:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at ten, on the eve of referendum day,
:00:00. > :00:10.the last-minute campaigning to try to convince millions of voters.
:00:11. > :00:13.For David Cameron of Remain and Boris Johnson of Leave,
:00:14. > :00:18.it's been a day of reinforcing their basic campaign messages.
:00:19. > :00:20.The Prime Minister has been telling voters again
:00:21. > :00:26.that staying in the EU is the only option that makes sense.
:00:27. > :00:28.Go out and vote remain for a bigger, better Britain
:00:29. > :00:31.inside a reformed EU - stronger, safer, better off.
:00:32. > :00:37.After nine weeks of relentless campaigning,
:00:38. > :00:38.Boris Johnson was telling voters
:00:39. > :00:42.that this was their opportunity to "take back control".
:00:43. > :00:45.This is a great moment for our country
:00:46. > :00:55.and a time to be optimistic about what Britain can achieve.
:00:56. > :01:01.The forthcoming success of the day will be down to us coming out of
:01:02. > :01:03.Europe... Why are we leaping into the unknown?!
:01:04. > :01:05.And even in these closing hours of the campaign,
:01:06. > :01:08.as millions prepare to visit the polling stations.
:01:09. > :01:09.We're in the BBC's referendum studio,
:01:10. > :01:11.with all the news of the final stages
:01:12. > :01:17.just nine hours before those polling stations open.
:01:18. > :01:21.Also tonight, we report from Libya, where government-backed forces have
:01:22. > :01:24.made significant gains against the fighters of so-called Islamic State.
:01:25. > :01:27.The buildings that they're targeting right now contain snipers.
:01:28. > :01:29.They've been mapping them for the past two weeks,
:01:30. > :01:33.thanks to a drone and British special forces.
:01:34. > :01:37.One of many vigils held for Jo Cox, the Labour MP killed last week.
:01:38. > :01:42.Today would have been her 42nd birthday.
:01:43. > :01:50.for the Home Nations in the next stages?
:01:51. > :01:54.Coming up in Euro 2016 Sportsday, a last-minute winner against Austria
:01:55. > :01:58.means it's Iceland who will play England in the last 16.
:01:59. > :02:00.We'll have all the action on the final day
:02:01. > :02:23.Good evening from the BBC's referendum studio.
:02:24. > :02:26.This is where we'll be covering the results tomorrow night
:02:27. > :02:30.from across the United Kingdom, as tens of millions of voters
:02:31. > :02:32.decide Britain's future in the European Union.
:02:33. > :02:36.The stakes are extremely high, and that's been underlined
:02:37. > :02:40.by the intensity of campaigning on this final day before polling.
:02:41. > :02:42.David Cameron declared once again that Britain
:02:43. > :02:44.would would be "stronger, safer and better off"
:02:45. > :02:51.Boris Johnson repeated his campaign theme, that this was
:02:52. > :02:54.an opportunity for Britain to "take back control" of its affairs.
:02:55. > :02:57.Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg,
:02:58. > :03:00.spent time with both campaigns in the closing hours.
:03:01. > :03:13.They'd almost pucker up to anything to get out the vote.
:03:14. > :03:16.By half seven, the main Tory face of leaving the EU
:03:17. > :03:22.Fantastic, you're the salt the earth!
:03:23. > :03:25.An hour later, the Prime Minister on the factory floor again,
:03:26. > :03:30.Your decision could change his career.
:03:31. > :03:34.Vote Remain! Thank you very much!
:03:35. > :03:38.Ramming home his message with a little help from his friends.
:03:39. > :03:41.If they vote to leave on the basis of half-truths
:03:42. > :03:46.and untruths and misunderstandings, then pretty soon the grave-diggers
:03:47. > :03:53.of our prosperity will have some very serious questions to answer.
:03:54. > :03:56.Is he wondering if he'll also be a former Prime Minister
:03:57. > :04:01.To Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire,
:04:02. > :04:05.the closing hours of a campaign that's been vibrant and noisy.
:04:06. > :04:13.And if the polls tell us anything, a result that could be very tight.
:04:14. > :04:15.Thank you for coming out this morning.
:04:16. > :04:17.But what do you think is going to happen?
:04:18. > :04:19.What is your sense? It's very...
:04:20. > :04:24.It's impossible to know, I hope everybody who wants to take
:04:25. > :04:27.back control of our democracy will come out and vote tomorrow,
:04:28. > :04:30.and I'd just say to people who are making their minds up
:04:31. > :04:33.that I think the safest thing to do is to vote leave.
:04:34. > :04:36.Because if we don't, we are just locked in this thing,
:04:37. > :04:38.it will go on and on with no reform at all.
:04:39. > :04:41.A senior politician once said to me, the more hands they shake,
:04:42. > :04:46.It's not quite as simple as that, but he's giving it a try.
:04:47. > :04:48.But why would you leap into the unknown?
:04:49. > :04:53.But there's been anger and anxiety on both sides too.
:04:54. > :04:55.Can you shut up? No, I can't shut up!
:04:56. > :05:00.You don't want to listen to me because you're wrong!
:05:01. > :05:02.That is why you don't want to listen!
:05:03. > :05:07.You don't want to listen because I'm 17 and you think I'm illiterate!
