Pippa Crerar is joined by Jennifer Rankin, Aarti Shankar and Jonathan Lis to discuss the ever-lengthening Brexit process. Also this week: David Smith gives his predictions for the imminent US midterms

So another Brexit milestone comes and goes, as Theresa May returns home from another EU summit without a deal.

Talks will continue, but France and Germany have revealed they are drawing up their own contingency plans for dealing with a no-deal Brexit – a scenario that becomes ever more likely with each passing week.

Joining Pippa Crerar to discuss the issues are the Guardian’s Brussels correspondent Jennifer Rankin, Aarti Shankar of the thinktank Open Europe and Jonathan Lis of the thinktank British Influence.

Also this week: in the US midterms on 6 November all of the seats in the House of Representatives and a third in the Senate are up for grabs. Both bodies are currently controlled by the Republicans. Joining Pippa to discuss is our Washington bureau chief David Smith.

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