:00:00. > :00:00.Heightened security in New York after a bomb
:00:00. > :00:11.The motive is still unknown but the city authorities say
:00:12. > :00:17.All the casualties have now been released from hospital.
:00:18. > :00:21.This is a very serious incident, it's going to take a lot of careful
:00:22. > :00:25.investigation to get to the facts, to get to the truth.
:00:26. > :00:28.There's no evidence of links to international terrorism -
:00:29. > :00:31.but with world leaders heading to New York for the UN
:00:32. > :00:32.General Assembly, hundreds more police will be
:00:33. > :00:40.A special report from Iraq on the final preparations to retake
:00:41. > :00:47.For the last half-hour we've been aired dropping millions of these
:00:48. > :00:49.propaganda leaflets, promising that victory lies ahead
:00:50. > :00:57.Less than a week to go in the Labour leadership contest and a former
:00:58. > :00:59.leader has a stark warning about the re-election
:01:00. > :01:06.A Games to remember for Paralympics GB, who'll bid
:01:07. > :01:30.Security across New York City has been stepped up,
:01:31. > :01:36.with more police deployed to airports and the transport
:01:37. > :01:38.network after last night's bomb attack in Manhattan.
:01:39. > :01:41.29 people were injured in the explosion -
:01:42. > :01:48.The Governor of New York says the blast was, by its own nature,
:01:49. > :01:50.an act of terrorism, but the authorities have found no
:01:51. > :01:52.links to international groups and are as yet unclear
:01:53. > :01:56.The bomb was detonated in the early hours of this morning
:01:57. > :01:58.in the residential district of Chelsea.
:01:59. > :02:04.Our New York correspondent Nick Bryant has this report.
:02:05. > :02:12.These are the sort of scenes that New Yorkers have dreaded for years.
:02:13. > :02:18.The frightened aftermath of an explosion in the heart of Manhattan.
:02:19. > :02:21.This was the moment the bomb went off.
:02:22. > :02:24.A fireball that came with an incredibly loud bang.
:02:25. > :02:32.The aim clearly was to maximise casualties.
:02:33. > :02:42.It was close and people were running for their lives.
:02:43. > :02:50.I turned round and I saw smoke shooting up over
:02:51. > :02:56.The blast ripped through Chelsea, a fashionable neighbourhood
:02:57. > :03:00.where the bars and restaurants are always crowded at the weekend.
:03:01. > :03:08.The police released a photo of a mangled container, the possible
:03:09. > :03:11.Into the New York night rushed the emergency services
:03:12. > :03:15.Dozens were injured, though none sustained
:03:16. > :03:22.As forensics teams began to comb the scene for clues,
:03:23. > :03:25.reports started to come through that a second device had been found
:03:26. > :03:31.Well, we're just approaching one o'clock in the morning
:03:32. > :03:33.and the police have just issued an emergency alert saying
:03:34. > :03:37.that there is a suspicious package a couple of streets away
:03:38. > :03:43.and they are telling people to stay away from their windows.
:03:44. > :03:48.A pressure cooker with wires and a mobile phone attached.
:03:49. > :03:50.Similar to the home-made bombs left at the finish line
:03:51. > :03:53.at the Boston Marathon three years ago.
:03:54. > :03:56.The device was taken away by the bomb unit in a specially
:03:57. > :04:00.designed trailer so that robots could examine it.
:04:01. > :04:04.The New York authorities are saying that at this stage there is no
:04:05. > :04:07.evidence of a connection with international terrorism
:04:08. > :04:10.but the investigation is still in an early phase.
:04:11. > :04:13.We know there was a bombing but we have a lot more work to do
:04:14. > :04:18.to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this.
:04:19. > :04:19.Was it a political motivation, personal motivation?
:04:20. > :04:26.But last night's bombing has been described as an act of terrorism
:04:27. > :04:36.A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism.
:04:37. > :04:41.But it is not linked to international terrorism.
:04:42. > :04:44.In other words, we find no Isis connection, etc.
:04:45. > :04:47.An extra thousand police officers are now protecting the city -
:04:48. > :04:52.a high visibility presence at tourist sites like Times Square.
:04:53. > :04:54.September is always a time of heightened security
:04:55. > :04:58.Only last week New York remembered the most dramatic
:04:59. > :05:01.day in its history - 9/11.
