:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten, the Chancellor's latest warning that a vote to leave
:00:08. > :00:12.the EU would bring emergency tax rises and spending cuts.
:00:13. > :00:15.Campaigning in Kent with just eight days to go, Mr Osborne said there'd
:00:16. > :00:20.be a big hole in the public finances resulting from a British exit.
:00:21. > :00:24.Quitting the EU would mean less money, billions less.
:00:25. > :00:28.And as the economy shrinks, so too would the
:00:29. > :00:33.That warning certainly stirred the waters.
:00:34. > :00:35.The rival campaigns clashed on the River Thames
:00:36. > :00:42.This is utterly irresponsible, in the last throes because you are
:00:43. > :00:45.in a panic in the Remain camp to suddenly try to frighten
:00:46. > :00:48.That is not the way that politics should work.
:00:49. > :00:52.And 65 Conservative MPs have warned that they'd oppose the Chancellor's
:00:53. > :01:04.Do you mind not looking at me like that all the time? It's really
:01:05. > :01:05.disturbing. Under pressure from MPs,
:01:06. > :01:08.the former owner of BHS apologises to staff after the collapse
:01:09. > :01:09.of the business. I just want to apologise
:01:10. > :01:12.to all the BHS people this and are involved and I hope
:01:13. > :01:17.that by the end of the morning, they will hear everything and we can find
:01:18. > :01:19.some sensible solutions A special report from Syria
:01:20. > :01:23.on the fight to dislodge Islamic State forces
:01:24. > :01:25.from a key town. And police in Lille use tear
:01:26. > :01:28.gas on England football fans, following scuffles
:01:29. > :01:34.in the city centre. And coming up later on BBC News,
:01:35. > :01:37.I will be live in Paris with Euro 2016 Sportsday,
:01:38. > :01:41.including all the goals from today's three matches
:01:42. > :02:05.in the tournament. The Chancellor, George Osborne,
:02:06. > :02:10.has been publicly challenged by dozens of Conservative MPs,
:02:11. > :02:13.following his warning that tax rises and spending cuts would be needed
:02:14. > :02:15.if Britain voted to leave They warned that his position
:02:16. > :02:21.would become "untenable" if he tried to present an emergency Budget
:02:22. > :02:25.following the referendum. But Mr Osborne says there'd be
:02:26. > :02:29.a ?30 billion gap in the public finances, which could be
:02:30. > :02:33.plugged with a 2p rise in the basic rate of income tax,
:02:34. > :02:38.and ?15 billion in spending cuts. But as our political editor
:02:39. > :02:41.Laura Kuenssberg reports, there was a combative response
:02:42. > :02:44.from Leave campaigners, including no fewer than 65
:02:45. > :02:49.Conservative MPs. On land, and almost sea,
:02:50. > :02:57.the referendum clashes Go back down the river
:02:58. > :03:03.because you're up one Bob Geldof taking on Nigel
:03:04. > :03:06.Farage on the Thames. It's all right for
:03:07. > :03:13.millionaires, mate! Crowds and campaigners
:03:14. > :03:16.shouting the odds, too. The Chancellor, with the man
:03:17. > :03:23.who used to do his job for Labour, claiming if you vote to leave,
:03:24. > :03:29.a sudden deterioration in the country's bank balance
:03:30. > :03:31.would mean whopping tax You've got a situation
:03:32. > :03:34.today where you've got a Conservative Chancellor
:03:35. > :03:37.and a Labour Chancellor both saying to the country that there would be
:03:38. > :03:41.a big hole in the public finances. That you'd have to raise
:03:42. > :03:47.taxes and cut spending. And, I tell you, there's only one
:03:48. > :03:50.thing worse than passing a Budget like that, that's not passing
:03:51. > :03:53.a Budget to deal with the situation and sending the economy
:03:54. > :03:55.into a tail spin. What if there were really
:03:56. > :04:00.an economic shock if we quit the EU? Every sensible authority agrees that
:04:01. > :04:03.if we vote to leave our ability to deal with the consequences
:04:04. > :04:05.of that will be reduced. That's why I'm even more worried
:04:06. > :04:09.now, much more worried But there's been furious resistance
:04:10. > :04:17.from the Outers, saying the Chancellor's hypothetical
:04:18. > :04:21.Brexit Budget has just gone too far. You know, of course I respect
:04:22. > :04:26.all the opinions in this hard-fought campaign,
