the ministry of defence has denied the claims. richard bilton has more. gunfire. across two decades, british soldiers have fought wars in afghanistan and iraq. most did their duty and came home. but some were accused of committing war crimes. panorama has found evidence the state covered up what they did. like the killing of rahid al—musawi in basra in 2003. translation: when rahid opened the door, the british soldier was crouching behind a pile of rubbish in the street. as soon as rahid walked out, the british soldier shot him here. detectives from the iraq historic allegations team investigated the case. they wanted to prosecute one soldier for the killing and his commanding officer for covering up what happened. but no one was charged. this detective asked to be interviewed anonymously. the ministry of defence had no intention of prosecuting any soldier, of whatever rank he was, unless it was absolutely necessary and they couldn't wriggle their way out of it. ihat looked at hundreds of cases, but in 2017, the investigation was shut down. along with 0peration

now of the commission, when she was at the ministry of defence, this was the clear message that came from germany. i remember i was filming in 2016 in warsaw for the nato summit, and there there was the first joint declaration of nato in the eu, 76 points, a numberof declaration of nato in the eu, 76 points, a number of points of cooperation in defence. my film dealt exactly with this. europe needs to start thinking about its defence on its own, because it cannot count any more on america, and europeans need to take responsibility. we will have to leave the subject, but before we do, michael, just focus on exactly the 48 hours when everybody is in the uk, because these nato leaders are coming in in the middle of this difficult moment for nato itself, and they are coming into our uk general election campaign. exactly, trump is coming. tromp... tromp... britain tromp, that's what he calls borisjohnson. as we britain tromp, that's what he calls boris johnson. as we are talking about this, and there is a possibility he could go next year. you do begin to see an anglo—american alliance

the turkish ministry of defence said the attackers detonated a car bomb in a village south of the town of tel abyad, near the border. they blame the kurdish ypg militia for the attack. iran says a new oil field containing more than 50 billion barrels of crude has been found in khuzestan. oil revenue in iran could be boosted by tens of billions of dollars. iran is currently struggling to export its crude because of us sanctions. a prominent russian historian who was awarded france's highest civil honour, the legion d'honneur, for his work on the napoleonic era has confessed to murdering his young lover and dismembering her body. a lawyer for oleg sokolov said he had "admitted his guilt" over the killing, after the st petersburg state university professor was found in a river, with a backpack containing a woman's arms. at least 13 people have been killed after cyclone bulbul struck the coasts of india and bangladesh. seven people died in india's west bengal province, and six in bangladesh mainly because of falling trees. parvin kumar ramchurn reports. the cyclone has caused widespread da

the ministry of defence has denied the claims. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, says he has concerns about the use of any sort of cladding on buildings after a fire at a block of student flats in bolton on friday. the fire service has confirmed that the material on the building is not the same type as used on grenfell tower in london, but mr burnham says it raises issues that need to be addressed, as kevin fitzpatrick reports. it was a fire that spread rapidly and ripped through the top three floors of this building in the town centre. people were panicking, coming up because there was a real fire and there was a lot of smoke. people were panicking, everyone ran out. heard banging on the door, saying fire, and i grabbed, like, my phone, like, the jacket and shoes andl phone, like, the jacket and shoes and ijust phone, like, the jacket and shoes and i just ran. phone, like, the jacket and shoes and ijust ran. 220 students are registered as living there, and by saturday afternoon, the fire service said they had spoken

the ministry of defence has denied the claims. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. thank you very much. good morning. wales moved a step closer to qualifying for next summer's european championships after winning their penultimate qualifying match. goals from kieffer moore and harry wilson meant them beat azerbajan 2—0. the hopes for northern ireland lie in the play—offs. the hopes for northern ireland lie in the play-offs. full wheels, it was baku or bust. in the well‘s lowest lying capital city, they choose to aim high. that is six foot five key mirror, who could have retired earlier this year with a fractured skull. every takes different forms, sometimes it is the privy just to different forms, sometimes it is the privyjust to have a go. 2—0. that sucked the nerves out of the air. there were chances for a third but thejob was done, or at there were chances for a third but the job was done, or at least part one. hungary on tuesday will be decisive. northern ireland know their manager, michael 0'nei