:05:02. > :05:03.This week, world leaders gather here for the United
:05:04. > :05:19.The police say that no group or individual has claimed
:05:20. > :05:23.responsibility and that is significant because in Minnesota
:05:24. > :05:27.last night in the midwest and man went on and knifing spree, my think
:05:28. > :05:32.eight people at a shopping centre before being shot dead by police and
:05:33. > :05:35.today, the group calling itself Islamic State has claimed
:05:36. > :05:38.responsibility for that attack, saying that was one of their
:05:39. > :05:42.supporters and they have not made such a claim for this New York
:05:43. > :05:46.bombing and as yet authorities are not giving any indication as to what
:05:47. > :05:48.the possible motivation might have been. Thank you. Nick Bryant in New
:05:49. > :05:50.York. Six days after the start
:05:51. > :05:53.of a fragile truce in Syria, air strikes are reported to have
:05:54. > :05:55.targeted anti-government The deal agreed by the United States
:05:56. > :05:59.and Russia is also being threatened by tensions over a US-backed strike
:06:00. > :06:02.that killed more than 60 Washington says it regrets
:06:03. > :06:06.the 'unintentional loss of life' and the incident has led
:06:07. > :06:09.to an astonishing war of words between diplomats
:06:10. > :06:13.at the United Nations. Our diplomatic correspondent
:06:14. > :06:18.James Robbins reports from there. A fragile ceasefire now
:06:19. > :06:22.looks all but smashed. Under its terms, Syrian government
:06:23. > :06:25.forces are permitted to attack jihadists,
:06:26. > :06:30.including so-called Islamic State. The Syrians were not expecting
:06:31. > :06:33.the United States, also targeting IS, to bomb their ground forces
:06:34. > :06:39.by accident instead. Russia says American warplanes
:06:40. > :06:43.killed at least 60 Syrian soldiers. Washington expressed regret
:06:44. > :06:45.and called it unintentional The Syrian government called it
:06:46. > :06:53.deliberate and the war of words Russia called for an emergency
:06:54. > :06:57.session of the Security Council, even accusing the United States
:06:58. > :07:01.of colluding with jihadists. It is quite significant and frankly
:07:02. > :07:04.suspicious that the United States chose to conduct this particular air
:07:05. > :07:08.strike at this time. Why, all of a sudden,
:07:09. > :07:10.would the United States choose Russia really needs to stop
:07:11. > :07:17.the cheap point-scoring and the grandstanding and the stunts
:07:18. > :07:21.and focus on what matters, which is implementation
:07:22. > :07:24.of something that we negotiated That ceasefire deal agreed
:07:25. > :07:35.by the US and Russia went It was meant to stop air strikes
:07:36. > :07:41.by President Assad's Russian-backed It should be leading to co-ordinated
:07:42. > :07:48.air strikes by the US and Russia against UN-designated terrorists,
:07:49. > :07:53.including so-called Islamic State. The United States and Russia have
:07:54. > :07:56.been trading insults here at the UN for decades but the timing of this
:07:57. > :08:00.breakdown could hardly be worse. Just as President Obama and other
:08:01. > :08:03.world leaders start to gather here for their annual
:08:04. > :08:07.September Global Summit. So no relief for the people
:08:08. > :08:11.of Aleppo, now reported to be under Syrian air attack for the first time
:08:12. > :08:15.since the ceasefire. They were meant to benefit
:08:16. > :08:18.but all that depended on growing trust, particularly
:08:19. > :08:21.between the US and Russia, And there seems to be even
:08:22. > :08:28.less of that trust now. James Robbins, BBC News,
:08:29. > :08:31.at the United Nations in New York. Meanwhile, the fight to free Iraq's
:08:32. > :08:34.second largest city from so-called Islamic State will begin
:08:35. > :08:36.within the month, according to Major General Rupert Jones,
:08:37. > :08:41.the senior British officer there. Mosul has been in the hands
:08:42. > :08:46.of IS for the last two years and our Middle East correspondent
:08:47. > :08:49.Quentin Sommerville has been witnessing final preparations
:08:50. > :08:53.for the assault on it. The final countdown for the battle
:08:54. > :09:00.of Mosul is underway. And at Baghdad Airport, the Iraqi
:09:01. > :09:07.Air Force are on a mission. Their target is Mosul,
:09:08. > :09:09.but this isn't a bombing run. The captain and his crew have flown
