:00:00. > :00:00.The New York authorities say the bomb that exploded in Manhattan
:00:07. > :00:09.last night WAS an act of terrorism, but say there is no link
:00:10. > :00:17.29 people were injured, all have now been released
:00:18. > :00:21.from hospital but New Yorkers are asked to be vigilant.
:00:22. > :00:24.Everybody get off the street, let's go get off the street.
:00:25. > :00:26.There'll be a heightened police presence on the streets
:00:27. > :00:31.but the motive for the attack is unknown.
:00:32. > :00:37.This was a very serious incident, it's going to take a lot of careful
:00:38. > :00:40.investigation to get to the facts, and get to the truth.
:00:41. > :00:42.We'll have the latest live from New York City.
:00:43. > :00:47.With the Labour leadership result less than a week away,
:00:48. > :00:50.a stark warning from a former leader about the re-election
:00:51. > :00:54.The conflict against IS in Syria - tensions rise between Russia
:00:55. > :01:00.and the United States over the deaths of Syrian troops.
:01:01. > :01:02.And a third gold for Bethany Firth on the final day
:01:03. > :01:29.Officials in New York say last night's explosion in Manhattan -
:01:30. > :01:35.which injured 29 people - WAS an act of terrorism.
:01:36. > :01:37.But they've said no link with international groups such
:01:38. > :01:41.as so-called Islamic State has ben found.
:01:42. > :01:43.An extra one thousand police officers are being deployed at bus
:01:44. > :01:45.terminals, airports and underground stations,
:01:46. > :01:48.but there is no indication of the motive
:01:49. > :01:50.behind the bombing, which took place in
:01:51. > :02:00.Our New York correspondent Nick Bryant has this report.
:02:01. > :02:07.Everybody, get off the street! Lescott! These are the sort of
:02:08. > :02:13.scenes New Yorkers have dreaded for years. The fact and aftermath of an
:02:14. > :02:19.explosion in the heart of Manhattan. This was the moment the bomb off. A
:02:20. > :02:23.fireball that came with an incredibly loud bang. It had just
:02:24. > :02:29.gone 8:30pm, the middle of a Saturday night. The aim clearly was
:02:30. > :02:35.to maximise casualties. No wonder people sprinted in panic. The
:02:36. > :02:40.explosion was so big, it was like close, and people were running for
:02:41. > :02:46.their lives. Meijer I heard, boom, boom, two big noises. Turned around
:02:47. > :02:53.and I saw smoke shooting up over the tops of the buildings and frankly we
:02:54. > :02:55.began running. The route through Chelsea, fashionable neighbourhood
:02:56. > :03:00.were bars and restaurants are always credit at the weekend. Now it was
:03:01. > :03:04.strewn with wreckage. The police released a photo, angled container,
:03:05. > :03:09.the possible source of the explosion. Into the New York mad the
:03:10. > :03:15.emergency services to treat the. Dozens were injured although none
:03:16. > :03:20.sustained life-threatening injuries. Come with me, I'm holding it. As
:03:21. > :03:24.forensic teams combed the scene for clues reports came through that a
:03:25. > :03:29.second device had been found just a few streets away. We're just a
:03:30. > :03:33.bridge in 1am and police have just issued an emergency alert saying
:03:34. > :03:36.there is a suspicious package a couple of streets away, and telling
:03:37. > :03:42.people to stay away from their windows. This is what they'd found,
:03:43. > :03:46.a pressure cooker with wires and a mobile phone attached. Similar to
:03:47. > :03:49.the home made bombs left at the finish line of the Boston Marathon
:03:50. > :03:54.three years ago. The device was taken away by the bomb unit in a
:03:55. > :03:59.specially designed trailers so that robots could examine it. The New
:04:00. > :04:03.York authorities are saying that at this stage there is no evidence of a
:04:04. > :04:07.connection with international terrorism and the investigation is
:04:08. > :04:11.still in an early phase. We know there was a bombing but we have a
:04:12. > :04:18.lot more work to do to be able to say what kind of motivation was
:04:19. > :04:22.behind this. Was it a political motivation, personal motivation?
