0:00:06 > 0:00:08This is BBC World News Today.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10I'm Kasia Madera.
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0:00:12 > 0:00:15The UN Security Council unanimously backs tougher sanctions
0:00:15 > 0:00:17against North Korea, in response to its recent
0:00:17 > 0:00:20ballistic missile tests.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Two former Fifa bosses have been found guilty by a court in New York
0:00:24 > 0:00:28of accepting millions of dollars in bribes.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Clashes have broken out in the West Bank between Israeli
0:00:31 > 0:00:33troops and Palestinians protesting against Donald Trump's decision
0:00:33 > 0:00:37to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39We'll hear about the fully-automated computer system that can trap sexual
0:00:39 > 0:00:43predators from thousands of miles away.
0:00:58 > 0:01:06Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Within the hour, the United Nations Security Council has
0:01:08 > 0:01:09passed tough new sanctions
0:01:09 > 0:01:12on North Korea that will cut oil supplies vital for Pyongyang's
0:01:12 > 0:01:16missile and nuclear programs.
0:01:16 > 0:01:22We can look at some images from New York where a short time ago, with
0:01:22 > 0:01:27China's backing, the council unanimously adopted this US draft
0:01:27 > 0:01:30resolution that forces the repatriation of North Korean workers
0:01:30 > 0:01:35abroad, cutting off another revenue stream of Kim Jong-un's regime.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Here's what the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley had
0:01:38 > 0:01:39to say a short time ago.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Today, for the tenth time, this council stands united
0:01:42 > 0:01:47against the North Korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The Kim regime continues to defy the resolutions of this council,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52the norms of civilised behaviour and the patience of
0:01:52 > 0:01:55the international community.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Their arrogance and hostility to anything productive
0:01:56 > 0:02:05has set their country on a destructive path.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07That was Nikki Haley.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13The BBC's UN reporter Nada Tawfik joins me from New York.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17This just coming through over the last hour. Interesting that now we
0:02:17 > 0:02:23finally see China supporting this. They have taken what Rex Tillerson,
0:02:23 > 0:02:30his critique his accusation that they weren't committed, to heart.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Yeah, absolutely, as you say, Rex Tillerson said he wanted to see
0:02:34 > 0:02:41this, president Trump even called President Xi to say he wanted oil
0:02:41 > 0:02:44supplies cut off and we've seen the Security Council, after tougher
0:02:44 > 0:02:50sanctions, getting to this point. To give a sense of how much this will
0:02:50 > 0:02:55hurt Pyongyang, in 2016 according to the US, beyond Yang got 4.5 million
0:02:55 > 0:03:00barrels of refined petroleum. Now they will get 500,000 barrels, a
0:03:00 > 0:03:06nearly 90% cut to what is a lifeline for Kim Jong-un's struggling economy
0:03:06 > 0:03:14and a lifeline, a vital part of his nuclear missile programme. Diplomats
0:03:14 > 0:03:18hope that if this doesn't, as past sanctions haven't, convince Kim
0:03:18 > 0:03:25Jong-un two abandon his nuclear programme, it will hurt his
0:03:25 > 0:03:30credibility to conduct tests. Unanimous at the Security Council
0:03:30 > 0:03:33with the US ambassador Nikki Haley saying they will further put
0:03:33 > 0:03:38pressure on Pyongyang if he continues to defy resolutions.Let's
0:03:38 > 0:03:44dissect the measures. It's not just oil, what else is involved?Yeah,
0:03:44 > 0:03:49absolutely, this actually tells countries, especially China and
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Russia, who are hosting 100,000 North Korean guest workers, tells
0:03:54 > 0:04:00these countries that they have 24 months to pull them out. The UN has
0:04:00 > 0:04:03described these workers as toiling in slave like conditions and the
0:04:03 > 0:04:07North Korean regime heavily taxes them, so they take most of their
0:04:07 > 0:04:13earnings. That is trying to cut off that source of revenue. Also trying
0:04:13 > 0:04:19to close loopholes, allowing countries to seize ships which they
0:04:19 > 0:04:23think are carrying illicit cargo from North Korea. And it toughens
0:04:23 > 0:04:28some of the major exports from North Korea that passed resolutions that
0:04:28 > 0:04:33out. A further ban on textiles and coal for example, two important
0:04:33 > 0:04:41parts of North Korea's economy. Thank you for joining us.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44The vote coming in over the last hour. Interesting that China voted
0:04:44 > 0:04:50to support it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Within the past half-hour a mix of guilty and not
0:04:53 > 0:04:54guilty verdicts have been
0:04:54 > 0:04:56handed down to three former Fifa officials accused of accepting
0:04:56 > 0:04:58millions of dollars in bribes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01The trial in New York City was part of a United States investigation
0:05:01 > 0:05:07into corruption at the football governing body.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Our sports correspondent Richard Conway joins me from outside
0:05:09 > 0:05:14the court in Brooklyn, New York.
