BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):

9:50 a.m.

Britain's main opposition party says it will block plans for an early election unless Prime Minister Boris Johnson eliminates the possibility of leaving the European Union without an agreement.

Johnson on Thursday said he would give Parliament additional time to debate his EU withdrawal agreement if lawmakers approve a Dec. 12 general election.

Diane Abbott, the Labour Party's spokeswoman on domestic affairs, says her party won't vote for an election until the government guarantees there won't be a no-deal Brexit, because Labour doesn't trust Johnson.

Abbott told the BBC on Friday that "we want to know that by some mischance we won't crash out of the EU without a deal, because we've said for some time that coming out of the EU without a deal would be absolutely disastrous."

9:45 a.m.

European Union ambassadors are meeting in Brussels to discuss what kind of extension to the Brexit deadline they could propose to Britain.

There is a large consensus among the 27 ambassadors to delay Britain's scheduled Oct. 31 departure from the bloc after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sealed a new deal with the EU, but they have yet to agree on the length of the extension.

It remains unclear whether an announcement will be made before next week.

Under an amendment passed by British lawmakers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to send a letter to the EU requesting an extension. If it is granted, Johnson plans to ask Parliament to approve an early national election to be held on Dec. 12. He says it's the only way to break Britain's Brexit impasse.