Cross-party talks over Brexit are expected to resume before the U.K.'s Friday deadline for leaving the European Union. (Downing Street via AP)

U.K. government, opposition cling to hope of Brexit compromise

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 21, 2019 file photo, activists pose with their faces painted in the EU and Union Flag colors during an anti-Brexit campaign stunt outside EU headquarters during an EU summit in Brussels. The country's struggle to leave the European Union is one of the great political crisis to afflict Britain in the postwar period. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

The Latest: Parliament OKs law barring Brexit without deal

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FILE - In this March 29, 2019, file photo, Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters wave flags in Parliament Square at the end of the final leg of the &quot;March to Leave&quot; in London. Britain is set to leave the EU on April 12 without a Brexit agreement in place unless a plan is reached or the EU grants an extension. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

UK holds out hope for Brexit compromise by Friday deadline

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 21, 2019 file photo, activists pose with their faces painted in the EU and Union Flag colors during an anti-Brexit campaign stunt outside EU headquarters during an EU summit in Brussels. The country's struggle to leave the European Union is one of the great political crisis to afflict Britain in the postwar period. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

The Latest: EU diplomat pans hardliner’s ‘difficult’ Brexit

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FILE - In this March 25, 2019, file photo, an anti-Brexit campaigner shows her support for Europe waving a European Union flag outside Parliament in London. Britain is set to leave the EU on April 12 without a Brexit agreement in place unless a plan is reached or the EU grants an extension. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

What next? Some scenarios for UK as Brexit crisis unfolds

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

A pro EU protestor waves flags opposite the House of Parliament in London, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Meetings are planned Thursday between the British government and the opposition Labour Party in an urgent search for a compromise solution to the country's departure from the European Union. The upper House of Lords is also set to consider legislation that would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay from the EU. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: Labour rues lack of progress in Brexit talks

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European flags fly, opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, April 4, 2019. The British government and senior opposition figures were meeting Thursday in search of a new plan on how the country leaves the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to stop her shift toward compromise from splitting her Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

What Next? UK seeks elusive Brexit deal to end uncertainty

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, front right, and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, front left, attend the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. May and Corbyn have met to discuss ways to break the Brexit logjam. Their negotiating teams met again Thursday, April 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/File)

Brexit compromise may rest on UK odd couple May and Corbyn

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a press conference outside Downing Street, in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. May said Tuesday that she will seek to further delay Britain's exit from the European Union and seek to make an accord with the political opposition in a bid to break the Brexit impasse. May made the announcement after the EU's chief negotiator warned that a chaotic and costly Brexit was likely in just 10 days unless Britain snapped out of the political crisis that has paralyzed the government and Parliament. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP)

UK legislates to avert chaotic Brexit as May seeks new plan

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. With Britain racing toward a chaotic exit from the European Union within days, May veered away from the cliff-edge Tuesday, saying she would seek another Brexit delay and hold talks with the opposition to seek a compromise. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Theresa May to meet U.K. opposition leader for Brexit compromise talks

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A pro EU protestor demonstrates opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May is set for a marathon session with her Cabinet as the government tries to find a way out of the Brexit crisis, after lawmakers again rejected all alternatives to her European Union withdrawal agreement. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: UK lawmakers vote to avert ‘no-deal’ Brexit

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A pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporter holds up placards outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. After failing repeatedly to win Parliament's backing for her Brexit blueprint, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May dramatically changed gear Tuesday, saying she would seek to delay Brexit _ again _ and hold talks with the opposition to seek a compromise. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

What next? UK’s May, opposition seek elusive Brexit concord

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Anti-Brexit demonstrators near College Green at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 1, 2019. Britain's Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain's stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to find the elusive idea that can command a majority. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

The Latest: EU Brexit official welcomes May’s move

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Anti-Brexit demonstrators near College Green at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 1, 2019. Britain's Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain's stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to find the elusive idea that can command a majority. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

May: UK to seek further Brexit delay, try to break logjam

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in the House of Commons, London, Friday March 29, 2019. U.K. lawmakers on Friday rejected the government's Brexit divorce deal with the European Union for a third time. (Mark Duffy/House of Commons via AP)

The Latest: EU official: Hard Brexit ‘nearly inevitable’

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in the House of Commons, London, Friday March 29, 2019. U.K. lawmakers on Friday rejected the government's Brexit divorce deal with the European Union for a third time. (Mark Duffy/House of Commons via AP)

U.K. Parliament gets new chance to offer options on Brexit

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Madeleina Kay, Young European of the Year 2018 dressed in blue holds an EU flag and entertains the public while singing about Brexit outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, ahead of the latest round of debates in the House of Commons concerning Brexit issues, Monday April 1, 2019. (Rebecca Brown/PA via AP)

Brexit options: Stick close to EU? Crash out? Think again?

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters attend a rally in Parliament Square after the final leg of the &quot;March to Leave&quot; in London, Friday, March 29, 2019. The protest march which started on March 16 in Sunderland, north east England, finishes on Friday March 29 in Parliament Square, London, on what was the original date for Brexit to happen before the recent extension. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Brexit creates power vacuum at heart of Britain’s government

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters attend a rally in Parliament Square after the final leg of the &quot;March to Leave&quot; in London, Friday, March 29, 2019. The protest march which started on March 16 in Sunderland, north east England, finishes on Friday March 29 in Parliament Square, London, on what was the original date for Brexit to happen before the recent extension. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Britain faces calls for unity govt amid Brexit impasse

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

A Brexit supporter wears the Union Jack colors on his face at Parliament Square in Westminster, London, Friday, March 29, 2019. Pro-Brexit demonstrators were gathering in central London on the day that Britain was originally scheduled to leave the European Union. British lawmakers will vote Friday on what Prime Minister Theresa May's government described as the &quot;last chance to vote for Brexit.&quot; (AP Photo/ Frank Augstein)

May explores idea of bringing Brexit deal back for 4th vote

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press