:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, this is BBC World News today, with me Karin Giannone.
:00:07. > :00:10.On the programme today - the husband of the British MP Jo Cox
:00:11. > :00:19.speaks about her killing for the first time:
:00:20. > :00:27.It is seen as a symbol for something much bigger. A sense of creating
:00:28. > :00:29.more compassion and more love in the world. The thing I do not want to
:00:30. > :00:36.lose if she was also their mum. Brendan Cox pays his
:00:37. > :00:38.tribute to his wife - and talks about the grief
:00:39. > :00:40.which her death has caused Just 36 hours to go before
:00:41. > :00:45.the UK's EU Referendum - we'll look at how the rival camps
:00:46. > :00:48.are trying to win over voters - and reveal what Britain's EU
:00:49. > :00:51.neighbours think of the debate. The International Olympic Committee
:00:52. > :00:53.confirms that Russian track and field athletes WILL be banned
:00:54. > :00:55.from the Rio Games - after allegations of
:00:56. > :00:58.state-sponsored doping. We'll reveal just what it takes
:00:59. > :01:02.to persuade the Pope to open The husband of the British Labour MP
:01:03. > :01:28.Jo Cox, who died last week after being shot and stabbed
:01:29. > :01:30.in her constituency, has spoken publicly for the first
:01:31. > :01:36.time about her terrible loss. He told the BBC he believes
:01:37. > :01:38.she died because of her He talks movingly to the BBC's
:01:39. > :01:43.Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg about his wife, the grief
:01:44. > :01:46.of their children and the outpouring of love from the public
:01:47. > :01:49.at her sudden death. The public reaction has been off
:01:50. > :01:53.the scale and the two things I have been very focused on is how do
:01:54. > :02:00.we support and protect the children and how do we make sure something
:02:01. > :02:06.good comes out of this? And, what the public
:02:07. > :02:12.support and outpouring of love around this does,
:02:13. > :02:15.it is it also helps the children see that what they are feeling,
:02:16. > :02:23.other people are feeling. The grief they feel isn't abnormal,
:02:24. > :02:27.that they feel it more acutely, more painfully and more personally,
:02:28. > :02:32.but actually, their mother was someone who was loved
:02:33. > :02:36.by lots of people and therefore it's OK to be upset and it's OK for them
:02:37. > :02:41.to cry and be sad about it. And the reason I wanted to speak
:02:42. > :02:45.today was just to thank the public, who have been incredible
:02:46. > :03:14.in response to this. What will you sell your children
:03:15. > :03:18.about her as they grow up? One of the things from the public reaction
:03:19. > :03:23.is she is being seen as a symbol for something bigger, a sense of
:03:24. > :03:32.creating more compassion and smart blob in the world. The thing I do
:03:33. > :03:37.not want to lose if she was also their mum. -- more love in the
:03:38. > :03:43.world. As well as the political memory and the symbolism I do not
:03:44. > :03:49.want them to forget that. Was she worried about the current political
:03:50. > :03:54.culture? Definitely, and from left and right. She was worried that the
:03:55. > :03:59.language was becoming more course and people were being driven to take
:04:00. > :04:06.more extreme positions. I think she worried we were entering an age that
:04:07. > :04:16.we have not seen maybe since the 1930s of people feeling insecure for
:04:17. > :04:21.lots of reasons, economic or security, and then populist
:04:22. > :04:26.politicians, whether Donald Trump in the USA or whoever else, exploiting
:04:27. > :04:34.bat and diving communities to hate each other. This has happened is
:04:35. > :04:39.when Britain is engaged in a big conversation about our place in the
:04:40. > :04:44.world and Europe. We know she was clearly bursting in the EU but what
:04:45. > :04:51.did she make of how the conversation was being conducted. -- she was
:04:52. > :04:56.clearly for staying in. She was a passionate pro-European and worried
:04:57. > :04:59.about the tone of the debate is, not that it is not a legitimate debate
:05:00. > :05:06.and there is legitimate views on both sides but more about the tone
:05:07. > :05:12.of whipping up fears and is whipping up hatreds. Do you want it now about
:05:13. > :05:20.people using her in political debates? Boost -- do you worry now.
:05:21. > :05:25.She was a politician with strong political views and I believe she
:05:26. > :05:30.was killed because of those views. She died because of them and she
:05:31. > :05:38.would want to stand up for those, in death as much as she did in life.
:05:39. > :05:45.And what will you remember? I will remember with someone --
:05:46. > :05:49.someone was incredible energy, joy, about living life and no regrets
:05:50. > :06:00.about how she lived her life. She met the world would love -- with
:06:01. > :06:07.love. Both for her children and family but also people she did know.
