a referendum on the issue in june. there are less than 24 hour until a judge is due to rule on partial demolition in calais. charities arguing that 2,000

home.be left without a a temporary cease-fire unveiled syria. vladimir putin and president obama coming together to back a to begin at the weekend. let's start in the u.k. leaving the european union would leap into the dark, the warning from the british prime minister as he asked parliament issue onerendum on the june 23. david cameron spoke more than two hours and is expected to of opposition to the -- great britain the e.u. in

more with our correspondent in london. david cameron, he's in an interesting position, isn't he? a's never obliged to offer referendum on leaving europe. he did so freely and is now britain's place in the european union. he's put himself in a complicated position. pointd he argue that today? reporter: well, yes, thank you your question. basically, you're quite right. he did so freely but not completely freely. the point is that this is a prime minister who first didn't an election outright. you have to be in a liberal coalition. he then, to everybody's surprise, including his own and managed to win the general election last may and clinchers, he believes, is the fact that he promised the british people on whether the united kingdom would

or within a reformed e.u. leave. others have promised referendums and never delivered them. reason he's done this is because of the threat posed electorally. how did he defend it today? it was an impassioned prime minister we witness who had initially made a statement to of commons this afternoon and he then answered questions for more than two from all kinds of m.p.'s both within his own party and the opposition. of course, finds himself in the extraordinary position of trying not the opposition benches, mostly populated by the labour party and the scottish national party, both pro european and who mainly will vote, particularly the labour party, to stay within the e.u., but within his own party, that divides thee, that united kingdom and splits very much a conservative party.

know seven ministers in his voteet have said they will for the united kingdom to leave the e.u. and we think we know least 100 m.p.'s out of the 326 will vote within the conservative party to exit, as well. pound brexit causing the a lot of problems today. its lowest level against the years.in over seven other partynd the essential to the debate, the mayor of london, boris johnson. how influential could his endorsement of leaving the e.u. end up being? reporter: it's finally we've got that decision late last night with 100 journalists surrounding of johnson, the mayor london, charismatic and influential mayor of london, and really, it is to some, a surprise that he has come out on

campaign. apparently, according to british papers, he was wooed by the aciddualy offered the job of foreign secretary or home secretary. would he influence voters? we're already seeing some findings, apart from the fact that it may have played a part in the fall of the pound today, a possible brexit and polls i should point out are divided and who will win the 23rd of june referendum, the inners or outers but there is no doubt that boris johnson is influencing people. seeing apparently a third of people saying that the fact that boris johnson is saying he will vote and campaign to exit the e.u., he doesn't believe the deal is worth the written on, and that britain needs to claim back its will influence people. four months of campaign, a lot can change and in the end, the politicians, like everybody else, have one vote.

and the people who will decide are the british people so on june 23, we will know whether a brexit or for the united kingdom to stay in a their prime. as minister, david cameron, wants them to do. catherine: thanks so much, reporting from london. shoreid cameron tries to up support for remaining in the correspondent has been looking at one issue growing in importance in the debate, security. reporter: starting by working ian duncan smith plans to spend the next four months persuading the british to brexit. a the secretary of state for work and pensions and former leader hase party said staying in the e.u. is a security risk. open border does not allow us to check and control people that may come and may time. you see what happened in paris where they spent ages planning

and plotting so who's to say it's not beyond the reach of man that those might be thinking that. reporter: the shang schengen means passports are checked at british borders. questions,.p.'s david cameron said if a brexit happens, britain would lose an important source of intelligence from european neighbors. mr. cameron: if we leave the will we have the power to insist european countries share with us their security information? reporter: the head of europol said britain would be worse off found itself outside and isolated. >> to take that infrastructure design inhelped to the last 40 years, if you take that away, it would make the harder, i think, to protect the citizens from threats of terrorism and

organized crime. reporter: the economy, migration, sovereignty and now security has become a major in-out debate before the referendum on june 23 catherine: charity works at the , cale migrant campaign, ais. interior minister insisted the clearance would be carried out in what he called a humanitarian fashion. the prefect of calais to proceed this week with migrantsg all the living in the southern area of the moor. proceeding gradually, focusing on every moment of dialogue, persuasion and

to the migrants, and by increasing patrols, this will people,with respect for as we always have done for many months. : the charity is arguing that the numbers are underestimated by authorities. 300 say more than unaccompanied minors are among bee than 3,000 in total to evicted. the legal ruling is due to come in under 24 hours' time. the situation has left people living in the camp unsure of next. due reporter: this is their new migrants have been offered beds in these shipping shelters. turned into there is seating and windows so to some, living here is an improvement. overe jungle is so cold there, when we live here one week, here is so good.

