The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. With just a year until a brexit deal has to be done, the eu side is deeply uncertain about how this process will end, with an organised deal or a chaotic split. Huge challenges ahead, said donald tusk. Ahead of us is still the toughest stress test. If we fail it, the negotiations will end in our defeat. Donald tusk is no fan of brexit. He even hopes it may not happen. But he says success or failure in the talks depends on how the uk handles them. It is in fact up to london how this will end, with a good deal, no deal or no brexit. Last weeks summit in brussels br
Against the Islamic State group has been killed in northern syria. Also in the next hour. More than two hours are wasted per day in nhs operating theatres, because of inefficiencies. A new study finds hundred of thousands more non Emergency Operations could be carried out every year in england, if operating schedules were better organised. Xijinping consolidates his control of china as the communist party enshrines his name and ideology into its constitution. And a collection of portraits by the french master paul cezanne go on display this week in london. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any cost. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. Our europe correspond
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