:06:08. > :06:12.She was not perfect but she just wanted to make the world a better
:06:13. > :06:19.place and contributes and we love her very much.
:06:20. > :06:22.It's been one of the most divisive and hard-fought campaigns
:06:23. > :06:24.Britain has ever seen - but it's almost time
:06:25. > :06:28.There are just 36 hours to go before the UK votes on its referendum
:06:29. > :06:31.to decide if it will stay in, or leave, the European Union.
:06:32. > :06:34.In just under an hour's time one of the biggest debates
:06:35. > :06:36.of the campaign takes place at London's Wembley Arena.
:06:37. > :06:40.Leading figures from the Remain and Leave campaigns are among
:06:41. > :06:48.John Pienaar reports on the day's developements.
:06:49. > :06:55.Where this thing comes out you know it's serious. The campaign has been
:06:56. > :06:59.called the bad that seek leave and heads for remain. David Cameron
:07:00. > :07:05.today played on both, saying don't risk the economy.
:07:06. > :07:10.It will just be you in the polling booths. Taking a decision that will
:07:11. > :07:17.affect your future, your children's future, your grandchildren's future.
:07:18. > :07:23.It is stronger if we stay, if we believe we put it at the risk and
:07:24. > :07:27.that is no going back. Remain campaigners say Black Friday
:07:28. > :07:33.could see the pound and shares tumble if we vote out. Its format
:07:34. > :07:41.camera adviser says he is struggling and was one years ago -- the warned
:07:42. > :07:45.years ago immigration would never be under control.
:07:46. > :07:50.It is amazing to see Cameron wheeled out by panicky spin doctors which is
:07:51. > :07:54.ever imagine they have lost economic and immigration arguments. As we
:07:55. > :07:59.were warned in Government many years ago it was impossible to meet
:08:00. > :08:02.targets on immigration as long as we were in the EU.
:08:03. > :08:08.Leaders believe they are the ones who draw the crowds. Attacks from
:08:09. > :08:11.Nigel Farage on migration strictly sour note with opponents, but he
:08:12. > :08:18.does not care. This is what people will vote on in
:08:19. > :08:26.the referendum. Getting back control of our borders and using pressure on
:08:27. > :08:33.public services. Frankly, I do not care where the doctor loss has came
:08:34. > :08:37.from. I value the skills, dedication and professionalism. Our NHS is an
:08:38. > :08:41.example of what people working together can achieve.
:08:42. > :08:44.Tonight the drivers have arrived at Wembley covering up for the last big
:08:45. > :08:55.debate of the campaign. Boris Johnson, and Sadiq Khan. We have
:08:56. > :08:58.heard the arguments, free of the economy and worry about mass
:08:59. > :09:02.migration. It is not about who can reach the most hearts and minds.
:09:03. > :09:09.Tonight and ended the final hours of campaigning. -- in the final hours.
:09:10. > :09:12.Well my colleague Ros Atkins is at Wembley arena and has been
:09:13. > :09:14.speaking to one of the UK's leading experts on polling.
:09:15. > :09:22.This is looking as though it will be extremely tight, which could go to
:09:23. > :09:26.the wire. If the polls are right at all, it looks as though it will be
:09:27. > :09:37.something very close to 50-50. The most recent poll with the remain,
:09:38. > :09:41.50, leave freshly. We had a couple of other polls slightly different
:09:42. > :09:50.but the corrective message is it is a very tight race. -- most of the
:09:51. > :09:56.polls say it is a very tight race. The secret of the exit poll is by
:09:57. > :10:02.going to the same polling stations as we went to five years previously.
:10:03. > :10:09.That enables us to compare results polling station by polling station
:10:10. > :10:14.between elections and enables us to overcome a difficulty which is we
:10:15. > :10:20.don't count, vote at individual polling stations, we bring them to a
:10:21. > :10:26.single place. It is difficult to know that each polling station is
:10:27. > :10:30.representative. By doing it this way we get around that problem but you
:10:31. > :10:35.cannot do it for the referendum because there is no previous boat.
:10:36. > :10:40.I feel what the media there is the risk of an echo chamber with poles.
:10:41. > :10:45.The narrative last week was it was good for leave and this week it is
:10:46. > :10:52.things are getting better for remain, we saw the pound surging. If
:10:53. > :10:59.some of the narrative be media is telling accurate?