:04:27. > :04:31.but when you have today even the Leave campaign saying there's
:04:32. > :04:34.going to be an economic consequence, people need to know
:04:35. > :04:36.that before they cast their vote. He claims he'd have no choice
:04:37. > :04:40.but to deliver such bad news because he'd have to fill
:04:41. > :04:43.a ?30 billion hole in the books. The chances of George Osborne
:04:44. > :04:51.standing on the steps with a Budget It's almost impossible to imagine
:04:52. > :04:55.that he'd get the support, but the message Number
:04:56. > :05:01.11 wants to give is - if the country votes to leave
:05:02. > :05:03.the EU, we'd all pay But nearly 70 Tory MPs,
:05:04. > :05:08.who want out of the EU, One MP told me - smart
:05:09. > :05:12.guy, stupid move. The campaign leaders haven't
:05:13. > :05:14.made their views public, but some This is no longer just
:05:15. > :05:18.about the referendum, You have a Chancellor coming out
:05:19. > :05:24.and irresponsibly trying to scare the public and even
:05:25. > :05:27.scare the markets. I've never seen anything
:05:28. > :05:30.like it in 24 years. He needs to think again and stop
:05:31. > :05:33.this nonsense at once. You're saying, if he carried
:05:34. > :05:36.on like this, he'd have to go? What is responsible
:05:37. > :05:40.is for a Chancellor to say, no matter what happens,
:05:41. > :05:43.Britain is good enough But there could be huge turbulence
:05:44. > :05:49.if we vote to leave. Outers published five new laws
:05:50. > :05:53.they'd try to pass if they win - to end EU immigration,
:05:54. > :05:57.to abolish VAT on energy bills and to negotiate new trade
:05:58. > :05:59.deals, almost like an This campaign's gone way
:06:00. > :06:06.beyond the ordinary, far past the usual insults
:06:07. > :06:09.and intrigue of politics and now, with a significant chunk of Tory MPs
:06:10. > :06:14.saying, if the country votes out, they'd try to oust George Osborne,
:06:15. > :06:16.it feels like there's The police even got involved
:06:17. > :06:21.as campaigns weren't just messing around on the river,
:06:22. > :06:25.but taking each other on. There's little sign of apathy
:06:26. > :06:28.as this decision approaches, every awareness of
:06:29. > :06:30.how much it counts. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News,
:06:31. > :06:37.Westminster. Let's talk about the notion of the
:06:38. > :06:39.emergency budget. Our economics editor,
:06:40. > :06:47.Kamal Ahmed, is here. How realistic would it be?
:06:48. > :06:50.Certainly, the Treasury or the Remain camp have tried to make it
:06:51. > :06:56.look realistic. This is the document they brought out about the emergency
:06:57. > :07:00.budget. There was a real budget earlier this year from the Treasury
:07:01. > :07:04.and they look pretty similar. Most economists agree that if Britain
:07:05. > :07:08.left the European Union, at least in the short term, there would be an
:07:09. > :07:12.economic shock and that could have an effect on public finances and
:07:13. > :07:18.could leave a shortfall of about ?30 billion by 2020. Now, would any
:07:19. > :07:26.Chancellor in that scenario have two chief all that saving needed to fill
:07:27. > :07:29.the shortfall in one budget, in one emergency budget? That is pretty
:07:30. > :07:32.unlikely. George Osborne admitted that different chancellors would
:07:33. > :07:35.have different approaches to spending cuts and tax rises and
:07:36. > :07:39.whether they might borrow a little more or stretch out the timescale at
:07:40. > :07:45.which they said they were going to hit a budget surplus. In terms of an
:07:46. > :07:48.emergency budget in one go, pretty unlikely. What is really
:07:49. > :07:53.interesting, though, is how much is this debate resonating around the
:07:54. > :07:56.world now? Tonight, Janet Yellen, the chairwoman of the Federal
:07:57. > :08:04.Reserve in America, the US central bank, has said that the vote on the
:08:05. > :08:08.23rd of June as consequences for the global economy and they are so
:08:09. > :08:12.uncertain that she says she has put of increasing interest rates in
:08:13. > :08:15.America at least in part because of the referendum in the UK. She is not
:08:16. > :08:19.saying if those consequences are good or bad but the world is
:08:20. > :08:21.certainly watching for the outcome of the vote on the 23rd of June.
