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Germany's Chamber of Industry and Commerce said Britain was "running out of time" to strike workable an exit deal with the European Union.

Negotiations between London and Brussels have threatened to be derailed by a dispute over the future of the Irish border.

Both sides hope to agree to a deal before a crunch European Council summit in the Belgian capital on October 18.

But the UK's Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab last week admitted the October deadline could be pushed back.