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Negotiations resumed Monday morning in Brussels, but it is not clear whether progress has been made on the very important safety net.
Today, the EU27 ambassadors will meet after the appearance of this decision. Dublin was developing plans for a hard Brexit, with more patrols along the border and revitalizing unused checkpoints since the dark days of the Troubles.
Ambassadors were invited to "wait for an update" on the Irish stalemate, reports Politico Europe.
Insiders say the preparations for the Irish border in Dublin are "much more advanced" than was publicly acknowledged.
An insider said, "Things are much more advanced than what people say in public, in every way, in terms of preparing for a Brexit without a transaction.
"There are already customs embezzlements. You climb the M1 in Belfast and you see the cut that still exists 20 years ago, where people have been brought for customs checks, and it is likely that the situation is developing more on the existing things. "
Official figures also show an increase in the number of UK residents applying for an Irish passport.
The number of candidacies has almost doubled since the EU referendum, while citizens are trying to guarantee the right to move and work freely in the bloc after Brexit.
EU ambassadors await update on Irish border issue (Image: GETTY)
People with Irish parents or grandparents have the right to apply for an Irish passport.
The country's embassy in London has received 44,900 applications from January to June, which should make this year the busiest of the peak period that followed the after-Brexit.
The British traveling to Europe could face long delays in the waiting lines at the airport if there was a Brexit without agreement.
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EU officials, including Michel Barnier, visiting the Irish border (Image: GETTY)
Update 16:30: Dominic Raab says that the EU withdrawal agreement could be concluded within 3 weeks
Raab said he expects the discontinuance to be concluded by November 21.
The Brexit secretary told a multi-party committee of deputies that the end of the negotiations is now "firmly in sight".
Mr. Raab said: "I would be happy to testify before the commission when an agreement is reached and I expect that November 21 is appropriate."
Update at 3:30 pm: SNP MP warns that supporting a popular vote could be a problem for any future referendum
SNP deputy Pete Wishart said a second referendum on the UK's membership of the EU could present "all kinds of risks for a future referendum on independence or nothing at all".
Wishart said a second referendum could make resistance to calls for a new poll in Scotland more difficult if the nationalists were to win another referendum on independence.
Dominic Raab announced that an agreement would be reached by November 21st. (Image: GETTY)
Update 1:44 pm: The agreement on Brexit "is not the biggest challenge in the world"
The richest man in Britain said Brexit bargaining should not be "the biggest challenge in the world" and said it should be possible to reach an agreement in a "reasonable" way.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, 66, chief executive of petrochemical giant Ineos, said he did not like the "drama" surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union.
Sir Jim, who dominated the Sunday Times Rich List list earlier this year with a £ 21 billion fortune, was knighted at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.
He said: "I do not think that negotiating Brexit should have been the biggest challenge in the world, because you are just regaining sovereignty.
"You are trying to organize a reasonable trade agreement … and, you know, we have the old relationships.
"We intervened in the war and sacrificed many people and a lot of our economy, on our own behalf, but also on behalf of other people in Europe.
"I do not see why it would be so difficult to reach an agreement with our European colleagues.
"We should just be able to do it in a sensible way.
"There is a lot of drama in the area, which I do not like."
Updated at 12:40 pm: Philip Hammond could be crowned "King of Brexit"
Chancellor Philip Hammond could join Prime Minister Theresa May as "King and Queen of Brexit," Conservative MP Peter Bone told the House of Commons.
Brexiteer, Mr Bone congratulated the Chancellor for her "Brexit dividend budget" on a questioning grimace from Mr Hammond.
Mr Bone went on to claim that a Brexit without an agreement would allow the Chancellor to abolish the GBP 39 billion divorce tax and pave the way for a new era of improved public services without increasing the taxes.
He said: "I've always thought that the Chancellor was a little suspicious about Brexit, but I was wrong.
"This week, he announced a Brexit dividend budget if we leave the EU without any agreement.
"He will be able to reduce tariffs, abolish VAT on certain products and reallocate the £ 39 billion that he was going to give to the EU in that country, by cutting taxes, improving public services and reducing debt.
"Prime Minister, I've always thought you could be the queen of Brexit, but have you ever thought that the Chancellor could be the king?"
Update at 12:00 pm: Prime Minister meets with business leaders
Theresa May and Chancellor Philip Hammond meet about 120 business leaders and major investors, while fears of a Brexit without agreement continue to grow.
The agenda is dominated by Brexit and the budget, which included spending announcements and higher taxes for technology companies.
