EU's Tusk: no guarantee of Brexit success, time is "practically up"

European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday the latest round of Brexit talks carried no guarantee of success and time was "practically up" - but that even the slightest chance must be used to try to get a deal before Oct. 31.

Speaking in Nicosia, Tusk said he had previously told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that, unless a workable solution came from London by today, he would announce on Friday that a deal was all but impossible at the Oct. 17-18 summit of all EU leaders.

But he said he had received a positive message from Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar that a deal was "still possible" after Varadkar met Johnson on Thursday.

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