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Now playing Next Korea South Korea imposes fresh financial sanctions on North Korean bankers The new restrictions will limit the financial transactions between 18 North Koreans and their neighbours to the south in a bid to stem the illegal cash flows Pyongyang uses to fund its weapons research. 06/11/2017
Now playing Next Italy Who needs Rome? Italian regions vote on autonomy First Scotland, then Catalonia. Now the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto are voting this Sunday on whether to demand more autonomy from the central government. 20/10/2017
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