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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Thursday, October 17th. Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Thursday, October 17th,

and this is your FT news briefing.

Netflix misses its subscriber mark

for the second straight quarter,

and wealthy Hong Kongers look outside the region to protect their money.

But first, the F.T.'s political editor, George Parker,

takes a look at the start of a crucial summit,

and whether a Brexit deal will come out of it and be passed by UK MPs.

I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.

Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister is hoping to finally secure a Brexit

deal that he can get through the House of Commons.

And we're talking this is about three and a half years since the original Brexit referendum in this country and

following on from Theresa May's attempts to get a deal ratified rejected three times by the House

of Commons. This is Boris Johnson's attempt to get his own deal through.

And at the end of Wednesday, a deal seemed to be tantalizingly close, rising optimism

both in London and in European capitals that a deal could possibly be signed at the

European Council meeting but there are still hurdles ahead. The most important one

is the negotiation that Boris Johnson has been having within his own parliament

...