Scores of people posting about Syria use the country's flag emoji, but its new leaders redesigned the flag. When and how are emojis updated?

Other emoji flags already available include those for Ascension Island, St Barthelemy, Curacao, Diego Garcia and Djibouti.

Emoji flags for Wales, Scotland and England are approved by the authority on computer text and characters.

Other emoji flags already available include those for Ascension Island, St Barthelemy, Curacao, Diego Garcia and Djibouti. Mr Burge said: "The Welsh flag is a great flag.