0:05:14 > 0:05:21So, we have partial verdicts, Richard?That's right, the jury have
0:05:21 > 0:05:24deliberated for the sixth day-to-day. It came back into court
0:05:24 > 0:05:30a short time after 1pm local time to tell the judge that they have
0:05:30 > 0:05:36partial verdicts on the defendants. What they came back with after some
0:05:36 > 0:05:42lengthy legal argument is that Juan Angel Napout, the former head of the
0:05:42 > 0:05:47South American football Confederation, he's guilty on three
0:05:47 > 0:05:52out of five corruption charges that he faced. Jose Maria Marin, the
0:05:52 > 0:05:56former head of Brazilian football and another big figure within world
0:05:56 > 0:05:59football, has been found guilty on six out of the seven counts he
0:05:59 > 0:06:05faced, relating to charges such as wire fraud, marketeering, conspiracy
0:06:05 > 0:06:11and money-laundering. The one count against Manuel Burga, the head of
0:06:11 > 0:06:17the per ruby and FAA, is still undecided and the jury will have two
0:06:17 > 0:06:21comeback and continue deliberations against Manuel Burga -- wrote the FA
0:06:21 > 0:06:33of Baru. -- the Football Association of Peru. US prosecutors have pursued
0:06:33 > 0:06:37this for close to two and a half years following their action that
0:06:37 > 0:06:43launched in May, 2015. Post dramatic dawn raids we saw in Zurich against
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Fifa officials in a 5-star Hotel, that's where this started, 42 people
0:06:49 > 0:06:55indicted. These two men have pleaded not guilty, taking it to court and
0:06:55 > 0:07:00now we have partial verdicts finding two guilty on a number of those
0:07:00 > 0:07:04counts.As you say we expect the final decision on Tuesday for the
0:07:04 > 0:07:10final count. You follow this for a long time, in terms of Fifa and the
0:07:10 > 0:07:19future, can this verdict, can you put it into context?Fifa was
0:07:19 > 0:07:23blindsided in May, 2015 when the raids happened. I was sat in the
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Hotel early in the morning and watching Jose Maria Marin, the
0:07:28 > 0:07:32former head of Brazilian football, being led away by Swiss authorities
0:07:32 > 0:07:36on behalf of their American counterparts. He was extradited to
0:07:36 > 0:07:39New York and there was shock through the system that finally, what many
0:07:39 > 0:07:46had suspected had been going on in the game, had caught up with it. US
0:07:46 > 0:07:52authorities pursued charges against a number of those people, 42. 24 in
0:07:52 > 0:07:56total have played guilty, hoping to receive more lenient sentences in
0:07:56 > 0:08:01return for cooperating. Over the last five weeks many have been in
0:08:01 > 0:08:06this court room in Brooklyn to give evidence against the three men. That
0:08:06 > 0:08:11shows the lengths and depths this has gone too. Fifa says this has
0:08:11 > 0:08:15nothing to do with them, it is about South American contracts, TV rights,
0:08:15 > 0:08:20it was only because these men were then those of the organisation that
0:08:20 > 0:08:25we've been dragged into it. Some say that the tone was set at the top and
0:08:25 > 0:08:28this has been allowed to flourish. Prosecutors will be quietly
0:08:28 > 0:08:33satisfied that they've managed to get those convictions on a number of
0:08:33 > 0:08:37key charges against two men who will return to court next week to see if
0:08:37 > 0:08:41the jury can reach a decision on the final count, against Manuel Burga.
