:00:00. > :00:00.Referendum battle lines are drawn over Turkey's chances
:00:07. > :00:14.With five weeks to go - David Cameron clashes with one
:00:15. > :00:17.of his ministers over an incorrect claim that Britain has no power
:00:18. > :00:32.I do not think the EU is going to keep Turkey out.
:00:33. > :00:38.Britain and every other country in the European Union has a veto on any
:00:39. > :00:41.other country joining. That is a fact.
:00:42. > :00:43.There are also arguments about how the NHS would fare
:00:44. > :00:48.Also tonight - the far right politician who could be
:00:49. > :00:50.on the verge of becoming Austria's next president.
:00:51. > :00:52.The Afghan Taliban leader - Mullah Mansour - is confirmed
:00:53. > :00:55.to have died, after being targeted in a US drone strike.
:00:56. > :00:58.And how China will look far and deep into the universe -
:00:59. > :01:19.as it builds the world's biggest radio telescope.
:01:20. > :01:25.With less than five weeks to go till the referendum on Britain's
:01:26. > :01:28.membership of the EU - it was another country's potential
:01:29. > :01:32.future membership that brought angry exchanges today.
:01:33. > :01:37.David Cameron accused leave campaigners of being misleading
:01:38. > :01:40.after one of his own ministers - Penny Mourdant - incorrectly said
:01:41. > :01:43.Britain would not be able to stop Turkey joining the EU.
:01:44. > :01:47.Here's our political correspondent Alex Forsyth.
:01:48. > :01:50.Sitting on Europe's south-east flank, Turkey's now at the centre of
:01:51. > :02:01.In return for its help with the migrant
:02:02. > :02:04.crisis, there is renewed talk of it joining the EU allowing those who
:02:05. > :02:06.want the UK to leave to raise concerns about more migration and
:02:07. > :02:11.Like this minister who wrongly claimed today that the UK
:02:12. > :02:16.We are not going to be able to rule it out.
:02:17. > :02:17.I thought accession was
:02:18. > :02:18.something that each country could veto.
:02:19. > :02:23.I do not think that the EU is going to keep
:02:24. > :02:34.Her boss said such incorrect assertions damaged the
:02:35. > :02:38.If you consider this is the whole argument about why we should leave,
:02:39. > :02:41.that really calls into question their judgment because we have a
:02:42. > :02:44.veto, every country has a veto and let's be clear, as Boris himself
:02:45. > :02:48.said, Turkey joining the EU is not remotely on the cards.
:02:49. > :02:51.Rewind six years and David Cameron was in
:02:52. > :02:57.I will remain your strongest possible
:02:58. > :03:06.Now he's keen to stress it's decades away, if
:03:07. > :03:11.Some Leave campaigners weren't always so concerned about
:03:12. > :03:14.What are we saying if we perpetually keep Turkey
:03:15. > :03:18.out of the European Union just because it's Muslim?
:03:19. > :03:20.This issue is contentious in a campaign
:03:21. > :03:22.where immigration is key and both sides are now choosing their message
:03:23. > :03:26.So how likely is it that Turkey will join the EU?
:03:27. > :03:28.It first applied for full membership in 1987.
:03:29. > :03:30.Talks have stalled but now because the EU
:03:31. > :03:36.needs Turkey's help in
:03:37. > :03:42.tackling the migrant crisis leaders say accession talks will be
:03:43. > :03:43.re-energised. It's still a complex situation.
:03:44. > :03:46.Turkey has to meet a whole series of criteria
:03:47. > :03:47.and address concerns about
:03:48. > :03:50.press freedom, human rights and tensions with Cyprus and even
:03:51. > :03:53.then any country can veto membership which also needs approval from their
:03:54. > :03:58.Turkey is a candidate for EU membership but that
:03:59. > :04:01.doesn't mean that it's anywhere near becoming an EU member.
