:00:00. > :00:00.Campaigning intensifies for the EU referendum -
:00:07. > :00:13.with key figures for each side fighting for every vote.
:00:14. > :00:15.It's beer, batting and Botham for Boris Johnson -
:00:16. > :00:18.revealing the newest backer of the Leave campaign.
:00:19. > :00:20.Meanwhile it's from foe to friend - David Cameron and the Labour Mayor
:00:21. > :00:25.of London campaign together for a Remain vote.
:00:26. > :00:27.Two British men are charged with immigration offences
:00:28. > :00:30.after a boat carrying migrants was rescued in the Channel
:00:31. > :00:35.The Iraqi army says it has begun an operation to oust so-called
:00:36. > :00:41.Islamic State from Fallujah - amid fears for trapped civilians.
:00:42. > :00:47.And Alastair Cook becomes the first England player -
:00:48. > :01:08.and the youngest ever - to score 10,000 Test runs.
:01:09. > :01:13.David Cameron and Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London,
:01:14. > :01:16.have set aside party rivalries to make a joint appeal
:01:17. > :01:21.They unveiled a pledge card, listing what voters will get
:01:22. > :01:26.Meanwhile, Boris Johnson revealed a new high-profile backer
:01:27. > :01:29.for the Leave camp, and urged people to choose to take back control
:01:30. > :01:34.Here's our political correspondent, Ben Wright.
:01:35. > :01:37.He bowls like someone who likes to win, showing
:01:38. > :01:43.Boris Johnson led Vote Leave to a Cumbria cricket club this
:01:44. > :01:48.evening, with the message he hopes can clinch this referendum.
:01:49. > :01:50.Fundamentally, it is about democracy.
:01:51. > :01:52.This is about people being able to control
:01:53. > :01:57.No-one objects to the idea, if they want to build
:01:58. > :02:01.a United States of Europe, that's fine by me, they can,
:02:02. > :02:03.if other people in the rest of the EU want to do that.
:02:04. > :02:06.People in this country want a different approach and we can do
:02:07. > :02:12.With him, some "beefy" support from a cricketing great.
:02:13. > :02:16.We have a chance to govern ourselves again, look after our own borders,
:02:17. > :02:20.I just think that we are losing identity, we are suddenly
:02:21. > :02:27.Both sides in this referendum are keen to reach younger voters
:02:28. > :02:32.who are far less likely to turn out for elections than older players.
:02:33. > :02:35.In a South London cafe, I met young voters
:02:36. > :02:46.A lot of my flatmates and my friends are thinking in.
:02:47. > :02:50.And, yeah, and so therefore I'm very torn.
:02:51. > :02:53.We are the generation that will really impact the future
:02:54. > :02:56.and I think it is very important that they are given the full
:02:57. > :02:58.story as to what happens, whether we stay or
:02:59. > :03:03.And at a university around the corner, a striking
:03:04. > :03:09.Political foes have become campaign comrades.
:03:10. > :03:11.Just four weeks' ago, David Cameron was warning
:03:12. > :03:14.about the risks Sadiq Khan would pose to London at the end
:03:15. > :03:17.of a bitter mayoral contest but today the Conservative Prime
:03:18. > :03:22.Minister merrily shared a stage with London's New Labour Mayor.
:03:23. > :03:31.The Remain campaign launched a guarantee card, listing
:03:32. > :03:35.what they say voters will get if the UK stays in the EU, including
:03:36. > :03:41.The pledges were dismissed by Vote Leave.
:03:42. > :03:44.The London Mayor also appealed to younger voters.
:03:45. > :03:53.Make sure you make a decision that will affect your future and future
:03:54. > :03:58.This EU Referendum is bridging political differences,
:03:59. > :04:01.while David Cameron's own party remains very divided.
:04:02. > :04:04.This is a symbol of how much the referendum is reshaping politics
:04:05. > :04:10.With less than four weeks to go, the core messages are being
:04:11. > :04:16.boiled down and repeated, to capture the undecided.
:04:17. > :04:25.It is quite something seeing David Cameron and Sadiq Khan sharing a
:04:26. > :04:28.platform together? It is extraordinary. Has a political
:04:29. > :04:33.hatchet ever been buried this quickly? It was the beginning of the
:04:34. > :04:38.month when David Cameron was warning Sadiq Khan had shared platforms in
:04:39. > :04:43.the past with extremists and this made him unfit to be Mayor of
:04:44. > :04:48.London. Sadiq Khan retaliated. Today, it was smiles and solidarity.
