16/10/2016 BBC Weekend News

Boris Johnson defends writing an article backing EU membership

two days before joining the Leave campaign.

The Foreign Secretary says penning the arguments on both sides

Everybody was trying to make up their minds about whether or not

to leave the European Union, and it's perfectly true that back

in February I was wrestling with it, like a lot of people

As tensions rise at the Jungle camp in Calais, we hear from the children

stranded there and hoping to come to Britain.

A former SAS soldier is being investigated after claiming

he shot dead wounded enemy fighters in Iraq.

And, Andy Murray takes another step to becoming world number one

The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who led the campaign

to leave the European Union, has defended writing a newspaper

article in favour of the EU just two days before announcing he'd back

In the draft which wasn't published, he warned of the economic

Mr Johnson now says he wrote the article, and another in favour

of leaving the EU, in order to clarify his thoughts.

May June 24 the Independence Day for Britain. His decision to back Brexit

Bosco -- credited with giving the Leave campaign the boost it needed.

But he wavered. Now, and article never meant to be published has

surfaced in which he make the case for Remain. Are you an arrest?

Today, the Foreign Secretary explained why he wrote it. Everybody

was trying to make up their mind. It is perfectly true that back in

February I was wrestling with it, like a lot of people. I wrote a long

piece which came down overwhelmingly in favour of leaving. I then thought

I had better see if I can make the alternative case to myself. In the

article, he suggested Brexit could lead to an economic shock or the

break-up of the UK. He said access to the single market came with just

a small membership fee, directly contradicting his comments on the

campaign trail. I have been listening to businesses up and down

our country over the last few months, I have been amazed how many

passionately want to come out of the single market. Would there be no

reaction? It might be a positive reaction. If we vote Leave, I

believe we will galvanise this country, our economy and our

democracy. Today, he said considering both sides of the debate

only convinced him to back Brexit. I set them side-by-side and it was

blindingly obvious what the right thing to do was. The people made the

right decision. Now, as Foreign Secretary, he is part of a

Government that has to negotiate Brexit. For some, his early in

decisive and is reflects bigger questions about what it will really

mean. It plays into the divisions that exist currently in the British

Government between Leave and Remain, those who want an outward looking

approach and those that want to cut off links to the continent. What was

going on in his head that weekend is what is still going on in the

British Government now. Visions are no longer about which campaign to

back. What the country's future will look like.

We have had the vote, the UK is leading the EU, why does what Boris

Johnson wrote months ago matter? We knew that he was torn over the

referendum. It is more insight into his thinking. Even when making the

case for Remain, he did so with a Eurosceptic tone. The Government is

trying to crystallise its position. Work out how important things like

access to the single market are against controlling immigration. The

choices that Boris Johnson was wrestling with reflect the choices

that the Government is wrestling with. Theresa May has said that

Brexit means Brexit, that she is coming under pressure to spell out

what it means. MPs again saying they should have the chance to vote on

this in Parliament before the formal negotiations start. The Government

has said there will be the chance for scrutiny and debate, but they

cannot show their hand or give a running commentary. They have a

mandate and they will get the best deal possible. In the same way that

Boris Johnson's position is now clear, there is a clamour for that

kind of clarity from the Government. The Ministry of Defence says it's

looking into claims by a former SAS soldier that he shot dead

severely-injured enemy soldiers Colin McLaughlan writes

in a new book that he acted to end More than a decade on from the

British military intervention in Iraq, more anguished questions about

what was done in written's name. Colin McLaughlan was then a Sergeant

in the SAS. But since has emerged from the shadows to take part in a

TV series about special forces training. It seems his contribution

to a chapter in a new book about the SAS could now lead to fresh

controversy about how soldiers behave in combat. Back in 2003, in

the early days of the war, before massage and is quoted as saying he

took part in the killing of three Iraqi soldiers, who were dying from

gruesome injuries after being ambushed. He is also quoted as

saying the Mac -- saying.... After submitting the manuscript to the

Ministry of Defence for approval, Colin McLaughlan says he is now

under investigation. The MoD has confirmed April and examination is

under way. They have no choice, but I hope that in doing the

investigation they really do show due concern and take due note of the

very difficult circumstances he was acting in. Human rights experts say

the law must apply to everyone. It is the basic principle of the laws

of war, the Geneva Convention is, you cannot shoot prisoners or the

wounded. These are the laws that apply to British forces and protect

British forces when they are captured. The MoD says that if there

are credible allegations of criminal activity, it always investigates.

This case is just one of more than 1500 alleged incidences of abuses

and unlawful killings. Police have reopened the case of two

11-year-old boys who were murdered in Merseyside 36 years ago,

after receiving new information. John Greenwood and Gary Miller died

after being found beaten and hidden under a mattress on a rubbish tip

in Whiston in 1980. Friends of those boys who vividly

remember what happened here 36 years ago say they are delighted that this

case has now been reopened. It is because Merseyside Police say they

have fresh information. The focus of the investigation now is this site

here, the old church hall. They want to speak to anybody who saw three

boys here and a man on August 16 1980. This development is a major

step forward for relatives of those boys, who have campaigned for this

case to be reopened. The mothers of those children gave us their

reaction. What would he have been like now?