:04:02. > :04:03.It's got to pass through a whole host of hurdles
:04:04. > :04:08.It has to go through 30 odd so-called
:04:09. > :04:11.chapters of negotiations, each of which can take a very long time.
:04:12. > :04:13.Only one of which is finished to date.
:04:14. > :04:15.So if Turkey's to join, it
:04:16. > :04:26.Not least in the UK where to voters migration matters.
:04:27. > :04:32.Immigration is one of the key battle grounds. So too is the economy.
:04:33. > :04:48.Tomorrow we can expect further analysis with the Treasury warding
:04:49. > :04:54.of M -- and year-long recession. Both campaigns are focusing on
:04:55. > :04:59.issues that they think matter most to people. The worry is that claim
:05:00. > :05:02.and counterclaim could leave people cold.
:05:03. > :05:05.The health service was also part of today's EU referendum arguments
:05:06. > :05:07.with the head of NHS England expressing concerns about how
:05:08. > :05:11.its funding might be affected if a vote to leave the EU led
:05:12. > :05:15.Our Political Correspondent, Ellie Price, reports.
:05:16. > :05:18.It's a central issue in this EU referendum debate.
:05:19. > :05:20.Will our health service be better, safer if we
:05:21. > :05:23.remain in the European Union or if we vote to leave it.
:05:24. > :05:26.Now, the man in charge of the NHS in England has
:05:27. > :05:30.given his assessment of what they vote to leave might entail.
:05:31. > :05:32.When the British economy sneezes, the NHS
:05:33. > :05:36.This would be a terrible moment for that to happen
:05:37. > :05:39.at precisely the time the NHS is going to need
:05:40. > :05:48.His intervention comes less than a fortnight after the Bank
:05:49. > :05:52.of England Governor, Mark Carney said
:05:53. > :05:54.Leaving the EU could lead Britain into recession.
:05:55. > :05:56.And vote to leave the European Union could have
:05:57. > :06:01.That led to calls for his resignation from
:06:02. > :06:03.some key Leave campaigners who accused him of overstepping the
:06:04. > :06:10.Simon Stevens insisted that he took part Carney's forecasts very
:06:11. > :06:13.He also said 130,000 European doctors and nurses could
:06:14. > :06:16.quit the health service if Britain voted to leave amid uncertainty over
:06:17. > :06:21.As Chief Executive of the NHS in England, Simon Stevens
:06:22. > :06:23.is in charge of Britain's biggest employer.
:06:24. > :06:25.There's no doubt that his intervention today is highly
:06:26. > :06:31.For some, like Mark Carney before him, it's highly
:06:32. > :06:35.He's an individual, he has a view on the European Union,
:06:36. > :06:43.But he is basically looking after the NHS which at the
:06:44. > :06:45.moment he is currently making a very considerable mess of.
:06:46. > :06:47.The vote to leave campaign released this
:06:48. > :06:51.video today to illustrate how it believes the NHS would be better off
:06:52. > :06:54.It claimed a vote to leave would ease
:06:55. > :06:57.pressure migration puts on services as well as free up billions in
:06:58. > :07:11.That is a figure Remain campaign point out is inaccurate
:07:12. > :07:15.Both sides insist the health of the NHS
:07:16. > :07:17.the health depends on the outcome of the referendum but
:07:18. > :07:24.prescribed very different visions of how to achieve it.
:07:25. > :07:28.And the BBC's Reality Check team has been looking into claims
:07:29. > :07:31.about migration putting pressure on the NHS - and Turkey's
:07:32. > :07:34.chances of joining the EU - as well as other issues
:07:35. > :07:36.in referendum debate. You can find their analysis
:07:37. > :07:44.Votes are being counted in Austria after a presidential election that
:07:45. > :07:46.could see the far-right politician Norbert Hofer become
:07:47. > :07:53.So far, he's failed to gain a decisive lead over his rival
:07:54. > :07:55.Alexander van der Bellen - who is from the opposite end
:07:56. > :08:08.Let's join our correspondent Jenny Hill in Vienna.