:09:10. > :09:12.this mission more than Our mission is going to be
:09:13. > :09:15.delivering some leaflets, supporting our guys
:09:16. > :09:17.on the ground over in Mosul. And telling the guys,
:09:18. > :09:20.telling the good people over And that's the message
:09:21. > :09:31.being dropped from 17,000 feet. Even if it doesn't always
:09:32. > :09:36.hit its mark. In the last half-hour they have been
:09:37. > :09:38.air-dropping millions of these propaganda leaflets,
:09:39. > :09:40.promising that victory lies ahead What is certain, though,
:09:41. > :09:48.is the biggest battle yet with the Islamic State is coming
:09:49. > :09:53.and it's coming soon. The scale of the task
:09:54. > :09:56.shines brightly below. Mosul, the so-called
:09:57. > :09:59.Islamic State's Iraqi stronghold, It is two years since IS swept
:10:00. > :10:08.across Syria and Iraq, That brought back British soldiers,
:10:09. > :10:14.who are helping get ready Major General Rupert Jones says
:10:15. > :10:22.Iraqi forces will make It's the really important battle,
:10:23. > :10:29.it is the capital of their so-called caliphate in Iraq and Daesh have
:10:30. > :10:31.proved themselves an So the big question is how
:10:32. > :10:36.they adapt as they are squeezed out British and American troops
:10:37. > :10:46.are bringing firepower and training. But Iraqis will do the fighting
:10:47. > :10:52.and they are on a winning streak. Two years ago it was
:10:53. > :10:54.quite different. They dropped their weapons
:10:55. > :10:57.and ran as IS advanced. But now, Falluja is the latest big
:10:58. > :11:04.city to be cleared of the militants. This weekend, the first families
:11:05. > :11:09.returned home here in years. Seven-year-old Hassan
:11:10. > :11:15.is one of them. For the Hamid family,
:11:16. > :11:17.it is the first time in their house Thank God they didn't get in here,
:11:18. > :11:24.he tells me. Everything looks like it is here
:11:25. > :11:30.but it is covered in dirt. But Falluja fell early
:11:31. > :11:35.and the family fled in a rush. As bad as things were for people
:11:36. > :11:44.in Falluja, Mosul is more There, people are being encouraged
:11:45. > :11:52.to stay in their homes Here, American artillery men
:11:53. > :12:01.are targeting IS bunkers. Taking Mosul was the moment that
:12:02. > :12:12.made the Islamic State. Losing it would be
:12:13. > :12:14.the beginning of its undoing. Quentin Somerville,
:12:15. > :12:22.BBC News, Falluja. Jeremy Corbyn has said he'd
:12:23. > :12:24.like to give ordinary party members 'greater representation',
:12:25. > :12:26.if he wins his party's It's understood he's
:12:27. > :12:30.considering giving grassroots members a role in choosing
:12:31. > :12:33.the Shadow Cabinet. With the contest in its final days,
:12:34. > :12:38.Labour's former leader Lord Kinnock has told the BBC that if Mr Corbyn
:12:39. > :12:41.is re-elected, he doesn't think he'll see another Labour
:12:42. > :12:43.government in his lifetime. Our deputy political editor
:12:44. > :12:48.John Pienaar reports. He doesn't look too
:12:49. > :12:49.worried, does he? Jeremy Corbyn learns for sure
:12:50. > :12:55.whether he has been re-elected Urged on by the devoted army
:12:56. > :13:03.of left-wing followers who have packed into campaign rally
:13:04. > :13:06.after campaign rally. Unite people together,
:13:07. > :13:08.united we are strong. United as a party we go forward
:13:09. > :13:12.to create a decent, better society. Mr Corbyn looks unstoppable,
:13:13. > :13:20.but can Labour reunite? End the civil war that has
:13:21. > :13:24.paralysed the party? Owen Smith calling from the Labour
:13:25. > :13:27.Party. Owen Smith launched his
:13:28. > :13:29.leadership challenge, warning Jeremy Corbyn was too
:13:30. > :13:33.divisive, too left-wing, too incompetent to lead Labour,
:13:34. > :13:37.let alone win an election. To a former leader it is worse
:13:38. > :13:41.than the 1980s, when Neil Kinnock fought hard-left infiltrators
:13:42. > :13:43.and faction fighting By any examination, this
:13:44. > :13:48.is the greatest crisis You believe you may not see another
:13:49. > :13:56.Labour government in And unless things change
:13:57. > :14:04.radically and rapidly, it is very doubtful that
:14:05. > :14:08.I will see another Labour Here in Brighton, the local Labour
:14:09. > :14:16.MP Peter Kyle is a critic of Mr Corbyn and local left-wing