:08:22. > :08:24.Thank you for joining us. If Britain votes to stay
:08:25. > :08:26.in the European Union, there should still be reform
:08:27. > :08:28.of the rules on free movement of people, according
:08:29. > :08:30.to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, who's been
:08:31. > :08:33.explaining her attitude Our political editor
:08:34. > :08:38.Laura Kuenssberg has spoken to prominent figures on both sides
:08:39. > :08:44.of the debate, and in her exclusive interview,
:08:45. > :08:46.she asks the Home Secretary why she's decided to back
:08:47. > :08:50.the Remain campaign. In a world of loudmouths,
:08:51. > :08:53.she's a quiet politician. Don't mistake that for having
:08:54. > :08:56.nothing to say. For a while on the EU though,
:08:57. > :08:59.it wasn't clear where Theresa May would pin her colours,
:09:00. > :09:02.which way she'd go. Well, there were plenty of voices
:09:03. > :09:08.suggesting what I should do in this. Of course, there were quite a lot
:09:09. > :09:11.of voices suggesting that I should But, as I say, I approached this
:09:12. > :09:18.decision in the way I approach other important decisions -
:09:19. > :09:19.look at the facts When I put all of that together,
:09:20. > :09:25.when I think about the potential risk to jobs, the uncertainties
:09:26. > :09:29.for our economy, if we were to leave the European Union,
:09:30. > :09:32.when I think about the security, the discussions I've had
:09:33. > :09:35.within the EU, because I do believe But this campaign's
:09:36. > :09:40.about immigration, too. As Home Secretary,
:09:41. > :09:43.her responsibility. I completely understand why people
:09:44. > :09:45.are concerned about immigration. There's no one thing that you can do
:09:46. > :09:51.that is suddenly going to deal with all the problems and concerns
:09:52. > :09:53.people have with immigration That's not the single answer
:09:54. > :09:59.to this issue. But there's one big truth
:10:00. > :10:01.though here, isn't there, which is, for as long as we're
:10:02. > :10:05.in the EU, we can't cap the numbers of people coming in here from other
:10:06. > :10:07.countries in Europe? There are some changes coming up
:10:08. > :10:10.in free movement rules. We should look at further
:10:11. > :10:15.reform in the future. What would you say to your
:10:16. > :10:18.colleagues though, who have been campaigning so viciously
:10:19. > :10:19.against each other? It's understandable that people feel
:10:20. > :10:23.very passionately about it. But when you said you wanted
:10:24. > :10:26.a serious and mature debate, it sounded a bit
:10:27. > :10:30.like you were telling them No, what I was doing was setting
:10:31. > :10:35.out my approach to this campaign. A reluctant Remainer,
:10:36. > :10:39.has she hesitated to dig in? You've been quite quiet
:10:40. > :10:41.during the campaign. Well, I haven't hung back.
:10:42. > :10:46.I don't think I've been quiet. I'll be out and about over the next
:10:47. > :10:50.few days but, of course, I've also had some Government
:10:51. > :10:52.business to do and, I suppose, it's how I've always got
:10:53. > :10:55.on with whatever role I'm in, whatever job I'm doing,
:10:56. > :10:57.is just get my head down Do you think, whatever happens,
:10:58. > :11:01.David Cameron will still be in In a few months' time?
:11:02. > :11:06.Yes, I do. I think that's important
:11:07. > :11:10.because David was elected as Prime Would you ever consider
:11:11. > :11:14.running for the job? Look, David, I hope,
:11:15. > :11:17.is going to carry on until 2020. Right now I'm focusing
:11:18. > :11:21.on the referendum and we've got a job to do coming
:11:22. > :11:23.back into Government. But would you rule it out?
