:00:22. > :00:33.The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson who led the campaign to leave the
:00:34. > :00:38.European Union has defended a newspaper article in favour of the
:00:39. > :00:44.EU, it just two days before he announced he was back in the Leave
:00:45. > :00:47.campaign. He warns of the economic and constitutional risks Brexit
:00:48. > :00:53.would pose. Mr Johnson said he wrote the article along with another one
:00:54. > :00:57.in favour of leaving the EU in order to clarify his thoughts.
:00:58. > :01:00.He's the Foreign Secretary who is supposed to be
:01:01. > :01:05.But just days before coming out for the Leave campaign,
:01:06. > :01:07.Boris Johnson wrote an article singing the praises
:01:08. > :01:13.Everyone was trying to make up their minds about whether or not
:01:14. > :01:15.to leave the European Union, and it was perfectly true back
:01:16. > :01:18.in February, I was wrestling with it, like a lot
:01:19. > :01:22.And I wrote a long piece which came down overwhelmingly
:01:23. > :01:25.I then thought I had better see if I can make
:01:26. > :01:29.I set them side-by-side and it was blindly obvious
:01:30. > :02:06.And I think the people made the right decision.
:02:07. > :02:08.The Sunday Times printed the column in which Mr Johnson said the EU came
:02:09. > :02:13.He went on to say that the UK should be ultimately engaged
:02:14. > :02:15.with the European Union and suggested that Brexit could lead
:02:16. > :02:18.to an economic shock or even the break-up of the United Kingdom.
:02:19. > :02:21.But now Mr Johnson is one of those charged with steering
:02:22. > :02:23.There's a battle brewing between the government
:02:24. > :02:26.and backbenchers over whether Parliament should get
:02:27. > :02:28.to vote on the details of the Brexit negotiations.
:02:29. > :02:30.Whilst the government has a mandate to put us out of the
:02:31. > :02:32.European Union, they don't have a mandate how to do that.
:02:33. > :02:35.And that is why it is important the government strengthens its own
:02:36. > :02:39.hand and also subjects its own ideas to the sort of scrutiny
:02:40. > :02:41.of the parliament before they go to the negotiations.
:02:42. > :02:43.A parliamentary vote on the issue would be a risk though,
:02:44. > :02:45.because if the government were to lose, the triggering
:02:46. > :02:48.of Article 50, which Theresa May has promised by the end of March,
:02:49. > :02:52.And some on the front bench say parliament
:02:53. > :02:55.This is not about using Parliament as a vehicle
:02:56. > :02:57.to subvert the democratic will of the British public.
:02:58. > :02:59.Debates are happening, there will be a significant debate,
:03:00. > :03:01.several debates I suspect, around the great repeal bill.
:03:02. > :03:04.We have new committees, select committee in the House
:03:05. > :03:06.of Commons, we have a new secretary of state in David Davis
:03:07. > :03:10.They are in and out of the Commons on a daily basis.
:03:11. > :03:13.The referendum might have been decided, but the direction of travel
:03:14. > :03:16.for Britain's exit from the EU and who will get to have a say,
:03:17. > :03:21.A former member of the SAS has said he is being investigated
:03:22. > :03:23.by the Royal Military Police, after revealing that he shot dead
:03:24. > :03:25.severely injured enemy fighters during the Iraq War in 2003.
:03:26. > :03:28.Colin MacLachan, who was featured in the Channel Four programme,
:03:29. > :03:36.SAS: Who Dares Wins, describes in a new book how he acted
:03:37. > :03:48.More than a decade on from Britain's military intervention in Iraq and
:03:49. > :03:52.more questions about what was done in Britain's name. Colin MacLachan
:03:53. > :03:59.was then a Sergeant in the SAS. Here he can be seen in a TV series about
:04:00. > :04:03.special forces training and endurance. But it is his
:04:04. > :04:07.contribution to a chapter in a new book that has led to fresh
:04:08. > :04:13.controversy about wartime behaviour and how it is judged. The former
:04:14. > :04:17.Sergeant says he took part in the killing of three Iraqi army soldiers
:04:18. > :04:19.after they had been very badly injured in an ambush. In the book he
:04:20. > :04:32.writes: What he called mercy killings were,
:04:33. > :04:38.he said, for the greater good. But now Colin MacLachan says he is under
:04:39. > :04:42.investigation for what he did. The Ministry of Defence says credible
:04:43. > :04:47.investigations of criminal behaviour will always be investigated. The
:04:48. > :04:50.Prime Minister has made it clear she disapproves of the prosecution of
:04:51. > :04:56.soldiers for their actions in wartime. But no military units and
:04:57. > :04:58.no soldier is above the law. Questions about actions in Iraq will
:04:59. > :05:11.not go away. People will have different opinions
