>> live from paris. >> you are live from paris. >> your rendezvous with the world right here on "france 24." >> this is "france 24." aroundw for 60 minutes the world. i am genie godula. these are the headlines. it is the last day of campaigning before britain votes tomorrow on staying in or out of the european union. formerent and mamayors of london went live ina televised debate. we will nearly later from our european editor. north koreas from are thought to be medium-range

ballistic missiles that could be used to threaten asia and the pacific. french unions say the government has finally approved their protests planned for tomorrow. earlier today, french police had banned the mark after previous rallies were marred by violence. also coming up for you this hour, the brexit battle reaches britain's boardroom. we will tell you when you can visit ahead of thursday's vote. and sports and music no hand-in-hand. you will see how the terrorists phil amarin it made a musical commentary at last night's euro made ame -- philharmonic musical commentary at last night euro 2016 game. ♪ genie: britain is now just one

day away from a vote that could change the course of its history. in under 24 hours now, britain will decide whether or not to leave the european union. a live, televised debate was held last nigight in london. the big draw with both the current and the former mayor of london on either side of the brexit fence. nick rushworth tells us more. nick: the bbc bills that as the great debate. setting, the windy arena. center stage the tory former london mayor boris johnson for saidt, and set icon -- and thdiq khan. canada, new zealand, australia -- which one of the

nato members are encouraging us to leave the eu? just one! all of them are saying we are safer together. johnson: the best place for us is out of this morass. nick: johnson votes to wrestle control from out of brussels during the 23rd of june, he said, will be a new beginning. control,on: take back i believe that this thursday could be our country's independence day. [cheers and applause] nick: with tension high, both sides accuse the other. the interestabout europe, they lied about the european army. they put it in their leaflets, and they lied about its use. it is not big enough. you deserve the truth. you deserve the truth! debate included

contributions from leaders in both campaigns. >> the european union does not listen to us, it is not have our bestst interests at heart. know, actually say, you the european union is the segment of the economy. nick: it was a lively debate. >> thank you, thank you. that brings the debate to an end. thee: today would have been 42nd birthday of jo cox, of course the labor mp who was shot stabbed together in -- together. tributes are around the world including new york, london, and here in paris. north korea has carried out new has been thought to be medium-range ballistic missiles that could be used to strike arts of asia and the -- parts of asia and the pacific.

pyongyang has stepped up drills. on carly explains.s. >> the nuclear missile theoeoretically has the abilityo hit the territory of kuan. new launches onon wednesday appears to be more successful. 400 kilometers, a new record for pyongyang. fore is a great concern washington and its allies. >> today's misissile launch, as with the ballistic missile launches in the past, is in clear violation of the resolution. we absolutely cannot allow it, and i have launched a resolulute protest against it. >> japan placed its military on high alert.

a series of un security council fans -- bans them from using nuclear weapons, but north korea says it is infringing them. missiles.d their been onhere has historic review -- ruling in the hague. john pierre bond but was sentenced for war crimes committed by troops under his command in neighboring central african republic. crimes date back to 2002 and 2003 when he was in charge of a rebel group. that group has become a major party.se

jennifer explains many have criticized the ruling. jennifer: 18 years of imprisonment. sentence,ge convicted fors crimes committed by others under his command. foundedof the party he believe he has been unfairly singled out. >> the justice is selective and discriminatory. their attention on him. 2002, he had fighters in a central africa republic.

the coururt did not detetermine bemba ordered the mass casualties and rapes but rather that he knew what they were doing and failed to stop the crimes. >> as a fellow congolese citizezen, it hurts s me that hs anotother 10 yearsrs in the the hague, but no one is above the law. have beenbemba behind bars for eight years. he will appeal his sentence. earlier today, french police said they had banned a march after previous rallies were marred by violence. said firstr minister was proposed a static rally. top representatives today and went on to meet with suburb.ps in a paris dupre is now.

martinez haslippe told us that discussions with the interior minister were very talks,but after hours of they have finally come to a compromise, and the french therior minister allowed trade unions to protest tomorrow in the heart of paris, and they will be able to march for one kilometer, so that march will indeed be a little bit shorter than what was originally and by the trade union, but it is something they feel comfortable with, they are happy with that decision, that compromise, but they say they will not be deterred by their main goal, and that is to make the government back down, to crack the labor law, which, according to the

government, will make it easier to hire and fire employers. but according to philippe martinez, he says that will equal social dumping. he says he does not agree with that bill, and that he will call on french youth, on the unemployed, on the elderly people to come and protest tomorrow, but not only tomorrow. there is another protest that has been planned on the 28th of june, and that is been allowed by the french government, we hear. genie: these protests have been going on for weeks. are they anywhere near dying down? the protests actually started more than three month ago, genie. do not seem to want to back down anytime soon. the bill is supposed to go to the senate next week, and it is supposed to come back to the

