UK agrees to EU conditions on Brexit talks

The UK has agreed to conduct Brexit negotiations in two phases, as top negotiators met for the first time in Brussels on Monday (19 June) to launch talks on the UK exiting the EU.

Brexit minister David Davis and the EU’s negotiator Michel Barnier held their first meeting in the European Commission building, while their teams discussed organisational issues.

"We agreed on dates, organisation, and we agreed on priorities for the negotiations,” Barnier said at a joint press conferen...