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0:00:11 > 0:00:17The UN Security Council unanimously backs tough new sanctions
0:00:17 > 0:00:19against North Korea, restricting its ability to import oil.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24Today for the tenth time this council stands united
0:00:24 > 0:00:27against a North Korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Two former Fifa bosses are found guilty by a court in New York
0:00:31 > 0:00:41of accepting millions of dollars in bribes.
0:00:46 > 0:00:53The Spanish Prime Minister says he is ready to talk to whoever is in
0:00:53 > 0:00:56charge of the regional government in Catalonia.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57And coming up...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00From EU burgundy to British blue - the UK passport is set to change
0:01:00 > 0:01:02colour after Brexit.
0:01:02 > 0:01:12Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15The United Nations Security Council has
0:01:15 > 0:01:17passed tough new sanctions on North Korea that will cut oil
0:01:17 > 0:01:22supplies vital for Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27With China's backing, the council unanimously adopted this US draft
0:01:27 > 0:01:29resolution that forces the repatriation of North Korean
0:01:29 > 0:01:31workers abroad, cutting off another revenue stream of
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Kim Jong-un's regime.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Here's what the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley had
0:01:38 > 0:01:41to say a short time ago.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Today, for the tenth time, this council stands united
0:01:44 > 0:01:53against the North Korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55The Kim regime continues to defy the resolutions of this council,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57the norms of civilised behaviour and the patience of
0:01:58 > 0:01:59the international community.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Their arrogance and hostility to anything productive
0:02:00 > 0:02:10has set their country on a destructive path.
0:02:10 > 0:02:20The BBC's UN reporter Nada Tawfik joined me earlier.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Rex Tillerson said he wanted to see this, President Trump even called
0:02:23 > 0:02:29President Xi to say he wanted oil supplies cut off and we've seen
0:02:29 > 0:02:31the Security Council bring tougher sanctions, getting to this point.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34To give a sense of how much this will
0:02:34 > 0:02:38hurt Pyongyang, in 2016 according to the US,
0:02:38 > 0:02:48they got 4.5 million barrels of refined petroleum.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Now they will get 500,000 barrels, nearly 90% cut
0:02:51 > 0:02:53to what is a lifeline for Kim Jong-un's struggling economy
0:02:53 > 0:02:56and a lifeline, a vital part of his nuclear missile programme.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Diplomats hope that if this doesn't, as past
0:03:00 > 0:03:02sanctions haven't, convince Kim Jong-un to abandon his nuclear
0:03:02 > 0:03:09programme, it will hurt his credibility to conduct tests.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Unanimous decision at the Security Council with the US
0:03:11 > 0:03:13ambassador Nikki Haley saying they will further put
0:03:13 > 0:03:21pressure on Pyongyang if he continues to defy resolutions.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Let's dissect the measures.
0:03:22 > 0:03:32It's not just oil, what else is involved?
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Yeah, absolutely, this actually tells
0:03:35 > 0:03:37countries, especially China and Russia, who are hosting 100,000
0:03:37 > 0:03:40North Korean guest workers, tells these countries that they have 24
0:03:40 > 0:03:41months to pull them out.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43The UN has described these workers as toiling
0:03:43 > 0:03:45in slave like conditions.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47And the North Korean regime heavily taxes them,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51so they take most of their earnings.
0:03:51 > 0:03:58That is trying to cut off that source of revenue.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Also trying to close loopholes, allowing
0:03:59 > 0:04:01countries to seize ships which they think are carrying
0:04:01 > 0:04:03illicit cargo from North Korea.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07And it toughens some of the major exports from North
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Korea that passed resolutions set out.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14A further ban on textiles and coal for example, two important
0:04:14 > 0:04:19parts of North Korea's economy.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22A mix of guilty and not guilty verdicts have been handed down
0:04:22 > 0:04:24to three former Fifa officials accused of accepting millions
0:04:24 > 0:04:33of dollars in bribes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36The trial in New York City was part of a United States
0:04:36 > 0:04:38investigation into corruption at the football governing body.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40A short time ago, I spoke with our sports correspondent,
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Richard Conway, about the verdicts.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48The jury have deliberated for the sixth day-to-day.