:05:12. > :05:17.on this, but what is the legal position? There is growing concern
:05:18. > :05:21.about what happened in Iraq. The Iraq historical allegations team is
:05:22. > :05:25.looking at more than 1300 separate incidents. And there is a growing
:05:26. > :05:28.argument that what happened in wartime should be dealt differently
:05:29. > :05:33.with what happens in peace time. What Colin MacLachan says he did was
:05:34. > :05:39.against the law and against the Geneva Convention Britain is signed
:05:40. > :05:44.up to. It says if you are out of combat as a result of your wounds,
:05:45. > :05:48.you must be treated humanely. Supporters of Colin MacLachan will
:05:49. > :05:52.say, the most humane thing would be to shoot these men, but the law and
:05:53. > :05:55.the convention sees it differently. MPs have accused Labour of failing
:05:56. > :05:57.to deal properly with allegations of anti-Semitism in the party -
:05:58. > :05:59.and have criticised Jeremy Corbyn for not providing adequate
:06:00. > :06:01.leadership in addressing the issue. Mr Corbyn has rejected the findings
:06:02. > :06:04.of the report by the Commons' Home Affairs Committee,
:06:05. > :06:06.saying its focus on Labour was unjustifiable -
:06:07. > :06:08.when there was no reliable evidence to suggest it had a greater
:06:09. > :06:15.problem with anti-Semitism Police have reopened the case of two
:06:16. > :06:19.11-year-old friends murdered in Merseyside 36 years ago -
:06:20. > :06:21.after receiving new information. John Greenwood and Gary Miller died
:06:22. > :06:25.after being found beaten and hidden under a mattress on a rubbish tip
:06:26. > :06:28.in Whiston on 16 August 1980. A man was tried for their murders
:06:29. > :06:31.in 1981, but found not guilty. Detectives have made a new appeal
:06:32. > :06:34.for anybody who saw the boys on the day
:06:35. > :06:40.of the murders to come forward. Rebel groups in Syria say they've
:06:41. > :06:42.captured the town of Dabiq Many of the fighters have
:06:43. > :06:49.been backed by Turkey. Talks to discuss the crisis in Syria
:06:50. > :06:51.are taking place in The foreign ministers of France,
:06:52. > :06:57.Germany, Britain and Donald Trump has accused his
:06:58. > :07:02.Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of taking performance enhancing
:07:03. > :07:04.drugs before last week's US The Republican candidate is also
:07:05. > :07:12.suggesting they both take a substance test before the final
:07:13. > :07:17.debate on Wednesday. The Donald Trump campaign
:07:18. > :07:24.for President rolls on and into New Hampshire,
:07:25. > :07:27.where despite a string of recent sexual allegations against him,
:07:28. > :07:29.he shows no signs of wavering in his battle against
:07:30. > :07:36.Hillary Clinton. This time alleging she may have
:07:37. > :07:39.taken drugs in their last debate, and saying they both should be
:07:40. > :07:41.tested for drugs before She was all pumped up
:07:42. > :07:45.at the beginning, and at the end So I think we should
:07:46. > :07:51.take a drug test. And he suggested that
:07:52. > :07:56.Hillary Clinton's conspicuous absence from campaigning was due
:07:57. > :07:59.to the fact she was A recent talk show appearance seemed
:08:00. > :08:04.to suggest otherwise. We're going to be choosing
:08:05. > :08:14.a President who will set policy. A heavily doctored clip
:08:15. > :08:17.which the Democratic The Democratic nominee
:08:18. > :08:22.for Vice-President, Tim Kaine, said Donald Trump was desperate,
:08:23. > :08:25.as he continues to claim the media and the establishment are trying
:08:26. > :08:27.to rig the elections And now that he thinks he's
:08:28. > :08:42.going to lose, he's going around and saying, oh,
:08:43. > :08:43.the whole thing's rigged. Next stop a Republican Hindu
:08:44. > :08:53.coalition fund raiser in New Jersey. Donald Trump insists he wants to be
:08:54. > :08:55.a President for all citizens, to bring what he says
:08:56. > :08:58.is a divided country together. The last of their presidential
:08:59. > :09:00.debates takes place on Wednesday. Andy Murray has won the Shanghai
:09:01. > :09:19.Masters for the third time. He beat Spain's
:09:20. > :09:21.Roberto Bautista-Agut It's Murray's second
:09:22. > :09:26.tournament victory in a row, having recently won the China Open
:09:27. > :09:29.title in Beijing. The world number two has now cut
:09:30. > :09:32.Novak Djokovic's lead at the top of the world rankings to 915
:09:33. > :09:39.points. You can see more on all of today's
:09:40. > :09:43.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One
:09:44. > :10:12.is at 5:55pm - bye for now. It has been a lively morning of
:10:13. > :10:15.weather. An active band of rain travelling across the country.
:10:16. > :10:16.Gloucestershire saw some rain earlier