:08:09. > :08:15.Tonight Austria is divided. The election result is too close to
:08:16. > :08:21.call. Every postal vote counts and that is why we are waiting until
:08:22. > :08:25.tomorrow for a decisive result. That result when it comes could have
:08:26. > :08:27.far-reaching consequences, not just for this country but for the whole
:08:28. > :08:36.of Europe. The stage was set for victory speech
:08:37. > :08:41.but the next Austrian president is yet to take his place. The country
:08:42. > :08:51.is torn between two men, one from the left and one from the right.
:08:52. > :08:57.Norbert Hofer has plans for the country. His party is populist, and
:08:58. > :09:03.TEU and anti-migrant. TRANSLATION: All those who don't appreciate our
:09:04. > :09:08.country, those who support Islamic State or who rape women, I tell you
:09:09. > :09:21.this is not your homeland, you can't remain. The Austrian presidency is
:09:22. > :09:24.largely a symbolic role but he could call another general election and he
:09:25. > :09:32.told me today he was confident of victory. And we are 50-50. Half the
:09:33. > :09:38.people voted for me and half the people for him. We have to connect
:09:39. > :09:43.the people of Austria. Turnout is high and so is disillusionment with
:09:44. > :09:51.the mainstream politicians. They were rejected many weeks ago. I
:09:52. > :09:56.don't like right-wing politics but I don't consider them a threat to
:09:57. > :10:01.democracy. People are worried. The old system didn't work. What's
:10:02. > :10:05.happening in Austria is happening all over Europe. The right-wing is
:10:06. > :10:12.gaining ground and countries like France, Germany, Hungary, Denmark
:10:13. > :10:17.are experiencing a clash between nationalism and the federalism of
:10:18. > :10:21.the EU. You get the sense that the eyes of the world are on Austria.
:10:22. > :10:26.That is because the man right back there represents not just the rise
:10:27. > :10:31.of the far right within Europe but he has also exposed once again the
:10:32. > :10:38.conflict at the heart of the EU that threatened to tear it apart.
:10:39. > :10:42.Tonight, support from his own but this do Hofer might not have
:10:43. > :10:48.convinced the rest of the country. Victory hangs in the balance but he
:10:49. > :10:50.has achieved this, to demonstrate and agitate the fault lines running
:10:51. > :10:53.through Europe. The Scottish National Party MP
:10:54. > :10:55.Stewart Hosie has announced he'll step down as its Deputy Leader
:10:56. > :10:57.in the autumn. He's faced criticism
:10:58. > :11:00.after allegations that he had The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said
:11:01. > :11:05.he'd continue to make a valuable contribution to the party -
:11:06. > :11:08.and he's expected to remain the SNP The Afghan Taliban has
:11:09. > :11:14.confirmed that its leader Mullah Mansour has been killed
:11:15. > :11:17.in a US drone strike. His car was targeted
:11:18. > :11:19.yesterday in a remote US officials believed him to be
:11:20. > :11:24.behind much of the worsening Our Correspondent
:11:25. > :11:37.Caroline Hawley reports. Several drones were apparently used
:11:38. > :11:41.in the strike said to have been authorised by President Obama. In a
:11:42. > :11:52.burnt out car close to the Pakistan border were two men, the leader of
:11:53. > :11:59.the Taliban and add another fighter. Mansour became leader recently and
:12:00. > :12:06.has been attempting to tighten his grip on the group. He posed a
:12:07. > :12:10.continuous threat to members of the military, civilians and members of
:12:11. > :12:16.the security forces. Since he took over, the Taliban stepped up their
:12:17. > :12:21.campaign of violence. The Americans said that Mansour had been actively
:12:22. > :12:26.planning attacks. The Afghan government said he had rebuffed
:12:27. > :12:31.repeated calls to end the country's war. He was a barrier to peace talks
:12:32. > :12:36.and from the date he was announced as the Taliban leader he was behind
:12:37. > :12:43.lots of violence against the Afghan people. The ultimate authority for
