21/02/2016 BBC Weekend News

Leaving the European Union would give the UK an "illusion

of sovereignty" but not full control, according to the Prime

David Cameron made the comments to the BBC this morning

as he fleshed out his case for staying in the EU.

Meanwhile Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has

given his first interview since announcing he would campaign

He's warned that staying in the EU makes the UK more vulnerable

Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports.

Yesterday he told his Cabinet where Britain would be better off

remaining in EU. Today the Prime Minister took to the airwaves to try

to tell the whole country. I think we'll be stronger in the world,

getting things done, making sure our country and people are safer, and

we'll be safer inside the EU because we are able to work with our

partners. Strength in numbers in a dangerous world. We said he helped

reform the EU but what did he get for his renegotiation. He wanted a

four-year ban on benefits paid to migrant. Instead these would be

phased in over four years. He wanted migrants' benefits to be stopped

from being sent to their own country. But he's got an exemption

for Britain from further reintegration. But he'll publish

proposals on this soon and he had this message for those opponents

that say we can't be an independent sovereign nation inside the EU. If

suddenly a ban was put on for some bogus health reasons on one of our

industries, would you be able to insist that ban was unpicked? No you

wouldn't, so you have an illusion of sovereignty. Downing Street today

looks much the same as it always has, but don't be fooled, this isn't

politics as usual. When it comes to the referendum, David Cameron will

be voting the same way as Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, and with the Prime

Minister argues that our national security and prosperity will be

threatened by leaving the EU, he's making that argument to half a dozen

Ministers who sit round the Cabinet table with him. And frankly they

don't believe him. One of those Ministers who wants the leave the EU

warned that we are in more danger of a Paris-style terrorist attack if we

stay in. We have had a lot of threats coming from those who want

to stay in that somehow this is to be less safe because we rely on

security with the European Union. This open border doesn't allow us to

check and control people who may come. We saw what happened in Paris,

where they spent ages planning and plotting. Who is to say

where they spent ages planning and beyond the wit of man to say they

are going to do beyond the wit of man to say they

joined by the most famous Conservative politician apart from

the Prime Minister, and today David Cameron made this appeal to Boris

Johnson. I would say to Boris what I say to everybody else, which is that

we'll be safer, we'll be stronger, we'll be better offer inside the EU.

Tinge prospect of linking arms with Nigel Farage and George Galloway and

taking a leap into the dark is a wrong step for this country. But is

this man ready to link arms with the London Mayor? Absolutely. He is one

of those has dozen people who reaches out to voters. It will be

just great. In or out of the EU it is the biggest decision British

voters will make in a generation. Today we saw how dramatically the

campaign will be fought. Boris Johnson, in or out? In out.

He's been veering around like a shopping trollry. We get the

definitive tenancy from Boris Johnson but not until tonight.

Certainly the widespread expectation at Westminster is he'll vote to

leave. He'll be joining Iain Duncan Smith and those half dozen other

Ministers who sit round the Cabinet table. Why does this matter? Partly

because he's a well-known politician. Partly because he is one

of those who can influence people. He became Mayor in a city that voted

Labour in the last elections had. He may be able to sway people in a way

that less well known Ministers aren't. David Cameron has made it

clear this first decision in 40 years is far more important than a

future of a here today gone tomorrow politician. We've got a sneak review

of how he'll fight this campaign today, not just on the economy but

security too. Jeb Bush has pulled out of the race

to become the Republican candidate The latest vote, in South Carolina,

was won by Donald Trump. For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton

won the delegates' votes in Nevada, overcoming a strong challenge

from her rival, Bernie Sanders. Our North America correspondent

Laura Bicker is in Columbia in South This extraordinary race is now

beginning to take a real shape. At the front for the Republicans is

Donald Trump. A thrice-married casino-owning billionaire who in the

week that he took on the Pope has won here in a state full of

predominantly evangelical Christian voters. So who can take it on?

There's only really two names in the frame.

As the billionaire himself would say, this win is huge.

Not just because of the number of people who voted

for Donald Trump, but because of where those votes are coming

from and how it places him going forward.

Let's put this thing away and let's make America great again.

South Carolina is usually the state which chooses the eventual

In the buckle of the Bible Belt, this man, Senator Ted Cruz,

Instead he's locked in a battle for second place with Marco Rubio.

There is only a handful of votes between the Florida Senator

A return for Rubio, who must now be the party's favoured candidate,

but the man who was his former mentor, who had the money

and the name in this campaign, has had to concede.

It's all over for Jeb Bush, who never looked comfortable in this

Out west it was a close fight for Hillary Clinton.

She didn't expect a tough contest in Nevada, but this win

Some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other.

In this remarkable race, candidates are now positioning

themselves for the endurance test ahead,

with over 20 states to declare in the next two weeks.

Syrian activists say at least 46 people have been killed in twin bomb

in the explosions, which are reported to have been

known as a bastion of support for President Bashar al-Assad.

Homs has regularly been targeted in bomb attacks.

Police in the US state of Michigan have named a man suspected

of killing six people in a series of apparently random shootings

A woman and a 14-year-old girl were also wounded in the attacks.

It was, said police, their worst nightmare.

A gunman on the loose in a car apparently shooting

For several hours the city of Kalamazoo was locked down

as officers tried to find and stop the killer.

We've had several shootings here tonight in this county and city

In summary, what it looks like is we had somebody just driving

around finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks.

It started in the early evening when a

woman was shot multiple times outside an apartment complex

For six hours the shootings continued.

Two men were shot dead outside a car dealership.

Four women were killed in the car park of a Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Police say a 14-year-old girl is seriously injured.

In the early hours of today it was brought to an end.

45-year-old Jason Dalton of Kalamazoo County was arrested.

He didn't resist and police didn't fire their weapons.

As detectives question him, Kalamazoo's police

chief described the attacks as senseless, random

A lock of John Lennon's hair has sold for more than ?24,000

pounds at an auction in the United States.

It had been kept by a German hairdresser who gave

It was purchased by a memorabilia collector from the UK.

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

Good afternoon. Quite a variety of weather across the United Kingdom

this weekend. Quite a range in temperatures as well. Very mild in

the south, 13-14 degrees, but 4 degrees in Scotland is what we are

seeing this afternoon. Colder air's going to win out over the