national assembly on the fifth of july, and they're proposing to turn that bill into law by mid-july. but the protesters, the trade unions that we spoke to this morning, said that they are determined to make the government back down. they say that the violence has nothing to do with them, that it is only a group of troublemakers who actually come and kidnap, take hold of their march and break down shop windows, throw rocks at police officers, for example. the police force has been retaliating with tear gas. we've seen a children's hospital so thettacked last week, trade members and say they have nothing to do with that and they will continue to put the pressure on the french government. dupuis,all right, aurore reporting for us from just outside paris. last night, croatia beat spain 2-1.

that match was also a musical vigil of sorts b by the paris philharmonic orchestra. the philharmonic provided a musical interpretation to go along with the game. will hilderbrandt has more. will: there may not be a more unlikely marriage than orchestra and football, but the philharmonic interpreted the match between croatia and spain. ♪ champs, there the commentators, and so far, the hooligans. edge chose forhe things to match the gameplay, plus music elements unique to either team. there is a two minute or three-minute time delay. i had an ear. football expert giving

the occasion, whether there will be a goal, spain or croatia are dominating, and we have to translate that into music. works well with seemingly disparate things such as action movies -- why doesn't work well with other things, too? in the audience were skeptical before eventually being won over. >> i was worried i would not be able to concentrate or follow the match because of the music, but in fact it made it a bit more dramatic and tearful. >> i think it is not bad because it makes classical music more accessible. it is reallyly cool. there are a lot of people who are not think would go to the philharmonic in paris. all:wi -- a one-of-a-kind

event, but some are hoping there will yet be an encore. genie: time now for businesses with stephen carroll. in the u k, more and more companies are wading into the debate. stephen: the biggest firirm has called for the u.k. to remain in the european union. directors from 61 of the companies that make up the ftse 100 top-flight share index have announced a public position on the issue, but that is not to say all business leaders are in favor of staying in the eu as kate moody explains. kate: it is the hot topic in britain's boardroom. business leaders have backs uk's membership in the european union. the bosses of more than half of largesttry's 100 companies in 900 small and medium-sized firms said their businesses would be stronger in europe. >> our reasons are straightforward. businesses and their employees

benefit massively from being able to trade inside the world's largest single market without barriers. among those that have joined hsbc, unilever, and others in supporting the remain campaign. business lobby groups have also warned that a break that might pose to the industry at large. although none of britain's biggest companies have come out in favor of leaving the eu, the debate is far from one-sided. many smaller businesses like the family-run british hovercraft company believe they would have more freedom to operate without european regulation. of thetruggle with a lot eu directives, rules, and regulations out there. specifically to our business as well as other small businesses. we want to trade with countries outside of the eu. kate: international firms have largely been lobbying for the status quo. and michelin are

among those who warned that investments in britain would drop sharply, saying we are in business. >> ♪ all you news love, love love is all you need ♪ genie: stephen, what is happening on the markets today? stephen: all week we have been watching what effect brexit has up ever soling, slightly on today's trading. it is held onto many of the gains, trading for just under $1 .47. a similar picture on the european market. fairly moderate compared to the sharp gains. hold onto the gains, hold onto the optimism that perhaps a britain will vote to stay in the european union. of coarse, we can expects more modifications to come. genie: volkswagen --they have

been facing shareholders. faced with investors angry over the omissions chcheating scandal. they failed to address concerns overer how the company is run. shareholders ask you to fofocusn her and governance issues, and they speak later. meanwhile, the chiefef executive has improved a fax of the cars -- effects of the cars affected by the scandal. more the business headlines for you next. the french national train company says a recent strike by workers has cost of more than 250 million euros. in the past three months, 23 days in dispute over changes to working conditions. the majority of that cost comes to lost revenue, more than $30 million was spent on compensating passengers. solar city, $2.8 billion. musk is the biggest

shareholder in both firms, solar city and tesla. motors is exciting to for the full year up first time in eight years, after -- aegation that revelation that it falsified information. genie: just to wrap up, the photo sharing app instagram has announced a big mimilestone. stepephen: they surpass half a billion monthly users. the app is a staple of the so-called selfie generation, helped by the kardashians. 300 mimillion people use the app every day. it have a long way to go to catch up with its owner, facebook. it has over one billion users a day. instagram says a normal day, 95 million photos and video shares and 4.2 billion likes on average.

