:00:22. > :00:29.The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has said that Russia
:00:30. > :00:32.may be guilty of war crimes if it can be proven
:00:33. > :00:35.that it was behind an attack on an aid convoy which killed
:00:36. > :00:36.at least 20 civilians near the Syrian city
:00:37. > :00:42.Mr Johnson suggested that President Putin is guilty
:00:43. > :00:45.His comments come as the United Nations Security Council meets this
:00:46. > :00:47.afternoon to discuss the escalating military campaign by
:00:48. > :00:50.the Syrian Army in Aleppo, as Richard Galpin reports.
:00:51. > :00:57.For the first time in this all out Government offensive in Aleppo
:00:58. > :01:04.ground troops have been trying to push into rebel-held areas. The
:01:05. > :01:13.Syrian military now aiming to finally regain control of the whole
:01:14. > :01:16.city. And to achieve that, the bombardment from the air by Syrian
:01:17. > :01:20.and Russian planes has been particularly intense. With
:01:21. > :01:26.allegations that bunker-busting bombs are now being used. Today the
:01:27. > :01:29.Foreign Secretary has accused the Russians of prolonging the war.
:01:30. > :01:35.There is one thing the Russians respond to and that is the idea that
:01:36. > :01:38.it is they who are in the dock in the court of international opinion.
:01:39. > :01:43.They are guilty of protracting this war and making it far more hideous.
:01:44. > :01:48.And there are still many questions about who is responsible for
:01:49. > :01:51.attacking this UN aid question last Monday, which was carrying food and
:01:52. > :01:56.medical supplies for thousands of civilians in urgent need of help in
:01:57. > :02:02.Aleppo. Again the Foreign Secretary pointed the finger of blame at
:02:03. > :02:07.Russia. We should be looking at whether or not that targeting is
:02:08. > :02:10.done in the knowledge that those are wholly innocent, wholly innocent
:02:11. > :02:15.civilian targets. That is a war crime. But Russia strongly denies it
:02:16. > :02:19.was involved in the attack, and released this drone footage of the
:02:20. > :02:24.convoy before it was hit, saying rebel forces could be seen next to
:02:25. > :02:29.it and alleging they may have been responsible. The incident has
:02:30. > :02:33.already led to very angry exchanges at the United Nations Security
:02:34. > :02:37.Council. With the US Secretary of State pouring scorn on what he said
:02:38. > :02:40.was a series of different explanations given by the Russian
:02:41. > :02:48.officials. The damage to the convoy was the direct result of the cargo
:02:49. > :02:53.catching fire. The trucks and the food and the medicine spontaneously
:02:54. > :02:56.combusted. It is in this toxic atmosphere that members of the UN
:02:57. > :03:00.Security Council will meet again this afternoon to discuss the ever
:03:01. > :03:09.deepening Syrian crisis. It is a very serious accusation for
:03:10. > :03:14.a British Foreign Secretary to make, to say that the Russians are guilty
:03:15. > :03:18.of war crimes. It is hugely serious and the Russians will continue to
:03:19. > :03:21.deny it. But it means that that whole atmosphere in this meeting
:03:22. > :03:26.later today of the UN Security Council is going to be very toxic,
:03:27. > :03:29.as I said in the report. At the moment it feels very difficult, it
:03:30. > :03:33.is very difficult to imagine that anything can actually come out of
:03:34. > :03:37.it, but of course what they'll be trying to do is trying to talk about
:03:38. > :03:41.the possibility again of some kind of ceasefire. That is obviously the
:03:42. > :03:45.absolutely urgent need now. It is to stop the fighting and allow aid
:03:46. > :03:48.convoys to go in. On the other hand though we've heard from the Syrian
:03:49. > :03:53.Government last week that they intend this to be the all-out
:03:54. > :03:58.offensive to try and retake the whole of Aleppo. They seem to set,
:03:59. > :04:03.certainly the Syrian military backed by the Russians seem to be set on a
:04:04. > :04:05.clear course, to gain control of this absolutely key city of Aleppo.
:04:06. > :04:08.Richard, thank you. Sir Bradley Wiggins,
:04:09. > :04:10.the Olympic champion cyclist, has defended his use of medical
:04:11. > :04:12.certificates which allowed him to take otherwise banned substances
:04:13. > :04:14.to treat his asthma. Online hackers, calling themselves
:04:15. > :04:17."Fancy Bears", leaked his confidential medical
:04:18. > :04:19.information last week. Our sports reporter,
:04:20. > :04:23.Richard Conway, reports. Sir Bradley Wiggins is just one
:04:24. > :04:26.of a number of leading athletes to have their confidential medical
:04:27. > :04:30.details leaked in recent weeks. Online hackers who call themselves
:04:31. > :04:34.Fancy Bears have revealed their use of medical certificates,
:04:35. > :04:37.known as therapeutic use TUEs allow athletes to take
:04:38. > :04:43.otherwise banned substances if doctors agree that there's
:04:44. > :04:48.a valid medical reason. The hack showed how Sir Bradley
:04:49. > :04:51.received a powerful steroid injection to treat his asthma before
:04:52. > :04:55.completing in the Tour de France in 2011 and in 2012,
:04:56. > :04:57.the year he won. But in an interview for the BBC's
:04:58. > :05:00.Andrew Marr programme, Britain's most decorated Olympian
:05:01. > :05:04.defended his actions. This was to cure a medical
:05:05. > :05:09.condition and was... The governing body,
:05:10. > :05:11.the World Anti-Doping Agency, This wasn't about trying to find
:05:12. > :05:18.a way to gain an unfair advantage. This was about putting myself back
:05:19. > :05:21.on a level playing field in order On the road and in the velodrome
:05:22. > :05:26.Sir Bradley Wiggins has forged a golden reputation as one
:05:27. > :05:30.of cycling's greats, but now that reputation is under
:05:31. > :05:33.scrutiny like never before, with some questioning why he took
:05:34. > :05:35.such a powerful steroid prior In his autobiography,
:05:36. > :05:41.Sir Bradley wrote that he had I was writing it with a cycling
:05:42. > :05:49.journalist who was very knowledgeable on the sport and had
:05:50. > :05:52.lived through the whole era, the Lance Armstrong era
:05:53. > :05:55.and the doping era. ANDREW MARR: And from your point
:05:56. > :05:57.of view, needles meant "Have you been doping?"