:05:08. > :05:10.But what the UK decides about the EU could affect our other Union.
:05:11. > :05:21.But this is THE moment for the man whose years of campaigning for out
:05:22. > :05:24.pushed to this decision - a day away.
:05:25. > :05:28.Vote with your heart, vote with your soul.
:05:29. > :05:31.Vote with pride in this country and its people,
:05:32. > :05:36.and together we can make tomorrow our Independence Day.
:05:37. > :05:41.Whether battle bus, plane, helicopter,
:05:42. > :05:45.or simply walking in wellies, whatever it takes today.
:05:46. > :05:47.The leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn...
:05:48. > :05:54.The leader is a reluctant Remain, but will his voters really listen?
:05:55. > :05:58.The vote is tomorrow. Do what's best for our people.
:05:59. > :06:01.Vote for jobs, vote for rights at work, vote for our NHS,
:06:02. > :06:08.vote to remain in the European Union.
:06:09. > :06:10.But on the south coast at lunchtime,
:06:11. > :06:14.the most bitter fight has been among Tory friends and rivals.
:06:15. > :06:17.More and more people, I find, have been warm and responsive
:06:18. > :06:20.and recognise that voting leave is the optimistic thing to do.
:06:21. > :06:24.It's three o'clock, and the school buses are all lined up,
:06:25. > :06:26.and the Prime Minister is on his home turf
:06:27. > :06:37.he wants this choice to be about the next generation.
:06:38. > :06:40.Might he be wondering, if only they they all had a vote!
:06:41. > :06:43.A couple of weeks you ago, you told me you weren't worried
:06:44. > :06:46.about the result, but it seems so uncertain, you must be now.
:06:47. > :06:48.Obviously, I think, for the sake of the country,
:06:49. > :06:51.it's really important we vote to stay in, because that is
:06:52. > :06:54.how we're going to have a stronger economy, that is how we're going
:06:55. > :06:58.that we're going to be stronger as a country.
:06:59. > :07:00.So in this last day, we need to make all those arguments,
:07:01. > :07:02.and we need to encourage people
:07:03. > :07:04.to get out there and vote, and vote to remain.
:07:05. > :07:06.What's your hunch? Hiya, how are you doing?
:07:07. > :07:10.Either way, your choice will not be the end of this extraordinary story.
:07:11. > :07:13.The referendum has already changed our politics.
:07:14. > :07:21.Laura Kuennsberg, BBC News, Hertfordshire.
:07:22. > :07:26.There are 46 million people registered to vote
:07:27. > :07:29.in tomorrow's referendum, all of them being asked to decide
:07:30. > :07:31.whether Britain should leave the European Union
:07:32. > :07:33.43 years after it joined the European Economic Community
:07:34. > :07:38.One of the main claims of the Remain campaign has been that further
:07:39. > :07:48.but president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker,
:07:49. > :07:50.said today that there can be no renegotiation
:07:51. > :07:55.Well, as the campaign leaders were criss- crossing
:07:56. > :07:57.the country, so was deputy political editor
:07:58. > :08:00.John Pienaar to see what voters made of today's final push.
:08:01. > :08:08.Fun to watch these campaign visits,
:08:09. > :08:10.but now most people's minds are made up,
:08:11. > :08:13.What are you going to do? Leave.
:08:14. > :08:16.Why are you going to vote to leave? Because I'm proud of me country.
:08:17. > :08:17.This country built the world, really.
:08:18. > :08:21.They're insulting our country by saying we can't manage,
:08:22. > :08:29.Cameron has put me off it, for a start.
:08:30. > :08:32.How did he do that? Well, the lies.
:08:33. > :08:35.Lies, he comes out with everything he wants to tell you.
:08:36. > :08:38.The Boris Johnson circus moves on, past others just as concerned,
:08:39. > :08:42.Have you made up your mind how you're going to vote?
:08:43. > :08:50.I'm not definitely sure, to be perfectly honest.
:08:51. > :08:54.But I'm more concerned about my job, all the things like that.
:08:55. > :08:57.My son actually is doing economics at school in sixth form.
:08:58. > :08:59.He's been giving me a bit of an earhole blasting.
:09:00. > :09:02.What has he been telling you? He's been telling me to stay in.
:09:03. > :09:07.But worries about migrants keeping wages down keep coming up.
:09:08. > :09:09.They're happy to work at ?4 or ?5 an hour,
:09:10. > :09:12.less than I'm willing to work at, which is the norm.
:09:13. > :09:15.What do you do? Well, what can you do?
:09:16. > :09:18.What do you do? I do a couple of things,
:09:19. > :09:20.I'm in finance but I've also got the trucking industry.
:09:21. > :09:22.In Banbury, the news in the town is David Cameron
:09:23. > :09:25.You're in charge here, what's your name?
:09:26. > :09:28.My name's Charlie. How are you going to vote?
:09:29. > :09:29.I'm going to vote in. Tell me why?
:09:30. > :09:35.I like the fact that my brother lives out in Spain, he has
:09:36. > :09:39.made a life for himself there, he has his own company and is happy.
:09:40. > :09:41.I don't know how it would affect him.
:09:42. > :09:44.And if I want to up sticks tomorrow and go to Italy, I can.