:11:24. > :11:25.There's no vacancy. I said there's no vacancy,
:11:26. > :11:29.Laura. Look, whatever I say to you,
:11:30. > :11:34.it's going to be taken this way I hope David's going to continue
:11:35. > :11:41.in the job until 2020. With the referendum so close,
:11:42. > :11:44.that's not clear at all. Michael Gove has become
:11:45. > :11:53.the most senior Conservative to announce he will oppose any
:11:54. > :11:56.emergency austerity Budget by the Chancellor, if Britain
:11:57. > :11:59.votes to leave the EU. Mr Gove was taking questions
:12:00. > :12:02.from voters in a special edition The Prime Minister will appear
:12:03. > :12:07.on the programme next week. Our deputy political editor
:12:08. > :12:09.John Pienaar reports from Nottingham Ready for his close-up,
:12:10. > :12:16.Michael Gove. Perfect, thank you very
:12:17. > :12:18.much, thank you. Maybe the only man you could meet
:12:19. > :12:24.who would always remember his And this is now a political
:12:25. > :12:29.fight to the death. If we do vote to leave the EU,
:12:30. > :12:33.will you be supporting No, what we have heard
:12:34. > :12:42.from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire
:12:43. > :12:49.warnings of the terrible consequences of the British
:12:50. > :12:51.people just taking control And the truth is, if we vote
:12:52. > :12:55.to leave, we will be in The budget uprising had
:12:56. > :12:58.reached the Cabinet and he swerved a question
:12:59. > :13:01.on the Chancellor's future. Is the price of Brexit
:13:02. > :13:03.that Osborne goes? Is that maybe one of the things that
:13:04. > :13:06.you want to see happen? Instead of listening to the scare
:13:07. > :13:10.stories and instead of thinking about individuals and personalities,
:13:11. > :13:12.think about the potential The Leavers' warnings on migration,
:13:13. > :13:18.the issue so dominant in this Is Vote Leave scaremongering, saying
:13:19. > :13:24.that Turkey and its 76 million The only way that any
:13:25. > :13:30.of us will have a vote as to whether or not
:13:31. > :13:32.we are in the same union as Turkey is if we vote
:13:33. > :13:35.to leave on June the 23rd. The Prime Minister says
:13:36. > :13:37.we have a veto on that. It will only happen
:13:38. > :13:40.if the British Prime Minister wants it, so we have
:13:41. > :13:42.power over that decision. But the government has no
:13:43. > :13:44.intention of using that veto. So in other words, don't believe
:13:45. > :13:47.David Cameron. But cutting migrant numbers below
:13:48. > :13:50.100,000 a year could only start I think we can secure our exit
:13:51. > :13:58.from the European Union by 2020 and then we can move to bring down
:13:59. > :14:01.the numbers in the next Parliament. An incomer from Spain
:14:02. > :14:04.was feeling hurt and showed it. I have been working in England
:14:05. > :14:08.for 14 years now, paying my We are not the enemy,
:14:09. > :14:12.Mr Gove, we're not the enemy. If we are going to continue to have
:14:13. > :14:18.support for migration, then we need to be able
:14:19. > :14:21.to control the numbers. One of the reasons why
:14:22. > :14:25.Australia and Canada have support for migration
:14:26. > :14:30.is because they control the numbers. This former friend and ally
:14:31. > :14:32.to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor is now
:14:33. > :14:36.in the front line against both. The debate has become close combat
:14:37. > :14:54.and political wounds With eight days to go, where do we
:14:55. > :14:58.stand in the campaign? Laura Kuenssberg is with me. What is your
:14:59. > :15:01.sense of where the momentum is now? There's something quite strange
:15:02. > :15:06.going on at the moment, remain nervous because they are confronting
:15:07. > :15:09.the fact they might lose and Out are nervous because they are confronting
:15:10. > :15:12.the fact they might actually win this. Remain a shouting as loud as
:15:13. > :15:16.they can about their core message, don't take the economic risk but I
:15:17. > :15:19.think they are aware that some voters feel quite deafened by that
:15:20. > :15:23.and they are almost sticking their fingers in their areas. Out are
:15:24. > :15:27.pretty buoyant, even though they also know they have not been able to
:15:28. > :15:31.fill in all the blanks that voters have been asking them to do. But
:15:32. > :15:34.they are helped by the fact that conversation keeps on being dragged
:15:35. > :15:39.back to immigration. It is a concern that so many voters. Part of that is
:15:40. > :15:43.because there are conflicting messages coming out of the Remain
:15:44. > :15:46.camp. Home Secretary Theresa May and some Labour figures like Tom Watson
:15:47. > :15:50.say we should look again at the European rules about who can come
:15:51. > :15:54.here and others like the Chancellor say it's just not going to happen.
:15:55. > :15:59.But eight days to go and if we take a breath, the vote is very, very
:16:00. > :16:04.close in time sense but a lot could still change in this campaign. It
:16:05. > :16:07.has been very, very dynamic, it may still move very fast and the
:16:08. > :16:12.concrete has not set yet. Thank you for joining us.
:16:13. > :16:18.The billionaire businessman, Sir Philip Green, has apologised
:16:19. > :16:20.to the staff of BHS, admitting that he'd sold the business last
:16:21. > :16:24.The company collapsed last month, putting 11,000 jobs at risk.
:16:25. > :16:31.Sir Philip, giving evidence to a parliamentary committee today,
:16:32. > :16:37.also said that he would "sort" the firm's pension scheme,
:16:38. > :16:40.This report from our business editor, Simon Jack, contains
:16:41. > :16:43.Putting together the pieces of a high street failure.
