:00:21. > :00:28.Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has said the party must 'do better'
:00:29. > :00:31.at winning over voters but now is "not the time" to
:00:32. > :00:35.He was speaking at the Scottish Labour conference in Perth
:00:36. > :00:39.where he acknowledged that the party's by-election loss
:00:40. > :00:42.in Copeland two days ago had been hugely disappointing.
:00:43. > :00:44.Jeremy Corbyn has said he will stay on as leader.
:00:45. > :00:50.Here's our Political Correspondent Carole Walker.
:00:51. > :00:54.Jeremy Corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down.
:00:55. > :00:58.He was in Stoke yesterday, where Labour saw off the challenge
:00:59. > :01:08.But he is facing questions about the party's defeat in Copland.
:01:09. > :01:11.The Tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had
:01:12. > :01:16.been in Labour's hands since it was created.
:01:17. > :01:17.Labour's deputy leader told the Scottish conference
:01:18. > :01:23.he was hugely disappointed with the result.
:01:24. > :01:26.Our job at the next general election is to gain over 100 seats.
:01:27. > :01:29.Keeping what we have is supposed to be the easy bit.
:01:30. > :01:32.This is not the time for a leadership election.
:01:33. > :01:41.We cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate,
:01:42. > :01:52.Even Mr Corbyn's most outspoken critics at Westminster are not
:01:53. > :01:56.are not contemplating a leadership challenge.
:01:57. > :01:58.re-elected and return in a stronger position.
:01:59. > :02:01.But many of his MPs are deeply concerned that under his leadership
:02:02. > :02:03.there is little prospect of the party regaining support
:02:04. > :02:08.David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary who now runs
:02:09. > :02:11.a charity based in New York, said he feared Labour is losing
:02:12. > :02:17.He said "I'm obviously deeply concerned that Labour is further
:02:18. > :02:19.from power than at any stage in my lifetime".
:02:20. > :02:29.His supporters say Jeremy Corbyn is not the problem.
:02:30. > :02:35.This isn't about one person, it's about as reconnecting
:02:36. > :02:38.And of course by defeating Ukip instead we've
:02:39. > :02:41.So let's share our successes, work, build upon it,
:02:42. > :02:44.But in Scotland where Labour is struggling to recover,
:02:45. > :02:48.party members are concerned at the scale of the problems.
:02:49. > :02:54.I can't help but think the leadership at the UK level is partly
:02:55. > :02:59.to blame for that. I think Jeremy Corbyn is our leader.
:03:00. > :03:01.He has the absolute support of the Labour Party,
:03:02. > :03:05.Jeremy Corbyn has said he is proud to continue as Labour.
:03:06. > :03:08.He's not given any indication he'll be changing his approach.
:03:09. > :03:09.In order to rebuild support for his party.
:03:10. > :03:15.Media groups have reacted angrily after several, including the BBC,
:03:16. > :03:18.were barred from a press briefing at the White House.
:03:19. > :03:22.The New York Times said the move was an insult to democratic ideals.
:03:23. > :03:25.The BBC has asked the White House for clarification.
:03:26. > :03:27.President Trump's spokesman, Sean Spicer, was challenged
:03:28. > :03:34.REPORTER: Are CNN and the New York Times not in here because you're
:03:35. > :03:39.Because we had a pool and then we expanded it and we added some
:03:40. > :03:47.It was my decision to expand the pool.
:03:48. > :03:50.REPORTER: The president said "we're going to do something about it"
:03:51. > :03:52.in reference to these stories that he is saying are false
:03:53. > :03:54.by the New York Times, CNN and others.
:03:55. > :04:00.I think we're going to aggressively push back.
:04:01. > :04:02.We're just not going to sit back and let false narratives,
:04:03. > :04:06.false stories, inaccurate facts get out there.
:04:07. > :04:11.Iraqi forces have entered parts of western Mosul in what is expected
:04:12. > :04:15.to be an arduous and dangerous battle to remove so called
:04:16. > :04:18.Islamic State from Iraq's second largest city.
:04:19. > :04:20.Wyre Davies reports from an advanced Iraqi military base where American
:04:21. > :04:23.troops and advisers are proving to be a key part of
:04:24. > :04:29.This woman is a victim of Islamic State's latest tactic
:04:30. > :04:35.in its desperate bid to avoid defeat in Mosul.
:04:36. > :04:38.The 55-year-old mother of seven from the eastern part of the city
:04:39. > :04:46."I was lying on the ground and people were pointing to the sky
:04:47. > :04:49.from where the bomb came", she told me.
:04:50. > :04:51.One of dozens of drone attack victims they've
:04:52. > :04:59.This is pretty new for this conflict but also for conflicts
:05:00. > :05:04.These mortars can be very effective and the impact on the population
:05:05. > :05:13.This IS video eulogises the use of commercially available drones
:05:14. > :05:18.An organisation which governs according to brutal feudal codes
:05:19. > :05:23.adapting modern technology to lethal effect.
