Boris Johnson to press EU leaders over Brexit deal –report

PM said to want Merkel, Macron and Juncker to accept offer or agree to 'friendly' no deal

Boris Johnson will speak to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, president Emmanuel Macron of France and the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, by the end of Monday to urge them to support his Brexit deal, the Sunday Times has reported.

Johnson will offer the three leaders the option to either help him deliver a new deal this week or agree on a "friendly version" of a no-deal Brexit by 31 October, the newspaper said, citing a source familiar with the conversations.