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The possibility that Britain might leave the EU - the so-called 'Brexit' - is edging closer. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, is locked in talks with other leaders at a special summit in Brussels, trying to get agreement for a series of reforms so that he can hold his promised referendum and campaign for the UK to stay in the EU. Reports suggest little progress was made on Thursday. We get the latest from Brussels and hear from an outsider on the inside - Steven Erlanger, London bureau chief of the New York Times. Diarmuid Fleming also brings us various views from Britain's next-door neighbour, Ireland.

And, the town of Wangaratta in Victoria, Australia, is overwhelmed by tumbleweed - 'Hairy Panic', as it is locally known, is clogging driveways and homes.

Our two guests today are David Scott, a US attorney specialising in financial crime who is in New York and Sushma Ramachandran, former business editor of the Hindu in Delhi.

(Photo: British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at the Council of the European Union on 18 February 2016, Brussels. Credit: Getty Images)