Theresa May has been told to accept that Britain will not be a partner of "absolute equals" in Brexit talks as she arrived in Brussels for talks with European leaders.
The prime minister was due to try to explain why her cabinet is still at war on major issues with just four months to go when she meets her counterparts for dinner at the European Council summit later today.
Arriving at the summit, Ms May said she wanted to see "faster pace" of progress from both sides in the negotiations.
However European leaders ramped up the pressure on Ms May to intensify her efforts, with taoiseach Leo Varadkar describing the lack of progress "disappointing".
It comes after cabinet infighting moved into the open, with squabbling ministers clashing over Brexit and demands for cash for their departments.
But Ms May will have to find a way to unite her top team when they meet at her Chequers retreat next week to thrash out the future Brexit approach.
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The Taoiseach has warned time is running out for Britain to seal a withdrawal agreement with the EU by October.
Leo Varadkar travels to Brussels today for a meeting of leaders at the European Council and said preparations for all outcomes were intensifying in Ireland.
The future of the Irish border is one of the most vexed issues outstanding in the Brexit negotiations.
Mr Varadkar said: "Time is running out for the withdrawal agreement to be concluded satisfactorily by the October council.
"I expect EU leaders to send a strong message to the UK that negotiations with the taskforce need to intensify.
"The lack of progress in the negotiations on the withdrawal agreement has been very disappointing.
"We still need to see detailed proposals from the UK on how it intends to deliver on the clear commitments it made in December and March."
He said preparations were continuing and "intensifying for all outcomes".
Theresa May has been "undermined" and risks signing up to the "very worst" Brexit deal for Britain, her former chief of staff has said.
Nick Timothy - who was one of the PM's closest aides until his resignation after the general election - has written in the Telegraph that "the time for playing nice and being exploited is over" and that Britain must "toughen up".
He said: "Britain's negotiating position is far from hopeless.
"Member states are divided about what the Brexit deal should say about security and trade. Almost all, in their different ways, want a sensible agreement.
"But the time for playing nice and being exploited is over. Of course we must negotiate in good faith. And we will need to compromise.
"The time for sincere co-operation with a partner that does not want to sincerely co-operate is over: we must toughen up."
Mr Tusk wrote to EU states setting out his concern amid a growing trade war, but said “divisions” also go further and that Mr Trump’s behaviour threatens the West’s unity.
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The UK population has risen by its lowest rate for over a decade, according to the first official population estimates since Brexit vote.
Immigration from people looking for work has plummeted by 43 per cent, the Office for National Statistics found, citing the EU referendum as one of the key drivers of change.
Demographers' latest calculations show there were an estimated 66,040,229m people living in the country at the end of June last year.
Over the 12 months to the middle of 2017, the number of inhabitants increased by 392,000 people - or 0.6 per cent, the lowest growth rate since mid-2004.
The Migration Statistics Quarterly Bulletin for the period noted that: "The number of people immigrating for a definite job has remained stable but there has been a 43 per cent decrease in the number of people immigrating to look for work over the last year, especially for EU citizens.
"These changes suggest that Brexit is likely to be a factor in people's decision to move to or from the UK - but decisions to migrate are complex and other factors are also going to be influencing the figures."
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The IndependentMuch anticipated report from official climate advisers is 'wake-up call' to government after controversial decisions about Heathrow expansion and Swansea Bay tidal lagoonThe Intelligence and Security Committee found no "smoking gun" indicating that security and intelligence agencies had a policy of deliberately overlooking reports of mistreatment and no evidence that UK officers directly carried out physical mistreatment of detainees.
But it said it was "beyond doubt" that British intelligence agencies knew at an early stage that the US was mistreating detainees.
And "more could have been done" by both security agencies and Government ministers in the UK to try to influence US behaviour, the report found.
In 232 cases, UK personnel continued to supply questions or intelligence to allies after they knew or suspected mistreatment, said the ISC.
And in 198 cases, they received intelligence obtained from detainees who they knew or should have suspected had been mistreated.
There were at least 38 cases in 2002 alone of British officers witnessing or hearing about mistreatment.
The committee rejected agencies' claims that these amounts to no more than "isolated incidents", stating: "They may have been isolated incidents to the individual officer witnessing them, but they cannot be considered 'isolated' to those in Head Office.
"It is difficult to comprehend how those at the top of the office did not recognise the pattern of mistreatment by the US.
"That the US, and others, were mistreating detainees is beyond doubt, as is the fact that the Agencies and Defence Intelligence were aware of this at an early point."
An extension of Article 50 may be required to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU with no deal, according to a group of MPs who today warn Theresa May that “time is not on our side”.
In a fresh report, MPs on the Exiting the European Union Select Committee claim that “even under the most optimistic outcome” of a withdrawal agreement being reached by the early autumn, five months may not be enough time for “necessary proceedings”.
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British intelligence officers witnessed prisoners being tortured and played an active part in the rendition of terror suspects into the hands of the secret police of brutal regimes knowing that they faced inhuman treatment, a damning official report has revealed.
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) concluded that British authorities turned a blind eye to the routine mistreatment of detainees by US authorities.
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John Bercow told MPs: "I am keen that the House shows its support for the team in the World Cup, as I would be if any of the other home nations were competing - as I hope they will be in 2022.
"I've therefore decided that the Commons will indeed fly the St George's flag for the next England game, which will be on Monday July 2 or Tuesday July 3 - dependent on the outcome of today's match against Belgium.
"I know I speak for the whole House in wishing the Three Lions the best of luck tonight."
