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:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK

:00:08. > :00:16.Fears of a humanitarian disaster in Iraq -

:00:17. > :00:27.as tens of thousands of people flee Falluja.

:00:28. > :00:29.Turkish police use tear gas and rubber bullets in Istanbul -

:00:30. > :00:32.as gay activists defy a ban and march through Istanbul.

:00:33. > :00:35.Church leaders in Britain pay tribute to the politician Jo Cox -

:00:36. > :00:39.Meanwhile, campaigning resumes ahead of the EU referendum.

:00:40. > :00:43.A four-year project to unlock the closed world at the bottom

:00:44. > :01:13.underground for a festival in an Icelandic volcano.

:01:14. > :01:15.Government forces in Iraq may have claimed victory in Fallujah

:01:16. > :01:18.but they now face a battle of a different kind.

:01:19. > :01:21.Aid agencies say a humanitarian disaster is unfolding -

:01:22. > :01:25.with refugee camps like this one buckling under the pressure.

:01:26. > :01:30.The UN says 80,000 people have fled over four weeks of intense fighting

:01:31. > :01:33.between the government and the so-called Islamic State.

:01:34. > :01:37.Inside the city, people are trapped without food and water.

:01:38. > :01:43.With more, here's Our Middle East Editor Alan Johnston

:01:44. > :01:50.The Iraqi army has been driving forward hard.

:01:51. > :01:52.In a major offensive, it has thrust into

:01:53. > :01:56.Islamic State fighters used to own these streets.

:01:57. > :02:03.Now, they belong to the government's forces.

:02:04. > :02:06.They have pushed the militants back, seized most of the city.

:02:07. > :02:12.But the army's fight is far from over.

:02:13. > :02:17.IS is holding out in some neighbourhoods.

:02:18. > :02:19.And as the soldiers come at them in street after street,

:02:20. > :02:21.they are hitting back - sending out suicide

:02:22. > :02:26.One report said 20 soldiers died in clashes near a hospital

:02:27. > :02:33.And all around on this battle ground, there is the wreckage

:02:34. > :02:40.Reminders of ordinary lives ruined by the war.

:02:41. > :02:44.The people who raised families and went to work in the streets

:02:45. > :02:51.Tens of thousands of Falluja's people have come to camps

:02:52. > :02:55.like this, where there is not enough of anything -

:02:56. > :03:07.But even this is better than what these children endured

:03:08. > :03:11.back in Falluja under Islamic State rule.

:03:12. > :03:13.TRANSLATION: The IS militia promised us food,

:03:14. > :03:19.We wanted to flee, but they hemmed us in.

:03:20. > :03:21.There was no gas, and the schools were closed.

:03:22. > :03:24.What there was were rockets, air force jets and tanks.

:03:25. > :03:28.Now the aid agencies must care for this mass of people.

:03:29. > :03:33.And that is posing a major challenge in this desperate, desolate place.

:03:34. > :03:37.Right now as we speak there are thousands without any

:03:38. > :03:43.They have slept overnight out in the open.

:03:44. > :03:49.They are now stranded out there in a sandstorm under

:03:50. > :03:53.the sweltering sun without any protection.

:03:54. > :03:55.And the question of latrines, toilets, sanitation.

:03:56. > :03:59.If we don't get those in order in the next hours,

:04:00. > :04:07.Just an hour's drive from the misery of the refugee camps,

:04:08. > :04:14.In Baghdad, they have been celebrating what they see

:04:15. > :04:20.But the feeling among these people in the capital is that,

:04:21. > :04:23.very slowly and very painfully, the war against the

:04:24. > :04:33.Well, in neighbouring Turkey police in Istanbul have fired rubber

:04:34. > :04:40.It's after gay, lesbian and transgender activists

:04:41. > :04:43.defied a ban and marched through the city's streets.

