18/09/2016 BBC News at Ten

Heightened security in New York after a bomb

The motive is still unknown but the city authorities say

it was an intentional act, all the casualties have now been

This is a very serious incident, it's going to take a lot of careful

investigation to get to the facts, to get to the truth.

There's no evidence of links to international terrorism,

but with world leaders heading to New York for the UN

General Assembly, hundreds more police will be on the streets.

A special report from Iraq on the final preparations to retake

For the last half-hour we've been aired dropping millions of these

For the last half-hour we've been air dropping millions of these

propaganda leaflets, promising that victory lies ahead

Less than a week to go in the Labour leadership contest and a former

leader has a stark warning about the re-election

A Games to remember for ParalympicsGB who'll bid

Security across New York City has been stepped-up,

with more police deployed to airports, and the transport

network after last night's bomb attack in Manhattan.

29 people were injured in the explosion, all

The Governor of New York says the blast was, by its own nature,

an act of terrorism, but the authorities have found no

links to international groups and are as yet unclear

The bomb was detonated in the early hours of this

morning in the residential district of Chelsea.

Our New York correspondent Nick Bryant has this report.

These are the sort of scenes that New Yorkers have dreaded for years.

The frightened aftermath of an explosion in the heart of Manhattan.

This was the moment the bomb went off.

A fireball that came with an incredibly loud bang.

The aim clearly was to maximise casualties.

It was close and people were running for their lives.

I turned round and I saw smoke shooting up over

The blast ripped through Chelsea, a fashionable neighbourhood

where the bars and restaurants are always crowded at the weekend.

The police released a photo of a mangled container, the possible

Into the New York night rushed the emergency services

Dozens were injured, though none sustained

As forensics teams began to comb the scene for clues,

reports started to come through that a second device had been found

Well, we're just approaching 1:00am in the morning

and the police have just issued an emergency alert saying

that there is a suspicious package a couple of streets away

and they're telling people to stay away from their windows.

A pressure cooker with wires and a mobile phone attached.

Similar to the home-made bombs left at the finish line

at the Boston Marathon three years ago.

The device was taken away by the bomb unit in a specially

designed trailer so that robots could examine it.

The New York authorities are saying that at this stage there is no

evidence of a connection with international terrorism

but the investigation is still in an early phase.

We know there was a bombing but we have a lot more work to do

to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this.

Was it a political motivation, personal motivation?

But last night's bombing has been described as an act of terrorism

A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism.

But it is not linked to international terrorism.

In other words, we find no Isis connection, etc.

An extra 1000 police officers are now protecting the city,

a high visibility presence at tourist sites like Times Square.

September is always a time of heightened security

Only last week New York remembered the most dramatic

This week, world leaders gather here for the United

The police are saying no group or individual has claimed

responsibility. That is significant because in the midwest, and man went

on and knifing spree. He knifed eight people at a shopping centre

before being shot dead by police. Today, the group calling itself the

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for that attack

saying it was carried out by one of their supporters. They have not made

such a claim for the New York bombing. The authorities are not

giving any indication as to what the possible motivation might have been.

Six days after the start of a fragile truce in Syria,

air strikes are reported to have targeted anti-government

The deal agreed by the United States and Russia is also being threatened

by tensions over a US-backed strike that killed more than 60

Washington says it regrets the "unintentional loss of life"

and the incident has led to an astonishing war

of words between diplomats at the United Nations.

Our Diplomatic correspondent James Robbins reports from there.

A fragile ceasefire now looks all but smashed.

Under its terms, Syrian government forces are permitted

to attack jihadists, including so-called Islamic State.

The Syrians were not expecting the United States, also targeting

IS, to bomb their ground forces by accident instead.

Russia says American warplanes killed at least 60 Syrian soldiers.

Washington expressed regret and called it unintentional

The Syrian government called it deliberate and the war of words

Russia called for an emergency session of the Security Council,

even accusing the United States of colluding with jihadists.

It is quite significant and frankly suspicious that the United States

chose to conduct this particular air strike at this time.

Why, all of a sudden, would the United States choose

Russia really needs to stop the cheap point-scoring

and the grandstanding and the stunts and focus on what matters,

which is implementation of something that we negotiated

That ceasefire deal agreed by the US and Russia went

It was meant to stop air strikes by President Assad's Russian-backed

It should be leading to co-ordinated air strikes by the US and Russia

against UN-designated terrorists, including so-called Islamic State.

The United States and Russia have been trading insults here at the UN

for decades but the timing of this breakdown could hardly be worse.

Just as President Obama and other world leaders start to gather

here for their annual September Global Summit.

