:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:09. > :00:16.Officials in New York say last night's explosion in Manhattan
:00:17. > :00:22.However no evidence of a link to international groups
:00:23. > :00:31.This is a very serious incident, it's going to take a lot of careful
:00:32. > :00:34.investigation to get to the facts, to get to the truth.
:00:35. > :00:38.Emergency talks at the UN after America expresses regret
:00:39. > :00:42.for an airstrike in Syria which Russia says killed
:00:43. > :00:48.Russia's prime minister says his United Russia party has won
:00:49. > :00:50.the country's parliamentary election.
:00:51. > :00:56.President Putin says the party won because people trusted it.
:00:57. > :01:02.TRANSLATION: Based on these exit polls, we can say our people have
:01:03. > :01:04.faith in the party even though we cannot deliver all we want to
:01:05. > :01:07.achieve. And after a summer of unprecedented
:01:08. > :01:11.sporting action, Rio prepares to say goodbye to the Paralympic
:01:12. > :01:23.Games. Officials in New York
:01:24. > :01:25.say an explosion in Manhattan last night,
:01:26. > :01:27.which injured 29 people, But they've said there's no evidence
:01:28. > :01:33.of a link with international groups Security has been heightened
:01:34. > :01:37.in the city - an extra 1,000 police officers
:01:38. > :01:53.are being deployed at bus stations, The blast took place in a district
:01:54. > :01:56.of Chelsea. Everybody has been released from hospital.
:01:57. > :02:04.These are the sort of scenes that New Yorkers have dreaded for years.
:02:05. > :02:08.The frightened aftermath of an explosion in the heart of Manhattan.
:02:09. > :02:12.This was the moment the bomb went off.
:02:13. > :02:18.A fireball that came within an incredibly loud bang.
:02:19. > :02:21.It had just gone 8.30pm, the middle of a Saturday night.
:02:22. > :02:23.The aim clearly was to maximise casualties.
:02:24. > :02:34.It was like close and people were running for their lives.
:02:35. > :02:41.I turned around and saw smoke shooting up over the tops
:02:42. > :02:45.of the buildings and frankly began running.
:02:46. > :02:47.The blast ripped through Chelsea, a fashionable neighbourhood
:02:48. > :02:51.where the bars and restaurants are always crammed at the weekend.
:02:52. > :02:57.The police released a photo of a mangled container,
:02:58. > :03:04.the possible source of the explosion.
:03:05. > :03:06.Into the New York night rushed the emergency services
:03:07. > :03:09.Dozens were injured, though none sustained
:03:10. > :03:15.As forensic teams started to comb the streets for clues,
:03:16. > :03:18.reports came through a second device had been found a few streets away.
:03:19. > :03:20.We're just approaching 1am and the police have just issued
:03:21. > :03:23.an emergency alert saying there was a suspicious package
:03:24. > :03:33.They are telling people to stay away from their windows.
:03:34. > :03:37.This is what they found - a pressure cooker with wires
:03:38. > :03:41.Similar to the home-made bombs left at the finish line of
:03:42. > :03:49.The device was taken away by the bomb unit in
:03:50. > :03:54.a specially-designed trailer so that robots could examine it.
:03:55. > :03:56.The New York authorities are saying that at this stage,
:03:57. > :03:58.there is no evidence of a connection with international terrorism
:03:59. > :04:02.but the investigation is still in an early phase.
:04:03. > :04:06.We know there was a bombing but we have a lot more work to do
:04:07. > :04:09.to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this.
:04:10. > :04:13.Was it a political motivation, a personal motivation?
:04:14. > :04:22.An extra thousand police officers are now protecting this city,
:04:23. > :04:24.a high visibility presence at tourist sites like Times Square.
:04:25. > :04:25.September is always a time of heightened security
:04:26. > :04:32.Only last week, New York remembered the most traumatic
:04:33. > :04:35.day in its history - 9/11 - this week, world
:04:36. > :04:44.leaders gather here for the United Nations General Assembly.
:04:45. > :04:46.Well, a knife attack in Minnesota, has now been claimed
:04:47. > :04:52.A news agency linked to the group, says the attacker responsible
:04:53. > :04:54.was a "soldier of the Islamic State".
:04:55. > :04:57.The attacker stabbed at least eight people at a mall,
:04:58. > :05:00.before he was killed by an off-duty police officer.
:05:01. > :05:03.Police say the suspect made at least one reference to Allah
:05:04. > :05:19.17 Indian soldiers have been killed in the most deadly militant attack
:05:20. > :05:20.in years in the Indian-administered Kashmir.