:04:23. > :04:27.What was it? We don't know yet. An extra 1000 officers are now
:04:28. > :04:37.protecting the city, high visibility presence at tourist sites like times
:04:38. > :04:39.Square. September is always a time of heightened security and concern.
:04:40. > :04:41.Only last week New York remembered the most dramatic day in its
:04:42. > :04:42.history, 9/11. This week world leaders gather here for the United
:04:43. > :04:51.Nations General Assembly. Nick, this afternoon we heard from
:04:52. > :04:54.the governor of New York as well as the mayor, how would you sum up the
:04:55. > :05:00.tone and approached the authorities are taking to this? The governor of
:05:01. > :05:04.New York has used stronger language than the mayor, Bill de Blasio. Each
:05:05. > :05:08.described this as an act of terrorism. He has said that there is
:05:09. > :05:13.no link with international terror groups, however. The New York City
:05:14. > :05:17.police Department has said no one has claimed responsibility, no group
:05:18. > :05:23.or individual and that may be significant, because last night in
:05:24. > :05:26.Minnesota, in the American midwest and man went on a stabbing rampage
:05:27. > :05:29.and stabbed eight people before being shot by police. And today the
:05:30. > :05:33.group calling itself Islamic State has actually claimed responsibility
:05:34. > :05:37.for that attack and said it was one of their supporters who carried it
:05:38. > :05:41.out. No such claim in this New York attack. Police are stressing at the
:05:42. > :05:45.moment that they should not be a rush to judgment. They are giving no
:05:46. > :05:48.indication of what the motivation could be. Nick Bryant, in New York,
:05:49. > :05:52.thank you. Here, with less than a week of
:05:53. > :05:55.the Labour leadership contest to go, the former party leader Lord Kinnock
:05:56. > :05:58.has given a stark warning about He told the BBC's Panorama programme
:05:59. > :06:02.that if Mr Corbyn defeats his challenger Owen Smith,
:06:03. > :06:04.he doesn't think he'll see another Our Deputy Political Editor
:06:05. > :06:19.John Pienaar reports. Doesn't look too worried, Desi? Good
:06:20. > :06:24.afternoon, nice to see you. Jeremy Corbyn Lenska sure that he has been
:06:25. > :06:28.re-elected as Labour leader next weekend, the chances are he will
:06:29. > :06:33.win, urged on by the devoted army of followers who have packed into
:06:34. > :06:37.campaign rally after rally. United we are very strong, united as a
:06:38. > :06:44.party we go forward to create that decent, better society. Thank you
:06:45. > :06:47.very much. Mr Corbyn looks unstoppable but can Labour reunite
:06:48. > :06:52.in the Civil War that has paralysed the party? Biggar hello, sorry to
:06:53. > :07:03.bother you, Owen Smith from the Labour Party. Owen Smith launched
:07:04. > :07:05.his leadership challenge claiming Jeremy was too divisive, left-wing
:07:06. > :07:08.and incompetent to lead Labour, let alone win an election. Two former
:07:09. > :07:11.leader it is worse than the 1980s when Neil Callan fought hard left
:07:12. > :07:15.infiltrators and faction in fighting engulfed the party. By any
:07:16. > :07:20.examination this is the biggest crisis that the Labour Party has
:07:21. > :07:26.faced. You believe you may not see another Labour government in your
:07:27. > :07:33.lifetime? I am 74 and unless things change radically and rapidly, it is
:07:34. > :07:38.very doubtful. Doubtful that I will see another Labour government
:07:39. > :07:43.elected. Here in Brighton at the local Labour MP, Peter Kyle, is a
:07:44. > :07:47.critic of Mr Corbyn and local left-wing activists want him sacked
:07:48. > :07:51.as a candidate. I think we are standing absolutely at the edge of a
:07:52. > :07:56.cliff. It might well be that one or other faction or both end up going
:07:57. > :08:00.over it. I really think it is not serious. Left-wingers in the town
:08:01. > :08:24.are campaigning hard for Jeremy Corbyn at us in other parts
:08:25. > :08:28.of the fears that some of infiltrators and the party to take
:08:29. > :08:30.control and push it further to the left, so-called entries. The local