So no relief for the people of Aleppo, now reported to be under

Syrian air attack for the first time since the ceasefire.

They were meant to benefit but all that depended on growing

trust, particularly between the US and Russia,

And there seems to be even less of that trust now.

James Robbins, BBC News, at the United Nations in New York.

Meanwhile the fight to free Iraq's second largest city from so-called

Islamic State will begin within the month, according

to Major General Rupert Jones, the senior British officer there.

Mosul has been in the hands of IS for the last two years,

and our Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville has been

witnessing final preparations for the assault on it.

The final Countdown for the Battle of Mosul is underway. And that

Baghdad airport, the Iraqi air force are on a mission. Their target is

Mosul, but this isn't a bombing run. The captain and his crew have flown

this mission more than half a dozen times. Our mission is going to be

delivering some leaflets, supporting our guys on the ground in Mosul.

Telling the good people, we are coming. And that is the message

being dropped from 17,000 feet. Even if it doesn't always hit its mark.

For the last half an hour we have been air dropping millions of these

propaganda leaflets promising that victory lies ahead for the Iraqi

army in Mosul. But what is certain, the biggest battle is coming soon.

The scale of the task shines brightly below. Mosul, the so-called

Islamic state's Iraqi stronghold is a city of over 1 million people. It

is two years since IS swept across Syria and Iraq, even threatening

Baghdad. That brought back British soldiers who are helping to get

ready for the attack on Mosul. Major General Rupert Jones says Iraqi

forces will make the move within the month. Everything in Mosul is the

final battle. It is the important battle, it is the capital of the

so-called caliphate in Iraq. They are an adaptable organisation, so

the question is how they adapt as they are squeezed out of the

population centres. British and American troops are bringing

firepower and training. But Iraqis will do the fighting and they are on

a winning streak. Two years ago, it was quite different. They dropped

their weapons and ran as IS advance. But now fully jet is the latest big

city to be cleared of the militants. This weekend, the first families

returned home here in years. This seven-year-old is one of them. For

this family, it is the first time in their house since December 2013.

Thank God, they didn't get in here, he tells me. But they tried twice.

Everything looks like it is here, but it is covered in dirt. Other

rooms were ransacked. But Phil Ujah fell early and the family fled in a

rush. Much is how they left it. As bad as things worse for people here,

Mosul is more than five times the size. People are being encouraged to

stay in their homes for as long as possible. Here, American artillery

men are targeting IS bonkers. -- bonkers. Before an Iraqi army and

vans. Taking Mosul was the moment that made the Islamic State, losing

it, would be the beginning of its undoing.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he'd like to give ordinary party members

"greater representation" if he wins his party's

It's understood he's considering giving grassroots

members a role in choosing the Shadow Cabinet.

With the contest in its final days, Labour's former leader Lord Kinnock

has told the BBC that if Mr Corbyn is re-elected, he doesn't think

he'll see another Labour government in his lifetime.

Our Deputy Political Editor John Pienaar reports.

Jeremy Corbyn learns for sure whether he has been re-elected

as Labour leader next weekend and the signs are that he will win.

Urged on by the devoted army of left-wing followers who have

packed into campaign rally after campaign rally.

United we are very strong, united as a party, we go

forward to create that decent, better society.

Mr Corbyn looks unstoppable but can Labour reunite in the civil war that

Hello, Owen Smith calling from the Labour Party.

Owen Smith launched his leadership challenge warning Jeremy Corbyn

was too divisive, too left wing, too incompetent to lead Labour,

The a former leader, it is worse than the 1980s,

where Neil Kinnock fought hard-left infiltrators and fractious

By any stretch, this is the biggest crisis the Labour Party has faced.

You believe you might not see another Labour government

I'm 74 and unless things change radically and rapidly,

it's very doubtful that I will see another Labour government

Here in Brighton, the local labour MP, Peter Kyle is a critic

of Mr Corbyn and local left-wing activists want him sacked

I think we are standing absolutely on the edge of a cliff.

It may be that one or other of the factions or both of us

Left wingers in the town are campaigning hard

for Jeremy Corbyn but as in other parts of the country,

there are fears some have infiltrated the party to take

control and push Labour further to the left,

The local party chairman faces expulsion.

He is under investigation for links to a controversial far left group.

I think the Labour Party is the place where my he politics

will be most effective and where my politics

I don't think you should ban people because you don't like their ideas.

The leaders inner circle want loyalty from Labour MPs,

And as an olive branch, there is this extraordinary promise

Mr Corbyn will try to polish up his act.

We all have to raise our level of our game and learn lessons.

I am being extremely honest here, I have had enough of politicians

thinking they are God's gift to politics etc.