:04:49. > :04:52.They have disagreed on a lot in the past. But Sadiq Khan has become the
:04:53. > :04:56.most senior Labour figure to join the Prime Minister on a platform.
:04:57. > :05:02.Jeremy Corbyn has said he won't do this. It is a big step. The Prime
:05:03. > :05:06.Minister thinks it shows a unity of purpose in the campaign. They
:05:07. > :05:09.clearly think it is going to cut through and appeal to voters. Vote
:05:10. > :05:14.Leave said it looked a bit desperate. It was also interesting
:05:15. > :05:18.today that David Cameron and Boris Johnson avoided doing anything to
:05:19. > :05:21.pour fuel on the increasingly fractious, angry, bitter row going
:05:22. > :05:25.on within the Tory Party around this referendum. They sidestepped any
:05:26. > :05:30.possibility of talking about that. They wanted to focus on the issues
:05:31. > :05:34.and avoid any talk of Tory civil war. As we enter the last
:05:35. > :05:39.three-and-a-half weeks that, is what we will see, a narrowing down on the
:05:40. > :05:43.core issues. Ben Wright, thank you. Two British men have been remanded
:05:44. > :05:46.in custody charged with immigration offences after 18 Albanians
:05:47. > :05:49.were rescued from a boat off the coast of Kent in the early
:05:50. > :05:53.hours of Sunday morning. The incident has raised
:05:54. > :05:55.questions about the security of the UK's borders -
:05:56. > :05:58.with new Border Force powers coming into effect tomorrow,
:05:59. > :06:01.intended to crack down 20 people rescued in
:06:02. > :06:08.the English Channel, packed onto what the BBC understands
:06:09. > :06:13.was this small, inflatable boat. The alarm was raised after some
:06:14. > :06:15.on board phoned relatives in Calais The search and rescue helicopter
:06:16. > :06:21.and lifeboats were dispatched. One of them from here,
:06:22. > :06:25.the station at nearby Dungeness. Trevor Bunney was working
:06:26. > :06:36.on Saturday night We didn't get close enough to see
:06:37. > :06:38.the people. We just could see it was a small vessel with lots of people
:06:39. > :06:39.on board. He said the conditions at sea
:06:40. > :06:41.were moderate to rough that night and that the inflatable boat
:06:42. > :06:53.was taking on water. They were cold, they had been at sea
:06:54. > :06:56.a long time. The English Channel is a very unforgiving place at the best
:06:57. > :07:02.of times. They were a bit dishevelled. Today, two British men,
:07:03. > :07:06.Robert Stilwell from Dartford, and Mark Stribling from Farningham,
:07:07. > :07:10.appeared in front of Medway Magistrates' Court charged with
:07:11. > :07:14.immigration offences. Tomorrow, the Government will give new powers to
:07:15. > :07:19.border force officers to allow them to make arrests more easily and over
:07:20. > :07:23.the summer, they will set up three new hubs to tackle the problem of
:07:24. > :07:28.illegal immigration in the Channel which some believe is a growing
:07:29. > :07:32.issue. We must not be complacent. We are already hearing from the
:07:33. > :07:36.Government and various Conservative MPs that this is the safest border
:07:37. > :07:40.in Europe. I'd like to hear it is the most secure border in Europe.