:14:17. > :14:18.activists want him I think we're standing absolutely
:14:19. > :14:24.at the edge of a cliff and it might well be that one or other
:14:25. > :14:28.of the factions or both of us end up Left-wingers in the town
:14:29. > :14:33.are campaigning hard for Jeremy Corbyn but,
:14:34. > :14:37.as in other parts of the country, there are fears some have
:14:38. > :14:39.infiltrated the party to take control and push Labour further
:14:40. > :14:41.to the left. The local party chairman faces
:14:42. > :14:47.the threat of expulsion. He is under investigation for links
:14:48. > :14:51.to a controversial far-left group. I think the Labour Party is a place
:14:52. > :14:58.where my politics will be most effective, it is a place
:14:59. > :15:00.where my politics have a history. I don't think you should ban people
:15:01. > :15:04.because you don't like their ideas. The leader's inner circle want
:15:05. > :15:06.loyalty from Labour MPs, And as an olive branch,
:15:07. > :15:12.there is this extraordinary promise that Mr Corbyn will try
:15:13. > :15:15.to polish up his act. We have all got to raise the level
:15:16. > :15:18.of our game, we have And I am being extremely honest
:15:19. > :15:22.but I've had enough of politicians who think they are God's gift
:15:23. > :15:25.to politics and the earth, etc. We have made mistakes,
:15:26. > :15:28.like everybody else. We are willing to learn the lessons
:15:29. > :15:31.from our own Parliamentary Labour Party, particularly members who have
:15:32. > :15:34.been in this position before us. There is no sign that Labour can
:15:35. > :15:42.unite here, locally or nationally. And without unity, without reaching
:15:43. > :15:45.the millions of voters the polls say have turned away, the party
:15:46. > :15:48.is facing a dark future. Broken as a force in
:15:49. > :15:49.British politics. And you can hear more on Panorama
:15:50. > :16:07.tomorrow night at 8.30pm on BBC One. India has accused Pakistan of being
:16:08. > :16:12.behind... India has accused Pakistan
:16:13. > :16:14.of being behind a deadly attack on an army base
:16:15. > :16:16.in the Indian-controlled Kashmir. 17 soldiers died when gunmen stormed
:16:17. > :16:22.a brigade headquarters in the early The attack came in the midst of the
:16:23. > :16:24.largest protest against Indian rule in years.
:16:25. > :16:26.Early results in Russian parliamentary elections
:16:27. > :16:28.are pointing to victory for Vladimir Putin's ruling party.
:16:29. > :16:31.Exit polls suggest United Russia is on course to win an absolute
:16:32. > :16:34.majority in the Duma, or lower house.
:16:35. > :16:36.But there have been reports of violations in voting
:16:37. > :16:55.What has President Putin said about this outcome? Bannerette Putin says
:16:56. > :16:59.this is a good result for his party in difficult times. Election
:17:00. > :17:03.officials say this is a valid result and one of the cleanest elections in
:17:04. > :17:07.Russia for years, they point to the fact that many polling stations were
:17:08. > :17:11.equipped with webcam is pointing directly at the ballot boxes so that
:17:12. > :17:16.Russians can follow the voting online and in real-time. Yet, some
:17:17. > :17:20.of those webcams have captured what appear to be blatant violations,
:17:21. > :17:21.including cases of election officials getting up and walking to
:17:22. > :17:42.the ballot boxes and stuffing those boxes with ballot papers. Tonight,
:17:43. > :17:44.Russian police are investigating some of those cases. Five years ago
:17:45. > :17:46.it was vote rigging which sparked anti-government protests, that Putin
:17:47. > :17:48.will hope that this time, his popularity and general apathy will
:17:49. > :17:50.mean that Russians will accept the result. Steve Rosenberg, thank you.
:17:51. > :17:52.Great Britain have lost their defence of tennis's Davis Cup.
:17:53. > :17:55.They were beaten 3 matches to 2 by Argentina in the
:17:56. > :17:59.Andy Murray had earlier battled through injury to beat Guido Pelle
:18:00. > :18:02.But despite a good start in the deciding match,
:18:03. > :18:05.Dan Evans lost to Leonardo Mayer 3 sets to 1 to mean Argentina face
:18:06. > :18:11.Britain's Paralympians have been been celebrating
:18:12. > :18:14.their best ever Games for nearly three decades on the final day of
:18:15. > :18:20.Para GB finished up 2nd in the medals table,
:18:21. > :18:35.Andy Swiss joins us from the Paralympic Park.
