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:00:00. > :00:09.This is BBC World News Today with me Karin Giannone.

:00:10. > :00:13.The United States and Russia come to an agreement on the war in Syria.

:00:14. > :00:16.A temporary cessation to hostilities will come into affect

:00:17. > :00:23.British Prime Minister David Cameron has been explaining to parliament

:00:24. > :00:29.I believe the choice is between being an even greater

:00:30. > :00:35.Britain inside a reformed EU or a great leap into the unknown.

:00:36. > :00:38.Ten million people are without water in Delhi,

:00:39. > :00:41.after protesters damaged a canal supplying much of the capital.

:00:42. > :00:45.And Ukraine makes a surprise choice for its representative

:00:46. > :01:04.Russia and the United States have agreed the terms of a temporary

:01:05. > :01:07.cessation of hostilities in Syria, which is now due to come into force

:01:08. > :01:19.President Putin says that the agreement is a real step to stop the

:01:20. > :01:21.bloodshed. The plan - which is deliberately not

:01:22. > :01:24.being described as a ceasefire - was agreed in Munich

:01:25. > :01:26.earlier this month. But Russia and the US have been

:01:27. > :01:28.quibbling over terms of the agreement

:01:29. > :01:30.including the start date. The truce does not include attacks

:01:31. > :01:41.on the so-called Islamic State group The White House spokesman Josh

:01:42. > :01:45.Ernest had this to say a while ago. Everyone can see what has been

:01:46. > :01:50.committed to. It is time for the signatories to step up and for the

:01:51. > :01:57.bloodshed to come to an end. I would be quite surprised if this is... If

:01:58. > :02:03.there aren't some bumps along the road as we try to implement this

:02:04. > :02:07.agreement. There will be obstacles. There will likely be setbacks but

:02:08. > :02:12.this is a moment of opportunity and we are hopeful that all of the

:02:13. > :02:15.parties will capitalise on that. After all, the stakes are high.

:02:16. > :02:18.Our Washington correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher gave me more

:02:19. > :02:24.I've got the terms here as they are set out.

:02:25. > :02:26.They seem to have dealt with one of the big sticking points,

:02:27. > :02:29.which is who qualifies to take part in the

:02:30. > :02:35.Any group aside from Islamic state and the al-Nusra front

:02:36. > :02:38.who signs up to the terms will be accepted.

:02:39. > :02:42.They have to accept a UN facilitated political process,

:02:43. > :02:44.cease all attacks with weapons, refrain

:02:45. > :02:53.from trying to acquire territory, allow full humanitarian access

:02:54. > :02:56.to their areas and use proportionate force in self defence.

:02:57. > :02:59.Those groups have until midnight on Friday to indicate to the UN

:03:00. > :03:02.and Russia and the United States that

:03:03. > :03:09.The Syrian army, the forces are going to be held to the same

:03:10. > :03:12.terms and the Russians are stated as being the ones who will seek

:03:13. > :03:19.So there is something on paper, steps to follow

:03:20. > :03:22.through and there is a target date, the cessation of hostilities

:03:23. > :03:26.is supposed to come into effect at midnight on Saturday.

:03:27. > :03:31.Do we understand why there is this reluctance to call it a ceasefire?

:03:32. > :03:35.I think the attempts to stop the violence in Syria have been

:03:36. > :03:37.so unsuccessful that they want to make

:03:38. > :03:40.sure that they keep the bar low in terms

:03:41. > :03:46.I think what they want to highlight is

:03:47. > :03:50.they have specifics on how this is going to work.

:03:51. > :03:52.One of the big problems in Munich after they agreed

:03:53. > :04:02.on the cessation of hostilities is that the Russians

:04:03. > :04:05.would continue with the Syrian army bombing Aleppo and trying to take

:04:06. > :04:07.territory to the north, to the Turkish border.

:04:08. > :04:09.The cessation of hostilities wasn't going anywhere.

:04:10. > :04:12.Now it looks like there are mechanisms to deal with that.