We have made mistakes like anybody else and we are willing to learn

the lessons of our own Labour Party, particularly people in this

A bit of tutoring from some of the old hands?

There is no sign Labour can unite here, locally or nationally,

and without unity, without reaching the millions of voters the polls

say have turned away, the party is facing a dark future.

Broken as a force in British politics.

And you can hear more on Panorama tomorrow night at 8:30pm on BBC One.

India has accused Pakistan of being behind a deadly

attack on an army base, in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.

17 soldiers died when gunmen stormed a brigade headquarters in the early

The attack came in the midst of our largest protest against Indian rule

in many years. Early results in Russian

parliamentary elections are pointing to victory

for Vladimir Putin's ruling party. Exit polls suggest United Russia

is on course to win an absolute majority in the Duma,

or lower house. But there have been reports

of violations in voting stations What is President Putin saying?

Saying it is a good result for his party in difficult times. Election

officials have said it is valid results and one of the cleanest

election results in Russia for years. They looted the fact many of

the polling stations were equipped with webcams, pointed at the ballot

boxes so Russians can follow the voting online and in real-time. Some

of those webcams have captured what appeared to be blatant violations.

Including election officials stuffing the ballot boxes with

ballot papers. Tonight, Russian police are investigating some of

those cases. Five years ago it was by rigging which sparked

anti-government protest. Vladimir Putin will be hoping this time his

popularity and general apathy will mean Russians will accept the

result. Great Britain have lost

their defence of tennis's Davis Cup. They were beaten 3-2 by Argentina

in the semi-final in Glasgow. Andy Murray had earlier battled

through injury to beat Guido Pelle But despite a good start

in the deciding match, Dan Evans lost to Leonardo Mayer 3-1

to mean Argentina face Meanwhile Britain's Paralympians

have been been celebrating their best ever Games for nearly

three decades on the final day of Para GB finished up 2nd

in the medals table with 147 Andy Swiss joins us

from the Paralympic Park. Yes, welcome to Rio, where, as you

say, it has been some games for the British team. Their target was to

beat the 120 medals they won in London 2012. They have done it in

some style. Amid the celebrations, this was a day that began on a very

sombre note. As fans arrive for the final

day of competition the Paralympic flag and

the Iranian national tribute to the death of an athlete

whose death has shocked the sporting The tragedy cast a shadow over the

remaining events, including the wheelchair marathon where there was

more frustration for David Weir. This incident left him with a

damaged chair and he leaves Rio without a medal. But such

disappointment has been rare for Britain. In the final swimming

events there was a third gold medal for Bethany Firth. And a silver for

13-year-old Abby Kane, the youngest member of the team. They will be led

into the closing ceremony by Kadeena Cox, who won titles in cycling and

athletics. I was so overwhelmed. It has been such an amazing team. So

many amazing performances. To be selected out of all of those, to

represent them, I cannot put it into words how it made me feel. So a

final chance for signings and selfies. A picture perfect den...

Thank you Rio! And the perfect end. Has hosting The Games changed how

disability is perceived here and has it changed the daily lives of

disabled people. Carlos is a tour guide who lives in

Rio. Today, he's going to try and get me to the top of his city, but

it doesn't look easy. Do you do that at home? Yes. It is very simple. I

last saw Carlos one year before the Paralympics game to Rio. Have you

seen the change? They have started to change, but they have a long way

to go. But people have woken up for this. The people of Brazil have

taken to the Paralympics. Over 2 million tickets were sold, making it

the most successful games outside of London. Sarah Storey. For

Paralympics GB, they have had a record-breaking games, but it is

more than that. People are starting to understand, it's not about this

ability, it is about athletes who happen to have an impairment. I am

incredibly proud to be part of something that is so enormous. But

as the competition comes to an end, thoughts turn to legacy. Can the

achievement of elite athletes have an impact on the daily lives of

disabled people? I think we do that, through sport. We cannot rely on the

sex of The Games and say, they were really successful and everyone in

society will change like that. But at one change is the introduction of

an accessible bus system. But in a city where only 22 of 122 train

stations are fully accessible, it is still a difficult place to get

around. There was never any doubt Rio's back drop would be

sensational, but there was doubt as to whether the city could hold such

an important sporting event. But the Carlos, it was the right decision.

Look at that. Paralympics is very important to show how difficult

things are. Sometimes you'll ask for rights, nobody cares. The main

legacy was this hope we have now. It has been a challenging games for

Brazil. Barely a month ago there was such concerns over ticketing and

over finance, but again the odds, these games will be regarded as

success by both the organisers and of course, the British team.

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