genie: half of those life i am sure are yours. carroll, thank you for a look at the business news. we will do our press review later in the hour, coming up in about half an hours time. for the momenent, we go straight to london. brits are hours away from voting on whether they will leave or remain in the european union. eveeuropean editor irvine is live here and what is the feeling like right now? e: we have just arrived a few hours ago. it is still very much neck and that on the streets of london. is telling, but i see an equal number of those. a campaign speech is being made by all the leaders feared we heard from the u.k. leader nigel he wants british

passports back, not european union wants. david cameron speaks later from birmingham today. with me, i have irish and lesser the u.k., mr. daniel, the reason i have you with us is because i people living in the u.k. can vote, and apparently, we are half a million. daniel: we have a special relationship with the u.k. people in northern ireland also have a vote, and for us, we have been keen to make a point to our community here that this is not justnt referendum for britain but for ireland because of the relationship between us in terms of our trade him a more than 65 billion euros traded last year. because of the need to preserve waynorthern border, and the in which british irish relations have improved dramatically during the 40 years we have been members of the eu together. speciall this

relationship continue whether they remain or leave? daniel: of course it will be out r desire to see the relationship fo prosper in the future, but the best way to nurture and further develop british-irish relations is for our two countries to remain together around that table and be partners in the european union. interests and of a lot of connection with our two countries. we discussed these issues quite a lot, and it would be a lot for our two countries and britain were to find itself outside the european union and outside the single markets. a halfu spent two and years here in london. can you ask understand the eu?s' problems with the aniel: there is less of appreciation here. we in ireland have had quite a few opportunities to discuss european issues during

successive referendum campaigns, and therefore i think i receive will maybe have a greater appreciation of the value of the eu membership than what be the case here in britain, so i do understand that a referendum campaign is a different business for people who have to maybe apply themselves, something they have not thought of before. it is the same in ireland, but in ireland, there is a good level of understanding of the european union, which i think probably does not exist in other countries and perhaps not in the u.k. either. eve: you mentioned briefly the republic shares with the northern ireland. if the u.k. decided to leave, could that affects the people of northern ireland? daniel: we see risks, which would be affected if u.k. leaves the single market. we see a risk also to relations in ireland here to remember, we are part of a thing market within the european union. that means also a single market on the island of ireland.

economic and connections between our two parts s of ireland have increasd over the past 20 years, and we hope it can develop further. in example, 3 billion northern ireland exports to our part of ireland last year. we want to see that continue. if anything, that creates a barrier to business and to person-two-person links. we want to keep that border opened. there is office the a risk of custom controls having to be introduced, and that would be turning the clock back to a time when our relations on the island of ireland were much less possible than they are today. ullhall, thank you so much for your time. all irish eyes will be on that border, and in the u.k., a lot of people have signed up for various regions in the european union. both sides of ireland

and scotland to see what they think. take aall right, let's look. >> a small scottish port town in decline. every year, there are less and less fishermen in the harbor. they say the eu is to blame. a member of the pro-european british national party says europe has helped the town stay afloat. >> the impact is funding from the european union is plain for all to see. funded.hind us is eu the u.k. decided it wanted to pull out of the eu, those particular strains of funding will no longer be available, and towns like m mcduff and other small communities acrososs scotland will contininue to decline as opposed to flourish as they should be. suggest: recent polls

most scottish people would like the u.k. to remain in the eu. ross: i would say the people of scotland will be quite likely angered if they're dragged out of the eu against their will by the rest of the u.k. conversationsr they have within scotland about our place within the united kingdom. reporter: across the irish sea, a mirror image. a small town in northern ireland is a stroll away from the republic of ireland. today, there are no signs that the border. some say a brexit will bring it back, and that would be a barrier to business. >> i find for small businesses like ourselves, which just opened here recently, is trying to get the people from the down here to create more business. reporter: the possible brexit is on everyone's mind. >> the last 10, 20 years, it has been a lot more fluid between the north and the south. there is less of a border there,

and we can easily make route between the two sections. reporter: a few towns away in the republic of ireland, tensions. >> we were slowly moving together toward peace and reconciliation and mutual understanding of our positions. anything that gets in the way of that is an and pediment. reporter: for the majority of the people in these two regions, remaining in the eu is as simple as think or swim. we still with eve irvine in london. what about the scott's that we just saw in that piece. > they artie had a referendum where they decided to stay? what would a brexit have on scotland? eve: that is one question about the prime minister of scotland. if does not want to even consider. she says we're not there yet,

and we will deal with it when and if it happens. of course, a lot of questions in the campaign, whether or not scotland will hold another independent -- referendum on independence because as you see, it is the him and only -- it i