:05:24. > :05:27.Drones are yet another threat for government troops now pursuing
:05:28. > :05:29.fighters from so-called Islamic State into the narrow
:05:30. > :05:41.After days of fierce clashes on the edge of the city.
:05:42. > :05:44.But from a field just to the south, big American guns are helping
:05:45. > :05:46.to sway the battle perhaps decisively in the
:05:47. > :05:54.This is an overwhelmingly Iraqi military operation but the role
:05:55. > :05:57.of American advisers and troops, so-called boots on the ground,
:05:58. > :06:05.US artillery pieces pounding targets in Mosul.
:06:06. > :06:07.American commanders are reluctant to divulge too many sensitive
:06:08. > :06:11.details, but say US military support will be decisive.
:06:12. > :06:13.The fight in Western Mosul would be a tough fight for really
:06:14. > :06:19.So the Iraqi army, the Iraqi federal police, again,
:06:20. > :06:22.It will be a lot of house-to-house fighting.
:06:23. > :06:28.They don't have any choice but to fight.
:06:29. > :06:32.A Kurdish reporter, Shifa Gardi, was killed today covering
:06:33. > :06:36.A handful of refugees fled in the opposite direction
:06:37. > :06:39.but there are an estimated 750,000 civilians still trapped
:06:40. > :06:46.Wyre Davies, BBC News, northern Iraq.
:06:47. > :06:49.Five teenagers from London have appeared at Westminster Magistrates'
:06:50. > :06:53.court today charged with terror-related offences.
:06:54. > :06:56.The boys, aged between 15 and 19, were arrested on Tuesday,
:06:57. > :06:58.following a series of raids across the capital by
:06:59. > :07:00.the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit.
:07:01. > :07:03.Three men have appeared in court on slavery charges
:07:04. > :07:05.after the discovery of a cannabis factory at a disused nuclear
:07:06. > :07:09.A police raid there on Wednesday found plants with a street value
:07:10. > :07:16.All three men were remanded in custody.
:07:17. > :07:19.A woman has been charged over the death of a three year
:07:20. > :07:22.old boy who was attacked by a dog last summer.
:07:23. > :07:24.Dexter Neal died at Halstead in Essex in August.
:07:25. > :07:26.Jade Dunne, who's 29 is accused of owning a dog
:07:27. > :07:32.Leicester City's former manager, Claudio Ranieri, has paid his last
:07:33. > :07:37.He was sacked on Thursday, just nine months after the team
:07:38. > :07:39.unexpectedly won the Premier League title.
:07:40. > :07:41.Leicester has been struggling this season.
:07:42. > :07:43.Ranieri told reporters he wanted to say goodbye
:07:44. > :07:56.I don't speak with anybody, just to say thank you to the fans,
:07:57. > :08:05.Because what we achieved in Leicester I hope could happen again,
:08:06. > :08:15.Rugby now and in the Six Nations Scotland have beaten Wales
:08:16. > :08:19.Despite having five key players missing from their side Scotland
:08:20. > :08:26.Our Sports Correspondent Patrick Geary was watching.
:08:27. > :08:33.You can lose yourself in Edinburgh. In the city of at least it takes
:08:34. > :08:40.just one turn. So to the six Nations. Blown off course last week,
:08:41. > :08:46.Scotland in Paris. Wales in Cardiff. Scores! One further false move for
:08:47. > :08:52.either and their championship it's a dead end. So much hanging over this.
:08:53. > :08:57.For 20 minutes so little ground given. Until Wales set off on the
:08:58. > :09:01.open road. Liam Williams the fast leg. Too quick to be stopped by any
:09:02. > :09:06.of Scotland's barriers. So they try to catch them another way. Finn
:09:07. > :09:12.Russell kicked Scotland closer. But Leigh Halfpenny can kick to the
:09:13. > :09:17.horizon. Consider Russell trumped. Scotland flew out after the break.
:09:18. > :09:22.Tommy Seymour for the line. In the city of Trainspotting, try spotting.
:09:23. > :09:26.Was it? It was, just. Scotland ahead. They moved six points clear,
:09:27. > :09:30.then Wales responded. This time Rhys Webb asked the question. Before he
:09:31. > :09:34.reached the try line, you reached touch, the answer was no try. Under
:09:35. > :09:42.the pump Scotland have cracked in the past. Delirium, Vern Cotter
:09:43. > :09:49.style. A first Scottish victory over Wales in ten years. So, 29-13, and
:09:50. > :09:53.all of this show is Scotland's rugby 's resurgence and proves that they
:09:54. > :09:55.are very real contenders for this year 's title. Patrick Geary, BBC
:09:56. > :09:57.News and Murrayfield. There's more throughout the evening
:09:58. > :10:00.on the BBC News Channel, we are back with the late news
:10:01. > :10:03.at a quarter past ten - now on BBC1 its time
:10:04. > :10:04.for the news where you are.