i have such of the senior member of the ministry of defence and one of the comments i made to him asi and one of the comments i made to him as i would like to be able to come to him in three years and said i want to employ as many veterans coming through from the process of medical discharge, to bring them into an employer that is long—term sustainable, able to give them a job, able to engage with nhs services are mental health services, able to engage with appropriate charities as and when it's needed and almost changing the focus of the charities from being externally focused too internally focused, to supporting veterans, and subsequently having a positive impact on the social and economic level within the uk. impact on the social and economic levelwithin the uk. one impact on the social and economic level within the uk. one final quick thought, this government has set up the office for veterans affairs. we do not know who will win the vet —— who will win the general election, would you like to see a commitment to continue with that office? anything positive for veterans is g

a lot of that is based on official ministry of defence figures, dessie 31 billion for new submarines, 10 billion for contingency plans. —— mike they say. the tricky bit is servicing the stuff every year. the snp figure appears to include 142 billion in service cost over 30 years. economic forecasts over 30 yea rs service cost over 30 years. economic forecasts over 30 years and not much more than educated guesses so that is one problem. we think it is maybe 40 billion smaller than that. it is a lot of money but the important point is you cannot suggest that if you cancel trident, you will have £200 billion to spend right now on public services. and of course — the obvious one — a second scottish independence referendum. yes, i must have for the snp and bc and the manifesto they believe there should be a manifest —— make referendum next year. this is christabel for the conservatives who see mike avoid for conservative will mean you have two referendums next year, one in europe and one on scotland. but jeremy corbyn year, one in europe and one on scotland. butjeremy corbyn h

the turkish defence ministry has blamed the kurdish ypg militia group for the attack in a region controlled until last month by the kurdish—led syrian democratic forces. no group has said it carried out the attack in tal abyad, which is close to the turkish border. here's the bbc‘s middle east analyst, alan johnston. the moment after the blast. amid the smoke and the debris they try to ta ke smoke and the debris they try to take in what has just happened. this was a car bomb that went off near a market. civilians were among the casualties but also syrian arab militia men who were allied with the turkish military. the turks, in a major offensive, recently took this town from local kurdish fighters. turkey regards them as terrorists, and it has been determined to drive them away from border areas like this. the turks have blamed the kurdish ypg militia for the bombing. the ypg hasn't responded to the accusation. tal abyad town is in its first day is under turkish military control and what has just happened suggest that making it sugar —— secure may not be easy. another story coming fr

albania's defence ministry says one man died after jumping from a window in panic. here's alice taylor, a journalist in tirana, who was sleeping when the quake hit. i was sleeping this morning and i woke to the entire room shaking. it was terrifying. my daughter was in her crib next to me and i immediately jumped from the her crib next to me and i immediatelyjumped from the bed to ta ke immediatelyjumped from the bed to take herfrom immediatelyjumped from the bed to take her from the crib. immediatelyjumped from the bed to take herfrom the crib. it immediatelyjumped from the bed to take her from the crib. it went on for what seems like forever. between 20 and 30 seconds. after it stopped we got our things and left and joined what seemed like the entire neighbourhood in the street outside, and we headed to a nearby coffee shop, where we felt a series of after—shocks. several of them were over three on the richter scale. when we thought it was safe to go home, we went back and another earthquake shook the house very strongly, so now we have left the centre of tirana

albania's defence ministry says one man died after jumping from a window in panic. here's alice taylor, a journalist in tirana, who was sleeping when the quake hit. i was sleeping this morning and i woke to the entire room shaking. it was terrifying. my daughter was in her crib next to me and i immediatelyjumped from the bed to take her from the crib. it went on for what seemed like forever. between 20 and 30 seconds. after it stopped, we got our things and we left and joined what seemed like the entire neighbourhood in the street outside and we headed to a nearby coffee shop, where we felt a series of after—shocks. i think there were about six or seven after—shocks over three on the richter scale. when we thought it was safe to go home, we went back and there was another earthquake which shook the house very strongly. so we have left the centre of tirana because we are concerned about damage to the properties around us, the cracks in the walls of our houses and neighbouring buildings. bits of masonry on the floor, things like this. it was an extremely strong ea