They would have been meant in their late 40s, grandchildren. It is

terrible. Nothing at all. It makes you better. I am a bitter person

over it. I have not got many years left, I would love to see justice

done. I will not. In 1981 a man was tried for their

murder and found not guilty. What the relatives have said is both have

lived in fear and frustration, thinking they may have passed the

killer on the streets or sat next to him on a bus. They are hoping that

the case is now being reopened 36 years on and the police will now

have modern techniques to help them find justice.

MPs have accused Labour of failing to deal properly with allegations

of anti-Semitism in the party, and have criticised Jeremy Corbyn

for not providing adequate leadership on the issue.

The Labour leader rejected the findings by the Commons

He said its focus on Labour was unjustified, and there was no

evidence it had more of a problem with anti-Semitism than other

Campaigners are calling on the Government urgently to speed

up its programme to resettle hundreds of unaccompanied

children stranded in Calais, at the camp known as the Jungle.

There have been renewed clashes between French police and some

migrants ahead of the demolition of the camp within days.

Our Special Correspondent Ed Thomas has spent the last week

at the Jungle, and sent us this report.

Life in Calais. The rush to escape the panic and the tear gas. How old

are you? 16's 16 years old, and like many, a teenager alone, looking for

a way out. Tear gas is being fired all around. Some of the children

trying to get in those trucks were as young as 14 or 15. These are the

images that make many in Britain nervous. Mohammed says he has no

family in the UK, but refuses to stay in France. You should be in a

school. School in the UK. But hundreds of teenagers here say they

do have relatives in the UK and are now stranded in Calais. Like these

brothers. They 14 and 16 and say they left Afghanistan six months

ago. He says he is sad and wants to be with his father and cousin in

England. His brother tells us he is desperate. We have given our names

in, we don't know what to do, he says. We are children. If their

family links are proven, the British Government has promised to reunite

teenagers in days. Time is running out. Soon, this camp will be

demolished. But first, Britain and France must agree who will care for

the children of Calais. We know Home Office officials have

been there, what is the process for unaccompanied children being an hour

to come here to the UK? Last week Amber Road said that she would like

to see all eligible children who have the chance to come to the UK

who have family in the UK to be able to make that a possibility. The Home

Office officials have been here since yesterday, trying to start the

process. We think between 1000 and 1200 children are allowed here,

maybe half of them have family in the UK, but it is a crude process.

Tomorrow we expect many children, between eight and 17, will be asked

to register. Along with the genuine cases, I am told there are a number

of adults who are chanting their arm, trying to go to the UK. That

could take several days. We are told this camp, according to the police,

could be closed, they are giving the orders, in seven days, on the 24th

of October. There seems to be little time left.

With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.

Andy Murray is finishing the year strongly.

A week after taking the China Open title, the Olympic and Wimbledon

champion beat the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut to win

the Shanghai Masters, and if the winning run continues

over the next month, he could knock Novak Djokovic off

The world is watching a thrilling tennis competition and it is not

simply Andy Murray against Roberto Bautista Agut. That was the final in

Shanghai, which had some wonderful moments. Enough in this rally to

make the crowd gasped. And again. And again. And again! Brilliant,

what a wonderful point. Tie-break in the first set, Andy Murray lost 1.4.

His opponent beat Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. As Andy Murray swept

through the second set, he was closing the gap on the world number

one. That is the race to watch. Murray has not conceded a set for a

month, he looks back to changing his coach in the summer. He gets out of

another. Quite a different team this year, with Ivan Lendl and Jamie.

Since the French Open it has been the best three of my career. That is

some statement. 6-1 in the second set, his sixth title of the year.

Prizes mean ranking points, and by the end of it he might just be world

number one out on his own. Mark Cavendish has missed out

on a second world road-race title. The British rider was runner up

to the reigning Cavendish was one of the favourites

on the 160-mile course but says He was pipped by the Slovakian,

who is the first rider in nine years There are two matches

in the Premier League today. Watford's trip to the Riverside

Stadium saw them beat Middlesbrough. There was only one

goal, Jose Holebas That lifted the Hornets

into the top half of the table. Boro are yet to win at home this

season, and are just above the relegation

zone on goal difference. And Southampton are up to eighth

in the table after beating Charlie Austin scored twice

but Nathan Redmond got The Munster head coach and former

Ireland captain Anthony Foley has died overnight in Paris ahead

of the team's match The 42-year-old won 62 caps

for Ireland in a ten-year He also played over 200

times for Munster. Exeter and Clermont Auvergne held a

minute's silent. The French lead at the moment.

Ulster had the lead against Bordeaux with just seven minutes to play

but conceded three late tries, including this solo effort