:11:00. > :11:04.The first thing to say is the remarkable stability of opinion
:11:05. > :11:09.polls. For most of the referendum the Poles have literally and
:11:10. > :11:18.consistently said 54 remain, 54 leave. Polls over the telephone
:11:19. > :11:23.slightly different but pimping inconsistent picture. That has been
:11:24. > :11:33.less stable over the past few weeks -- painting and -- painting a
:11:34. > :11:37.picture. That doesn't seem to have reversed a bit but we're certainly
:11:38. > :11:43.not in a position where the beam inside look as strong as they did
:11:44. > :11:48.two weeks ago. The poll that just came out, by telephone, until very
:11:49. > :11:53.recently every telephone pole with remain ahead and now even the
:11:54. > :11:59.telephone polls are saying it was very close, albeit with remain may
:12:00. > :12:07.be slightly ahead. Internet polls saying believe may be slightly
:12:08. > :12:11.ahead. It this tighter and it was an appropriate remain has made since
:12:12. > :12:13.bad polls last week is not quite of the character for us to be sure they
:12:14. > :12:20.will one. -- will win. So - the UK gets to vote,
:12:21. > :12:23.but the whole of the European Union will have to deal with
:12:24. > :12:25.the consequences, The campaign here has been fought
:12:26. > :12:28.on two main issues, Here's the view from our
:12:29. > :12:46.correspondents in three of the most Germany does not want Britain to
:12:47. > :12:51.leave the EU. There is genuine alarm among politicians and Berlin that
:12:52. > :12:56.the Brexit is a possibility. Do not expect to get much from them because
:12:57. > :13:00.there is also a concern that recent German interventions have been
:13:01. > :13:04.interpreted by British voters as interference. The majority of
:13:05. > :13:09.Germans are frustrated and perplexed by the referendum debate. A recent
:13:10. > :13:18.poll found around 80% of Germans think regs it is a bad idea. There
:13:19. > :13:22.are obvious reasons. -- think Brexit is bad. Germany considers Britain to
:13:23. > :13:27.a be ported political and economic ally. There are strong ties between
:13:28. > :13:33.the two countries, such as a car industry. If Britain leaves that is
:13:34. > :13:40.a concern other member states may seek concessions or even head for
:13:41. > :13:45.the door. People in Poland are watching the
:13:46. > :13:52.referendum closely. It affects so many Polish families. They are about
:13:53. > :13:57.850,000 polls in the UK, making them the largest non-British nationality.
:13:58. > :14:01.The worst thing for them is the uncertainty. Especially those who
:14:02. > :14:05.have not lived in Britain long enough to claim permanent residency.
:14:06. > :14:11.The fact is no one knows what working conditions would be like for
:14:12. > :14:16.polls after a Brexit vote. It Poles desire to lead Britain may reduce
:14:17. > :14:24.the amount of cash they send to families. That is the $1 billion a
:14:25. > :14:28.year. -- desire to leave Britain. If they come home that could be good
:14:29. > :14:32.news for Pollard as pollen has a rapidly ageing society and a
:14:33. > :14:40.shortage of skilled workers. -- good news for Portland. Here in Athens,
:14:41. > :14:47.where less than a year ago they were in a similar position with the EU.
:14:48. > :14:52.Most people here will tell you that if they have the chance they would
:14:53. > :14:57.vote for a Brexit. Given the state of the economy and markets there is
:14:58. > :15:00.a real fear here that if Britain then leave the EU it could have a
:15:01. > :15:06.massive financial impact on ordinary people. There is also a fear that if
:15:07. > :15:10.one country is seen to leave it could have a domino effect on
:15:11. > :15:14.countries like Greece and the entire European project could tear apart
:15:15. > :15:20.and back, they tell me, is the problem. Even the most Eurosceptic
:15:21. > :15:23.people and police feel they have sacrificed so much already to stay
:15:24. > :15:33.in Europe they do not want to find themselves accidentally falling out.
:15:34. > :15:35.-- people here at field. -- people here feel.
:15:36. > :15:38.This is the scene live at Wembley now, where the BBC's Great Debate
:15:39. > :15:41.High profile politicians, business leaders and cultural
:15:42. > :15:44.experts will be speaking in front of a live audience of thousands -
:15:45. > :15:47.and it will all be broadcast live on BBC News, both here in the UK
:15:48. > :15:59.and around the world, starting from 1900 GMT.
:16:00. > :16:02.The International Olympic Committee, has confirmed that Russian track
:16:03. > :16:04.and field athletes will be banned from this year's Rio Games.