:04:13. > :04:15.For example, the Russians and Americans

:04:16. > :04:18.in this statement say that they are going to have a communications

:04:19. > :04:23.hotline set up so that they can distinguish parties who are being

:04:24. > :04:32.There is some sort of tribunal or task force to complain

:04:33. > :04:37.to and also that they're going to set out the territory

:04:38. > :04:38.which is excluded from the cessation of

:04:39. > :04:44.The Islamic state territory so that they know which

:04:45. > :05:09.I'm joined by my colleague from BBC Arabic. How meaningful is this? The

:05:10. > :05:15.superpowers are involved in this and one of them is involved directly in

:05:16. > :05:19.the fighting. The pro-Assad forces on the ground will face any

:05:20. > :05:29.difficulties achieving advances on the ground. The main issue is the

:05:30. > :05:37.al-Nusra front, that is close to the Al-Qaeda ideology, it is still

:05:38. > :05:44.considered as a terrorist group. This truce has excluded the Islamic

:05:45. > :05:48.State and the al-Nusra front from the cessation of hostilities. That

:05:49. > :05:57.means that the Russians can carry on bombing these two groups. So there

:05:58. > :06:06.has always been disagreement about who these groups are? Other groups

:06:07. > :06:14.are considered, such as the free Syrian army. The bombing of al-Nusra

:06:15. > :06:21.front will mean a total collapse of the truce. So there is a risk of

:06:22. > :06:28.business as usual on the ground. There is an opposition meeting going

:06:29. > :06:33.on in Saudi at the moment. Has there been any reaction? We spoke to one

:06:34. > :06:37.of the leaders taking part and we asked him what he thought of this

:06:38. > :06:41.announcement? He said that the United States and the Russians have

:06:42. > :06:45.announced something and are responsible for it but we haven't

:06:46. > :06:51.reached any decision yet and are still debating it. They don't expect

:06:52. > :06:56.to reach a decision before tomorrow. The pro-Saudi opposition is meeting

:06:57. > :07:02.in Riyadh tomorrow and they will meet their decision then. There are

:07:03. > :07:09.some improvements on the ground. Thereafter some humanitarian

:07:10. > :07:13.gestures that were welcomed by the opposition as a strong and solid

:07:14. > :07:19.basis for diplomatic efforts that may take place in the future within

:07:20. > :07:26.this Geneva talks. People have been watching what is happening in Syria

:07:27. > :07:33.with despair and will wonder what will change at midnight on Friday.

:07:34. > :07:37.In the next 48 hours we will hear more positions from the opposition

:07:38. > :07:40.at least. We will put these questions to all parties who are

:07:41. > :07:51.involved in the fighting and know what they consider al-Nusra. If each

:07:52. > :07:56.come with a final answer of how it is going to work on the ground, to

:07:57. > :08:01.exclude al-Nusra from the cessation of hostilities, how it's going to

:08:02. > :08:07.work, then it is going to be clearer. They are discussing this at

:08:08. > :08:08.the moment and we will know more in the next 48 hours. Thank you very

:08:09. > :08:12.much. The British prime minister has made

:08:13. > :08:15.an impassioned case for staying in the EU to a packed House

:08:16. > :08:17.of Commons in Westminister. David Cameron said he believed

:08:18. > :08:20.the choice was between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU

:08:21. > :08:23.or taking a leap into the dark. The Labour leader dismissed

:08:24. > :08:26.as "irrelevant" the deal struck by Mr Cameron in Europe

:08:27. > :08:28.but said Labour is overwhelmingly for remaining within

:08:29. > :08:31.the European Union. He was in the unusual position

:08:32. > :08:34.of needing not to persuade MPs on the opposition benches

:08:35. > :08:37.but many on his own side. So far more than 100

:08:38. > :08:39.Conservative MPs have said Our Political Editor Laura

:08:40. > :08:45.Kuenssberg watched the exchanges. Wherever he goes,

:08:46. > :08:50.chaos often follows. Boris Johnson revealed he wants to

:08:51. > :08:57.leave the European Union yesterday. Although the Prime Minister

:08:58. > :09:01.had tried to persuade him to join his side

:09:02. > :09:04.and campaign to stay. Is his decision

:09:05. > :09:12.about Britain's future? Are you losing the

:09:13. > :09:21.argument over the EU? It was David Cameron's job

:09:22. > :09:26.to set out the case to stay. And a test of how many of his own

:09:27. > :09:30.MPs back what he claims will be We are a great country

:09:31. > :09:38.and whatever choice we make, I believe the choice

:09:39. > :09:46.is between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU,

:09:47. > :09:49.or a great leap into the unknown. The Prime Minister seemed just