:09:45. > :09:48.OK, guys, sorry to gate-crash your party.
:09:49. > :09:53.I'm going to do a poll here, straightaway, in or out Europe?
:09:54. > :10:01.I think our economy is a lot stronger in the EU.
:10:02. > :10:04.I also think a lot of people are voting out because they hadn't
:10:05. > :10:06.decided, because they don't know enough information.
:10:07. > :10:09.But I think, why would you take that risk?
:10:10. > :10:17.And I don't know much about politics anyway,
:10:18. > :10:21.You're an outer, why are you an outer?
:10:22. > :10:25.Various reasons, but I think the one that's most important to me
:10:26. > :10:29.is my vote is for a government, and I give them a mandate to govern,
:10:30. > :10:32.and I don't ever give Europe a mandate to govern us,
:10:33. > :10:42.even if tempers have been tested on the way.
:10:43. > :10:49.The past nine weeks of campaigning have been dominated
:10:50. > :10:52.for the most part by two issues - the economy and immigration.
:10:53. > :10:56.Let's consider how those arguments have developed.
:10:57. > :10:58.In a moment, we can talk to our home editor,
:10:59. > :11:03.but first our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed,
:11:04. > :11:18.Your sense of how the economic argument has progressed during this
:11:19. > :11:22.campaign? Well, certainly, Huw, there has been a blizzard of
:11:23. > :11:27.statistics. When it comes to this most important issue at the heart of
:11:28. > :11:30.the referendum, the economy. What would the consequences be if Britain
:11:31. > :11:36.remained in left the European Union? I think amid all the noise, the and
:11:37. > :11:40.counterclaims, there are two important points that can be
:11:41. > :11:44.defined. Firstly, most serious economic organisations say that in
:11:45. > :11:47.the short term, at least, there would be a negative economic impact
:11:48. > :11:52.if Britain were to leave the European Union. They suggest that
:11:53. > :11:55.trade with the EU would become more difficult and the EU is our most
:11:56. > :12:02.important export market. They say that uncertainty could damage
:12:03. > :12:04.growth. And then the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, he
:12:05. > :12:10.said that Britain could face recession, which would be a threat
:12:11. > :12:15.to our jobs, to house prices, and to our incomes. Now, over the longer
:12:16. > :12:20.term, forecasts are far more uncertain. Some economists that back
:12:21. > :12:24.Brexit say that, yes, there could be short-term uncertainty, but over the
:12:25. > :12:29.longer term the UK economy would flourish, freed, has pace and, from
:12:30. > :12:34.the shackles of the EU. They say red tape would be reduced, they argue we
:12:35. > :12:38.would be able to sign easier free-trade deals with important
:12:39. > :12:42.trading partners like the US and China, without the need for
:12:43. > :12:46.agreement with 27 other EU members. I have just come back from Windsor,
:12:47. > :12:50.where the former Governor of the Bank of England gave a bit of a
:12:51. > :12:53.health warning about all of these economic arguments. He said some of
:12:54. > :12:57.them were exaggerated, whether it is the plague of locusts on one side,
:12:58. > :13:03.or the Sunny Abrol and is on the other. I think some economists would
:13:04. > :13:08.agree with that. -- sunny apple ands. A former Clinton aide gave a
:13:09. > :13:13.great and so when he was as what wins elections, he said, it's the
:13:14. > :13:17.economy, stupid. Polls do suggest that voters are swayed by economic
:13:18. > :13:22.argument is. Whether they are swayed towards Remain or Leave, we will
:13:23. > :13:27.only know once the polls are closed. Indeed, thanks very much, Kamal
:13:28. > :13:32.Ahmed, in the City of London. Mark Easton, we heard a lot about freedom
:13:33. > :13:35.of movement initially, and then more specifically the argument about
:13:36. > :13:40.immigration, what did you make of it? For most people in Britain,
:13:41. > :13:43.their most direct experience of the European Union in the last few years
:13:44. > :13:47.has probably been the site of a Polish supermarket opening in the
:13:48. > :13:52.high street. The last 12 years has seen the most extraordinary
:13:53. > :13:57.phenomenon, 1.7 million EU citizens coming to live in Britain, often in
:13:58. > :14:01.areas which have been unused to these foreign arrivals. That is why
:14:02. > :14:05.immigration is one of the key issues for so many, people feel uneasy
:14:06. > :14:08.about change, and because of those EU wills and free movement,
:14:09. > :14:13.politicians will tell them we can do very little or nothing about it. So
:14:14. > :14:17.if we leave the EU, Britain could also leave the single market. That
:14:18. > :14:21.would mean we are no longer bound by the rules of free movement, and we
:14:22. > :14:26.could introduce what the Leave campaign calls an Australian style
:14:27. > :14:29.points system, pretty much as we already have four non-EU migrants.
:14:30. > :14:35.But if people think that this is a vote to stop foreigners coming in,
:14:36. > :14:38.it is not that simple. Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have said
:14:39. > :14:43.that they are pro-migration, and they will not say that immigration
:14:44. > :14:47.would go down if we leave. On the Remain side, they also talk about
:14:48. > :14:51.controlling immigration. So the argument on this issue, I think, is
:14:52. > :14:55.not really about numbers. It is about control, and whether shaping
:14:56. > :15:00.the kind of immigration that Britain wants can be achieved better in or
:15:01. > :15:03.out. Mark, thanks very much again, Mark Easton, our home editor, with
:15:04. > :15:05.his thoughts on the immigration debate.
