25/02/2017 BBC Weekend News

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has said the party must 'do better'

at winning over voters but now is "not the time" to

He was speaking at the Scottish Labour conference in Perth

where he acknowledged that the party's by-election loss

in Copeland two days ago had been hugely disappointing.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he will stay on as leader.

Here's our Political Correspondent Carole Walker.

Jeremy Corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down.

He was in Stoke yesterday, where Labour saw off the challenge

But he is facing questions about the party's defeat in Copland.

The Tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had

been in Labour's hands since it was created.

Labour's deputy leader told the Scottish conference

he was hugely disappointed with the result.

Our job at the next general election is to gain over 100 seats.

Keeping what we have is supposed to be the easy bit.

This is not the time for a leadership election.

We cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate,

Even Mr Corbyn's most outspoken critics at Westminster are not

are not contemplating a leadership challenge.

re-elected and return in a stronger position.

But many of his MPs are deeply concerned that under his leadership

there is little prospect of the party regaining support

David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary who now runs

a charity based in New York, said he feared Labour is losing

He said "I'm obviously deeply concerned that Labour is further

from power than at any stage in my lifetime".

His supporters say Jeremy Corbyn is not the problem.

This isn't about one person, it's about as reconnecting

And of course by defeating Ukip instead we've

So let's share our successes, work, build upon it,

But in Scotland where Labour is struggling to recover,

party members are concerned at the scale of the problems.

I can't help but think the leadership at the UK level is partly

to blame for that. I think Jeremy Corbyn is our leader.

He has the absolute support of the Labour Party,

Jeremy Corbyn has said he is proud to continue as Labour.

He's not given any indication he'll be changing his approach.

In order to rebuild support for his party.

Media groups have reacted angrily after several, including the BBC,

were barred from a press briefing at the White House.

The New York Times said the move was an insult to democratic ideals.

The BBC has asked the White House for clarification.

President Trump's spokesman, Sean Spicer, was challenged

REPORTER: Are CNN and the New York Times not in here because you're

Because we had a pool and then we expanded it and we added some

It was my decision to expand the pool.

REPORTER: The president said "we're going to do something about it"

in reference to these stories that he is saying are false

by the New York Times, CNN and others.

I think we're going to aggressively push back.

We're just not going to sit back and let false narratives,

false stories, inaccurate facts get out there.

Iraqi forces have entered parts of western Mosul in what is expected

to be an arduous and dangerous battle to remove so called

Islamic State from Iraq's second largest city.

Wyre Davies reports from an advanced Iraqi military base where American

troops and advisers are proving to be a key part of

This woman is a victim of Islamic State's latest tactic

in its desperate bid to avoid defeat in Mosul.

The 55-year-old mother of seven from the eastern part of the city

"I was lying on the ground and people were pointing to the sky

from where the bomb came", she told me.

One of dozens of drone attack victims they've

This is pretty new for this conflict but also for conflicts

These mortars can be very effective and the impact on the population

This IS video eulogises the use of commercially available drones

An organisation which governs according to brutal feudal codes

adapting modern technology to lethal effect.

Drones are yet another threat for government troops now pursuing

fighters from so-called Islamic State into the narrow

After days of fierce clashes on the edge of the city.

But from a field just to the south, big American guns are helping

to sway the battle perhaps decisively in the

This is an overwhelmingly Iraqi military operation but the role

of American advisers and troops, so-called boots on the ground,

US artillery pieces pounding targets in Mosul.

American commanders are reluctant to divulge too many sensitive

details, but say US military support will be decisive.

The fight in Western Mosul would be a tough fight for really

So the Iraqi army, the Iraqi federal police, again,

It will be a lot of house-to-house fighting.

They don't have any choice but to fight.

A Kurdish reporter, Shifa Gardi, was killed today covering

A handful of refugees fled in the opposite direction

but there are an estimated 750,000 civilians still trapped

Wyre Davies, BBC News, northern Iraq.

Five teenagers from London have appeared at Westminster Magistrates'

court today charged with terror-related offences.

The boys, aged between 15 and 19, were arrested on Tuesday,

following a series of raids across the capital by

the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit.

Three men have appeared in court on slavery charges

after the discovery of a cannabis factory at a disused nuclear

A police raid there on Wednesday found plants with a street value

All three men were remanded in custody.

A woman has been charged over the death of a three year

old boy who was attacked by a dog last summer.

Dexter Neal died at Halstead in Essex in August.

Jade Dunne, who's 29 is accused of owning a dog

Leicester City's former manager, Claudio Ranieri, has paid his last

He was sacked on Thursday, just nine months after the team

unexpectedly won the Premier League title.

Leicester has been struggling this season.

Ranieri told reporters he wanted to say goodbye

I don't speak with anybody, just to say thank you to the fans,

Because what we achieved in Leicester I hope could happen again,

Rugby now and in the Six Nations Scotland have beaten Wales

Despite having five key players missing from their side Scotland

Our Sports Correspondent Patrick Geary was watching.

You can lose yourself in Edinburgh. In the city of at least it takes

just one turn. So to the six Nations. Blown off course last week,

Scotland in Paris. Wales in Cardiff. Scores! One further false move for

either and their championship it's a dead end. So much hanging over this.

For 20 minutes so little ground given. Until Wales set off on the

open road. Liam Williams the fast leg. Too quick to be stopped by any

of Scotland's barriers. So they try to catch them another way. Finn

Russell kicked Scotland closer. But Leigh Halfpenny can kick to the

horizon. Consider Russell trumped. Scotland flew out after the break.

Tommy Seymour for the line. In the city of Trainspotting, try spotting.

Was it? It was, just. Scotland ahead. They moved six points clear,

then Wales responded. This time Rhys Webb asked the question. Before he

reached the try line, you reached touch, the answer was no try. Under

the pump Scotland have cracked in the past. Delirium, Vern Cotter

style. A first Scottish victory over Wales in ten years. So, 29-13, and

all of this show is Scotland's rugby 's resurgence and proves that they

are very real contenders for this year 's title. Patrick Geary, BBC

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