:12:44. > :12:52.the Taliban, he took over when it was announced that the group's
:12:53. > :13:02.reclusive leader had been killed two years earlier. It's not clear who
:13:03. > :13:08.will succeed Mansour what direction the Taliban will take. Under
:13:09. > :13:13.Mansour's leadership the Taliban have extended their territory but
:13:14. > :13:18.they are likely to be taken up in their battle for succession and that
:13:19. > :13:23.could give Islamic State a chance to increase their influence. The
:13:24. > :13:26.question for war weary Afghanistan citizens is what his death will have
:13:27. > :13:31.two effect their security. A brief look at some of the day's
:13:32. > :13:33.other news stories... The Iraqi army has warned people
:13:34. > :13:36.living in Falluja that they should make plans to escape,
:13:37. > :13:38.as it plans an offensive to recapture it from
:13:39. > :13:40.so called Islamic State. Falluja, which is 40
:13:41. > :13:42.miles west of Baghdad, has been in IS hands
:13:43. > :13:45.for more than two years. Egypt's President -
:13:46. > :13:47.Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - says the investigation
:13:48. > :13:49.into the EgyptAir plane crash Search teams are still trying
:13:50. > :13:55.to locate the main body of the plane The jet - carrying 66 people -
:13:56. > :14:00.crashed into the sea while flying There's no official word
:14:01. > :14:06.from Manchester United about the replacement of its manager
:14:07. > :14:09.Louis van Gaal with Jose Mourinho - Today Louis van Gaal left the team's
:14:10. > :14:15.hotel in London apparently without any formal
:14:16. > :14:16.notification from the club - a day after victory
:14:17. > :14:19.in the FA Cup final. Here's our sports correspondent
:14:20. > :14:23.Katie Gournall. Five months after he was sacked
:14:24. > :14:28.by Chelsea, Jose Mourinho is set for a sensational
:14:29. > :14:32.return to management. It might be news to
:14:33. > :14:35.the man he'll replace. This morning, Louis van Gaal left
:14:36. > :14:38.Manchester United's London hotel without being told by the club
:14:39. > :14:42.that it was time to say goodbye. Just 12 hours earlier he was
:14:43. > :14:46.celebrating victory in the FA Cup. A trophy that will now
:14:47. > :14:49.be a parting gift. Despite spending millions
:14:50. > :14:51.on players, he had failed to qualify United have expectations
:14:52. > :14:56.he just couldn't meet. While all this unfolded,
:14:57. > :14:58.Mourinho was watching boxing It's understood an agreement with
:14:59. > :15:04.United had already been reached. It's quite exciting,
:15:05. > :15:06.especially with Guardiola The naughty side of me thinks it
:15:07. > :15:11.will be spicy. Although Van Gaal has gone
:15:12. > :15:14.out winning a trophy, I think it needed change
:15:15. > :15:17.and with a manager at this moment in time, I think Mourinho
:15:18. > :15:21.is the best man for the job. Sir Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies
:15:22. > :15:23.in nearly three decades Mourinho's record doesn't suggest
:15:24. > :15:29.that kind of longevity, but he is a proven winner
:15:30. > :15:32.and won't be overawed by the challenge of trying to step
:15:33. > :15:35.out of Ferguson's shadow. Mourinho made his name at Porto,
:15:36. > :15:38.by winning the Champions League. That brought him to the attention
:15:39. > :15:42.of Chelsea, where he won three Premier League titles in his two
:15:43. > :15:45.spells with the club. He's also won major trophies
:15:46. > :15:48.in Italy with Inter Milan He will make the Premier League
:15:49. > :15:56.very, very exciting. This season, since he has gone,
:15:57. > :15:58.press conferences have If nothing else it gives us
:15:59. > :16:06.something to talk about. Many will view Mourinho
:16:07. > :16:08.as a controversial appointment. He left Chelsea in December
:16:09. > :16:11.after a spectacular slump in form and a public fallout
:16:12. > :16:12.with medical staff. United however have decided he's
:16:13. > :16:17.a risk worth taking. England's footballers have
:16:18. > :16:21.got their preparations for this summer's European Championships
:16:22. > :16:23.off to a good start, with a 2-1 Harry Kane gave them the lead
