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Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the UK will need to prepare for no-deal at the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31, despite ramping up efforts to get Brussels to back down by meeting Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week. He said the current proposals would keep Britain "kind of locked in the EU's orbit" but insisted negotiators would "go the extra mile" in trying to get a deal. The two sides have struggled to reach a breakthrough on issues such as the level playing field and fishing, particularly as France threatened to veto a deal if they didn't get their own way over fisheries.