:09:50. > :09:53.as passionate about needling Boris Johnson, suspecting

:09:54. > :09:55.the London Mayor's decision is about ambition to take

:09:56. > :09:58.the Prime Minister's job. I have no other agenda

:09:59. > :10:07.than what is best for our country. I am standing here

:10:08. > :10:11.telling you what I think. My responsibility as Prime Minister

:10:12. > :10:13.is to speak plainly about what I believe

:10:14. > :10:23.is right for our country and that is what I will do

:10:24. > :10:26.for the next four months. The referendum is not just about two

:10:27. > :10:28.men, allegedly friends, May I ask my right honourable

:10:29. > :10:36.friend, the Prime Minister, to explain to the House

:10:37. > :10:40.and to the country in exactly what way this deal return

:10:41. > :10:47.sovereignty over any field of lawmaking to these

:10:48. > :10:52.Houses of Parliament? Seven ministers who sit

:10:53. > :10:55.at the Cabinet table are at odds Only one of them put himself

:10:56. > :11:01.in the front line today. But Tory backbenchers are split

:11:02. > :11:05.and would not shy of speaking out. For so much labour he has achieved

:11:06. > :11:08.so little that the European Union The security of Europe is dependent

:11:09. > :11:18.on Nato and not the EU. Those who advocate a no vote do not

:11:19. > :11:23.seem to know what a no vote means. Those who want to leave Europe

:11:24. > :11:27.are unable to agree on the terms Number 10 is not just trying to keep

:11:28. > :11:39.us in the EU but to keep This is the back entrance

:11:40. > :11:42.to Downing Street. On Saturday when the Cabinet met

:11:43. > :11:45.Eurosceptic ministers did not leave through the front door

:11:46. > :11:48.but snuck out instead. Now Tory divisions are

:11:49. > :11:52.in the wide open now. David Cameron hopes

:11:53. > :11:55.it can stay polite. Some of David Cameron's loudest

:11:56. > :12:04.cheers came from the Labour side. They will criticise him,

:12:05. > :12:09.but support staying in the EU. Labour believes the EU is a vital

:12:10. > :12:12.framework for European trade A vote to remain is in the interests

:12:13. > :12:20.of people not only on what the EU delivers today but as a framework

:12:21. > :12:23.through which we can achieve more I want Scotland and the rest

:12:24. > :12:29.of the UK to remain However, if we are forced out,

:12:30. > :12:36.I am certain the public in Scotland will demand a referendum

:12:37. > :12:39.on Scottish independence and we will protect

:12:40. > :12:45.our place in Europe. And the importance of this debate

:12:46. > :12:47.brought out old faces. Does he believe we have more

:12:48. > :12:54.influence in the EU or outside? Surely the answer is more

:12:55. > :12:58.influence inside the EU. This referendum is about the future

:12:59. > :13:03.of our country, not the future The six of us who stand here today

:13:04. > :13:11.are committed to campaigning They seem to shy to speak

:13:12. > :13:16.in the Commons today but you will hear plenty from these

:13:17. > :13:19.ministers who want to defy Their voices will influence

:13:20. > :13:27.the campaign for and against the EU, but it is yours that

:13:28. > :13:32.will really count. Britain would be more vulnerable

:13:33. > :13:36.to terror attacks and counter terrorism would be harder if the UK

:13:37. > :13:40.leaves the European Union. That's the warning today

:13:41. > :13:42.from director of Europe's But many campaigning for an exit say

:13:43. > :13:47.it's "laughable" to suggest Europe Our security correspondent

:13:48. > :13:53.Frank Gardner takes a closer look. Britain is a top

:13:54. > :13:57.target for terrorists. But in recent years it has stopped

:13:58. > :14:01.a large number of attacks on plots A key question now is whether that

:14:02. > :14:11.would change of Britain left the EU. Britain's border already differs

:14:12. > :14:13.from its neighbours. That is partly because we are

:14:14. > :14:17.an island and partly because we do not belong to

:14:18. > :14:28.Europe's Schengen borderless zone. That it means it's harder if not

:14:29. > :14:31.impossible to smuggle guns We do not have an open border

:14:32. > :14:37.with the EU, we are out You have to have a passport or visa

:14:38. > :14:41.to get into Britain and you have to be checked

:14:42. > :14:44.when you come into Britain. We do not have a right to stop

:14:45. > :14:52.people entering from other countries within the EU and if we to control

:14:53. > :14:56.numbers coming in it is difficult to do that unless we take

:14:57. > :14:59.back control of borders. The Paris attacks were a shocking

:15:00. > :15:03.reminder of what could happen here. So-called Islamic State already has

:15:04. > :15:11.sympathisers in this country. European intelligence

:15:12. > :15:14.failed last year. Britain's intelligence

:15:15. > :15:20.agencies like MI6 behind me, have their closest relationships not

