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UK to ask for Article 50 extension, work with opposition to take Brexit forward

The UK government is to ask for an extension to Article 50 to find a way out of the Brexit impasse. Prime Minister Theresa May said she would work with the opposition to agree a plan to take the Brexit process forward.

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