:16:44. > :16:46.The person who knows how they all fit arrived for his moment
:16:47. > :16:52.Sir Philip Green sold BHS in 2015, 13 months later it collapsed
:16:53. > :16:58.It didn't need to be like this and I just want to apologise
:16:59. > :17:01.to all the BHS people you've been involved in this and are
:17:02. > :17:04.involved and I hope that, by the end of the morning,
:17:05. > :17:06.they'll hear everything and we can find some sensible solutions
:17:07. > :17:12.He sold the chain for just ?1 to this man, Dominic Chappell,
:17:13. > :17:15.a former bankrupt with no retail experience.
:17:16. > :17:18.Sir Philip himself set out one of the key questions.
:17:19. > :17:23.Did we go out of our way intentionally to find
:17:24. > :17:30.In fact, in this case, Chappell, right, to find somebody to end
:17:31. > :17:37.I think, hopefully, three hours in, or however long it is,
:17:38. > :17:39.or three-and-a-half hours in, whatever it is,
:17:40. > :17:41.you can accept that was not the case.
:17:42. > :17:48.During a sometimes testing encounter, he tried hard
:17:49. > :17:50.to control his temper, not always successfully.
:17:51. > :17:53.Sir, do you mind not looking at me like that all the time,
:17:54. > :17:58.You just want to stare at me, it's just uncomfortable.
:17:59. > :18:04.You look better with your glasses on.
:18:05. > :18:07.I don't like the way you're asking me the question.
:18:08. > :18:12.Sir, which bit of don't remember is difficult for you to listen to?
:18:13. > :18:16.He then blamed his own advisers, Goldman Sachs.
:18:17. > :18:19.If Mr Chappell had not passed Goldman Sachs' sniff test
:18:20. > :18:22.of their credibility, would you have done a deal with him?
:18:23. > :18:27.20,000 pensioners are facing cuts to their retirement income.
:18:28. > :18:33.We will sort it, we will find a solution and I want to give
:18:34. > :18:41.an assurance to the 20,000 pensioners, I'm there to sort this.
:18:42. > :18:52.There wasn't enough detail today to reassure scheme members,
:18:53. > :18:57.I think the right thing to do would be to make sure that no-one
:18:58. > :18:59.is any worse off because of the collapse of BHS.
:19:00. > :19:02.He says he has an affinity with the company, 15 years, let's
:19:03. > :19:06.He's got the money to do it and look after these 20,000
:19:07. > :19:10.Sir Philip's retail fortune is now in his wife's Monaco bank
:19:11. > :19:14.account and the committee wanted to know why there.
:19:15. > :19:17.Somebody suggested it and we went there, wanted to put my children
:19:18. > :19:24.We went there, had a look, met the people, and decided
:19:25. > :19:39.When did you find out that it had tax advantages if you stayed there?
:19:40. > :19:43.Sir Philip hoped to save his reputation today.
:19:44. > :19:46.His trump card was a promise to help 20,000 pensioners.
:19:47. > :19:49.How big a cheque he'll write, and to whom, is still unclear.
:19:50. > :19:51.There are questions remaining about Goldman Sachs' role
:19:52. > :19:54.Don't forget, he financially supported the very person
:19:55. > :19:57.Sir Philip will soon be heading back to Monaco,
:19:58. > :20:00.but there's still some missing pieces from this puzzle.
:20:01. > :20:11.Let's have a brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:20:12. > :20:15.Flight investigators in Egypt say wreckage from the EgyptAir jet
:20:16. > :20:17.which crashed last month has been found on the ocean bed.
:20:18. > :20:20.A deep ocean search vessel has found "several main locations"
:20:21. > :20:22.for the wreckage and has provided the first images
:20:23. > :20:29.The widow of the broadcaster and former Liberal MP,
:20:30. > :20:31.Sir Clement Freud, has apologised to two women
:20:32. > :20:34.of sexually abusing them when they were girls.
:20:35. > :20:36.The allegations have been made in an ITV documentary.
:20:37. > :20:38.The former Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius, has appeared
:20:39. > :20:40.in court in South Africa without his prosthetic legs
:20:41. > :20:42.during a hearing to determine his sentence
:20:43. > :20:46.for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
:20:47. > :20:48.His lawyer sought to show that he's vulnerable
:20:49. > :20:54.The prosecution is asking for a 15-year sentence.
:20:55. > :21:02.A search has found the body of a two-year-old boy
:21:03. > :21:03.who was dragged away by an alligator near Disney
:21:04. > :21:08.The child was dragged into the water whilst paddling in a lagoon at
:21:09. > :21:12.One of the UK's busiest ambulance services is being investigated
:21:13. > :21:18.after reports of bullying and harassment and a dispatch system
:21:19. > :21:19.that's described as "unfit for purpose."