0:08:41 > 0:08:49Thank you for joining us.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54It's a growing problem in countries like the Philippines -
0:08:54 > 0:08:56children put to work in front of webcams, forced to perform sex
0:08:56 > 0:09:00shows for paedophiles watching on the other side of the world.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06In 2013, a Dutch NGO tried to find out how big the problem was,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09by using the fake online profile of a ten-year-old Filipina girl,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11they called her Sweetie.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13More than 1,000 men offered her money.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Sweetie's been retired but the team behind her
0:09:15 > 0:09:20are launching a new project, this time targeting individual
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Angus Crawford reports.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Online, undercover, searching chat rooms,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25looking for predators.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Sweetie is back.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Always it's about sex.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36And always it's about adults who want to talk about sex.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Look, he's British, like many others, and remember
0:09:39 > 0:09:42they are talking to what they think is an 11-year-old girl.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Remember this?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I'm not real.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49The computer-generated...
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Back then, Sweetie needed human operators to type her chats online.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55The new version is different.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00The popping up.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Fully automated, she can now handle hundreds
0:10:02 > 0:10:06of conversations at the same time.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08So you could be getting the information on thousands of men?
0:10:08 > 0:10:12There is no end.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Sweetie's avatar has been retired and replaced by two new ones,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18sometimes being shown to predators via webcam.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23But we can't show you or they'd be no use any more.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26They invite them into their house, which is the cybersex den...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28So, why is this new campaign?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Here's why.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35In the Philippines more and more children are being forced to sell
0:10:35 > 0:10:38sex to foreigners via webcam.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Five people were arrested and there were more than 600 foreign
0:10:41 > 0:10:42customers in the network.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46He has turned on his camera...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Sweetie first showed us the scale of the problem.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Now the team is going on the offensive against men like this.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56He's naked and he thinks he knows you're just 12.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Exactly.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58And he wants you...
0:10:58 > 0:11:00To be naked...
0:11:00 > 0:11:01To turn on your camera...
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Be naked, as well.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03I think he will...
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Take off his trousers.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Their details could be passed to the police.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12And they'll get a nasty shock.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14An automatic message sent straight to their inbox.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17That will have a major impact on their behaviour.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20We know who you are, we know where you are,
0:11:20 > 0:11:26we know what you want, stop this.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Sweetie's job was to raise awareness, not catch criminals.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35This man, Australian Scott Hanson, was one of the few to be prosecuted.
0:11:35 > 0:11:41But in many countries this kind of evidence doesn't count.
0:11:41 > 0:11:51Some police forces support the project, others don't.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56But the Sweetie team go on, searching chat rooms,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58turning the same technology used to exploit children back against
0:11:58 > 0:12:00the predators who seek them out.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Angus Crawford, BBC News.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Donald Trump has signed a $1.5 trillion tax bill into law,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09before heading to his Florida resort for Christmas.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12The legislation cuts the corporate rate of tax from 35% to 21%
0:12:12 > 0:12:13and includes funds for missile defence.
0:12:13 > 0:12:22It's the biggest overhaul to the US tax system in decades.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25The price of Bitcoin has plummeted by 30% in just one day -
0:12:25 > 0:12:29marking the worst week for the cryptocurrency since 2013.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32It follows days of high-profile security problems at two exchanges -
0:12:32 > 0:12:34as well as stark warnings from global regulators
0:12:34 > 0:12:39about the risks posed by cryptocurrencies.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41The Ugandan army has attacked rebel camps in the east
0:12:41 > 0:12:51of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56The rebel groups have set up camps on the border of Uganda.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59The rebel group has been blamed for a recent deadly attack on UN
0:12:59 > 0:13:00peacekeepers in the DRC.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04The fourth election in as many years in the Spanish region of Catalonia
0:13:04 > 0:13:07has demonstrated just how divided the region remains.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10The party that won the most votes doesn't support
0:13:10 > 0:13:12independence for Catalonia - but put together the separatist
0:13:12 > 0:13:19parties are able to form a slim majority.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20The sacked pro-independence Catalan leader, Carles
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Puigdemont, has called
0:13:21 > 0:13:24on the Spanish prime minister to negotiate a political solution.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26James Reynolds reports.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31Catalonia's pro-independence voters enjoyed their victory.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36And now they want their power back.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Starting with the return from exile of their deposed
0:13:42 > 0:13:48leader, Carles Puigdemont.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51But he can't just fly back from Belgium.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57He faces arrest in Spain on the charge of rebellion.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02So, from Brussels this afternoon, Mr Puigdemont had a message
0:14:02 > 0:14:04for Spain: let's talk.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05We want to be an independent state.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09This is the wish of the Catalan people.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11The next step is to talk with President Mariano Rajoy.