:15:21. > :15:30.with Europe that the United States. They do share information

:15:31. > :15:33.and tip-offs with their European partners but tend to do it

:15:34. > :15:36.bilaterally, on a country by country basis and not through

:15:37. > :15:38.an EU wide mechanism. In many European countries,

:15:39. > :15:40.especially Belgium, the intelligence agencies are often reluctant

:15:41. > :15:42.to share what they know The head of Europol insists European

:15:43. > :15:51.intelligence helps Britain. UK gets considerable

:15:52. > :15:54.benefit every day. Thousands of cases I see

:15:55. > :15:58.at Europol every year, British police are given operational

:15:59. > :16:01.benefits and to target criminals and terrorists seeking

:16:02. > :16:05.to penetrate the UK. With diplomacy, the EU plays a big

:16:06. > :16:12.role in collective security. It has imposed sanctions

:16:13. > :16:24.on the resurgent Russia. But some say leave deterrence

:16:25. > :16:26.to Nato and not the EU. Remember Nato brings in the US

:16:27. > :16:29.and Canada and crucially in Europe, Norway and Turkey, not members

:16:30. > :16:36.of the European Union. The Nato population is 900

:16:37. > :16:38.hundred million, compared There are arguments on both sides

:16:39. > :16:44.but the truth is Britain's existing security arrangements are likely

:16:45. > :16:46.to remain unchanged if we stay Ten million people in the Indian

:16:47. > :16:54.capital Delhi are now without water, Protesters demanding job guarantees

:16:55. > :17:00.have sabotaged a key supply canal. The army has taken control

:17:01. > :17:03.of the waterway. But it will still take several days

:17:04. > :17:07.before the supply is fully restored because the canal

:17:08. > :17:10.needs to be repaired. For 10 million people in Delhi,

:17:11. > :17:16.this is how they now More than half of the population

:17:17. > :17:25.of Delhi now has no They depend on bottled water

:17:26. > :17:31.and the supply of water It is an extraordinary situation

:17:32. > :17:37.for any capital city to be in, and certainly a city

:17:38. > :17:42.on the scale of Delhi. And it has been caused by a battle

:17:43. > :17:48.over caste privilege. These people are part

:17:49. > :17:51.of an upper caste group. They have taken to the streets

:17:52. > :17:55.to demand it be reclassified as lower caste - that way

:17:56. > :17:59.they will get automatic rights The protestors badly damaged this

:18:00. > :18:06.canal, which supplies more than half The military has now taken control,

:18:07. > :18:12.but repairs are needed before That means millions in Delhi

:18:13. > :18:20.will have to continue to get There is no water.

:18:21. > :18:28.We are having no water. Myself, my two sons,

:18:29. > :18:34.my daughter-in-law, my grandson. The head of Delhi's water board told

:18:35. > :18:44.the BBC today it will take three or maybe four days before

:18:45. > :18:48.a supply is fully restored. Like millions in the city,

:18:49. > :18:51.Mr Kumar's taps are likely to be A man who worked as an Uber taxi

:18:52. > :19:22.driver has been charged with six counts of murder

:19:23. > :19:25.after six people were shot dead in the town of Kalamazoo in the US

:19:26. > :19:28.state of Michigan on Saturday. Jason Dalton, who's 45,

:19:29. > :19:30.also faces ten other charges, among them eight felony

:19:31. > :19:32.firearms violations. In Bolivia, President Evo Morales

:19:33. > :19:34.says he'll respect the result of a referendum on whether he can

:19:35. > :19:37.stand for a fourth term in office. He told journalists

:19:38. > :19:39.he was optimistic, but would wait But, with more than 70%

:19:40. > :19:43.of the votes counted, those opposed to the move

:19:44. > :19:45.are leading by a ten-percent margin. First elected in 2006,

:19:46. > :19:48.Mr Morales is Bolivia's first It's been home to around five

:19:49. > :19:51.thousand migrants for the best part of a year, but the French

:19:52. > :19:54.authorities have confirmed that the southern section

:19:55. > :19:56.of the migrant camp in Calais known as "the Jungle" will start

:19:57. > :19:58.being cleared this week. Most of those who live there have

:19:59. > :20:01.come from the Middle East and Africa, and they'll have

:20:02. > :20:04.until Tuesday evening to go This flattened area is land

:20:05. > :20:08.the state has already reclaimed from the so-called

:20:09. > :20:12.Jungle migrant camp. The people here are

:20:13. > :20:14.being told to move out. And so the French Interior Ministry

:20:15. > :20:19.has sent officials to You have to leave this

:20:20. > :20:35.part of the Jungle. This Kurdish young man, Abdullah,

:20:36. > :20:39.is presented with two options - move into a converted shipping

:20:40. > :20:43.container, or relocate to a migrant On the outskirts of the Jungle,

