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By Ian Wishart, Tim Ross, and Simon Kennedy

June 18, 2017 at 11:01 PM UTC

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June 19, 2017 at 12:37 PM UTC

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Almost a year since Britons voted to leave the European Union, Brexit talks finally began on Monday amid confusion over what exactly the U.K. government wants from the divorce.