EU chief hails ‘better progress’ in post-Brexit trade talks

Talks on a post-Brexit trade deal have made “better progress” in recent days, the president of the European Commission has said, raising hopes that an agreement may be in sight. Ursula von der Leyen said there were still “quite some metres to the finish” but that there had been “more movement” on important issues. Her cautiously upbeat assessment comes after face-to-face negotiations were temporarily suspended on...