25/09/2016 BBC Weekend News


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The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has said that Russia

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may be guilty of war crimes if it can be proven

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that it was behind an attack on an aid convoy which killed

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at least 20 civilians near the Syrian city

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Mr Johnson suggested that President Putin is guilty

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His comments come as the United Nations Security Council meets this

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afternoon to discuss the escalating military campaign by

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the Syrian Army in Aleppo, as Richard Galpin reports.

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For the first time in this all out Government offensive in Aleppo

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ground troops have been trying to push into rebel-held areas. The

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Syrian military now aiming to finally regain control of the whole

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city. And to achieve that, the bombardment from the air by Syrian

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and Russian planes has been particularly intense. With

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allegations that bunker-busting bombs are now being used. Today the

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Foreign Secretary has accused the Russians of prolonging the war.

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There is one thing the Russians respond to and that is the idea that

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it is they who are in the dock in the court of international opinion.

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They are guilty of protracting this war and making it far more hideous.

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And there are still many questions about who is responsible for

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attacking this UN aid question last Monday, which was carrying food and

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medical supplies for thousands of civilians in urgent need of help in

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Aleppo. Again the Foreign Secretary pointed the finger of blame at

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Russia. We should be looking at whether or not that targeting is

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done in the knowledge that those are wholly innocent, wholly innocent

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civilian targets. That is a war crime. But Russia strongly denies it

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was involved in the attack, and released this drone footage of the

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convoy before it was hit, saying rebel forces could be seen next to

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it and alleging they may have been responsible. The incident has

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already led to very angry exchanges at the United Nations Security

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Council. With the US Secretary of State pouring scorn on what he said

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was a series of different explanations given by the Russian

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officials. The damage to the convoy was the direct result of the cargo

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catching fire. The trucks and the food and the medicine spontaneously

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combusted. It is in this toxic atmosphere that members of the UN

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Security Council will meet again this afternoon to discuss the ever

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deepening Syrian crisis. It is a very serious accusation for

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a British Foreign Secretary to make, to say that the Russians are guilty

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of war crimes. It is hugely serious and the Russians will continue to

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deny it. But it means that that whole atmosphere in this meeting

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later today of the UN Security Council is going to be very toxic,

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as I said in the report. At the moment it feels very difficult, it

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is very difficult to imagine that anything can actually come out of

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it, but of course what they'll be trying to do is trying to talk about

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the possibility again of some kind of ceasefire. That is obviously the

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absolutely urgent need now. It is to stop the fighting and allow aid

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convoys to go in. On the other hand though we've heard from the Syrian

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Government last week that they intend this to be the all-out

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offensive to try and retake the whole of Aleppo. They seem to set,

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certainly the Syrian military backed by the Russians seem to be set on a

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clear course, to gain control of this absolutely key city of Aleppo.

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Richard, thank you. Sir Bradley Wiggins,

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the Olympic champion cyclist, has defended his use of medical

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certificates which allowed him to take otherwise banned substances

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to treat his asthma. Online hackers, calling themselves

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"Fancy Bears", leaked his confidential medical

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information last week. Our sports reporter,

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Richard Conway, reports. Sir Bradley Wiggins is just one

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of a number of leading athletes to have their confidential medical

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details leaked in recent weeks. Online hackers who call themselves

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Fancy Bears have revealed their use of medical certificates,

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known as therapeutic use TUEs allow athletes to take

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otherwise banned substances if doctors agree that there's

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a valid medical reason. The hack showed how Sir Bradley

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received a powerful steroid injection to treat his asthma before

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completing in the Tour de France in 2011 and in 2012,

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the year he won. But in an interview for the BBC's

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Andrew Marr programme, Britain's most decorated Olympian

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defended his actions. This was to cure a medical

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condition and was... The governing body,

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the World Anti-Doping Agency, This wasn't about trying to find

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a way to gain an unfair advantage. This was about putting myself back

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on a level playing field in order On the road and in the velodrome

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Sir Bradley Wiggins has forged a golden reputation as one

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of cycling's greats, but now that reputation is under

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scrutiny like never before, with some questioning why he took

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such a powerful steroid prior In his autobiography,

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Sir Bradley wrote that he had I was writing it with a cycling

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journalist who was very knowledgeable on the sport and had

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lived through the whole era, the Lance Armstrong era

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and the doping era. ANDREW MARR: And from your point

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of view, needles meant "Have you been doping?"

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and the answer was no? All the questions at that

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time were very much The leak of confidential

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information has prompted much debate over whether TUEs

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are being abused by athletes. But with his legacy on the line,

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Sir Bradley Wiggins is determined to show he stayed

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within both the letter A man has been arrested

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in the United States, following the shooting dead of five

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people at a shopping mall The suspect, a US citizen

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originally from Turkey, was taken into custody

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following a 24-hour manhunt. The motive for the attack

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is still not clear. NHS managers and patients' groups

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have welcomed the suspension of all planned strike action

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by junior doctors in England. The British Medical

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Association announced that it was calling off the strikes

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due to concerns over patient safety. It says the dispute is not resolved

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and doctors will seek other ways to oppose the new contract

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and changes to weekend working, which have been imposed

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by the Government. Jeremy Corbyn has insisted there's

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a great deal of unity in the Labour party after the bruising leadership

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campaign which saw him Mr Corbyn attempted to reassure MPs

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who are worried about being deselected from their seats

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after criticising his leadership. He's denied that he's planning

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a purge of opponents. We are going through,

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unfortunately, a boundary change. Every constituency boundary

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is going to be changed. Two million voters will be

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unrepresented in the new... They will have votes but they won't

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be represented in the calcuations for the new constituency boundary

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so they are very unfair, and, therefore, a new selection will have

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to take place in every single constituency where the sitting MP

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with the substantial geographical coverage to the new area

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will automatically be shortlisted. Let's speak to our political

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correspondnt, Alex Forsyth, Alex, do you think these soft words

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on deselection will calm fears among MPs of a purge? Well, there is fear

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amongst some of those who are critical of Mr Corbyn's leadership

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that they would be ousted by his supporters. He is clearly seeking to

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reassure. Note he said the vast majority will be fine, so some may

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still feel threatened. Despite the constant calls for unity at this

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conference the divisions are still apparent. How many rebel MPs will

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return to the Shadow Cabinet? That matters because they shake policy

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and direction in Parliament. Some MPs have wanted to chance to vote on

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who sits in that top team. But Mr Corbyn's allies today say a decision

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on that won't come for some time. That's causing some anger among

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those who saw it as an important compromise. We are day one after

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Jeremy Corbyn's re-election with that big majority and despite the

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calm on the surface, the cracks are still apparent. In another perhaps

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inflammatory statement, the leader of one of the biggest unions, Unite,

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said MPs must now get behind Mr Corbyn and let him leave without

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knives in his back. Alex, thank you. China has begun operating

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the world's largest telescope. It cost over ?100 million

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to build and is the size The 500-metre Aperture Spherical

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Radio Telescope, known as FAST, will look for signs

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of intelligent life in space. China is heralding it as a symbol

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of its technological progress. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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have arrived in Canada for their first royal tour with both

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of their children. The couple, along with

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three-year-old Prince George and 16-month-old Princess Charlotte,

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were greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife

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after landing in Victoria, The British Olympic cyclists,

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Jason Kenny and Laura Trott, have revealed that they were married

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in a private ceremony yesterday. Laura's father announced

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their marriage on Twitter and Jason Kenny tweeted a photograph

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of his bride, with the caption You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC

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One is at 6.35pm. Until then, have a very

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good afternoon.

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