:21:20. > :21:22.The South East Coast Ambulance Trust is now facing investigation
:21:23. > :21:26.Staff have been telling the BBC about problems, including calls not
:21:27. > :21:28.being answered quickly enough and out-of-date maps being used
:21:29. > :21:37.Our health editor, Hugh Pym, has more details.
:21:38. > :21:39.It serves millions of people in south-east England and it's
:21:40. > :21:41.already under intense scrutiny after revelations about a scheme
:21:42. > :21:43.to deprioritise certain calls in order to hit
:21:44. > :21:47.Now documents, seen by the BBC, reveal the extent of official
:21:48. > :21:52.concern about the state of the south-east coast service.
:21:53. > :21:56.A letter from the regulator, the CQC, to Trust management refers
:21:57. > :22:00.to processes and systems which are "highly unsatisfactory."
:22:01. > :22:05.It says, "safeguarding arrangements are exceptionally weak" and that
:22:06. > :22:08."throughout management accountability is absent
:22:09. > :22:14.The BBC's been told about issues with the ambulance computer dispatch
:22:15. > :22:21.system, known as CAD, and 1,000 call a week not
:22:22. > :22:25.An internal memo said there'd been continuous problems.
:22:26. > :22:27.Linda is an emergency call handler who's recently decided to leave.
:22:28. > :22:32.The computer system doesn't always work.
:22:33. > :22:35.It sometimes fails, so you'll be in the middle of a call
:22:36. > :22:38.and the computer system will fail and you'll have to go
:22:39. > :22:42.Given that problems at this Trust were first revealed at the end
:22:43. > :22:55.of last year and that weaknesses are now being discussed
:22:56. > :22:58.with the management, the question now is whether the regulator
:22:59. > :22:59.will intervene in the running of the Ambulance Service.
:23:00. > :23:02.They've been calls for urgent action to resolve what's gone wrong
:23:03. > :23:08.The Trust has lost the confidence of the public and have lost
:23:09. > :23:10.The Trust has lost the confidence of the public and they've lost
:23:11. > :23:13.the confidence of their employees and I think there should now be
:23:14. > :23:15.a public inquiry, run by the Health Service Select
:23:16. > :23:21."We do recognise that system issues can cause frustration for staff,
:23:22. > :23:23.but these matters are subject to review by a project group.
:23:24. > :23:25.Fortunately, critical issues with the system are rare and
:23:26. > :23:29.However, the Trust is keen to improve the CAD's
:23:30. > :23:31.reliability and is working hard to address this."
:23:32. > :23:35.The Trust also said it was awaiting the final report from the regulator,
:23:36. > :23:37.but the Department of Health said poor leadership at the service
:23:38. > :23:40.had put safety at risk, which was totally unacceptable
:23:41. > :23:41.and that patients and staff deserved better.
:23:42. > :23:57.There's been more fierce fighting against the so-called Islamic State.
:23:58. > :23:59.It's defending territory now in Iraq and Libya and in Syria,
:24:00. > :24:02.where an alliance of opposition forces is on the verge of taking
:24:03. > :24:05.back control of the key city of Manbij, around 50 miles
:24:06. > :24:10.north-east of Aleppo, which was occupied by IS
:24:11. > :24:13.It's currently encircled by Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen forces
:24:14. > :24:18.Manbij is a crucial staging post for IS, lying between the Turkish
:24:19. > :24:24.My colleague, Jiyar Gol, from the BBC's Persian Service
:24:25. > :24:28.and cameraman, Joe Inwood, are the only international
:24:29. > :24:31.broadcasters to have gained access to the area and they sent
:24:32. > :24:39.It's a difficult drive to the Manbij front-line.
:24:40. > :24:45.IS has retreated, but left mines and roadside bombs.
:24:46. > :24:50.Now, Kurdish and Arab fighters have encircled the city.
:24:51. > :24:59.TRANSLATION: We are at the gates of Manbij.
:25:00. > :25:01.God willing, we will end Isis injustice and liberate our
:25:02. > :25:13.This Chechen fighter was just seconds away
:25:14. > :25:21.Western special forces are also on the ground.
:25:22. > :25:25.We caught a glimpse, but were told to stop filming.
:25:26. > :25:29.They are directing these, and this is what coalition air
:25:30. > :25:36.And here, you can see this is one of the IS positions.
:25:37. > :25:53.But, even behind the front-lines, these displaced
:25:54. > :25:55.There's a couple of rounds coming in.
:25:56. > :25:58.We hear a sniper's bullets flying overhead.
:25:59. > :26:00.We were in that village just a minutes ago.
:26:01. > :26:03.I can see the smoke actually rising from the village.
:26:04. > :26:06.I think something's happening in the village.
