Sir Keir Starmer has chatted with schoolchildren in Kyiv on his first visit to the country since he became prime minister in July. On the visit he met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign a new agreement which sets out co-operation between the countries that will stretch into the next century. One pupil asked Starmer to reveal his favourite football player, to which the Arsenal fan replied that it was Martin Ødegaard and that his "all-time favourite Arsenal player is Thierry Henry". Starmer also revealed that his favourite book is 'Roy of the Rovers', admitting all his books are about football. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Hello!
00:02Fantastic!
00:04Wow!
00:12Good teacher.
00:13Nice to see you.
00:18How are you?
00:19Fine, thank you.
00:21This is your school, is it?
00:23Yeah, it's our school.
00:26Excuse me.
00:27Okay, do not be afraid.
00:29I want to tell you about my favorite book, Cinderella, by Cheryl Pearl.
00:34My favorite character is Cinderella.
00:37Oh, what's your favorite?
00:39What's your favorite?
00:41My favorite book is Roy of the Rovers.
00:45It's a football book.
00:47Well known in Anfield.
00:49So you love football, yeah?
00:51I love football, yeah.
00:52So all my books are about football.
00:54What's the hardest part of being Prime Minister of the UK?
00:58The hardest part is trying to keep everybody happy in Parliament.
01:03But luckily my Education Secretary helps me with that, who's sitting at the back there.
01:25Is this your regular football session?
01:27Yes.
01:29Good?
01:31Is football your favorite?
01:33Not yet.
01:35What's yours?
01:37Basketball.
01:39Who's your favorite Arsenal player?
01:41Maybe Thierry Henry.
01:43He's the all-time best.
01:45What is your favorite club, football club?
01:48Football club?
01:49Yes.
01:50Arsenal.
01:51What's your favorite football player?
01:54At the moment, Odegaard.
01:57My all-time favorite Arsenal player is Thierry Henry.