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31/01/2020 GMT

Brexit day

BBC World Service - World Update, Brexit day

The UK will leave the European Union today

The UK will leave the European Union today.

After over 40 years, the UK will exit the European Union at 23:00 GMT. The British PM promises a ‘new dawn’ after Brexit.

Also on the programme: the latest on President Trump's impeachment trial; and the tightening of regulations regarding high-tech running shoes. 

(Picture: British Members of the European Parliament react as they leave the EU Parliament for the last time in Brussels on 31 January 2020. Credit: EPA/Stephanie Lecocq)

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