:26:07. > :26:11.So, while IS are down, they're far from out of the fight.
:26:12. > :26:16.It makes these Arab fighters nervous.
:26:17. > :26:17.They think they are coming under attack.
:26:18. > :26:29.But a closer look reveals it's civilians they are firing on.
:26:30. > :26:33.They have been living under strict IS control for more than two years.
:26:34. > :26:44.They made us grow long beards and told us what to wear.
:26:45. > :26:48.The youngest to flee, born just a few hours ago.
:26:49. > :26:55.These people may have escaped, but tens of thousands remain
:26:56. > :27:03.With IS digging in, the coalition may have to fight
:27:04. > :27:16.Jiyar Gol, BBC News, on the Manbij front-lines.
:27:17. > :27:25.European Union officials in Brussels say they're looking into reports
:27:26. > :27:27.that a group of militants - part of the so-called
:27:28. > :27:29.Islamic State - are heading to Europe from Syria.
:27:30. > :27:32.Those who want the UK to remain in the EU insist that co-operation
:27:33. > :27:35.on security issues is a very important reason to stay in.
:27:36. > :27:39.In the latest of our series looking at the big issues ahead of the EU
:27:40. > :27:50.referendum, our Europe editor, Katya Adler, considers
:27:51. > :27:55.We want to believe that our family is safe.
:27:56. > :27:57.Over the last 12 months, with the attacks in Brussels
:27:58. > :28:00.and in Paris and with the hundreds of thousands of refugees and other
:28:01. > :28:02.migrants crowding across the continent, people have told us
:28:03. > :28:05.So European Union membership, does it make us safer
:28:06. > :28:12.Let's look at border security and the migrant crisis.
:28:13. > :28:15.Governor Niesel's normally tranquil region of Austria was turned upside
:28:16. > :28:18.down last year when hundreds of thousands of refugees and others
:28:19. > :28:21.TRANSLATION: The EU failed to protect borders, to protect
:28:22. > :28:35.Austria had to reintroduce national controls to protect itself.
:28:36. > :28:38.Governor Nissel told me he couldn't imagine the UK ever putting up
:28:39. > :28:39.with people crossing its borders unchecked.
:28:40. > :28:42.Unlike Austria, the UK never signed up to the open
:28:43. > :28:44.border Schengen Agreement, but Britons were unsettled by these
:28:45. > :28:46.images all the same, worrying that migrants could reach
:28:47. > :28:53.If the UK leaves the EU, it won't stop asylum seekers
:28:54. > :28:56.and economic migrants trying to get there to improve their lives.
:28:57. > :28:59.But if Britain stays, the EU cannot impose non-EU migrant
:29:00. > :29:04.quotas on the UK, it has an effective opt-out and,
:29:05. > :29:09.unlike Austria, Britain would never have to push to reintroduce passport
:29:10. > :29:20.At Europol HQ, the EU's law enforcement agency,
:29:21. > :29:23.we were given special access to a team tracking European
:29:24. > :29:30.sympathiesers of so-called Islamic State online.
:29:31. > :29:33.Most of the bombers in the Paris and the Brussels
:29:34. > :29:41.Some of the team here prefer to remain anonymous.
:29:42. > :29:43.Here they specifically said that they will take over Rome
:29:44. > :29:46.and they will spill the blood of the infidels in Rome.
:29:47. > :29:50.Whether or not the UK stays in the EU, it will always
:29:51. > :29:53.want intelligence on EU nationals entering Britain.
:29:54. > :29:55.Would we really lose all access to shared EU intelligence
:29:56. > :30:01.It wouldn't be the end, of course, but it would be
:30:02. > :30:07.I think there will be a significant risk and the possibility that the UK
:30:08. > :30:11.would have reduced access to some of the systems that at the moment
:30:12. > :30:14.are helping Britain defend itself from terrorism and serious crime.
:30:15. > :30:29.Russian bombers repeatedly probed Britain's air defences last
:30:30. > :30:32.year as President Putin flexed his muscles.
:30:33. > :30:34.This is video from one of those bombers as Nato
:30:35. > :30:40.EU sanctions certainly hurt Russia but...
:30:41. > :30:42.The UK is, obviously, a Nato member.
:30:43. > :30:44.The UK has a seat on the UN Security Council.
