BREXIT TALKS BEGIN TODAY

BRITAIN AND the EU begin tough Brexit talks on Monday, trying to complete one of the most complex negotiations in history in less than two years. Here are the key issues: THE BILL Brussels says UK must pay over 100 billion euros to leave the EU. CITIZENS The EU wants to secure the rights of more than three million Europeans living in Britain and over one million Britons living on the continent.

NORTHERN IRELAND Future of the peace process in the British province of Northern Ireland and the status of the border with the Republic of Ireland is another key issue.