:04:44. > :04:45.The authorities said the rally would NOT allowed

:04:46. > :04:49.But organisers said the ban is a 'flagrant violation

:04:50. > :04:52.of the constitution and law' and marched anyway.

:04:53. > :05:08.Defy authority in today's Turkey, and this is what happens. Police

:05:09. > :05:13.firing tear gas and rubber bullets against those daring to march for

:05:14. > :05:18.gay rights. Today was meant to be the Trans Pride, but it, along with

:05:19. > :05:25.next week's Gay Pride was prohibited by the Government. Those refusing to

:05:26. > :05:28.accept the ban were attacked. The scuffles begun when an anti-Pride

:05:29. > :05:32.protester destroyed one of the banners. The government said it had

:05:33. > :05:38.to cancel the rallies because of threats from nationalists groups but

:05:39. > :05:49.protesters say that's caving into pressure. Gay Pride marches have

:05:50. > :05:55.been held in Istanbul since 2003. But last year, for the first time,

:05:56. > :05:58.it was broken up, allegedly for disturbing the Muslim festival of

:05:59. > :06:03.Ramadan. Although it is always held in the same period. Critics say it

:06:04. > :06:08.is another sign that democracy in Turkey is being squeezed and human

:06:09. > :06:13.rights violated. Last night more tear gas against those protesting

:06:14. > :06:22.about an attack on music fans by Muslim groups, another sign of

:06:23. > :06:24.Turkey's secularisation. Social tensions in an unhappy country, once

:06:25. > :06:28.again, reaching boiling point. Landslides and flash flooding have

:06:29. > :06:36.killed at least 24 people Days of torrential rain left

:06:37. > :06:41.thousands of homes buried under mud. Such heavy rain is common

:06:42. > :06:44.on the group of islands where millions of people live

:06:45. > :06:47.in areas close to rivers. Firefighters in southern California

:06:48. > :06:50.are struggling to control a blaze which has forced hundreds of people

:06:51. > :06:53.from their homes. The fire in Santa Barbara County

:06:54. > :06:57.burnt through more than three thousand hectares -

:06:58. > :06:59.with extreme wind conditions whipping up destructive columns

:07:00. > :07:04.of swirling flames. Thousands of people have been

:07:05. > :07:06.protesting on the Japanese island of Okinawa against the presence

:07:07. > :07:10.of US troops and bases. The protesters are angry

:07:11. > :07:13.about the alleged rape and murder of a young local woman by a former

:07:14. > :07:18.US marine living on the island. The incident has reawakened

:07:19. > :07:20.widespread opposition to American Here in the UK, campaigning has

:07:21. > :07:34.resumed ahead of next Thursday's referendum on whether to remain

:07:35. > :07:36.in the European Union. Both pro and anti EU forces had

:07:37. > :07:39.suspended their campaign following the killing

:07:40. > :07:41.of the MP Jo Cox. Once again the debate has focused

:07:42. > :07:44.on the key areas of the economy and immigration, with some

:07:45. > :07:48.in the Leave campaign wanting to distance themselves

:07:49. > :07:57.from the tactics of the UK Our correspondent

:07:58. > :08:01.Ben Wright reports. The hurly-burly has returned,

:08:02. > :08:03.the referendum has resumed. On this Fathers' Day,

:08:04. > :08:06.here is one father who did not spend You have done a great job,

:08:07. > :08:10.you have put on the Stanley Johnson roused the Remain

:08:11. > :08:16.campaign, Boris rallied Leave campaigners on the

:08:17. > :08:18.other side of London. Take back control of

:08:19. > :08:30.huge sums of money. As this bitterly fought referendum

:08:31. > :08:32.enters its final day, immigration has again entered the debate.

:08:33. > :08:38.I am the proud descendant of Turkish immigrants.

