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Europe looks on with dismay as Brexit disarray deepens

Watching the growing disarray unfolding in Britain, the rest of Europe is worried.

With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battling his own party and Parliament over Brexit, smashing political norms as he goes, the prospect of Britain "crashing out" of the European Union on Oct. 31 is still seen by many as a real possibility - even though British lawmakers have passed a bill meant to preclude that scenario.

Britain's Parliament - suspended early Tuesday by Johnson amid a raucous outcry from the opposition - is now in a five-week hiatus that ends just two weeks before the Brexit deadline. The prime minister says he still wants to make a deal with the EU, but there's been no sign of significant progress on

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