:08:31. > :08:32.party chairman faces the threat of expulsion, he is under investigation
:08:33. > :08:35.for links to a controversial far left group. Adamson myself as an
:08:36. > :08:38.entry list, I think Labour is the place for my politics will be most
:08:39. > :08:40.effective, they have a history, I don't think you should ban people
:08:41. > :08:42.because you don't like their ideas. The leaders want loyalty from
:08:43. > :08:44.members including past opponents if he succeeds and there is this
:08:45. > :08:47.extraordinary promise that he will try to polish up his act. We all
:08:48. > :08:49.have to raise our game, learned lessons, I will be extremely honest,
:08:50. > :08:53.I've had enough of politicians who think they are God 's gift to
:08:54. > :08:57.politics on earth. We have made mistakes like anyone. We are willing
:08:58. > :09:02.to learn from our party particularly members who have been in this
:09:03. > :09:08.position before us. Tutoring from old hands? Why not? There is no sign
:09:09. > :09:11.of Labour can unite here, locally or nationally, and without reaching the
:09:12. > :09:16.millions of voters the opinion polls say have turned away at the party is
:09:17. > :09:18.facing a bleak future, broken as a force in British politics. John
:09:19. > :09:21.Pienaar, BBC News. And you can see that
:09:22. > :09:22.Panorama programme - At eight thirty tomorrow
:09:23. > :09:26.night, here on BBC One. There are reports that the Syrian
:09:27. > :09:29.city of Aleppo has been hit by air strikes for the first time
:09:30. > :09:31.since a ceasefire came Tensions have increased
:09:32. > :09:36.between the United States and Russia which brokered the deal,
:09:37. > :09:39.particularly after US-backed coalition aircraft accidentally
:09:40. > :09:40.struck Syrian government forces. Here's our Diplomatic Correspondent,
:09:41. > :09:47.James Robbins. A fragile ceasefire now
:09:48. > :09:51.looks all but smashed. Under its terms, Syrian government
:09:52. > :10:02.forces are permitted to attack jihadists, including
:10:03. > :10:04.so-called Islamic State. Precisely what they say
:10:05. > :10:07.their pictures today show. The Syrians were not expecting
:10:08. > :10:12.the US, also targeting IS,
:10:13. > :10:14.to bomb their ground forces Russia says American warplanes
:10:15. > :10:19.killed at least 60 Syrian soldiers Washington expressed
:10:20. > :10:31.regret, calling it unintentional but the damage
:10:32. > :10:32.is It is suspicious that the
:10:33. > :10:40.United States chose to conduct this Why all of a sudden
:10:41. > :10:48.United States chose to help the Syrian Armed Forces
:10:49. > :10:50.defending Deir ez-Zor? Russia needs to stop
:10:51. > :10:53.the cheap point scoring and the grandstanding and the stunts
:10:54. > :10:56.and focus on what matters which is implementation of something
:10:57. > :10:57.that we negotiated in The United States and Russia have
:10:58. > :11:01.been trading insults at the UN for decades, but the timing of this
:11:02. > :11:07.breakdown could hardly be worse. Just as President Obama and other
:11:08. > :11:10.world leaders start to gather here for their annual
:11:11. > :11:11.September global summit. Hopes for a tentative Syrian peace
:11:12. > :11:14.deal were never high, they have been fading over the past few
:11:15. > :11:18.days but now they look even more The current ceasefire deal
:11:19. > :11:21.agreed by the US and It was meant to stop air strikes
:11:22. > :11:29.by President Assad's Russian backed It should be leading to co-ordinated
:11:30. > :11:40.air strikes by the US and Russia against UN-designated terrorists,
:11:41. > :11:49.including IS, but the entire deal, including safe passage for aid
:11:50. > :12:00.to besieged civilians is now at risk people of Aleppo who are
:12:01. > :12:08.reported to be under Syrian air attack for
:12:09. > :12:11.They were meant to be among the first
:12:12. > :12:13.topped by the ceasefire, leading to possible long-term peace but all
:12:14. > :12:16.that depended on growing trust particularly between the US and
:12:17. > :12:17.Russia, on opposite sides in this war.