:08:39. > :08:41.Let me stun you by saying I will go further, I am in favour

:08:42. > :08:45.of an amnesty for illegal immigrants who have been here for

:08:46. > :08:53.This is a Leave campaign straining not to sound divisive

:08:54. > :08:55.or inflammatory on the issue at the heart of their case

:08:56. > :09:01.They have distanced themselves from this, a poster unveiled by Ukip

:09:02. > :09:06.showing migrants walking to a refugee camp in Slovenia.

:09:07. > :09:11.It has drawn criticism from the official Leave campaign.

:09:12. > :09:18.I believe the way we secure public support for the benefits that

:09:19. > :09:21.migration brings and for helping refugees in need is if people feel

:09:22. > :09:24.they can control the numbers overall coming here.

:09:25. > :09:27.This morning, Ukip's leader stood by the poster and objected

:09:28. > :09:33.Michael Gove had better look at his own posters, Abu Hamza,

:09:34. > :09:35.warnings about terrorists and murderers coming into Britain

:09:36. > :09:41.Labour's leader said migration pressure would not disappear

:09:42. > :09:44.if Britain left the EU and was asked if there could be

:09:45. > :09:52.I don't think you could have one while you have free movement

:09:53. > :09:55.of labour, and that means you have to balance the economy,

:09:56. > :09:59.so you have to improve living standards and conditions.

:10:00. > :10:01.George Osborne said legitimate concerns about immigration

:10:02. > :10:05.were being felt in every Western country, but this referendum had

:10:06. > :10:10.Rich international investors are taking their money out

:10:11. > :10:14.of Britain, they are delaying investment, the stock market has

:10:15. > :10:20.gone down, sterling has been marked down.

:10:21. > :10:24.The British people cannot take their money out, they will be

:10:25. > :10:26.left with their livelihoods in Britain on Friday if we vote

:10:27. > :10:29.to leave, and they will be the people paying the price.

:10:30. > :10:32.As this Leave rally shows, the campaign will be hard

:10:33. > :10:34.fought until the end, because there is one point both

:10:35. > :10:41.This week's vote is a massive choice, an irreversible

:10:42. > :10:49.After a sombre three-day pause, this referendum campaign

:10:50. > :10:54.is back at full pelt, and soon you will have your say.

:10:55. > :10:56.British MP, Jo Cox, was remembered today with a memorial service

:10:57. > :10:58.in the town of Birstall in West Yorkshire, where

:10:59. > :11:04.Our correspondent Ed Thomas was there.

:11:05. > :11:09.It is four days since this town lost its MP.

:11:10. > :11:15.A husband a wife, two young children a mother.

:11:16. > :11:20.A place for people to reflect, on Jo Cox' life

:11:21. > :11:30.She represented love and peace for all the religions,

:11:31. > :11:32.it did not matter what colour or creed you are.

:11:33. > :11:38.I hope it brings the community together and that her memory lives

:11:39. > :11:45.on and that what she fought for people continue to fight for.

:11:46. > :11:52.Today, she was remembered at St Peter's Anglican Church

:11:53. > :11:58.in Birstall, the town she served, the place she called home.

:11:59. > :12:04.Her humanity was powerful and compelling.

:12:05. > :12:08.We would do well to recognise her as an amazing example,

:12:09. > :12:31.Today, this message from Brendan Cox, her husband.

:12:32. > :12:39.Already, a memorial fund in her name has raised more than ?600,000.

:12:40. > :12:44.What is striking here is not just the number of flowers that have been

:12:45. > :12:46.brought down, it is the messages that come with them.

:12:47. > :12:52.They are personal, genuine, and they tell the story of how

:12:53. > :13:03.Somebody who represented everybody, what Britain was really about,

:13:04. > :13:06.and somebody who could represent what Britain should be about.

:13:07. > :13:12.Tomorrow, Parliament will be recalled, MPs from all sides

:13:13. > :13:15.will come together to speak of a friend and colleague.