:15:06. > :15:07.So with millions of votes being counted at hundreds
:15:08. > :15:11.how are those results likely to come in
:15:12. > :15:14.and when might we have a clear idea of the final result?
:15:15. > :15:16.Jeremy Vine is here with a look at what we can expect.
:15:17. > :15:23.Yes. We have here a ballot paper that has been enlarged for you, so
:15:24. > :15:27.you can see the question you might well be answering tomorrow. Very
:15:28. > :15:32.simple. Remain a member or leave the European Union, two boxes. You put
:15:33. > :15:36.your cross in one or other of them. The counting will happen in council
:15:37. > :15:40.areas across the UK with the one exception of Northern Ireland where
:15:41. > :15:43.it happens in Westminster constituency. In a way, that doesn't
:15:44. > :15:47.matter. The votes are put, basically, into two boxes and
:15:48. > :15:50.weighed against each other. Every vote counts the same where ever you
:15:51. > :15:55.are in the country. Let's look at how we are analysing the votes when
:15:56. > :16:00.they come in. Welcome to our virtual Downing Street. Blue for leave and
:16:01. > :16:05.yellow for remain. We will build them from the far end of Downing
:16:06. > :16:10.Street. For illustration, I will make it a 50/50 scenario here. We
:16:11. > :16:17.are expecting Newcastle and Sunderland to be in by midnight.
:16:18. > :16:21.1.00am a result from highly euro sceptical Basildon and the Isles of
:16:22. > :16:27.Scilly, 1,700 voters there. By 2.00am in the morning we are
:16:28. > :16:33.expected results from Scotland and East Lothian. By 3.00am bigger
:16:34. > :16:37.numbers, Thanet and Bristol. Fascinatingly, Durham. As well as
:16:38. > :16:42.being a large area, not a city the council area for - ham, it's a
:16:43. > :16:48.50/50, part of this election. Fascinating to see which way Durham
:16:49. > :16:51.goes. 4.00am in the morning the big cities come in, including Birmingham
:16:52. > :16:58.and Middlesbrough and Leeds and Cardiff. Is it still going to be
:16:59. > :17:02.50/50 at that stage. If so we wait until 5.00am and get more big
:17:03. > :17:09.numbers from Manchester, Liverpool and Bradford. If it's that close at
:17:10. > :17:13.5.00am we might wait to of.00am when we will hear from Cornwall and
:17:14. > :17:17.Shropshire. By 7.00am in the morning, one of these bars, blue for
:17:18. > :17:20.leave, yellow for remain, should have passed the winning line that
:17:21. > :17:26.leads back to Number Ten Downing Street. We have a fascinating night
:17:27. > :17:29.in prospect for you in here what is norm Alli the election studio but
:17:30. > :17:34.tomorrow will be our referendum result studio. Huw. Looking forward
:17:35. > :17:38.to it. Thank you very much, Jeremy Vine for us.
:17:39. > :17:42.let's get some thoughts from Brussels and from Westminster.
:17:43. > :17:44.We can talk to our Europe editor, Katya Adler, in Brussels,
:17:45. > :17:46.and our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
:17:47. > :17:50.about the mood in the rest of Europe tonight?
:17:51. > :17:55.What is being said? Huw, tonight across Europe leaders are on the
:17:56. > :17:59.edge of their seat worried about the UK referendum. None of them want
:18:00. > :18:05.Britain to leave. They say it as one of the big powers alongside France
:18:06. > :18:10.and Germany. Also here, across the Channel, the UK is seen very much as
:18:11. > :18:14.one of those fundamental powers. There is a worry that if the UK
:18:15. > :18:19.leaves, this could lead to contagion elsewhere. That is a huge concern
:18:20. > :18:23.for the leaders. That's why they say if the UK chooses to leave they
:18:24. > :18:28.would get tough over a trade deal. UK is an attractive trade partner,
:18:29. > :18:31.they admit it, but they say they don't want the process to be
:18:32. > :18:36.painless. They want to put others off leaving. If you look at Germany
:18:37. > :18:41.and France, for example, they have key elections next year and they
:18:42. > :18:45.don't want to encourage eurosceptic parties waiting in the wings. If you
:18:46. > :18:50.look at some of those reasons why the Leave campaign is popular in the
:18:51. > :18:57.UK, those demands to get powers back from Brussels, objections to borders
:18:58. > :18:59.without controls, to migration policies, allegations of Brussels
:19:00. > :19:07.bureaucracy, these complaints echo across the EU. That is why recently
:19:08. > :19:10.you heard the words "EU" and "reform" comes from the mouths of
:19:11. > :19:13.those you might not expect. Angela Merkel today and the President of
:19:14. > :19:17.the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker said, it's true, the EU
:19:18. > :19:21.meddles too much. Katya, thank you very much. Straight to Westminster
:19:22. > :19:26.and Laura. Here we are, we are on the eve of referendum day. We talked
:19:27. > :19:30.so much in the last few weeks of this very hard-hitting campaign.
