EU Agrees to Delay Brexit Until Jan. 31

The European Council has agreed to grant Britain a new Brexit delay to Jan. 31 next year.

Donald Tusk, the council's president, said on Twitter "the EU 27 has agreed that it will accept the UK's request for a Brexit flextension," adding that "the decision is expected to be formalized through a written procedure."

Tusk's announcement came as European Union diplomats met in Brussels to sign off on the new delay to Britain's departure from the bloc, which had been due in just three days on Oct. 31.

It's the second time the Brexit deadline has been changed since the 2016 referendum on Britain's departure from the EU.