Parliament approves the divorce deal May struck with the bloc, it will leave the EU on May 22. If not, the UK has until April 12 to tell EU leaders what it plans to do — leave without a deal, cancel Brexit or chart a new path. May has come under intense pressure to quit as the price of winning support for the deal. That sounded like a hint he could support the deal if May agreed to quit. May is hanging on, hoping she can persuade Brexit-backing lawmakers that rejecting her deal means Britain may never leave the EU.

Source: News 24 March 25, 2019 16:18 UTC