:19:31. > :19:33.What are your thoughts tonight? Huw, there are so many strands to all of
:19:34. > :19:37.this. Through the campaign the themes have been the same, the
:19:38. > :19:42.economy and immigration. The grumpiness has been the same, bad
:19:43. > :19:45.tempered and bruising sometimes. There has been one big change. If we
:19:46. > :19:52.think back to the start of all this, which seems like a very long time
:19:53. > :19:55.ago now, the narrative was very much David versus Goliath. The outers
:19:56. > :20:00.felt in a short campaign it will be difficult for them to build up to a
:20:01. > :20:04.position where they looked credibly, potentially, like winners in autumn
:20:05. > :20:07.of this. That narrative has completely changed and in a part of
:20:08. > :20:11.the world, in Westminster, where people like to feel that they are in
:20:12. > :20:14.the know, they like to feel they have the inside track, almost every
:20:15. > :20:20.conversation I've been having in the last couple of days ends up with one
:20:21. > :20:25.conclusion - it does feel like it is a apparently just too close to call.
:20:26. > :20:29.Very informed people, people very close to the heart of things are
:20:30. > :20:33.saying privately again and again, we just don't know. Rather than still
:20:34. > :20:35.trying to persuade people, politicians are packing up their
:20:36. > :20:40.platforms and turning their attention to getting out the vote.
:20:41. > :20:45.In a race that appears to be so tight, the proportion of voters on
:20:46. > :20:49.either side who feel enthused or worried enough to turn up to vote,
:20:50. > :20:56.it's turnout that crucial number, that momentum, that could make the
:20:57. > :21:00.difference. Laura, thanks. We'll talk a little more at the end of the
:21:01. > :21:04.programme. Katya Adler and Laura Kuenssberg.
:21:05. > :21:06.A reminder that there's more referendum news,
:21:07. > :21:10.with blogs from Laura and Katya and others, on our website.
:21:11. > :21:16.Let's turn to some of the day's other news.
:21:17. > :21:20.In Libya, government-backed forces have made significant gains
:21:21. > :21:23.against the fighters of so-called Islamic State.
:21:24. > :21:25.Local militia are being supported in a major offensive
:21:26. > :21:31.The fighting has been going on since last month,
:21:32. > :21:41.and yesterday was the toughest day so far, with nearly 50 fighters
:21:42. > :21:43.killed and over 140 injured on the government side.
:21:44. > :21:45.Our Middle East correspondent, Quentin Sommerville,
:21:46. > :21:47.and cameraman, Fred Scott, have just returned from the front
:21:48. > :21:49.line near the main IS stronghold of Sirte.
:21:50. > :21:54.Some viewers may find parts of their report upsetting.
:21:55. > :21:56.On another continent, the war against the so-called
:21:57. > :22:04.Many of these Libyan fighters are fasting for Ramadan.
:22:05. > :22:07.After two weeks of hard fighting, they're weary, but they're readying
:22:08. > :22:10.for the next offensive and bringing more fire power
:22:11. > :22:30.They're close enough to IS to shout insults down the street.
:22:31. > :22:38.IS has held this city for more than a year.
:22:39. > :22:43.On Muammar Gaddafi's Conference Centre, their flag looms large.
:22:44. > :22:51.We were the first journalists to make it to the Islamic State's
:22:52. > :23:04.It's the job of the men of Brigade 166 to stop IS escaping by sea.
:23:05. > :23:08."The only problem we're facing is suicide car bombs.
:23:09. > :23:11.We're dealing with them by taking out their tyres and firing heavy
:23:12. > :23:18.There would be a battle in the morning.
:23:19. > :23:22.These men have already lost nine comrades.
:23:23. > :23:34.500 meters away we watched the north of Sirte, there there was no rest.
:23:35. > :23:38.They say this is a dirty war, neither side is taking much
:23:39. > :23:47.In the morning, the next push came from the south.
:23:48. > :23:52.These men have taken a lot of ground in a very short space of time,
:23:53. > :23:57.IS are over that hill, they're cut off and
:23:58. > :24:03.This is the next offensive to face them.
:24:04. > :24:15.The deeper they move into the city, the greater the risk.
:24:16. > :24:20.They've got little in the way of air support.
:24:21. > :24:27.This battle is being fought the old fashioned way.
:24:28. > :24:29.The buildings that they're targeting right now contain snipers.
:24:30. > :24:32.They've been mapping them for the past two weeks, thanks
:24:33. > :24:36.to a drone from British Special Forces.
:24:37. > :24:38.These fighters are young, but some are veterans
:24:39. > :24:47.One joked, "take my picture for me, I'm going to die today."
:24:48. > :24:52.And this was their bloodiest day yet.
:24:53. > :25:01.50 men, mostly from nearby Misrata, died in the battle.
:25:02. > :25:07.Some were taken straight from the ambulance to body bags.
:25:08. > :25:14.Mahamood said he had to fight, "IS beheaded our children,
:25:15. > :25:17.they crucified them and threw them off buildings.
:25:18. > :25:20.They've terrorised people and abused their faith
:25:21. > :25:27.Their country and their faith is at stake.
