News Daily: Brexit 'end' plan, and UK embassy worker's murder By Justin Parkinson BBC News Hello. Here's your morning briefing: May to discuss 'end' plan for Brexit EU countries have agreed that talks on Brexit can move on. So what does the UK want from its future relationship with them? Theresa May will address that subject - the so-called "end state" - later when she chairs the "Brexit cabinet" , consisting of a dozen or so of her most senior ministers. The prime minister will also update Parliament on last week's Brussels summit, telling MPs she wants to sign trade deals with countries outside the EU during the "implementation period" immediately after Brexit happens in March 2019. The EU says discussions on the long-term trading relationship between itself and the UK are not likely to start before next March - although "internal preparatory discussions" can take place before then. Labour argues the timescale could be a "real problem" for business. But Mrs May will tell MPs she wants "access to one another's markets" to "continue as now, while we prepare and implement the new processes and new systems that will underpin our future partnership". It's going to be another busy day of Brexit news, so why not reacquaint yourself with all the issues, using our guide? Murder probe after British woman found dead in Lebanon Police in Lebanon are investigating the murder of Rebecca Dykes, a British woman whose body was found on the side of a motorway at the weekend. Sources told the BBC that Ms Dykes - who worked at the UK embassy in Beirut - had been strangled. It is believed she was abducted after leaving a going-away party for a colleague. A post-mortem examination is due to take place later. Hugo Shorter, the UK's ambassador to Lebanon, tweeted that embassy staff were "deeply shocked" and "saddened" by Ms Dykes's death.

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