0:04:48 > 0:04:54It came back into court a short time after 1pm local time to tell
0:04:54 > 0:04:59the judge that they had partial verdicts on the defendants.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03What they came back with after some lengthy legal argument
0:05:03 > 0:05:07is that Juan Angel Napout, the former head of the South
0:05:07 > 0:05:10American football Confederation, he's guilty on three out of five
0:05:10 > 0:05:15corruption charges that he faced.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Jose Maria Marin, the former head of Brazilian football and another
0:05:18 > 0:05:23big figure within world football, has been found guilty on six out
0:05:23 > 0:05:30of the seven counts he faced, relating to charges such as wire
0:05:30 > 0:05:40fraud, marketeering, conspiracy and money-laundering.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44The one count against Manuel Burga, the head of the Peruvian FA,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48is still undecided and the jury will have to comeback
0:05:48 > 0:05:57and continue deliberations against Manuel Burga.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59US prosecutors have pursued this case for close
0:05:59 > 0:06:02to two and a half years following their action that launched
0:06:02 > 0:06:07in May, 2015.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Remember those dramatic dawn raids we saw in Zurich against Fifa
0:06:09 > 0:06:11officials in a 5-star Hotel, that's where this started,
0:06:11 > 0:06:1442 people indicted.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19These two men have pleaded not guilty, taking it to court and now
0:06:19 > 0:06:23we have partial verdicts finding two guilty on a number of those counts.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25As you say we expect the final decision on Tuesday
0:06:25 > 0:06:29for the final count.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32You have followed this for a long time, in terms
0:06:32 > 0:06:35of Fifa and the future, can this verdict, can you put
0:06:35 > 0:06:41it into context for us?
0:06:41 > 0:06:46Fifa was blindsided in May, 2015, when the raids happened.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50I was sat in the hotel early in the morning
0:06:50 > 0:06:52watching Jose Maria Marin, the former head of Brazilian
0:06:52 > 0:06:54football, being led away by Swiss authorities on behalf
0:06:54 > 0:06:57of their American counterparts.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00He was extradited to New York and there was shock
0:07:00 > 0:07:03through the system that finally, what many had suspected had been
0:07:03 > 0:07:08going on in the game, had caught up with it.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11US authorities pursued charges against a number
0:07:11 > 0:07:15of those people, 42 in total.
0:07:15 > 0:07:1824 in total have played guilty, hoping to receive more lenient
0:07:18 > 0:07:21sentences in return for cooperating.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Over the last five weeks many have been in this court room
0:07:24 > 0:07:29in Brooklyn to give evidence against the three men.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31That shows the lengths and depths this has gone to.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Fifa says this has nothing to do with them,
0:07:34 > 0:07:44it's about South American contracts, TV rights,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46it was only because these men were members of their organisation
0:07:47 > 0:07:48that we've been dragged into it.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Some say that the tone was set at the top and this has been
0:07:52 > 0:07:53allowed to flourish.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Prosecutors will be quietly satisfied that they've managed
0:07:55 > 0:07:58to get those convictions on a number of key charges against two men
0:07:58 > 0:08:01who will return to court next week to see if the jury can reach
0:08:01 > 0:08:03a decision on the final count, against Manuel Burga.
0:08:03 > 0:08:09That final count is expected on Tuesday.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12The fourth election in as many years in the Spanish region of Catalonia
0:08:12 > 0:08:15has demonstrated just how divided the region remains.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18The party that won the most votes doesn't support
0:08:18 > 0:08:20independence for Catalonia - but put together the separatist
0:08:20 > 0:08:23parties are able to form a slim majority.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27The sacked pro-independence Catalan leader, Carles
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Puigdemont, has called on the Spanish prime minister
0:08:29 > 0:08:30to negotiate a political solution.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35James Reynolds reports.
0:08:35 > 0:08:41Catalonia's pro-independence voters enjoyed their victory.
0:08:41 > 0:08:48And now they want their power back.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Starting with the return from exile of their deposed
0:08:50 > 0:08:55leader, Carles Puigdemont.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59But he can't just fly back from Belgium.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04He faces arrest in Spain on the charge of rebellion.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07So, from Brussels this afternoon, Mr Puigdemont had a message
0:09:07 > 0:09:13for Spain: let's talk.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17We want to be an independent state.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21This is the wish of the Catalan people.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23The next step is to talk with President Mariano Rajoy.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26We need to find new ways, the political solution
0:09:26 > 0:09:29for our crisis between the Spanish state and Catalonia.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35That offer doesn't interest Spain's leader.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38This afternoon, Mariano Rajoy made it clear, if Carles Puigdemont isn't
0:09:38 > 0:09:41here, he can't talk to him.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45TRANSLATION:I will have to talk with the person who actually
0:09:45 > 0:09:48occupies the office of president of the Catalan regional government.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51For this to happen, they need to take up their seat and be
0:09:51 > 0:09:56in a position to talk with me.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00The crisis began months ago when a pro-independence administration
0:10:00 > 0:10:04faced off against the government in Madrid.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07There followed months of argument, protest,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11debate, emergency measures, and then the vote.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Now, Catalans find that they are right back to where they were
0:10:15 > 0:10:17when the crisis began.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Nobody has really changed sides.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23For now, the local government headquarters here awaits
0:10:23 > 0:10:28its permanent occupant.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32The man who won this election can't come to take up his old job.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34The law says that all sides now have until April
0:10:34 > 0:10:37to decide what to do next.