With five months to get an agreement before Britain leaves the European Union, business leaders demand certainty about the type of business conditions that divorce will impose.
The negotiations resulted in a disagreement on a retrenchment plan aimed at avoiding a hard border in Ireland if a future trading relationship was not in place in time.
The latest meeting with business leaders follows a conference call held by the prime minister with a group of similarly sized business leaders earlier this month.
Theresa May meets with business leaders (Image: GETTY)
Update 11:29: David clarifies his position on the agreement with Brexit
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis posted a tweet clarifying what he thought of Theresa May's chances of getting an agreement on Brexit.
He reportedly said at a meeting that "terror would win" in the Brexit negotiations and that Britain would succumb to the "irrational fear" of a "no agreement" divorce.
But he has now indicated that he is convinced that any agreement based on Ms. May's unpopular proposals regarding the auditors would not have exceeded members' expectations when they would have their "meaningful vote" in the House of Commons.
Mr Davies tweeted: "For the avoidance of doubt, I think the Prime Minister will get an agreement with the EU, but anything that is based on the Checkers plan or keeps us in the Customs Union does will not go to the Commons.
"Is it time to go back to the EU's proposed free trade agreement?"
Update of 10:38 am: Bonfire group chooses Boris Johnson as "celebrity"
A huge effigy of Boris Johnson has been unveiled as "Celebrity Guy" of the 2018 Edenbridge Bonfire Society.
Created by the artist Andrea Deans, the giant Boris is depicted eating a piece of European Union-themed cake while wearing his surf shorts, his bicycle helmet and buses to his feet bearing the controversial claim of the Brexit campaign, amounting to 350 million pounds.
The image will be burned at the Edenbridge Bonfire Society bonfire celebrations on Saturday night.
A huge effigy of Boris Johnson on fire Saturday night (Image: AFP / GETTY)
Update at 10:04: the former minister of Brexit denounces the European Commission "without reports"
Former Brexit Minister David Jones said that one of the main reasons for the vote on Brexit was the fact that the British had become aware of the "absolute impunity" of the European Commission .
The Tory Brexit supporter ridiculed the European Union's "sauce train" before launching a furious diatribe at the European Commission.
Sending to Express.co.uk, Mr Jones said: "It's still considered a sauce train, but that's because it's a sauce train.
"You have MEPs who receive, in addition to their salary, alleged spending payments that they can spend as they wish.
"And I think this is only characteristic of the European Union as a whole. There is a huge waste. "
Update of 9:16: Tens of thousands of people sign a petition to block the "People's Vote"
Nearly 95,000 people signed an online government petition to end a second referendum on Brexit and "guarantee the rules of democracy."
The petition was launched by Ronald Mitchell and comes after 700,000 people took to the streets of central London to demand the "vote of the people".
The petition, signed by 94,345 people, said: "Although not binding, the referendum held on June 23, 2016 on maintaining permission to leave the European Union was the clearest indicator of the will of the electorate.
"At that time, our Prime Minister, David Cameron, assured us that the result of the referendum would be realized.
"We must ensure the rules of democracy."
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jeremy Hunt wants a diplomatic upheaval (Image: GETTY)
Update 8.30am: Hunt proposes diplomatic reorganization after Brexit
Some of the highest British diplomatic posts are to be open to non-officials as part of a campaign to recruit "under-represented groups" as the UK reorganizes and expands its operations to the US. foreign.
Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, will deliver a speech Wednesday on the theme "We must reinvigorate and develop British diplomacy".
It will inform the public of the Policy Exchange Focus Group that nearly 1,000 new diplomatic jobs will be created abroad and in the UK, and that foreign language training will be expanded.
This will involve opening ambassadorial roles to external candidates, Hunt said, "The strength of our network lies in its professionalism, which has given us what I consider to be the best diplomatic service in the world.
"But we must never turn a blind eye to the approaches and skills of other industries."
Update from 7:30 am: workers face state audits as part of a Brexit without agreement
Employers might have to check whether European citizens have the right to work in the UK if there is a Brexit without agreement, according to Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes.
Ms. Nokes said, "If someone had already followed the established status pattern, he would be able to prove it.
"If a person does not come before the end of March next year, employers will have to make sure that they have sufficiently rigorous controls to certify a person's right to work.
"It would be a challenge for the government and, in fact, employers to differentiate these two groups of people."
The government wants the 3.5 million European citizens living in Britain to apply for stable status so they can continue to live and work here, but that will not happen until Britain leaves the bloc in March next.
