NewsAlert: UK Cabinet ministers approve draft Brexit deal

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EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, left, delivers the draft withdrawal agreement to European Council President Donald Tusk during a media conference at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. In a hard-won victory on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May persuaded her fractious Cabinet to back a draft divorce agreement with the European Union. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May says her Cabinet has backed a draft Brexit deal with the European Union after an “impassioned” debate.

May emerged from a five-hour Cabinet meeting to say agreement had been reached.

She said: “This is a decisive step which allows us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead.”

More to come.

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