:18:36. > :18:44.Well come to Rio, it has been some Paralympic Games for the British
:18:45. > :18:48.team, the target was to beat the 120 medals at London 2012 and they have
:18:49. > :18:54.done that in some style. Amid the celebrations, this was a day that
:18:55. > :18:59.began on a very sombre note. As a phantom ride for the final day, the
:19:00. > :19:05.Paralympic flag and the Iranian flag where both flying at half-mast. The
:19:06. > :19:10.tribute the cyclist who died in a crash in yesterday's Road race. The
:19:11. > :19:13.tragedy cut a shadow over the remaining events, including the
:19:14. > :19:17.men's wheelchair marathon, where there was more frustration for David
:19:18. > :19:20.Weir, in the black helmet at the back, this incident left him with a
:19:21. > :19:25.damaged chair and he leaves Rio without a medal. Such disappointment
:19:26. > :19:30.has been referenced and, in the final swimming event there was a
:19:31. > :19:34.third gold medal for Bethany Firth. And a silver for the 13-year-old
:19:35. > :19:39.Abby Kane, the youngest member of the team. They will be led into the
:19:40. > :19:41.closing ceremony tonight by the flagbearer, Kadeena Cox, who won
:19:42. > :19:47.titles in both cycling and athletics. I was so overwhelmed, it
:19:48. > :19:51.has been such an amazing team and there have been some in the amazing
:19:52. > :19:55.performances. To be selected to represent them, it is just an
:19:56. > :20:00.honour, I cannot even put in towards how that may be filled. And so for
:20:01. > :20:05.Britain's massive medallists, a final chance to signings and
:20:06. > :20:11.selfies. A picture perfect end... To the golden games.
:20:12. > :20:18.It has been some Paralympic Games for Britain but what about Brazil?
:20:19. > :20:24.Has hosting changed how disability is perceived here and has changed
:20:25. > :20:25.the daily lives of disabled people? Nikki Fox reports on the legacy of
:20:26. > :20:27.the games. Carlos is a tour guide
:20:28. > :20:31.who lives in Rio. Today, he is going to try
:20:32. > :20:33.and get me to the top of his city, but
:20:34. > :20:37.it doesn't look easy. I last saw Carlos
:20:38. > :20:44.one year before the But I'm happy, because with this
:20:45. > :20:55.Paralympic Games, I think the people The people of Brazil have
:20:56. > :21:00.well and truly taken to Over two million tickets
:21:01. > :21:06.were sold, making it the most successful Games
:21:07. > :21:11.outside of London. For Paralympics GB, they have had
:21:12. > :21:14.a record-breaking ten days, but The Paralympic movement
:21:15. > :21:17.is growing and I think people are starting
:21:18. > :21:19.to understand it's not really about disability at all,
:21:20. > :21:21.it is about athletes who happen I'm incredibly proud to be part
:21:22. > :21:27.of something that is so enormous. But as the competition comes
:21:28. > :21:31.to an end, thoughts turn to legacy. Can the achievements of elite
:21:32. > :21:34.athletes have an impact on the The number one legacy
:21:35. > :21:43.is the change of attitude. And I think we're doing that
:21:44. > :21:45.through sport, but we cannot rely Paralympics and say, oh,
:21:46. > :21:52.the Games were really a success and the society
:21:53. > :21:53.will But one small change
:21:54. > :21:57.is the addition of an However, in a city where only
:21:58. > :22:01.22 out of 102 train stations are fully accessible,
:22:02. > :22:04.it's still a difficult place to There was never any doubt Rio's
:22:05. > :22:11.backdrop would be sensational, but there was doubt over
:22:12. > :22:14.whether the City could hold such We have come here to see
:22:15. > :22:18.the wonderful view. But for Carlos, it was
:22:19. > :22:20.the right decision. Paralympic is very important
:22:21. > :22:25.to show how difficult is Sometimes you get tired,
:22:26. > :22:30.because you fight, fight, fight, The main legacy was this
:22:31. > :22:53.hope that we have now. It has been a challenging Games for
:22:54. > :22:57.Brazil, it is easy to forget that one month ago there were such
:22:58. > :23:01.concerns over ticketing and financed but against the odds, these Games
:23:02. > :23:05.will be regarded as a success by both the organisers and, of course,
:23:06. > :23:07.the British team. Andy Swiss, thank you.
:23:08. > :23:10.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.