EU Sources: Only option for a new Brexit deal before Oct.31 is return to Northern Ireland-only backstop

Reuters quotes the European Union (EU) sources, saying that the only option for a new Brexit deal before Oct.31 is the return to Northern Ireland-only backstop.

The sources say that otherwise, the extension is likely, the bloc would not reject the request.

Additional Comments:

if this is final UK Brexit plan, it won't work.

would then move to discussing extension of deadline.

Not clear if UK PM Johnson positioning himself for blame-game over failed negotiations.

Time -limit to backstop impossible under Brexit proposal, as reported by media: Merkel and Macron would not bully Varadkar into it.