:07:41. > :07:42.Otherwise, what we see in the Mediterranean is soon going to be
:07:43. > :07:44.happening across the Channel. The two men charged in connection
:07:45. > :07:45.with this weekend's incident They will next appear in court
:07:46. > :07:49.towards the end of June. Simon Jones, BBC News,
:07:50. > :07:54.Chatham. Iraqi government forces say
:07:55. > :07:57.they have begun their operation to reclaim Fallujah from so-called
:07:58. > :08:01.Islamic State amid fears that the 50,000 civilians trapped
:08:02. > :08:04.inside the city may be used Our correspondent Jim Muir has sent
:08:05. > :08:12.this report from Baghdad. This latest phase in the offensive
:08:13. > :08:14.got under way at dawn. Exactly a week after
:08:15. > :08:18.the whole campaign to oust so-called Islamic State
:08:19. > :08:22.from Fallujah was launched. The renewed assault was preceded
:08:23. > :08:26.by heavy artillery bombardments Jets from the American-led coalition
:08:27. > :08:33.and the Iraqi Air Force also carried out airstrikes in support
:08:34. > :08:37.of the advancing ground forces. So far, the latest phase of attack
:08:38. > :08:41.still seems to be pressing in around Fallujah, not penetrating yet
:08:42. > :08:44.into the actual centre As the battle moves closer
:08:45. > :08:50.to Fallujah itself, there is huge concern for the civilians trapped
:08:51. > :08:52.there, perhaps the best guess They have already been through nine
:08:53. > :08:57.months of siege, a very tight blockade so they have been drinking
:08:58. > :09:01.filthy water and had very little by way of food and
:09:02. > :09:04.medicine coming in. Some hundreds of families have
:09:05. > :09:07.managed to escape to safety. They are being taken to camps
:09:08. > :09:09.to the south and the west of Fallujah where at least they can
:09:10. > :09:16.find shelter and food. TRANSLATION: Thank God we were able
:09:17. > :09:18.to get away from They let us starve and left us
:09:19. > :09:22.thirsty. They took away our men
:09:23. > :09:25.and told us to go home, saying they'll return,
:09:26. > :09:28.but they didn't send them The capital Baghdad was hit by three
:09:29. > :09:35.big explosions, two of them carried It seemed to be an attempt
:09:36. > :09:41.by IS to strike behind its enemy's lines to distract the forces
:09:42. > :09:46.from the battle for Fallujah. Militia commanders in the field
:09:47. > :09:50.who are taking part in the attacks say that once the city itself
:09:51. > :09:53.is tightly surrounded, there could be a pause
:09:54. > :09:56.before the final assault, to allow as many civilians
:09:57. > :10:00.as possible to escape, but IS is reported to be stopping
:10:01. > :10:03.them from fleeing, accused The chief negotiator of Syria's main
:10:04. > :10:13.opposition grouping has resigned over what he says is the failure
:10:14. > :10:16.of peace talks designed to end Mohammed Alloush has told the BBC
:10:17. > :10:21.it was impossible to participate in the Geneva talks
:10:22. > :10:24.while the Syrian people The Duke of Edinburgh is to miss
:10:25. > :10:30.an event marking the centenary of the Battle of Jutland
:10:31. > :10:33.on medical advice. A statement from Buckingham Palace
:10:34. > :10:37.said Prince Philip had "reluctantly decided" not to go to Orkney
:10:38. > :10:39.tomorrow to attend commemorations for the biggest naval engagement
:10:40. > :10:43.of the First World War. The Prince hasn't been to hospital
:10:44. > :10:45.and he's expected to resume As the countdown to the EU
:10:46. > :10:52.referendum approaches, one of the most intensely debated
:10:53. > :10:55.issues is whether agriculture The National Farmers' Union wants
:10:56. > :11:00.the UK to stay in - but many farmers say
:11:01. > :11:03.they're not so sure. Our science editor,
:11:04. > :11:07.David Shukman, reports. The delicate patchwork of farmland
:11:08. > :11:11.across the United Kingdom is now caught up in the turbulent
:11:12. > :11:14.debate over Europe. There isn't one single opinion
:11:15. > :11:17.on staying in or getting out. With so many different kinds
:11:18. > :11:23.of farming, farms in the uplands, farms in the lowlands,
:11:24. > :11:26.large and small, it's no surprise there's a great range of very
:11:27. > :11:29.strongly held opinions It's gripped the farming
:11:30. > :11:34.community and divided it. Let's look first at access
:11:35. > :11:37.to markets, including Over the past five years,
:11:38. > :11:42.just over 63% of UK agricultural exports went to the EU and just over
:11:43. > :11:47.36% were sent to the rest Mark Williams is a sheep farmer
:11:48. > :11:54.in Wales and he wants Britain Farmers who want to leave say the EU
:11:55. > :12:06.market is too restrictive, I think it would be scaremongering
:12:07. > :12:11.to suggest that we're not going to be able
:12:12. > :12:14.to trade with the EU. Obviously, a trade deal