:16:05. > :16:08.Last week, the governing body of world athletics, the IAAF,
:16:09. > :16:12.decided not to lift a suspension imposed on Russia,
:16:13. > :16:18.following allegations of state-sponsored doping -
:16:19. > :16:20.The president of the Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach,
:16:21. > :16:23.said serious doubts have been raised on the presumption of innocence
:16:24. > :16:25.for athletes from Russia - and
:16:26. > :16:45.Each athlete coming from these two countries will have to declare the
:16:46. > :16:49.Mac declared ineligible, following an individual procedure and
:16:50. > :16:50.individual evaluation of the situation.
:16:51. > :16:52.Russia was of course quick to respond.
:16:53. > :16:54.Here's the general secretary of the Russian Athletics
:16:55. > :17:08.Please, find a compromise for clean athletics. We can organise anything
:17:09. > :17:13.against doping in athletics, for any criteria to organise such a
:17:14. > :17:18.procedure. In any case we should be sure that clean athletes can compete
:17:19. > :17:20.at the Olympics and other official competitions as well.
:17:21. > :17:22.Live now to Lausanne in Switzerland and our sport
:17:23. > :17:33.Is this the end of the presumption of innocence? Has everything been
:17:34. > :17:38.turned on its head? What we heard from Thomas Bach was it gets off
:17:39. > :17:44.message. The Olympic Games are only a few weeks away and his message
:17:45. > :17:56.was, as far as Russia and Kenny are concerned, they could be taking no
:17:57. > :18:00.chances. -- Russia and Kenya. The weird individuals wanting to go to
:18:01. > :18:05.Russia and Kenya in any sport must be evaluated by the International
:18:06. > :18:10.Federation before they are given permission. -- any individuals
:18:11. > :18:14.wanting to go. What we will have in the next few weeks are a battle
:18:15. > :18:21.between Russia, who are still very much hoping their track and field
:18:22. > :18:26.stars will be able to go to Rio, and the IAAF and it will be played out
:18:27. > :18:30.that the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest legal body for
:18:31. > :18:34.sporting disputes. We heard from the Russians and they will lodge appeals
:18:35. > :18:41.from the Olympic Committee and individuals. But the IAAF are
:18:42. > :18:45.seemingly in line saying, as it stands, you cannot go and compete
:18:46. > :18:51.and only a small number of Russians, outside the Russian testing regime,
:18:52. > :18:55.then go and must compete under a Russian flag. The Russians will not
:18:56. > :18:59.take this lying down and they still see each and indicating that in the
:19:00. > :19:02.courts. Russian state TB was sounding very
:19:03. > :19:09.upbeat and reporting outcome. Potentially it could have been
:19:10. > :19:13.worse. -- Russian state TV. That plays into the Russian narrative,
:19:14. > :19:17.this argument of collective responsibility. They feel they are
:19:18. > :19:23.being collectively punished against individual justice. Is it the right
:19:24. > :19:26.clean athletes, people not tested positive, are denied an opportunity
:19:27. > :19:31.to go to the Olympic Games because of the actions of others? That is
:19:32. > :19:39.the argument Russia is putting forward. Today, what they got was
:19:40. > :19:43.effectively the hope, a slim hope they can pursue this through the
:19:44. > :19:48.courts. Thomas Bach saying he is waiting for these appeals to go
:19:49. > :19:52.through and it will be in their hands and the International
:19:53. > :19:57.federations to decide on that basis. But we understand IAAF are sticking
:19:58. > :20:02.to their guns and Russia have not fill the criteria requested of them
:20:03. > :20:06.to come back into international competition and it will be the Court
:20:07. > :20:10.of arbitration in sport that will have a big final say in this.
:20:11. > :20:12.The International Criminal Court has sentenced the former Congolese
:20:13. > :20:14.vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba to eighteen years in
:20:15. > :20:17.prison for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
:20:18. > :20:20.The atrocities were carried out in the neighbouring Central African
:20:21. > :20:30.republic by his private army nearly fifteen years ago.
