Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier is due in London on Monday for talks with Britain to find out whether a deal on future relations can be struck to avoid widespread trade disruption at the end of the year, Reuters reported. After a brief stop when London walked away from the negotiating table, both sides are now meeting daily to try to find common ground.

British officials are prepared to water down Boris Johnson's controversial lawbreaking Brexit legislation in a move that could revive failing talks with the EU, according to people familiar with the matter. Negotiations over the two sides' future relationship have stalled, with the PM announcing last Friday that he will focus on preparations to leave the EU's single market and Customs Union at the year-end without a trade deal.

European and British negotiators will talk once again on Monday to discuss the "structure" of post-Brexit trade talks, despite London's threat on Friday to walk away unless there was a major shift in Brussels' approach.

The European Union needs to strike a balance on what its members want from future EU-UK relations and not solely focus on a single item, such as fishing rights, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Friday.

The EU and Britain are set to prolong Brexit talks past a mid-October deadline to try bridge persistent gaps holding up a new agreement, according to sources close to the talks. EU leaders meeting on Thursday and Friday will tell their Brexit negotiator to step up talks to get a deal by 1 January, according to a draft summit decision seen by Reuters.

British PM Boris Johnson will speak on Saturfdya to the EC President Ursula von der Leyen to "take stock" of post-Brexit trade negotiations and "discuss next steps", the BBC reported.

Brussels and London start a conclusive week of talks on Monday on a new trade deal and implementing their divorce agreement before national leaders assess progress or the danger of a no-deal split on Thursday and Friday.

The EU is right to continue talking to Britain for now, and should not overreact to British tactics that could be aimed at pushing Brussels to break off negotiations over a trade deal, France’s European affairs minister said on Thursday cited by Reuters.

Former British PMs Tony Blair and Sir John Major urged Parliament to reject Boris Johnson's "shameful" attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement by imposing the so-called Internal Market Bill, the BBC reported. It is to be voted in parliament on Monday. The PMs accused the government of "embarrassing" the UK.

British PM Boris Johnson on Saturday told the EU not to threaten Britain, saying a bill which would breach a divorce treaty with the bloc was needed to protect the country’s integrity, news wires reported. “Let’s make the EU take their threats off the table”, Johnson wrote on Twitter. “And let’s get this Bill through, back up our negotiators, and protect our country.”