0:10:37 > 0:10:46James Reynolds, BBC News, Barcelona.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Life expectancy in the United States has dropped for a second consecutive
0:10:50 > 0:10:56year, experts say this is caused by a worsening opioid problem. Patients
0:10:56 > 0:11:01have turned to heroin and other drugs after their prescriptions
0:11:01 > 0:11:03stop.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16With an increase by 28% since 2015. More than 15,000 people died because
0:11:16 > 0:11:24of a heroin overdose. We can turn to my colleague in Washington. My
0:11:24 > 0:11:30goodness, these statistics have been described as shocking, the last time
0:11:30 > 0:11:37of the US life expectancy fell consecutively was in the 1920s.It
0:11:37 > 0:11:41was actually in the 1960s, but it is five decades ago since we have had
0:11:41 > 0:11:48that W dip. It doesn't quite indicate a trend -- we have had that
0:11:48 > 0:11:53double year dip. But they are nervous about the figures when they
0:11:53 > 0:11:59will be collating the next year. It is worrying. It still one of the top
0:11:59 > 0:12:04ten killers in America, overdoses, things like cancer and heart disease
0:12:04 > 0:12:08are way ahead of anything in terms of the number of people they kill
0:12:08 > 0:12:14but they are dropping. Overdoses were one of the three areas that
0:12:14 > 0:12:24were rising this year. Suicide is on the rise, death from outside Mr is a
0:12:24 > 0:12:32and also death from self injury -- death from Alzheimer's disease. It
0:12:32 > 0:12:36is not to do with the opioids that people were worried about in the
0:12:36 > 0:12:40past, because those overdoses have decreased, but what is happening
0:12:40 > 0:12:43now, heroin is being contaminated with synthetic opioids especially
0:12:43 > 0:12:48one called fentanyl, especially in some of the states in the middle of
0:12:48 > 0:12:52the US, places like I'll hire and West Virginia where I've been to
0:12:52 > 0:12:58look at this problem. This stuff is horrendously potent, a few grains
0:12:58 > 0:13:02can kill you, some people said is 100 times stronger than heroine and
0:13:02 > 0:13:07the number of people succumbing to overdoses from that are rocketing.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Where are addicts able to get hold of fentanyl?It is on the street for
0:13:12 > 0:13:15them they don't often know they are taking it, because it is mixed in
0:13:15 > 0:13:26and it comes in some cases from China. There is a grim, the State 81
0:13:26 > 0:13:29which runs in Baltimore to West Virginia, they say that is the
0:13:29 > 0:13:34heroin highway, and much of that stuff comes through there into some
0:13:34 > 0:13:41really quite poor communities, post-industrial communities, where
0:13:41 > 0:13:44unemployment is higher than elsewhere, where there is not much
0:13:44 > 0:13:48prospect and that can be a route that people end up taking. Some
0:13:48 > 0:13:53people go through that route after suffering injuries and moving on
0:13:53 > 0:13:59from prescription drugs and others start taking it recreationally, very
0:13:59 > 0:14:07dangerous situation. We have seen mortality rates in the 2018-2044 age
0:14:07 > 0:14:13group going through the ceiling really -- in the 18-44 age group.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Gary, thanks for joining us. Much more on that story on our website
0:14:18 > 0:14:22but we have much more to come including the first visit by a
0:14:22 > 0:14:35British Foreign Minister to Moscow for five years. So how did it go?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43This is BBC World News Today.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47The latest headlines:
0:15:47 > 0:15:50The UN Security Council has unanimously backed tough
0:15:50 > 0:15:52new sanctions against North Korea, restricting its ability
0:15:52 > 0:15:57to import oil.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Two former Fifa bosses have been found guilty by a court in New York
0:16:01 > 0:16:06of accepting millions of dollars in bribes.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11The first visit by a British foreign minister to Moscow for five years
0:16:11 > 0:16:14has ended in public disagreement.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Boris Johnson accused Russia of meddling in the UK election
0:16:16 > 0:16:17and Brexit referendum.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19His Russian counterpart, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21responded by accusing the UK of fabricating
0:16:21 > 0:16:25allegations against it.