:25:28. > :25:29.For Libya, only more sacrifice lies ahead.
:25:30. > :25:37.Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Sirte.
:25:38. > :25:39.President Putin of Russia has blamed the West for failing to prevent
:25:40. > :25:45.In a speech to the Russian Parliament - on the 75th anniversary
:25:46. > :25:51.of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union -
:25:52. > :25:53.President Putin said that some Western leaders had underestimated
:25:54. > :25:59.He then added that present-day leaders were in danger
:26:00. > :26:02.of making the same mistake over international terrorism.
:26:03. > :26:05.The Labour MP Jo Cox has been remembered at vigils around
:26:06. > :26:08.the world on what would have been her 42nd birthday.
:26:09. > :26:10.She died last week after being shot and stabbed
:26:11. > :26:15.Thousands of people, including her two young
:26:16. > :26:17.children, attended an event in London's Trafalgar Square
:26:18. > :26:21.as our chief correspondent, Gavin Hewitt, reports.
:26:22. > :26:23.Jo Cox's husband, Brendan, and their two children,
:26:24. > :26:26.Cuillin and Lejla, travelled down the Thames today to join
:26:27. > :26:33.Today would have been her 42nd birthday, it's a week
:26:34. > :26:35.since she was killed while holding her MPs
:26:36. > :26:43.Several thousand people had gathered in Trafalgar Square,
:26:44. > :26:47.many of them were holding pictures of Jo Cox, some of them had come
:26:48. > :26:51.from Yorkshire, some signed pledges supporting her causes.
:26:52. > :26:54.Her husband came on stage and spoke of how the family had coped
:26:55. > :27:02.We try to remember not how cruelly she's been taken from us,
:27:03. > :27:04.but how unbelievably lucky we were to have her
:27:05. > :27:13.He then spoke about his wife's killing.
:27:14. > :27:16.What a beautifully irony it is that an act designed to advance hatred
:27:17. > :27:18.has instead generated such an outpouring of love.
:27:19. > :27:24.Among those who spoke was the Noble Laureate,
:27:25. > :27:33.In Jo's life is the proof that a message of peace is more powerful
:27:34. > :27:38.Once again, the extremists have failed.
:27:39. > :27:46.Jo Cox's death has been a key moment in the referendum campaign,
:27:47. > :27:49.sparking reflection on the tone of intense political debate,
:27:50. > :27:52.on how claims and counter claims are framed.
:27:53. > :27:55.But today was a day for tributes to a campaigning MP, from friends,
:27:56. > :28:07.The Glastonbury Festival has announced it's now open for business
:28:08. > :28:11.following a day of gridlocked roads and disruption.
:28:12. > :28:14.Some people trying to get to the event in Somerset were stuck
:28:15. > :28:21.Organisers said rain and muddy conditions had caused delays and had
:28:22. > :28:27.The long queues also affected local residents,
:28:28. > :28:33.with some pupils arriving late for school exams.
:28:34. > :28:36.Football, and after today's action the home nations now know who'll
:28:37. > :28:39.they'll be playing in the first knockout round of Euro 2016.
:28:40. > :28:42.Our correspondent, Hywel Griffith, is with the Welsh team in the port
:28:43. > :28:57.Well, Huw, it's a system so complicated it's closer to the
:28:58. > :29:01.European song contest than European football. The results are in. We
:29:02. > :29:06.know who the three home nations will play. Well, two of them will play
:29:07. > :29:09.each other. On Saturday in Paris it's Wales versus Northern Ireland.
:29:10. > :29:13.Two teams who know each other very well. They played in a friendly only
:29:14. > :29:17.in March. The result of that one a draw. Of course, that can't finish
:29:18. > :29:20.that way on Saturday. One of them must win and one of them will
:29:21. > :29:24.definitely go through to the quarter-finals. What about the third
:29:25. > :29:29.home nation? England, next Monday, they play the tournament's smallest
:29:30. > :29:32.nation, Iceland, who, with a late, late goal, managed to secure their
:29:33. > :29:38.place in the tournament. For most of the day it seemed as if England
:29:39. > :29:43.would play against Portugal. I'm sure Roy Hodgson's men were cheering
:29:44. > :29:47.in that Icelandic goal. That game in Monday in Nice. The result of the
:29:48. > :29:49.night belongs to the Republic of Ireland who tonight beat Italy,
:29:50. > :29:55.keeping their place in the tournament. Their game is against
:29:56. > :30:00.the hosts, France on Sunday. OK. We are look forward to it all. Thanks
:30:01. > :30:03.very much. High we will Griffith there for us in.
:30:04. > :30:05.Rory McIlroy has pulled out of competing
:30:06. > :30:07.at this summer's Olympic Games in Rio
:30:08. > :30:08.because of concerns about the Zika virus.
:30:09. > :30:11.The four-time Major winner - who was due to represent Ireland -
:30:12. > :30:14.said that although the risk of infection is considered low,
:30:15. > :30:16.it wasn't a risk he was prepared to take.
:30:17. > :30:19.So the polling stations will be open in just over eight hours' time
:30:20. > :30:25.in every part of the United Kingdom, as voters make the biggest decision
:30:26. > :30:27.on our place in Europe since the 1970s.
:30:28. > :30:30.The campaigning on this last day has been relentless.
