Britain is open-minded about extending the post-Brexit transition period if it means the European Union drops its proposals for the so-called Irish backstop, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday.

The European Union will not accept a temporary measure to solve the issue of the Irish border in Brexit negotiations, France's Europe minister Nathalie Loiseau said on Sunday.

Britain would accept a possible extension to its post-Brexit transition period with the European Union if the bloc drops its demand for an Irish backstop, Britain's junior Brexit minister Suella Braverman said on Sunday.

Britain's Brexit minister Dominic Raab wants the European Union to accept assurances that the country will remain tied to the bloc's rules for longer in return for making a hotly contested so-called backstop for Northern Ireland unnecessary.

Italy's ruling coalition has overcome divisions over a tax amnesty included in next year's budget, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday.

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Speculators' net long bets on the U.S. dollar shrank in the latest week, to be slightly down from a 22-month high hit in the prior period, according to calculations by Reuters and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday. The value of the net long dollar position was $27.64 billion in the week ended Oct. 16, down from $27.79 billion in the previous

Speculators' net long bets on the U.S. dollar shrank in the latest week, slightly down from the 22-month high hit in the prior period, according to calculations by Reuters and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday.

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