:20:44. > :21:02.a small village of containers. Mohammed moved his family of six

:21:03. > :21:05.here after five months The Jungle, this

:21:06. > :21:14.is better, thank God. They have travelled

:21:15. > :21:24.from Afghanistan, and despite many failed attempts, Mohammed

:21:25. > :21:27.and his family still aim to join The whole camp will

:21:28. > :21:33.eventually be shut down. The southern half, where

:21:34. > :21:36.we are now, is to go first. This is the cultural and commercial

:21:37. > :21:39.heart of the Jungle. People come to stay warm

:21:40. > :21:41.and socialise in the restaurants Clear this area, it is not just

:21:42. > :21:51.dwellings, but it is a sense of community that is

:21:52. > :21:54.going to be lost. The French are hoping to fill buses

:21:55. > :21:57.like this one with migrants relocating to temporary

:21:58. > :22:00.shelters across the country. Local authorities say more

:22:01. > :22:04.than 2500 have already signed This man didn't want

:22:05. > :22:11.to show his face. He has given up on the idea

:22:12. > :22:14.of getting to Britain. He has applied for asylum

:22:15. > :22:16.here in France instead. I tried to go to England

:22:17. > :22:20.but they closed the border. Now I want to stay here,

:22:21. > :22:24.because every facility in England... France also give us

:22:25. > :22:28.facilities for the living. For this woman from Iran this

:22:29. > :22:38.is a necessary goodbye. The Jungle is as close

:22:39. > :22:40.as she managed to get Her resolve is unchanged,

:22:41. > :22:47.though she admits this bus After five months in the uncertainty

:22:48. > :23:05.of the Jungle, she is on the road again, wanting to be

:23:06. > :23:09.reunited with her partner, but instead taking another

:23:10. > :23:21.ride to the unknown. Ukraine has chosen an ethnic Tatar

:23:22. > :23:24.singer from the annexed region of Crimea to represent it

:23:25. > :23:27.at the Eurovision Song Contest this Jamala's song, entitled

:23:28. > :23:37.1944 refers to the year Josef Stalin enforced deportation

:23:38. > :23:41.of the Tatar people. The singer's great-grandmother

:23:42. > :23:45.was one of around 240,000 people who were sent to Central Asia

:23:46. > :23:48.by the dictator who accused them Earlier I spoke to our correspondent

:23:49. > :23:54.in Kiev, Tom Burridge, about the politics surrounding

:23:55. > :23:59.the song. This isn't your average Eurovision

:24:00. > :24:03.entry, it's gone down pretty well. Well enough to win here

:24:04. > :24:09.as the entry for Ukraine. It won, according

:24:10. > :24:11.to a popular vote and a panel of judges last night,

:24:12. > :24:18.so it will, if the Eurovision panel or judges don't disqualify it

:24:19. > :24:20.for being too political. The rules of Eurovision are that

:24:21. > :24:23.you can't have a political song. But Jamala has told Eurovision

:24:24. > :24:26.she doesn't believe it is political, it is a personal story of family

:24:27. > :24:29.and the tragedy that befell Nevertheless,

:24:30. > :24:31.it's talking about 1944. One suspects that there is a lot

:24:32. > :24:34.of allusion to today's situation You can't avoid the fact

:24:35. > :24:38.that song has added poignancy within the context

:24:39. > :24:46.of the political crisis Nearly two years ago,

:24:47. > :24:56.an unrecognised Ukraine maintains that Crimea

:24:57. > :25:10.is part of its sovereign territory. Of course, Jamala does admit

:25:11. > :25:13.at least that her father and grandfather, interestingly,

:25:14. > :25:15.are still in Crimea and she says that they are being

:25:16. > :25:17.patient and still hope that one day Crimea will be

:25:18. > :25:33.returned to Ukraine. Returning to our top story. The US

:25:34. > :25:38.and Russia have announced that a cessation of hostilities should go

:25:39. > :25:46.into effect at midnight on Friday in Syria. They said that the truce

:25:47. > :25:50.didn't include so-called Islamic State and the al-Nusra front. They

:25:51. > :25:56.agreed on the 12th of February that a truce would come into effect and

:25:57. > :25:59.that has been quibbled over. Finally, the announcement of this

:26:00. > :26:01.cessation of his stunts tease this coming Saturday. That said. Next,

:26:02. > :26:18.the weather. From the team, goodbye. Skies are clear and the temperature

:26:19. > :26:19.is dropping away. There is a