0:16:25 > 0:16:35Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins reports from Moscow.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Handshakes can be deceptive.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41True, this Foreign Secretary has broken a five-year British boycott
0:16:41 > 0:16:42of visits to Moscow.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44But when Russia's Sergei Lavrov says he wants a return
0:16:44 > 0:16:46to business as usual, Boris Johnson says
0:16:46 > 0:16:52that's impossible.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55As you rightly say, Sergei, things are not easy
0:16:55 > 0:16:56between us at the moment.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58The talks aired the grievances on both sides and examined space
0:16:58 > 0:17:00for a limited cooperation, by supporting the Iran
0:17:00 > 0:17:02nuclear deal together, and opposing the nuclear threat
0:17:02 > 0:17:03from North Korea.
0:17:03 > 0:17:11But deep disagreements remain.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13At their joint news conference, that was stark.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16For all the attempts at banter, there was a seriousness
0:17:16 > 0:17:20when Sergei Lavrov tried to brush off British allegations of Russian
0:17:20 > 0:17:24meddling in foreign elections.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28TRANSLATION:My neighbour, Boris Johnson, recently stated
0:17:28 > 0:17:31he had no evidence that Russia meddled in the referendum
0:17:31 > 0:17:33on the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Not successfully.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Not successfully, I think is the word.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Not successfully is the word that I think you need to introduce.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44TRANSLATION:You see?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47He is scared if he doesn't disagree with me, his reputation will be
0:17:47 > 0:17:48ruined in the media at home.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I...
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Sergei, it's your reputation I'm worried about.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56But this was dark, serious humour.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58When Boris Johnson was asked if he trusted Russia's foreign
0:17:58 > 0:18:05minister, he tried to make light of that.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10You know, it's a measure of my trust that as soon as I got into this
0:18:10 > 0:18:13excellent Foreign Ministry, I immediately handed my coat,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17my hat, my gloves and indeed everything that was in my pockets,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21secret or otherwise, to Sergei Lavrov.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24TRANSLATION:I can say there was nothing in
0:18:24 > 0:18:27the pockets of Boris' coat.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31So how did relations go from bad to worse?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Russia's use of radioactive poison to murder Alexander Litvinenko
0:18:33 > 0:18:37in the middle of London started the slide.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Three years ago, Russia's annexation of Crimea
0:18:40 > 0:18:44and interference in Ukraine, provoked tough EU sanctions
0:18:44 > 0:18:47strongly backed by Britain.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Then last month, Theresa May accused Russia of cyber espionage
0:18:52 > 0:18:53and meddling in elections.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Britain says it has cyber weaponry to retaliate if attacks get worse.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02So, striding across Red Square, the Foreign Secretary
0:19:02 > 0:19:09was no mere tourist.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11He was nodding to Russia's historic greatness, while pressing
0:19:11 > 0:19:13for a radical change of direction.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Coming here to Red Square, Boris Johnson insists he loves Russia.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18He points to his name, the fact he has Russian ancestry.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20What he doesn't love is the present Russian government.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23So, paying his tribute at the tomb of Russia's unknown soldier had
0:19:23 > 0:19:24a particular symbolism.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Britain and Russia fought together against Hitler as allies.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35Restoring that closeness now seems a long way off.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42And now we can catch up with all of the sport. It is a draw at the
0:19:42 > 0:19:45moment between Arsenal and Liverpool.It has been a wonderful
0:19:45 > 0:19:50game, festive Friday night fixture, fifth place against fourth place in
0:19:50 > 0:19:55the Premier League, it has been a great game for the neutrals, 3-3 is
0:19:55 > 0:20:00the latest score, Arsenal were losing 2-0 on to a devastating
0:20:00 > 0:20:05five-minute second-half spell where they scored three goals to make it
0:20:05 > 0:20:093-2 but Firmino has got Liverpool back in the game. 76 minutes on the
0:20:09 > 0:20:15clock. We could have more goals at the Emirates. Real Madrid against
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Barcelona is or was a huge game but while Barcelona are six points clear
0:20:19 > 0:20:24at the top their rivals Real Madrid are long way behind them -- is
0:20:24 > 0:20:30always. This weekend of's El Clasico is as much about the political
0:20:30 > 0:20:37situation in Spain as it is about the football.They are the
0:20:37 > 0:20:41superstars who define their era, the players on each side of football's
0:20:41 > 0:20:48rate is going, with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo fans tend to divide but now
0:20:48 > 0:20:55there are greater divisions in Spain. This is the first El Clasico
0:20:55 > 0:20:58since the band independence referendum in October and it comes
0:20:58 > 0:21:02days since Catalonia went to the polls again and amongst the voters
0:21:02 > 0:21:07was Gerard Pique a Barcelona, a prized asset for his region and his
0:21:07 > 0:21:13country. TRANSLATION:To be able to vote historically has not always
0:21:13 > 0:21:20been possible in this country and now it is, we have to defend it.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23This isn't a rival use to bring sides together but football
0:21:23 > 0:21:27sometimes can heal some of the wounds.This comes after the
0:21:27 > 0:21:33election that took place yesterday, both sides, after this, everyone
0:21:33 > 0:21:39feels more release and I think everyone wants to focus on sport.