:12:18. > :12:20.And there seems to be even less of that trust now.
:12:21. > :12:22.James Robbins, BBC News, at the United Nations in
:12:23. > :12:26.Football, and in this afternoon's Premier League action, Watford have
:12:27. > :12:28.beaten Manchester United for the first time in 30 years.
:12:29. > :12:30.This goal from substitute Juan Zuniga and an injury time
:12:31. > :12:33.penalty from Troy Deeney gave Watford a 3-1 win at Vicarage Road
:12:34. > :12:36.and consigned Jose Mourinho's side to their third defeat in a week.
:12:37. > :12:38.In tennis, Andy Murray battled through injury to take
:12:39. > :12:40.Great Britain's Davis Cup semi-final tie with Argentina
:12:41. > :12:50.Murray beat Guido Pelle in straight sets.
:12:51. > :12:54.That's Dan Evans has just lost the Deeside and 3-1 which means that
:12:55. > :12:57.Argentina are through to the final. The Rio Paralympics are drawing
:12:58. > :13:00.to a close, with the final It will be a Games to
:13:01. > :13:04.remember for Paralympics GB who are in second place
:13:05. > :13:07.on the medals table. 64 of their 147 medals are gold,
:13:08. > :13:11.with another six added to the tally But as Andy Swiss reports from Rio,
:13:12. > :13:31.this has also been a sombre day This report contains flash
:13:32. > :13:34.photography. As fans arrive for the final day of competition the
:13:35. > :13:37.Paralympic flag and the Iranian national flag were at half-mast in
:13:38. > :13:42.tribute to the death of an athlete whose death has shocked the sporting
:13:43. > :13:45.world. Bahman Golbarnezhad crashed on a downhill section of rest
:13:46. > :13:50.today's road race and suffered a cardiac arrest. He was described as
:13:51. > :13:56.a family man who leaves behind a wife and a son. Organisers described
:13:57. > :14:01.the news as heartbreaking. And athlete losing his life competing,
:14:02. > :14:06.doing what he loves, in a crash, but you know, in sport there are
:14:07. > :14:11.dangers. We know that. And we will investigate what happened, at the
:14:12. > :14:16.end of the day, it is just a tragedy. Yesterday's tragic news has
:14:17. > :14:21.cast a shadow of the end of these games but over the last two weeks
:14:22. > :14:25.these Paralympics have enjoyed enthusiastic crowds and a
:14:26. > :14:30.celebratory spirit, not least for the British team. Last night there
:14:31. > :14:33.was yet more success in the swimming pool, Bethany Firth becoming
:14:34. > :14:38.Britain's most decorated athlete of the games with her third gold medal.
:14:39. > :14:44.There was a silver for 13-year-old Abby Cana, youngest member of a
:14:45. > :14:50.British team that has won some 147 medals. They will be led into the
:14:51. > :14:54.closing ceremony tonight by Katrina Cox won titles in both cycling and
:14:55. > :14:59.athletics, one of the outstanding stars of an outstanding team. I was
:15:00. > :15:03.so overwhelmed, it's been such an amazing team with so many amazing
:15:04. > :15:07.performances, to be selected to represent them, it's an honour I
:15:08. > :15:13.can't even put into words how it made me feel. More disappointment
:15:14. > :15:16.today for David Weir, in the black helmet at the back, he crashed out
:15:17. > :15:22.of the wheelchair marathon and leaves Rio without one medal. But
:15:23. > :15:25.such frustration has been rare that the British team, a chance for
:15:26. > :15:31.signing and selfies, a picture perfect end to the golden games.
:15:32. > :15:34.Andy Swiss, BBC News, Rio. Thank you, Rio!
:15:35. > :15:37.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,