:30:31. > :30:33.So let's take stock with my colleagues -
:30:34. > :30:36.Chris Buckler in Northern Ireland, near the border
:30:37. > :30:40.with the Republic of Ireland, Sian Lloyd in Cardiff,
:30:41. > :30:42.and first our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, in Glasgow.
:30:43. > :30:52.Sarah, what's your assessment of the feeling there?
:30:53. > :30:57.Well, the really intriguing thing about the campaign in Scotland has
:30:58. > :31:01.been that all the major party leaders agree, they all want to
:31:02. > :31:04.remain, and there have not been any high-profile politicians campaigning
:31:05. > :31:08.to leave. But if leaving is what the voters of the UK do decide, it could
:31:09. > :31:14.have really profound implications. In. That is because the leader of
:31:15. > :31:18.the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, has said repeatedly that if Scotland is, in
:31:19. > :31:25.her words, dragged out of the EU against its will, it could trigger a
:31:26. > :31:28.second referendum on Scottish independence. That is not what she
:31:29. > :31:31.says she wants, she is campaigning for a vote to remain, because she
:31:32. > :31:34.doesn't really want a referendum in those circumstances quite so
:31:35. > :31:38.quickly. And anyway, voters in Scotland are starting to look pretty
:31:39. > :31:44.weary, because this is the fourth major electoral event in this
:31:45. > :31:48.country in a little over 18 months. In Wales, leading politicians from
:31:49. > :31:54.both sides of the divide have been making a final push for the Welsh
:31:55. > :31:57.vote tonight in a televised debate on BBC Wales, and over the course of
:31:58. > :32:03.the past week in campaigning, there has been a palpable sense of urgency
:32:04. > :32:07.here. On both sides, politicians careering up and down the country,
:32:08. > :32:11.trying to get their key messages across. Remain reminding people of
:32:12. > :32:16.what they call a lucrative relationship between Wales and
:32:17. > :32:20.Europe, ?4 billion of structural aid over the past 16 years to some of
:32:21. > :32:24.the poorest parts of the country, including the South Wales Valleys.
:32:25. > :32:28.There has been talk that a withdrawal could damage the economy.
:32:29. > :32:33.But there are opponents say that EU thundered projects would still be
:32:34. > :32:36.financed if there was a vote to leave. In the traditional Labour
:32:37. > :32:40.heartlands, there are serious concerns over immigration, talk
:32:41. > :32:46.about disillusionment with politics. A vote to leave in this tightly run
:32:47. > :32:52.contest could be crucial to the result here. Narrow water here in
:32:53. > :32:57.County Down is a well named place, because a short stretch of water
:32:58. > :33:01.behind me marks the point when Northern Ireland needs the Republic
:33:02. > :33:04.of Ireland, and on the shared island much of the referendum debate has
:33:05. > :33:09.focused on the question of what would happen to that border if there
:33:10. > :33:14.was to be a vote to leave. As it is, there is much trade across this open
:33:15. > :33:17.border every day. The Remain campaigners have argued that customs
:33:18. > :33:21.checkpoints or perhaps even extra security might have to be introduced
:33:22. > :33:26.if the Irish border were to become the point where the UK Med the EU.
:33:27. > :33:30.However, Leave campaigners have pointed out that the Common travel
:33:31. > :33:36.area has existed for decades, allowing travel between the UK and
:33:37. > :33:42.Ireland, and that doesn't need to change. Other questions being
:33:43. > :33:45.discussed here are questions about identity and sovereignty, the
:33:46. > :33:49.Rangers to the political debate here in Northern Ireland, but often
:33:50. > :33:53.people talk about whether they feel British, Irish or Northern Irish.