:20:31. > :20:38.Jean-Pierre Bemba, now the RC vice president now an international court
:20:39. > :20:44.convict. He was sent into 18 years in prison for failing to stop put
:20:45. > :20:51.under his command killing, routing and reaping in the Central African
:20:52. > :20:57.Republic in 2002 and 2003. The chamber convicted under article 28
:20:58. > :21:04.AA as a person effectively acting as a military commander who knew that
:21:05. > :21:07.forces under his effective authority and control were commenting about to
:21:08. > :21:15.commit the crimes against humanity of murder and rape and the war
:21:16. > :21:19.crimes of murder, rape and pillaging. Before pronouncing the
:21:20. > :21:23.sentence the judge detailed a lasting trauma inflicted on rape
:21:24. > :21:28.victims, many of which were young girls. This trial mark the first
:21:29. > :21:33.time the court focuses on rape as a weapon of war and the first time a
:21:34. > :21:39.defendant is held directly responsible for war crimes committed
:21:40. > :21:43.by his subordinates. Jean-Pierre Bemba, who created his
:21:44. > :21:48.rebel group, the movement for the liberation of Congo, with the
:21:49. > :21:53.support of Uganda in 1998, sent 1000 offers trips to the central African
:21:54. > :22:01.Republic between October 2002 and March 2003 to support the country's
:22:02. > :22:05.reader. -- said over 1000 troops. During this time his forces are
:22:06. > :22:12.accused of leading a widespread attack against civilians. Some of
:22:13. > :22:14.his supporters argue he was not in the Central African Republic when
:22:15. > :22:21.the crimes were committed and the troops were answering to the orders
:22:22. > :22:26.of the flight-mac authorities. His lawyers will appeal the court 's
:22:27. > :22:30.decision, he said. -- answering to the orders of the flight-mac
:22:31. > :22:35.authorities. They were hoping he would be freed in time for the
:22:36. > :22:38.presidential election schedule in November. It is now clear that will
:22:39. > :22:50.not happen. On top of the sentence today, Thomas -- Jean-Pierre Bemba
:22:51. > :22:54.will have to answer further charges. Breaking news, reports from Libya
:22:55. > :23:06.saying 20 people have been killed in an explosion at and -- ammunitions
:23:07. > :23:10.install. The explosion happened with local people entered the abandoned
:23:11. > :23:20.base. It is not clear what triggered the blast. French police have
:23:21. > :23:25.arrested several Polish football fans after trouble in Marseille
:23:26. > :23:30.after the Euro 2016 football match. Using tear gas and batons they broke
:23:31. > :23:36.up fight in the port area. On the pitch, Poland won their game against
:23:37. > :23:44.Ukraine one - nil. Germany topped the group with the one - zero win
:23:45. > :23:48.over Northern Ireland, who finished third.
:23:49. > :23:51.Today, June the 21st is the longest day of the year
:23:52. > :23:55.The date has long been part of celebrations, with Stonehenge,
:23:56. > :23:57.which has stood in the West of England for thousands of years,
:23:58. > :24:04.the traditional gathering place here in the UK.
:24:05. > :24:08.Many of the people who went took part in Druid ceremonies,
:24:09. > :24:10.harking back to the days before the Romans invaded Britain.
:24:11. > :24:14.The UK is not of course the only place where the longest -
:24:15. > :24:16.or if you're in the Southern Hemisphere, shortest -
:24:17. > :24:18.day was marked - we particularly liked this image from Macedonia,
:24:19. > :24:20.at the Kokino Megalithic Observatory.
:24:21. > :24:22.However, while June the 21st is best known as the Solstice,
:24:23. > :24:25.it's also been given a more modern event to mark.
:24:26. > :24:26.It's National Selfie Day, in America, at least.
:24:27. > :24:29.Taking a photo of yourself at roughly arm's length is now
:24:30. > :24:32.so popular, the selfie-sharing site Instagram has just celebrated having
:24:33. > :24:35.So just why are we so keen to keep taking and uploading
:24:36. > :24:39.Our North America Technology Correspondent Dave Lee has been
:24:40. > :24:40.asking Instagram's co-founder and chief executive,
:24:41. > :24:51.People like to thank self is are new but if you look at history of Art,
:24:52. > :24:57.what is one of the largest formats? The portrait. -- like to think. Just
:24:58. > :25:03.now everyone can be an artist and capture lives. Do you think
:25:04. > :25:07.Instagram has taken the mantle of being the celebrity social network
:25:08. > :25:13.of choice? I would say it was Twitter previously but now
:25:14. > :25:17.celebrities seem to congregate on Instagram.
:25:18. > :25:21.Sure, there are a lot of celebrities on Instagram because celebrities
:25:22. > :25:26.know they can, to Instagram and have an audience. I mean, the Pope
:25:27. > :25:36.recently joined Instagram. We flew over to Vatican and sat with him.
:25:37. > :25:42.You pitched the Pope? You have too. I pitched that Instagram is the new
:25:43. > :25:50.way of communicating. If you want to get in touch I am on
:25:51. > :25:54.Twitter and we are also on Facebook. Stay with us for the great debate
:25:55. > :26:09.taking place in just over half an hour. Thanks for watching.
:26:10. > :26:16.Thunderstorms are going to develop across northern France through the
:26:17. > :26:19.latter part of Wednesday. Same for Thursday and Friday. With the winds
:26:20. > :26:20.backing this will drag