EU, Britain strike deal on Gibraltar's post-Brexit status

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00:00Finally, five years after Brexit,

00:04Gibraltar's 34,000 residents have a deal.

00:0896% of residents voted against leaving the EU

00:12and they've been dealing with the consequences of Brexit ever since.

00:16This is a good arrangement

00:20that deals with the complexity

00:24of the current arrangements that mean that people have

00:28queued for hours and has harmed the certainty

00:32that business needs. Getting to agreement has

00:36been difficult. Its border with Spain and the overall status

00:40have been key sticking points. 1,500 people

00:44cross the border for work or pleasure every day and with a planned

00:48EU entry-exit system due later this year,

00:52there were fears of chaos at the border. This agreement also

00:56clearly reflects a strategic

00:58and cooperative approach

01:00aimed at strengthening our

01:02relations in the context

01:04of the UK's departure from the EU

01:06and I would even say it

01:08reinforces a new chapter

01:10in our relationship.

01:12Negotiations were

01:14sensitive as Spain technically

01:16never ceded sovereignty of the territory. The British

01:20Foreign Minister called the deal a breakthrough

01:22and said it delivered a practical solution

01:24after years of uncertainty.

01:26I don't know

01:28I don't know

01:30my mind

01:32but I'm so sorry

01:34but I didn't know

01:36that today

01:38we should say

01:40that today

01:42I could say

01:44I came to be

01:46what I did

01:48but

01:51this

01:52I

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