:33:54. > :33:58.This has been different, it is about whether people feel European and,
:33:59. > :34:03.indeed, Huw, how European they want to be. Thanks very much, Chris
:34:04. > :34:05.Buckler, Sian Lloyd and Sarah Smith. Some views for you from Wales,
:34:06. > :34:08.Scotland and Northern Ireland. In England, where immigration
:34:09. > :34:10.and the economy have also featured prominently,
:34:11. > :34:12.for some voters the central question has been one of sovereignty
:34:13. > :34:15.and Britain's place in the world. Our diplomatic correspondent,
:34:16. > :34:17.James Landale, has been talking Welcome to Melton Mowbray
:34:18. > :34:22.in Leicestershire, home to stilton cheese, the town's famous pork pies,
:34:23. > :34:26.and one of England's oldest markets. Home too to voters for whom
:34:27. > :34:30.this referendum but about something
:34:31. > :34:37.much more fundamental. We was a great nation once,
:34:38. > :34:41.let's bring it back. We should govern yourselves,
:34:42. > :34:43.shouldn't we? Yeah. We don't really need
:34:44. > :34:45.to be told what to do. Why? Why? We'll be in
:34:46. > :34:51.control of ourselves. For many, tomorrow's referendum
:34:52. > :34:54.boils down to one question - should our laws be made
:34:55. > :34:59.in Brussels or Westminster? But in a town whose pork pie
:35:00. > :35:02.is protected from cheap imitation
:35:03. > :35:05.by EU regulations, some fear more sovereignty
:35:06. > :35:09.could mean less influence. I want to be making decisions
:35:10. > :35:14.with them for the good of the Continent
:35:15. > :35:16.and wider people. If the EU decides it for me, that's
:35:17. > :35:20.just as good for me as Westminster. We probably get a fairer
:35:21. > :35:23.debate within Europe. When Britain joined the European
:35:24. > :35:29.Economic Community in 1973, in return for a say
:35:30. > :35:34.over its biggest market. But that was a step too far
:35:35. > :35:36.for Richard Stubbs, a farmer from Derby,
:35:37. > :35:40.who thinks Britain should leave and look for new markets,
:35:41. > :35:42.just as he's done today. I've taken a step forward
:35:43. > :35:45.to come to the markets myself, and my opinion is that
:35:46. > :35:49.it's the same as our country, we don't need all these other places
:35:50. > :35:52.coming and helping themselves. You've got to have the confidence,
:35:53. > :35:55.you know, to go and stand in there, find the dealers, find the customers
:35:56. > :35:58.and sell to them. Do you think Britain should
:35:59. > :36:04.be like that, too? But Matthew O'Callaghan,
:36:05. > :36:08.chairman of the local Pork Pie Association, fears losing a seat
:36:09. > :36:13.at the EU's top table. We give up some of our sovereignty
:36:14. > :36:16.to the United Nations as being members of the United Nations,
:36:17. > :36:19.we give up some of our sovereignty locally to local council,
:36:20. > :36:21.to Westminster. You know, you have to accept that
:36:22. > :36:24.if you want to get the benefits from food tourism related
:36:25. > :36:31.to pork pies and stilton cheese that could actually possibly
:36:32. > :36:36.disappear almost overnight. This campaign's been dominated
:36:37. > :36:42.by claim and counterclaim about what impact leaving
:36:43. > :36:44.the EU might have on immigration and the economy,
:36:45. > :36:47.but much of that is speculation. What we know for certain is that
:36:48. > :36:53.who decides the laws that affect markets like these and others
:36:54. > :36:55.is on the ballot paper. Should we keep our seat in Brussels
:36:56. > :37:01.or return powers to Westminster? By demanding more control
:37:02. > :37:05.over immigration, this is a debate where Leave
:37:06. > :37:09.have made much of the running. Remain say it's an illusion
:37:10. > :37:12.of sovereignty that would leave Britain
:37:13. > :37:14.with less control. James Langdale, BBC News,
:37:15. > :37:18.Melton Mowbray. Time for a final word with our
:37:19. > :37:24.political editor, Laura Kuenssberg. Laura, the next few hours
:37:25. > :37:38.will have a profound impact It's certainly well, Huw, and
:37:39. > :37:42.referenda, by their very nature, force the nation into two boxes. I
:37:43. > :37:45.do not think that has been a comfortable process for the country,
:37:46. > :37:49.and it certainly will not be comfortable in the aftermath,
:37:50. > :37:53.whatever the result. What happens to the Tory party, to David Cameron
:37:54. > :37:56.after all these bruising rows, has the Labour Party just really
:37:57. > :38:00.discovered how disconnected they are from the voters that they used to
:38:01. > :38:04.rely on? More positively, perhaps, has a new generation of younger
:38:05. > :38:10.voters been mobilised for the first time? But you know, more than any of
:38:11. > :38:13.that, it is so rare as a country, as individuals, that we have a moment
:38:14. > :38:17.like this, a chance where we go into the polling booth, draw back the
:38:18. > :38:22.curtain, pick up the pencil and put a cross in a box to make a decision
:38:23. > :38:27.that has profound implications not just for us here in the UK, but
:38:28. > :38:32.potentially could change the political map of a whole continent.
:38:33. > :38:38.It really is time for deep breaths all round, Huw, because the decision
:38:39. > :38:39.is as big as that. Laura, thanks very much, at Westminster, Laura
:38:40. > :38:41.Kuenssberg there. That's all from us in
:38:42. > :38:44.the BBC referendum studio. The results programme will start
:38:45. > :38:46.here tomorrow night at 9:55pm, with all the news as it unfolds,
:38:47. > :38:48.right through the night, until the verdict of
:38:49. > :38:50.the voters is clear, In a moment, the news where you are,
:38:51. > :38:56.but we leave you with some of the most memorable words
:38:57. > :38:58.and images - including some flash photography -
:38:59. > :39:00.of this referendum campaign. I shall go to Parliament
:39:01. > :39:07.and propose that the British people decide our future in Europe
:39:08. > :39:09.through an in-out referendum We have a chance
:39:10. > :39:21.actually to do something. I have a chance actually
:39:22. > :39:23.to do something. I would like to see
:39:24. > :39:25.a new relationship based more on trade,
:39:26. > :39:28.on co-operation, but as I say, with much less
:39:29. > :39:34.of this supranational element. we are safer inside
:39:35. > :39:44.a reformed European Union. Why are you leaping
:39:45. > :39:58.into the unknown? We're not leaping
:39:59. > :40:01.into the unknown... We don't know what it's
:40:02. > :40:03.like outside of Europe. But the economy has changed
:40:04. > :40:11.since we last were out of Europe. Has it or has it not?
:40:12. > :40:15.No!