we sleep somal and good. reporter: the so-called jungle where they used to live is being evacuated. 6,000 people were there in third are already gone. another third is being transferred out this week. are annoyed by the move. they came to calais to reach the u.k. the container shelter takes them farther away from the ferry port. prison for us. what do you in the container, we are not coming here to stay. to u.k.came here to go reporter: they say destroying the jungle does not end the migrants' ordeal. they headed to court to block the evacuation. on ruling is expected tuesday. catherine: the coast guard says it arrested 599 migrants off the of sicily at the weekend, picked up in the strait between

and tunisia. more than 100 have been transferred to a german vessel the europeann operation to combat human trafficking in the mediterranean. a temporary truce in syria has been announced for this weekend, the plan jointly backed by the united states and russia. presidents obama and putin spoke the phone earlier to discuss it. the main syrian opposition has that ita statement conditionally accepts the cease-fire. toties have until friday formally sign up to the deal. those parties don't include the group or extremist front. according to the secretary of the truce will reduce aid toe and allow more where it'sd to needed. more from our correspondent in beirut. reporter: allegedly to come into

friday damascus time only if the parties involved sign up to it by midday includes the that syrian government itself and the rebel groups. will's unclear now if it even happen at all and there's a lot of skepticism. of -- talks of cease-fires in the past and it's not clear it will even happen if it does, i mean, the language in proposal talks about proportionate measures allowed in cases of self defense for both sides, both the opposition and government. as we've seen from the past five years of war, the government is very good at the lines oren changing definitions as it will suit it. and also, most importantly, i that isis and the

are excluded.p russiaate september, claims it has only been attacking isis areas but as human rights groups and governments have said, that's clearly not true, they have attacked many civilian areas, beetimes it looks to deliberate, including schools and markets. cease-fire allows the much.s, it doesn't mean catherine: president bashar al-assad has called a parliamentary election for april 13, this news announced in official statement. moving on to india, there is officialsdelhi, as reached a deal with protestors to end the demonstration that had led to at least 16 deaths

and water being cut off in the indian capital. million people were left without their normal water supplies. reporter: delhi makes a deal after days of protests. sent in to take control of an important canal rural landowners cut off supply to the capital. andamaged by protestors repair work will have to be done. fromve dispatched a team the water board to assess the damage. reporter: at the heart of the jats, a dominant agricultural class who have seen livelihood decline after devastating droughts. angry mobs attacked the homes of regional ministers and torched railway stations. haveommunity leaders reached an agreement with the government to be given quotas jobs and education in exchange for calling off

protests. year's oscarss are fast approaching and ahead of this sunday's ceremony in los angeles, the director of one year's hottest pics, "the revenant," has been speaking to "france 24". alejandro gonzalez tells the 19th century trapper in the american wilderness. thatcritics are predicting leonardo dicaprio will bag his first academy award for the role. here's what the director had to say. >> he's afraid. he knows he'll find him. verye conditions were difficult, very hard. and the know, cold altitudes sometimes were very

every element of it, the logistics of putting this extremely to work was difficult, challenging. >> >> the safe thing to do is track course. >> like a bunch of god damn ducks. on out? i'm talking to you. >> all of us who embarked on this journey knew that we would be, you know, going after the wentty of what these guys through and the world that was was, at that time which you know, they didn't have air conditioner or they didn't have a nice clothes to cover and they nature, byened by animals, by other tribes and by portrayand we want to that and give the people that slice of beauty because it was a but very different world as we are living now.

film is in that visual, sensorial, emotional experience, more epic peoplerld i think most haven't seen. very funny to see how people think that he's doing this to get an oscar. dentist going to the office saying this guy wants to be awarded. job.t's his it's what he loves. being recognized with an award doesn't mean that's the meaning of things. >> the proper thing to do would quick.inish him off he's to be cared for as long as necessary. >> i understand. cinematic illusion.