:16:24. > :16:29.at Manchester's Etihad Stadium after just three minutes -
:16:30. > :16:31.although replays Turkey equalised, before Jamie Vardy
:16:32. > :16:36.scored the winner with just ten England will now play
:16:37. > :16:42.Australia on Friday. In a remote part of Southwest China,
:16:43. > :16:45.the world's largest radio Almost twice the size
:16:46. > :16:53.of any previously made, it will enable astronomers to see
:16:54. > :16:55.deeper into the universe The construction of the telescope
:16:56. > :16:59.is part of China's bid to become a global leader
:17:00. > :17:02.in science research - as our Science Correspondent
:17:03. > :17:07.Rebecca Morelle reports. Hidden in the remote mountains
:17:08. > :17:11.of China, a new giant This vast construction
:17:12. > :17:17.is the largest radio And as it nears completion,
:17:18. > :17:24.we've been given a chance It's only when you get up close that
:17:25. > :17:30.you really get a sense But bigger is better
:17:31. > :17:36.when it comes to astronomy, because the larger the dish the more
:17:37. > :17:39.signals can be collected from space, helping us to see deeper
:17:40. > :17:46.into the universe than ever before. In China, in astronomy we are far
:17:47. > :17:51.behind the world but I think it's the for us to build something
:17:52. > :17:56.in China, and it will be used by lots of Chinese users and also
:17:57. > :18:01.welcome the international users. This radio telescope
:18:02. > :18:05.measures 500 metres across, The Arecibo Observatory
:18:06. > :18:11.in Puerto Rico is just over 300 metres wide,
:18:12. > :18:15.while Jodrell Bank's telescope in the north
:18:16. > :18:20.of England measures 76 metres. The telescope will listen for radio
:18:21. > :18:25.waves emitted from the cosmos. It will help us to see the first
:18:26. > :18:28.stars and galaxies and hunt It's taken the Chinese just five
:18:29. > :18:36.years to build and at a cost of ?100 million it's part
:18:37. > :18:41.of the country's unprecedented investment in science that's
:18:42. > :18:43.on the verge of outstripping But in the valleys beyond
:18:44. > :18:51.the telescope this push for progress These villagers will soon
:18:52. > :18:57.have to live in a five kilometre radio quiet zone,
:18:58. > :18:59.where mobile phones and wireless The government has offered them
:19:00. > :19:04.money to move - TRANSLATION: The compensation isn't
:19:05. > :19:11.enough, so we haven't moved yet. TRANSLATION: It might be
:19:12. > :19:14.good for the country, The telescope is on track to be
:19:15. > :19:22.completed by September. China hopes this super-sized
:19:23. > :19:25.project could transform it Rebecca Morelle, BBC
:19:26. > :19:34.News, Guizhou, China. The British director Ken Loach has
:19:35. > :19:37.won the Palme d'Or for best film He won for "I, Daniel Blake" -
:19:38. > :19:44.the tale of a Newcastle joiner's It's the second time the 79-year-old
:19:45. > :19:50.director has clinched What would next month's vote
:19:51. > :19:58.over whether to stay in or leave the EU mean
:19:59. > :20:00.for Northern Ireland? It's the only part of the UK
:20:01. > :20:03.to have a land border In the first of a series of reports
:20:04. > :20:07.from around the country on the potential impact of Brexit -
:20:08. > :20:09.our Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler has been
:20:10. > :20:22.travelling along that border. I'm standing right at the border,
:20:23. > :20:27.not that there is much sign of it today. It was very different during
:20:28. > :20:31.the years of Northern Ireland's troubles when there would have been
:20:32. > :20:36.checkpoints and lines of cars. There has been a heated debate about what
:20:37. > :20:41.would happen if Britain were to leave the EU. Would it mean a return
:20:42. > :20:46.to checkpoints and the end of open roads? The easiest way to know the
:20:47. > :20:51.difference between the north and the South is to look at the speed limit
:20:52. > :20:56.signs. In Ireland, they are kilometres per hour rather than
:20:57. > :20:59.Miles Proudfoot warning, the report contains flashing images.