:13:16. > :13:31.Stay with us on BBC News, still to come:

:13:32. > :13:35.Going underground - Is this festival in an Icelandic

:13:36. > :14:23.# Down, down, floating down the river.

:14:24. > :14:31.A day old, the royal baby is sleeping tonight in his could the at

:14:32. > :14:37.home. Earlier today he was taken by his mother and father to the Palace.

:14:38. > :14:41.The real focus of attention was the world's first woman cosmonaut. What

:14:42. > :14:45.do you think of the first woman in space I think it is a wonderful

:14:46. > :14:49.achievement. I might be able to persuade the wife, if I could, to

:14:50. > :14:59.get her to go up there for a little while. This is BBC News world News

:15:00. > :15:05.Today. Here are our main headlines: Aid workers in rye rack have warned

:15:06. > :15:08.that a-up tearian disaster sun following, following a mass exodus

:15:09. > :15:13.of civilians from the city of Falluja. -- --

:15:14. > :15:16.Aid workers in Iraq have warned that a humanitarian disaster is unfolding

:15:17. > :15:19.following a mass exodus of civilians from the city of Falluja.

:15:20. > :15:21.Karl Schkembri from the Noreegian Refugee Counil explained to me

:15:22. > :15:22.the difficulties faced by the displaced people.

:15:23. > :15:29.The thousands who have gone out of Falluja in their droves now are

:15:30. > :15:32.obviously exhausted. They have walked for long hours and they are

:15:33. > :15:37.hungry, they are thirsty. They need shelt and were text and they need

:15:38. > :15:42.medicine and we are lacking a bit of everything. We are running out of

:15:43. > :15:47.safe drinking water, food is running out. There are no tents for many of

:15:48. > :15:53.them. Thousands are staying out in the scorching heat, in the sun,

:15:54. > :15:59.sleeping out in the open in the middle of nowhere and apocalyptic

:16:00. > :16:03.scenarios where sand is unavoidable and I have met handicapped people,

:16:04. > :16:07.pregnant women, children, who are totally totally exhausted and it is

:16:08. > :16:11.unacceptable that they have just fled from one humanitarian disaster

:16:12. > :16:16.and stepping into another one. You describe a very desperate scene. Why

:16:17. > :16:20.is it that we have this situation, because we knew the government was

:16:21. > :16:29.going to go into Falluja, didn't we? Indeed. We have been warning about

:16:30. > :16:33.the unfolding disaster even before we had this mass exodus of at least

:16:34. > :16:39.30,000 people in just about three days. The problem is that the local

:16:40. > :16:42.authorities, the government and the United Nations need to step in and

:16:43. > :16:48.we need international donors to fund this will emergency. We are running

:16:49. > :16:55.out of funding. Iran has a croppies displacement problem. We have been

:16:56. > :17:02.seeing millions, now - over 3.3 million Iraqis since the beginning

:17:03. > :17:07.of this year and the funding has only covered less than 30%. Now on

:17:08. > :17:12.top of all that, we have Falluja and soon we are going to have other

:17:13. > :17:17.places. This is not going to end and we have been to the government and

:17:18. > :17:22.it the international community and to international governments, our

:17:23. > :17:26.appeal is you cannot forget the thousands of civilians, after you

:17:27. > :17:27.have just retaken Falluja, you cannot abandon them there in the

:17:28. > :17:31.middle of nowhere. British scientists are leading

:17:32. > :17:37.an international mission to reveal the secrets of the deep Atlantic

:17:38. > :17:43.Ocean. The ATLAS project -

:17:44. > :17:45.which involves teams from around the world -

:17:46. > :17:47.will spend four years exploring unknown ecosystems and measuring

:17:48. > :17:50.the changing ocean currents - as our science correspondent

:17:51. > :17:57.Victoria Gill explains. Half a mile beneath the surface of

:17:58. > :18:02.the ocean and teeming with life. But this is far from tropical waters,

:18:03. > :18:07.it's the chilly Atlantic off Britain's North coast. It is just a