0:14:11 > 0:14:19We need to find new ways, the political solution
0:14:19 > 0:14:21for our crisis between the Spanish state and Catalonia.
0:14:21 > 0:14:28That offer doesn't interest Spain's leader.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31This afternoon, Mariano Rajoy made it clear, if Carles Puigdemont isn't
0:14:31 > 0:14:36here, he can't talk to him.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41TRANSLATION:I will have to talk with the person who actually
0:14:41 > 0:14:43occupies that office of president of the Catalan regional government.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46For this to happen, they need to take up their seat and be
0:14:46 > 0:14:52in a position to talk with me.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The crisis began months ago when a pro-independence administration
0:14:55 > 0:14:58faced off against the government in Madrid.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01There followed months of argument, protest,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03debate, emergency measures, and then the vote.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Now, Catalans find that they are right back to where they were
0:15:06 > 0:15:08when the crisis began.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14Nobody has really changed sides.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16For now, the local government headquarters here awaits
0:15:16 > 0:15:18its permanent occupant.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22The man who won this election can't come to take up his old job.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24The law says that all sides now have until April
0:15:24 > 0:15:28to decide what to do next.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33James Reynolds, BBC News, Barcelona.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36More protests today against America's recognition of Jerusalem
0:15:36 > 0:15:38as the capital of Israel.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Health officials say two Palestinians have been killed
0:15:43 > 0:15:47in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and Gaza.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51It comes after yesterday's decisive vote by the UN General Assembly
0:15:51 > 0:15:54rejecting America's decision.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians
0:15:57 > 0:16:00will reject any plan for peace put forward by America.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Sebastian Usher, the Middle East Editor for the BBC
0:16:02 > 0:16:09World Service, join us.
0:16:09 > 0:16:16Two people have lost their lives in protest. The protests increasing in
0:16:16 > 0:16:21intensity?I don't think they are increasing that noticeably. This is
0:16:21 > 0:16:25the third Friday, the traditional day of protest in the Arab world,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28days of rage, as they have been called. I think ten Palestinians
0:16:28 > 0:16:35have been killed hence they started. Two more today in Gaza. Palestinians
0:16:35 > 0:16:40say that the clashes have spread more widely, almost in every part of
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Gaza and the Palestinian territories in the West Bank. The Israelis say
0:16:44 > 0:16:47that the numbers have gone down. They are fierce clashes taking
0:16:47 > 0:16:52place. Israeli forces are clearly using live ammunition which is why
0:16:52 > 0:16:57we are having these deaths. Many other Palestinian youths have been
0:16:57 > 0:17:04wounded. This is going on, it isn't going down in intensity but it
0:17:04 > 0:17:09hasn't gone beyond where we seen it already, getting to the stage where
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Hamas, who controlled Gaza, called for when they said there should be
0:17:13 > 0:17:19an intifada. We've been watching, especially a day after the UN vote,
0:17:19 > 0:17:25which may have given fresh momentum. We saw the vote, Mahmoud Bass today
0:17:25 > 0:17:30saying he will reject any peace plan put forward by the Americans. What
0:17:30 > 0:17:34peace plan is he talking about? There is a peace plan the Trump
0:17:34 > 0:17:39administration have been talking about, led by the President's
0:17:39 > 0:17:43son-in-law, Jared Kushner who was talking about it a few weeks ago,
0:17:43 > 0:17:48not giving the details away but saying he and the other three people
0:17:48 > 0:17:53involved have been out across the region listening to all sides. I
0:17:53 > 0:17:57think although we haven't had details, what is suggested is that
0:17:57 > 0:18:01this will be a take it or leave it to deal that will be