:05:58. > :06:00.and the answer was no? All the questions at that
:06:01. > :06:02.time were very much The leak of confidential
:06:03. > :06:06.information has prompted much debate over whether TUEs
:06:07. > :06:11.are being abused by athletes. But with his legacy on the line,
:06:12. > :06:13.Sir Bradley Wiggins is determined to show he stayed
:06:14. > :06:15.within both the letter A man has been arrested
:06:16. > :06:25.in the United States, following the shooting dead of five
:06:26. > :06:28.people at a shopping mall The suspect, a US citizen
:06:29. > :06:31.originally from Turkey, was taken into custody
:06:32. > :06:34.following a 24-hour manhunt. The motive for the attack
:06:35. > :06:38.is still not clear. NHS managers and patients' groups
:06:39. > :06:41.have welcomed the suspension of all planned strike action
:06:42. > :06:45.by junior doctors in England. The British Medical
:06:46. > :06:47.Association announced that it was calling off the strikes
:06:48. > :06:51.due to concerns over patient safety. It says the dispute is not resolved
:06:52. > :06:55.and doctors will seek other ways to oppose the new contract
:06:56. > :06:57.and changes to weekend working, which have been imposed
:06:58. > :07:02.by the Government. Jeremy Corbyn has insisted there's
:07:03. > :07:06.a great deal of unity in the Labour party after the bruising leadership
:07:07. > :07:08.campaign which saw him Mr Corbyn attempted to reassure MPs
:07:09. > :07:18.who are worried about being deselected from their seats
:07:19. > :07:20.after criticising his leadership. He's denied that he's planning
:07:21. > :07:22.a purge of opponents. We are going through,
:07:23. > :07:24.unfortunately, a boundary change. Every constituency boundary
:07:25. > :07:27.is going to be changed. Two million voters will be
:07:28. > :07:29.unrepresented in the new... They will have votes but they won't
:07:30. > :07:33.be represented in the calcuations for the new constituency boundary
:07:34. > :07:37.so they are very unfair, and, therefore, a new selection will have
:07:38. > :07:40.to take place in every single constituency where the sitting MP
:07:41. > :07:45.with the substantial geographical coverage to the new area
:07:46. > :07:48.will automatically be shortlisted. Let's speak to our political
:07:49. > :07:59.correspondnt, Alex Forsyth, Alex, do you think these soft words
:08:00. > :08:04.on deselection will calm fears among MPs of a purge? Well, there is fear
:08:05. > :08:07.amongst some of those who are critical of Mr Corbyn's leadership
:08:08. > :08:12.that they would be ousted by his supporters. He is clearly seeking to
:08:13. > :08:17.reassure. Note he said the vast majority will be fine, so some may
:08:18. > :08:20.still feel threatened. Despite the constant calls for unity at this
:08:21. > :08:24.conference the divisions are still apparent. How many rebel MPs will
:08:25. > :08:27.return to the Shadow Cabinet? That matters because they shake policy
:08:28. > :08:32.and direction in Parliament. Some MPs have wanted to chance to vote on
:08:33. > :08:36.who sits in that top team. But Mr Corbyn's allies today say a decision
:08:37. > :08:40.on that won't come for some time. That's causing some anger among
:08:41. > :08:43.those who saw it as an important compromise. We are day one after
:08:44. > :08:48.Jeremy Corbyn's re-election with that big majority and despite the
:08:49. > :08:52.calm on the surface, the cracks are still apparent. In another perhaps
:08:53. > :08:58.inflammatory statement, the leader of one of the biggest unions, Unite,
:08:59. > :09:00.said MPs must now get behind Mr Corbyn and let him leave without
:09:01. > :09:03.knives in his back. Alex, thank you. China has begun operating
:09:04. > :09:05.the world's largest telescope. It cost over ?100 million
:09:06. > :09:08.to build and is the size The 500-metre Aperture Spherical
:09:09. > :09:13.Radio Telescope, known as FAST, will look for signs
:09:14. > :09:15.of intelligent life in space. China is heralding it as a symbol
:09:16. > :09:21.of its technological progress. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:09:22. > :09:24.have arrived in Canada for their first royal tour with both
:09:25. > :09:26.of their children. The couple, along with
:09:27. > :09:28.three-year-old Prince George and 16-month-old Princess Charlotte,
:09:29. > :09:31.were greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife
:09:32. > :09:35.after landing in Victoria, The British Olympic cyclists,
:09:36. > :09:42.Jason Kenny and Laura Trott, have revealed that they were married
:09:43. > :09:46.in a private ceremony yesterday. Laura's father announced
:09:47. > :09:48.their marriage on Twitter and Jason Kenny tweeted a photograph
:09:49. > :09:51.of his bride, with the caption You can see more on all of today's
:09:52. > :09:58.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC
:09:59. > :10:00.One is at 6.35pm. Until then, have a very
:10:01. > :10:07.good afternoon.