:18:08. > :18:12.glimpse of the hidden treasures that a new scientific endeavour is

:18:13. > :18:15.setting out to explore. At ATLAS project is an international

:18:16. > :18:22.four-year mission into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean ATLAS is the

:18:23. > :18:26.biggest project looking at deep Atlantic eco-systems ever

:18:27. > :18:31.undertaken, by working through the plan we have, we will have a better

:18:32. > :18:35.understand of how eco-systems function in the deep ocean and will

:18:36. > :18:41.have a better understanding of them in the feature. This involves 24

:18:42. > :18:45.institutions around the North at loan tivenlingt 25 vessels will go

:18:46. > :18:49.out to explore over a dozen deep sites throughout the ocean. As on

:18:50. > :18:54.island nation our seas seem so familiar. The coast is so much a

:18:55. > :18:58.part of our lives but you only have to go about 100 miles offshore

:18:59. > :19:02.before there are areas that we know very, very little B and there are

:19:03. > :19:06.rich eco-systems out there already being impacted by climate change and

:19:07. > :19:10.that are already being explored by industries like fishing and oil and

:19:11. > :19:14.gas extraction. Pick up the GPS every time it comes to the surface

:19:15. > :19:18.and it'll send the data back to Scotland. As well as working from

:19:19. > :19:22.research vessels, scientists will use remote devices to take

:19:23. > :19:27.continuous measurements of ocean chemistry and currents that affect

:19:28. > :19:30.our climate. These can remain at see for months at a time, gathering

:19:31. > :19:36.information that researchers say is needed urgently Humans are having a

:19:37. > :19:38.large impact on the planet. Until we can make the fundamental

:19:39. > :19:41.measurements to understand how they are sustained and evolving, we have

:19:42. > :19:47.no chance of managing our natural resources. The vast majority of the

:19:48. > :19:53.ocean remains unexplored, undiscovered. This mission aims to

:19:54. > :19:55.address that in the Atlantic, before we exploit eco-systems we don't yet

:19:56. > :20:05.understand. We start at Euro 2016

:20:06. > :20:12.where the final two matches The hosts France are playing

:20:13. > :20:16.Switzerland in Lille. Only France from this group are sure

:20:17. > :20:19.of their place in the knockout stages but the top spot in the Group

:20:20. > :20:24.is still up for grabs. Plenty of chances for France but it

:20:25. > :20:31.is gill goalless there. Romania and Albania are playing

:20:32. > :20:33.in the other game in Lyon, only And an error by the Romanian

:20:34. > :20:38.goalkeeper allowed Albania Nico Rosberg has extended his lead

:20:39. > :20:42.at the top of the Formula One Championship to 24 points over

:20:43. > :20:44.Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton after winning the inaugural F1

:20:45. > :20:46.race in Azerbaijan. Rosberg started on pole

:20:47. > :20:49.and led throughout the race to claim his fifth win

:20:50. > :20:51.of the season. Ferrari's Sebastien Vettel

:20:52. > :20:53.finished as runner up with Force India's Sergio Perez back

:20:54. > :20:57.on the podium for the second Defending champion Lewis Hamilton

:20:58. > :21:02.finished fifth. The leaders have begun their final

:21:03. > :21:05.rounds at the US Open in Oakmont. Ireland's Shane Lowry had a four

:21:06. > :21:15.shot lead at 7-under par They teed off just under an hour ago

:21:16. > :21:18.but that lead has been halved. Dustin Johnson, the American

:21:19. > :21:22.searching for his first Major, birdied the second hole. And Lee

:21:23. > :21:25.Westwood has dropped two shots today, he slipped back to level par.

:21:26. > :21:30.The 7th and deciding game of the NBA Finals takes place in Oakland later

:21:31. > :21:33.as the Golden State Warriors host the Cleveland Cavaliers.

