Will the EU stop a no-deal Brexit?

Unless an agreement can be reached in the coming weeks, Britain will crash out of the European Union without a deal. There have been stark warnings about the effects for the UK, but how badly would it hurt the EU? The Guardian’s Jennifer Rankin, Angelique Chrisafis and Kate Connolly dig into the detail. Plus Amelia Gentleman on the resumption of deportation flights to Jamaica after the Windrush scandal

Theresa May has been in Brussels this week for more negotiations. Britain and the EU appeared no closer to a Brexit deal, but the tone from Brussels is changing. The European council president, Donald Tusk, said there was a “special place in hell” for those who promoted Brexit without a plan, while the president of the European parliament said a no-deal Brexit would be a “an economic and human catastrophe”.

There have been stark warnings in recent weeks about the negative effects for the UK of crashing out without a deal, but how badly would it hurt the EU?

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2ShFezV