
An anti-Brexit protester stands outside the British Parliament in London on Oct. 9, 2018.
On the Record We don't like it, and we don't like it even a little bit. But as to whether or not we should stop $110 billion from being spent in this country, knowing they have four or five alternatives, two of them very good alternatives [Russia and China], that would not be acceptable to me. U.S. President Donald Trump, on Saudi Arabia and the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi On Our Radar A Critical Brexit Summit. Next week will be key for the Brexit process when leaders from the United Kingdom and the European Union meet in Brussels on Oct. 17, followed by a European Council meeting on Oct. 18. Most of the work on the agreement governing Britain's exit from the European Union has been completed, but the issue of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland remains an obstacle.