0:21:39 > 0:21:45This will be common ground, a place for everybody, and of course
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Barcelona will want to win this game because this is a big step for La
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Liga.Barcelona I enjoying football dominance at the moment, leading
0:21:54 > 0:22:04Real Madrid by 11 points and most telling -- although sport won't fix
0:22:04 > 0:22:10everything, there will be plenty for both of them to enjoy. Now cricket.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Rohit Sharma has equalled the record for the fastest international 2020
0:22:14 > 0:22:17century and with it helping his side wrap up the series against Sri
0:22:17 > 0:22:24Lanka. He made his century off 35 balls matching the South African
0:22:24 > 0:22:29David Miller who made a century against Bangladesh in October. Sri
0:22:29 > 0:22:36Lanka could not chase down the huge total of 261. India won the match
0:22:36 > 0:22:44and they are leading the three match series 2-0. That is all the sport.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Britain will get a new passport in 2019 when it leaves
0:22:47 > 0:22:48the European Union.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52The government has announced that it's going back to the old-style
0:22:52 > 0:22:56dark blue and gold hardback passport carried by British citizens before
0:22:56 > 0:23:03the introduction of the pan-European burgundy design in 1988.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Our correspondent explains why this decision is making headlines.
0:23:06 > 0:23:12If we have a look at The Sun newspaper, their headline, the
0:23:12 > 0:23:18return of the great British passport, and on the front you can
0:23:18 > 0:23:24see a love iconic blue passport. They have had a 17 month campaign to
0:23:24 > 0:23:30get the government to go back to the old style passport. Some people may
0:23:30 > 0:23:34struggle with recognising the colour of that passport on the front, many
0:23:34 > 0:23:40people say their passport was dark blue and some have said there's was
0:23:40 > 0:23:44black in colour, but that the 17 month campaign to go back to that
0:23:44 > 0:23:52old style blue passport. As with anything Brexit, many divided
0:23:52 > 0:23:58opinions, people who backed Remain, many weren't born when the passport
0:23:58 > 0:24:00was phased out, and some have said it is not the colour that matters
0:24:00 > 0:24:06but actually where people will be allowed to go, and there are some
0:24:06 > 0:24:12comments here, about this restoring identity for the one person says we
0:24:12 > 0:24:15have always been a great nation and we don't need to change the colour
0:24:15 > 0:24:19of the passport to show that. Another person says this is another
0:24:19 > 0:24:29example of us trying to go back to the previous century for top but for
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Brexiteers this was a central demand when they wanted to get out of the
0:24:32 > 0:24:37EU and one man who is very happy about this, former Ukip leader Nigel
0:24:37 > 0:24:46Farage, he said, he was very happy. I'm pleased that this burgundy
0:24:46 > 0:24:50coloured passport is going to be replaced by traditional navy blue.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55It is the first bit of good news Brexiteers have had for a while, the
0:24:55 > 0:24:57last two months have been frustrating with delays and
0:24:57 > 0:25:01transition period foreign courts having too much say, and I think
0:25:01 > 0:25:10today, noble -- knowing we are going to get a British passport back, it
0:25:10 > 0:25:20is happy Brexmas.The British government never had to change the
0:25:20 > 0:25:24colour of the passport full stop The Sun was forced upon the nationbut
0:25:24 > 0:25:31in fact it wasn't, Britain did not have to change the colour. Croatia,
0:25:31 > 0:25:37they kept their blue colour after joining the union. They kept the
0:25:37 > 0:25:43blue passport after they joined the EU in 2013, so they didn't have to
0:25:43 > 0:25:51change the colour to burgundy. They went along with others who did it.
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