:30:45. > :30:47.The UK has a strong relationship with the United States and has very
:30:48. > :30:53.So does it actually need the EU
:30:54. > :30:58.I mean, it doesn't need the EU for security reasons,
:30:59. > :31:02.but I think the best answer to this question is - who would
:31:03. > :31:09.Brexit would give the UK more control internally,
:31:10. > :31:13.but it wouldn't stop international cybercrime, illegal migration
:31:14. > :31:17.Of course, it also wouldn't stop the UK co-operating
:31:18. > :31:20.with its European neighbours, but it could make those relations
:31:21. > :31:34.Police in the French city of Lille have used tear gas to keep English
:31:35. > :31:37.and Russian fans apart, amid renewed violence at the Euro
:31:38. > :31:42.Russia played in Lille today, and English and Welsh supporters
:31:43. > :31:44.have also gathered in the city ahead of tomorrow's match
:31:45. > :31:57.Their game is taking place in nearby Lens.
:31:58. > :31:59.Our sports editor, Dan Roan, is there.
:32:00. > :32:00.His report contains some flashing images.
:32:01. > :32:03.The all too familiar sight of tear gas on the streets of France.
:32:04. > :32:05.It's not clear which fans are involved, but this
:32:06. > :32:08.was the centre of Lille earlier tonight where tens of thousands
:32:09. > :32:12.With both Russia and England warned they'd be thrown out of Euro 2016,
:32:13. > :32:15.if their fans' behaviour didn't improve, these scenes the last thing
:32:16. > :32:19.A disappointing build-up to a match in nearby Lens tomorrow that
:32:20. > :32:24.Gareth Bale's brilliance has inspired Wales to their first major
:32:25. > :32:28.COMMENTATOR: Bale for Wales.
:32:29. > :32:33.Having helped them win their opening match, the world's most expensive
:32:34. > :32:36.player is relishing an international derby against England.
:32:37. > :32:42.They have a good team, there's no question about that.
:32:43. > :32:45.But, yeah, come match day, when you cross that white line,
:32:46. > :32:49.And, as if to prove it, here's how many Englishmen Bale
:32:50. > :32:59.England would no doubt disagree, but having only managed a draw
:33:00. > :33:01.in their first game, manager, Roy Hodgson,
:33:02. > :33:03.admits his team now needs this more than their opponents.
:33:04. > :33:05.They are under less pressure because normally,
:33:06. > :33:11.when you win a game, and three teams qualify
:33:12. > :33:14.from the Group, you're basically qualified the moment you win a game.
:33:15. > :33:18.So there's no doubt that the answer to that question
:33:19. > :33:20.is that they are under less pressure.
:33:21. > :33:23.These Wales players know this is as big as it gets.
:33:24. > :33:26.Ever since the draw was made, this is a game that's
:33:27. > :33:30.Quite simply, the biggest home nations clash for 20 years.
:33:31. > :33:33.Euro 96 and Paul Gascoigne's wonder goal secures victory for England
:33:34. > :33:40.So could this match provide as much drama?
:33:41. > :33:42.When that first whistle goes, players will be at it.
:33:43. > :33:47.There'll be no favours done, you're representing
:33:48. > :33:51.But I just feel Wales have the slight advantage
:33:52. > :33:54.simply because they've got a win on the board.
:33:55. > :33:56.COMMENTATOR: Russia have left him alone.
:33:57. > :33:58.And both teams know that with Russia losing to Slovakia today,
:33:59. > :34:01.a win will put them in pole position to qualify for the next round.
:34:02. > :34:04.Northern Ireland also play tomorrow hoping for their first
:34:05. > :34:10.point of the tournament against Ukraine in Lyon.
:34:11. > :34:12.But as England's players arrived in Lens today,
:34:13. > :34:14.they knew their fate in this tournament could depend
:34:15. > :34:17.as much on their fans as it does on their football.
:34:18. > :34:31.We are getting reports of more trouble in Lille. Let me show you
:34:32. > :34:36.these images that have just come into us. This is a group of French
:34:37. > :34:40.riot police charging, we are told, at English fans in the centre of
:34:41. > :34:44.Lille, using tear gas, once again, as they did earlier today. A few
:34:45. > :34:49.details about what exactly caused this. Certainly, these exchanges
:34:50. > :34:52.took place within the last 20 minutes or so. French riot police
:34:53. > :34:58.are still there on the ground in Lille. More details of course
:34:59. > :35:02.overnight on the BBC News Channel and on BBC News online. Newsnight is
:35:03. > :35:05.about to start over on BBC Two, here's Evan.
:35:06. > :35:08.We're on the referendum road again tonight, coming live from Leicester,
:35:09. > :35:11.a city that knows about winning against all the odds.
:35:12. > :35:13.Can it help you decide who should win the Europe vote?
:35:14. > :35:15.Join me now on BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland.
:35:16. > :35:19.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.