:12:15. > :12:16.will be negotiated. We don't know how long that trade
:12:17. > :12:23.deal is going to take to negotiate. What's going to happen
:12:24. > :12:25.in the interim? Then there's the question
:12:26. > :12:34.of subsidies under the In 2014, UK farmers received
:12:35. > :12:39.just over ?3 billion. Bruce Udale and his daughter
:12:40. > :12:47.Isabel Moseley are arable Despite the payments,
:12:48. > :12:53.they both want to leave the EU. They accept that some farmers depend
:12:54. > :12:58.on subsidies more than others. But they say the whole system
:12:59. > :13:01.of payments is wrong because it A lot of people would be amazed
:13:02. > :13:05.to hear that you'd be happy to give up the thousands of pounds
:13:06. > :13:10.you get in subsidy. I'm prepared to give up what I think
:13:11. > :13:13.the subsidy is worth and it is not If we don't have any subsidy at all,
:13:14. > :13:19.I believe our costs will come down. Land values will probably come down,
:13:20. > :13:23.rents will certainly come down. And with the subsidies,
:13:24. > :13:26.they say, come red tape I think for our children's future,
:13:27. > :13:32.we should take things back in hand, make our own rules and regulations
:13:33. > :13:37.relevant to this country, But what about the people working
:13:38. > :13:44.on the farms and where they're from? About 24,000 have moved
:13:45. > :13:48.here from other EU countries and of 67,000 seasonal labourers,
:13:49. > :13:51.many are thought to be from Eastern Europe, though there
:13:52. > :13:57.are no official figures. Eric Drummond is a fruit farmer
:13:58. > :14:00.in Herefordshire and he says he needs Britain to stay
:14:01. > :14:07.in to keep things going. At the height of the season,
:14:08. > :14:10.he employs about 350 foreign workers, mostly
:14:11. > :14:14.from Bulgaria and Romania. It's a huge risk to our business,
:14:15. > :14:20.to any horticultural business, whether that be fruit,
:14:21. > :14:24.horticultural plants or vegetables, the whole industry relies on this
:14:25. > :14:31.labour coming into the country. Although farmers are relatively
:14:32. > :14:34.small in number, this decision may shape how we get our food,
:14:35. > :14:37.how many farms thrive, The former president of Chad,
:14:38. > :14:48.Hissene Habre, has been found guilty of crimes against humanity,
:14:49. > :14:51.rape and sexual slavery Mr Habre - described by some
:14:52. > :14:57.as "Africa's Pinochet" - He's been sentenced
:14:58. > :15:00.to life in prison. It's the first time an African Union
:15:01. > :15:02.backed court has tried a former The Turkish president,
:15:03. > :15:07.Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has called on Muslims to reject
:15:08. > :15:10.contraception and have He said Muslims should
:15:11. > :15:14.concentrate on increasing One women's organisation has
:15:15. > :15:27.described the statement as medieval. England captain Alastair Cook has
:15:28. > :15:28.become the youngest cricketer to make 10,000 Test runs
:15:29. > :15:31.in his career. He scored 47 in his side's second
:15:32. > :15:33.innings as they beat Sri Lanka Our cricket correspondent,
:15:34. > :15:37.Jonathan Agnew, reports. In the age of the fast
:15:38. > :15:40.and the immediate, Alastair Cook is the finest of throwbacks,
:15:41. > :15:43.with more Test runs It is something which, you know,
:15:44. > :15:53.has certainly driven me personally. You do have little things personally
:15:54. > :15:55.that you get driven by and to score 10,000 runs is one of those little
:15:56. > :15:59.goals you want to achieve. In this situation, the stats
:16:00. > :16:01.definitely don't lie. It is a phenomenal achievement
:16:02. > :16:04.by a phenomenal cricketer, who will always go down as one
:16:05. > :16:08.of England's greats. Cook has never fully
:16:09. > :16:10.outgrown his youthful looks but through his time with Essex,
:16:11. > :16:13.then England, he has developed a reputation
:16:14. > :16:16.as a fierce competitor. Last year, not only did he pass
:16:17. > :16:19.the country's Test run record, he also put together the longest
:16:20. > :16:24.innings in England's history. He has done it with a smile
:16:25. > :16:27.on his face and with a huge I am very proud to have played
:16:28. > :16:32.in the same team as him. I know that in 20 years' time I can
:16:33. > :16:36.sit with a glass of red and tell my kids that
:16:37. > :16:39.I played with Alastair Cook. Genius is said to be 1%
:16:40. > :16:43.inspiration, 99% perspiration. But Cook is notorious
:16:44. > :16:46.for not sweating. Rarely worried, rarely hurried,
:16:47. > :16:52.but with great effect. You can see more on all of today's
:16:53. > :16:59.stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me,
:17:00. > :17:01.stay with us on BBC One, it's time for the news
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