0:18:01 > 0:18:05all-encompassing and they are hoping that there will be something for
0:18:05 > 0:18:09everybody, people are going to reject bits, the Palestinians and
0:18:09 > 0:18:15Israelis, but they may take most of it because it feels fit gives them
0:18:15 > 0:18:20enough. It is ambitious. They say they are businessmen, the status quo
0:18:20 > 0:18:25hasn't worked, peace talks have been in stalemate, so what is to lose?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made his strongest statement
0:18:28 > 0:18:31saying that Palestinians won't get involved in the peace plan. Maybe
0:18:31 > 0:18:37the peace plan to some extent wasn't going to involve them much in the
0:18:37 > 0:18:40first place, which would be a huge stumbling block because it can't
0:18:40 > 0:18:45happen without their involvement. The other question, Mahmoud Abbas
0:18:45 > 0:18:48reiterated that he no longer believes that the US is an honest
0:18:48 > 0:18:55broker. The question is, who else is going to step in. He spoke with
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Emmanuel Macron, the French president, who has taken a lead in
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Middle Eastern issues but he extensively said that they won't
0:19:02 > 0:19:06take the role, they will see what happens with the US. There isn't any
0:19:06 > 0:19:10other player, even if the Palestinians have decided officially
0:19:10 > 0:19:14what they long decided ago at a street level, that the Americans
0:19:14 > 0:19:25aren't unbiased, who else do they go to?Thank you for joining us.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The first visit by a British foreign minister to Moscow for five years
0:19:28 > 0:19:29has ended in public disagreement.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Boris Johnson accused Russia of meddling in the UK election
0:19:32 > 0:19:33and Brexit referendum.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34His Russian counterpart, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36responded by accusing the UK of fabricating
0:19:36 > 0:19:37allegations against it.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins reports from Moscow.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Handshakes can be deceptive.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48True, this Foreign Secretary has broken a five-year British boycott
0:19:48 > 0:19:50of visits to Moscow.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53But when Russia's Sergei Lavrov says he wants
0:19:53 > 0:20:00a return to business as usual, Boris Johnson says that impossible.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02As you rightly say, Sergei, things are
0:20:02 > 0:20:08not easy between us at the moment.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11The talks aired the grievances on both
0:20:11 > 0:20:13sides and examined space for
0:20:13 > 0:20:15limited cooperation, by supporting the Iran
0:20:15 > 0:20:17nuclear deal together, and opposing the nuclear
0:20:17 > 0:20:18threat from North Korea.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22But deep disagreements remain.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25At their joint news conference, that was stark.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27For all the attempts at banter, there was a
0:20:27 > 0:20:32seriousness when Sergei Lavrov tried to brush off
0:20:32 > 0:20:38British allegations of Russian meddling in foreign elections.
0:20:38 > 0:20:48TRANSLATION:My neighbour, Boris Johnson, recently stated he had no
0:20:48 > 0:20:50evidence that Russia medelled in the referendum on the withdrawal
0:20:50 > 0:20:52of Britain from the European Union.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Not successfully.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Not successfully, I think is the word.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Not successfully is the word that I think you need to
0:20:57 > 0:20:58introduce.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59TRANSLATION:You see?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02He is scared if he doesn't disagree with me, his
0:21:02 > 0:21:04reputation will be ruined in the media at home.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05I...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Sergei, it's your reputation I'm worried about.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09But this was dark, serious humour.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12When Boris Johnson was asked if he trusted Russia's foreign minister,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14he tried to make light of that.