:21:00. > :21:01.Fermanagh sits at the edge of the UK.
:21:02. > :21:04.There is a point in this land where Northern Ireland ends
:21:05. > :21:09.But could that invisible border soon mark the line where
:21:10. > :21:20.What looks like a haphazard red line on that map is actually the border
:21:21. > :21:23.and on this one road, as you're travelling down it,
:21:24. > :21:26.you move in and out of the Republic of Ireland
:21:27. > :21:31.In fact, coming up here we're just going back
:21:32. > :21:38.But during the violent years of Northern Ireland's Troubles,
:21:39. > :21:41.there was huge security where the two countries met,
:21:42. > :21:44.and some are asking whether checkpoints would return
:21:45. > :21:46.if the UK was to vote to leave Europe.
:21:47. > :21:50.We have such good relations now that we will be able to build
:21:51. > :21:53.on that, and I don't foresee watchtowers going back
:21:54. > :21:58.in South Armagh, if that's what the question is.
:21:59. > :22:00.Nobody means watchtowers, but we need some kind
:22:01. > :22:02.of checkpoints that says there's a physical border there?
:22:03. > :22:05.There are borders all across Europe and those things will be negotiated
:22:06. > :22:12.Northern Ireland's First Minister is a supporter of the Leave campaign.
:22:13. > :22:16.But other parties at Stormont are worried about the potential
:22:17. > :22:19.impact of an exit on the economy here, and the government
:22:20. > :22:22.in the Republic share some of those concerns.
:22:23. > :22:25.Approximately ?1 billion of goods and services is traded between
:22:26. > :22:33.Towns along this shared border have benefited from European peace money.
:22:34. > :22:37.It's helped to build among other things this sports facility
:22:38. > :22:43.The town's most famous son is former world boxing champion Barry
:22:44. > :22:51.But in the fight over Europe, he's not sure which corner to be in.
:22:52. > :22:55.The south has benefited enormously from being part of Europe.
:22:56. > :23:00.I'm still relatively undecided about whether I now live in the UK
:23:01. > :23:03.or whether they should be part of Europe or not,
:23:04. > :23:05.and none of the politicians have convinced me, that's
:23:06. > :23:09.But my gut feeling tells me that the UK should
:23:10. > :23:15.Politically and practically, checkpoints on Irish roads
:23:16. > :23:20.might not be an option, but if Britain was outside of the EU
:23:21. > :23:22.and the Irish Republic within, migration controls
:23:23. > :23:31.Currently, you don't need a passport to travel between these islands.
:23:32. > :23:35.But with modern security concerns, some have suggested
:23:36. > :23:41.I think you should have to show passports regardless.
:23:42. > :23:44.You're on a ferry, it could be anybody getting on this ferry.
:23:45. > :23:47.It could be terrorists getting on the ferry.
:23:48. > :23:50.But other travellers, used to crossing seasoned borders,
:23:51. > :23:54.don't like the idea of new restrictions.
:23:55. > :23:58.Where we live borders is completely insane.
:23:59. > :24:05.Britain and Ireland have always sat apart from the rest
:24:06. > :24:10.of Europe geographically, but this referendum is about where
:24:11. > :24:14.the UK sits politically, and the final decision will make