:21:34. > :21:35.The Warriors had led 3-1 in the series, it's now 3-all.

:21:36. > :21:41.No side has ever won after being 3-1 down in a series.

:21:42. > :21:50.I came back for a reason, to bring the Championship to the city of

:21:51. > :21:54.Cleveland to the north East Ohio and all Cavalier fans in the world. That

:21:55. > :21:59.has been my goal. I don't want to add too much more pressure on T I

:22:00. > :22:03.will go out and trust what I have been able to do, the work I have put

:22:04. > :22:06.into it and my team-mates have put into it and you go out there and see

:22:07. > :22:09.what happens. I don't feel any extra pressure,

:22:10. > :22:15.which is good. I just understand and want to enjoy the moment because

:22:16. > :22:21.growing up as a baseball fan, you kind of put yourself in so many game

:22:22. > :22:23.to win the finals in several situations, playing with your

:22:24. > :22:30.friends and stuff and this is my first crack at T so excited about

:22:31. > :22:35.it. I understand we have had two sub-par games and we need it make a

:22:36. > :22:43.couple of adjustments but we are capable of doing that. And resilient

:22:44. > :22:46.baseball team that is ready for the opportunity. And that's what I'm

:22:47. > :22:50.confident in. A huge night ahead in the NBA.

:22:51. > :22:53.That's all the sport for now. Back to you. Thank you very much.

:22:54. > :22:55.This weekend has seen the world's first ever

:22:56. > :23:00.live music performance, inside a volcano.

:23:01. > :23:02.It was part of a festival being held in Iceland,

:23:03. > :23:05.and an attempt by organisers to stand out in the crowded

:23:06. > :23:14.Chi Chi Izundu reports from the Thrinnukagigur volcano.

:23:15. > :23:17.Not your average journey to a festival.

:23:18. > :23:20.For this gig there are only two ways to get to the venue.

:23:21. > :23:25.A hike across lava fields with the changeable Icelandic

:23:26. > :23:30.weather or, if you can afford it, a short flight.

:23:31. > :23:40.The price for this exclusivity, ?1,400.

:23:41. > :23:44.The 20 tickets made available sold out in just ten days.

:23:45. > :23:46.This volcano erupted 4,500 years ago, but they only allowed

:23:47. > :23:53.the public to have access five years ago.

:23:54. > :23:58.The journey to get to this part is via this special lift.

:23:59. > :24:03.It would be the same nearly as me scaling Big Ben one

:24:04. > :24:10.# Down, down, down, floating down a river...

:24:11. > :24:14.Over the last decade, the explosion of festivals means

:24:15. > :24:22.Annually, tens of thousands happen across Europe alone.

:24:23. > :24:25.With the summer spent going from one to another, even this

:24:26. > :24:31.When I was asked to do this, my first thought was, when will

:24:32. > :24:51.But with the hefty price tag, was it worth it?

:24:52. > :24:53.Even not knowing what bands were performing, I knew

:24:54. > :24:59.Also to be part of something for the first time obviously merited it.

:25:00. > :25:04.I don't want to leave, I will stay down here!

:25:05. > :25:07.Events like this are not cheap to put on either, so it does not

:25:08. > :25:16.The rapid deterioration of the weather meant

:25:17. > :25:31.But the storm did not dampen spirits.

:25:32. > :25:38.Snr a selfie a must on a volcano. The top stories: Aid workers in Iraq

:25:39. > :25:42.have warned of a honourable member tearian disaster in the wake of a

:25:43. > :25:46.mass exodus of civilians from the city of Falluja. Over the past few

:25:47. > :25:50.days, tens of thousands of people have fled, as Government forces

:25:51. > :25:51.drove back fighters from the so-called Islamic State group.

:25:52. > :26:16.That's it from me. Goodbye for now. Good evening. Eastern areas enjoyed

:26:17. > :26:17.the best of the Father's Day sunshine and