magician sor is a that's what i do to make people believe and i think people will experience something differently experiencedey have in films recently. >> i'm not afraid to die anymore. i've done it already. catherine: a lot of people here looking forward to seeing that movie theaters this wednesday here in france. we will be covering the oscars sunday night into monday morning french time here on "france 24". can.ne in for that if you we'll move on with top business stories. hello, there. we have been having a lot of debate about whether the u.k. the european union or not. the markets certainly paying close attention to what's going in london. reporter: we have to be patient because we have about 190 more

this.f it's already called the boris effect. mayor, boris johnson, backed the brexit prominent push by david cameron to stay in the e.u. that led the pound to fall andnst the british dollar the euro. dollarg fell against the to a near seven-year low. the currency has already surrounded more than 4% against the u.s. dollar since january. jane foleyspoke to from rabobank to learn how significant the drop was. large andreally very the biggest one-day move since dayh 2009, and that on a when the dollar has been finding its feet, as well. it's starting off, as you say, really reflection that potentially on the cusp of a change in the political movement for the u.k. we're looking at about 190 days until the referendum.

this will be in the headlines won't go away any time soon. will this be a rough few months ahead? >> it certainly will be if we look at volatility. ofatility, just a measure how much sterling moves in any multi-yearose are highs so huge amount of movement and huge amounts of volatility predicted over the next few months and i think the market will really focus on opinion polls in the next few weeks, gaugeew months, to try to how far sterling could move. >> is simply having this debate the britishage economy? or could a weak sterling exporterse helpful to >> well, it certainly will be exporters and will lead potentially to imported inflammation, too. sterling, the u.k. economy is short of inflation. that would be a good thing but it would be the wrong type of inflation.

would much rather have demand-led inflation but it would lead to a boost for although it could also lead to a lack of investment due to the political uncertainty and be detrimental to growth. drop in the the pound reflecting uncertainty over britain's future. polls in the u.k. may be close but e.u. officials are largely opposed to the possibility of a brexit. the italian prime minister said drops out, it will be the u.k. that pays biggest price. a brexitnsequences of would be worse for english citizens than european citizens. we hope this won't happen but if ihad to predict a result, the u.k. leaves the e.u., it will be the e.u., its business to pay the biggest price. >> the largest gains we're basic so far are in

resources because of oil rallying so a lot of energy gains, also. across the board on wall street, up 1.3%. tech-heavy nasdaq performing well, gains by amazon, facebook and microsoft. despite today's rally on shipping prices, the industry that relies on them has seen a slowdown, also because of the chinese economy slowdown. $4,000k ships cost about a day to operate so while their there aree squeezed, questions that remain about the future of industry. reporter: a grim picture, dozens lay idol ontainers one of the world's biggest sea routes. slowedpping industry has weakening activity

in china. reduction intion china has weakened the market, imports.rly in coal china reduced coal imports by year.st reporter: firms that ship commodities in large unpackaged grappling with an unprecedented crisis. freight rates have been at a record low since the 2008 financial crisis. meanwhile, operating costs for ships remain at around $6,000 per day and the global melt down has made it hard for many firefighters cover cost. yet, some believe in the capacity to rebound. >> the great thing about shipping is you are always going need it and 90% of everything goes by sea so what the shipping industry will do is what it does in a crisis, it will go through a self correction process. the ordering the new ships will slow down.

carriers have ground to a halt with no new carriers last year. the reporter: tankers that transport their bestjoyed earnings in year. has ledices plummeting inbargain buying increasing demand. reporter: also in the headlines congresse world kicking off in barcelona. a couple of giants in the toustry have partnered develop what they think could be changing ther, in way we perceive reality. reporter: is this the future? samsung and facebook hope so. the korean phone maker hopes a push into virtual reality will it ahead of the competition, especially in mobile gaming. about thee buzz was presence of facebook c.e.o., than theerberg, rather

new handset. the s-7 boasts a range of such as being water proof and the ability to add a memory card in the back. could lack the wow factor necessary to blow the competition out of the water. samsung leads in terms of market share, apple closed at market segment and cheaper chinese manufacturers each way at its bottom line but samsung said it is not concerned. >> we all believe competition is good. competition is excellent. this is needed. this is what pushes us to strive for more innovation, better features, better smartphones. we don't fear competition. we love competition. reporter: and there's plenty of of it. the same day, lg sought to byal samsung's thunder unveiling its premium model, the g-5, with customizable so that a camera or battery can be switched, updated

replaced. competition for the high-end consumer is fierce and although tory manufacturer tries innovate, overlaps remain, with futureion for the record looking similar and virtual major role.ing a reporter: airbus has applied for apatent to make reconfigurable passenger bench seat. the company says it would be as you canamilies, see from these drawings, the lose, the less you pay, so a child could be useper because they would half a seat and a larger person ofld pay for the equivalent one and a half instead of two seats. the images are striking, the look little tiny people. haserine: anyone who traveled with a small child extra spaceiate because of the paraphernalia that comes with them.

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