0:21:14 > 0:21:24You know, it's a measure of my trust that as soon as I got into this
0:21:24 > 0:21:27excellent Foreign Ministry, I immediately handed my coat, my
0:21:27 > 0:21:29hat, my gloves and indeed everything that was in my pockets,
0:21:29 > 0:21:31secret or otherwise, to Sergei Lavrov.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34TRANSLATION:I can say there was nothing in the pockets of Boris'
0:21:34 > 0:21:41coat.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43So how did relations with Russia go from bad to worse?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Russia's use of radioactive poison to murder
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Alexander Litvinenko in the middle of London started the slide.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Three years ago, Russia's annexation of
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Crimea and interference in Ukraine provoked tough EU sanctions strongly
0:21:56 > 0:21:57backed by Britain.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Then last month, Theresa May accused Russia of cyber
0:21:59 > 0:22:03espionage and meddling in the elections.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Britain says it has cyber weaponry to retaliate if attacks get
0:22:06 > 0:22:08worse.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10So, striding across Red Square, the Foreign Secretary was no
0:22:10 > 0:22:12mere tourist.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15He was nodding to Russia's historic greatness, while
0:22:15 > 0:22:18pressing for a radical change of direction.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Coming here to Red Square, Boris Johnson insists he
0:22:23 > 0:22:24loves Russia.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27He points to his name, the fact he has Russian ancestry.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30What he doesn't love is the present Russian government.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34So, paying his tribute at the tomb of Russia's
0:22:34 > 0:22:37unknown soldier had a particular symbolism.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Britain and Russia fought together against Hitler as allies.
0:22:40 > 0:22:50Restoring that closeness now seems a long way off.
0:22:51 > 0:22:57A mourn our website. -- a lot more on our website.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59After sexual harassment allegations against Kevin Spacey
0:22:59 > 0:23:01became public in October, Netflix announced he would not be
0:23:01 > 0:23:03involved in future seasons of the television show
0:23:03 > 0:23:04House of Cards.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07But film director Ridley Scott faced a more complicated problem.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10His new film, All the Money in the World, starred Kevin Spacey
0:23:10 > 0:23:12in the role of oil tycoon John Paul Getty.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14It had been due for release today.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Here's a clip from the original trailer.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Mr Getty!
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Mr Getty, how much would you pay to release your grandson
0:23:20 > 0:23:21if not $70 million?
0:23:21 > 0:23:26Nothing.
0:23:26 > 0:23:35# It's the time of the season for loving...#
0:23:35 > 0:23:37After those allegations came to light, the decision was made
0:23:37 > 0:23:39to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Just a warning - these pictures contain flash photography.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47A number of key scenes had to be re-shot and the film
0:23:47 > 0:23:52was re-edited at a rumoured cost of $10 million.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54It comes out on Christmas - remarkably, that's just three days
0:23:54 > 0:24:02after the original release date.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04The BBC reached out to one entertainment industry critic
0:24:04 > 0:24:07to gauge their reaction to the film and whether the decision to recast
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Spacey's role was the right one.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It works just on the basic
0:24:12 > 0:24:15"Did they pull it off?" level.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19I guess you'd call it a Spacey-ectomy, you know,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22which I would define as the surgical removal of a disgraced actor
0:24:22 > 0:24:23from an already finished film.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Two scenes in with Christopher Plummer in the role,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31you relax right into it and it's clear that just
0:24:31 > 0:24:35on a technical and narrative level, they've completely pulled it off.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39You need to pay the ransom, Mr Getty.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41I do not have the money to spare.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44No one has ever been richer than you are at this moment.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46What would it take for you to feel secure?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49More.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Yeah, the movie is not terrific.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56It's not top shelf Ridley Scott, but I would say it's a good,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59solid telling of this story.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02They have some competition from the Danny Boyle FX
0:25:02 > 0:25:06miniseries next month, so they did get to market first.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08This was a special case of deciding,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11"Well, do we simply just cash out and call it a day,
0:25:11 > 0:25:19"or do we actually try to salvage this thing?"
0:25:19 > 0:25:22And on that level, even though the story actually belongs
0:25:22 > 0:25:27to Gail Harris, in this telling played by Michelle Williams,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30and she's good, on that level, Plummer absolutely
0:25:30 > 0:25:31was the right choice.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33And some say he was actually Scott's first choice.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It's the kind of notoriety and scandal that will not help
0:25:36 > 0:25:39you at the box office, and I think what you're getting,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41just on an artistic level, is, Ridley Scott has said that
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Christopher Plummer brings a warmer and more empathetic
0:25:43 > 0:25:44quality to the role.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The movie lacks a little bit of...
0:25:46 > 0:25:48There's no sense of humour in this film at all,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and I think Kevin Spacey would have brought a sneaky sense of humour
0:25:51 > 0:25:53because that's his style.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55But I think in the end, it was a good trade.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I don't know.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58We don't know where it ended yet.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00I feel like we're still midstream on all of it.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06We'll have to see it