:05:21. > :05:22.All four of the attackers were killed.
:05:23. > :05:25.Carrying guns and grenades they stormed a base in Uri,
:05:26. > :05:27.close to the Line of Control with Pakistan in a pre-dawn ambush.
:05:28. > :05:30.Indian Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh reacted by calling Pakistan
:05:31. > :05:34.It is the deadliest attack on security forces
:05:35. > :05:36.It comes as violent protests against Indian rule
:05:37. > :05:40.in the disputed region continue, with a strict curfew imposed.
:05:41. > :05:42.More than 80 people, nearly all anti-government protesters,
:05:43. > :05:46.have died in more than two months of violence.
:05:47. > :05:49.Let's go to Washington now and speak to Lisa Curits,
:05:50. > :05:52.a Senior research fellow at the Heritage foundation, ad has
:05:53. > :06:05.What is your assessment of this attack and how it will affect
:06:06. > :06:10.relations between India and Pakistan? Tensions were already very
:06:11. > :06:15.high between India and Pakistan because of these protests which had
:06:16. > :06:19.been occurring in Kashmir over the last two month and had resulted in
:06:20. > :06:24.80 civilians being killed. But there's attack today, as you said
:06:25. > :06:30.was a major attack. It has brought the region to a crisis point. We
:06:31. > :06:35.have seen a lot of calls on Prime Minister Modi for some kind of
:06:36. > :06:42.retaliation against Pakistan. But in the past, India has shown a lot of
:06:43. > :06:51.restraint, take the 2008 Mumbai attacks, when over 170 people were
:06:52. > :06:53.killed in those attacks, but the Indian government reacted with
:06:54. > :07:00.restraint. But the government will have to look at escalating the
:07:01. > :07:05.situation and whether India would be walking into a Pakistani trap. We
:07:06. > :07:12.know the Pakistanis want to elevate the Kashmir situation, and this is
:07:13. > :07:17.how they do it, by provoking some kind of military crisis. Is it fair
:07:18. > :07:26.to say there has been a failure of a long term strategy in Kashmir? If
:07:27. > :07:30.you are talking about the civil protests that have been going on
:07:31. > :07:36.over the last two month in Kashmir, the Indians need to use a lighter
:07:37. > :07:42.touch. They need to stop using these pellet guns, which have resulted in
:07:43. > :07:46.a lot of injuries to the Kashmiri people. But we have to separate the
:07:47. > :07:49.symbol protests that have been having, which is an issue for the
:07:50. > :07:52.Indian government to deal with. The fact this attack was likely carried
:07:53. > :07:57.out by Pakistan -based terrorists, so that means there has to be
:07:58. > :08:03.something done to convince Pakistan to crack down on terrorists that
:08:04. > :08:09.continue to operate on its soil. That is where the US role comes into
:08:10. > :08:13.play. The US must do more than simply called for dialogue between
:08:14. > :08:18.India and Pakistan. The US has to call on Pakistan to crack down on
:08:19. > :08:23.terrorist that reside on the inside of the border. It also must get both
:08:24. > :08:29.sides, Indian and Pakistani leaders to tone down the rhetoric. Right
:08:30. > :08:34.now, we see the UN General Assembly is going on and Prime Minister
:08:35. > :08:39.Sharif is probably going to make a speech there this week. It is
:08:40. > :08:44.important he not escalate the situation more by using this
:08:45. > :08:50.rhetoric on Kashmir. The same with India. India must refrain from the
:08:51. > :08:58.rhetoric on Baluchistan, which it has recently started to raise. Human
:08:59. > :09:02.rights atrocities on Pakistan. It needs to cool the rhetoric and that
:09:03. > :09:08.should help defuse the situation. Lisa Curtis, thank you very much.
:09:09. > :09:11.Let's take a look at some other stories now.
:09:12. > :09:14.Exit polls following city elections in the German capital,
:09:15. > :09:15.Berlin, suggest that Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian
:09:16. > :09:17.Democrats have lost ground to the right-wing anti-migrant
:09:18. > :09:25.Mrs Merkel's popularity has waned since her decision last year
:09:26. > :09:27.to allow more than a million migrants into the country.
:09:28. > :09:30.The leader of France's far right party, the National Front,
:09:31. > :09:33.says the British vote to leave the European Union has provided
:09:34. > :09:36.Marine Le Pen told her supporters that next year's presidential
:09:37. > :09:39.election presented a choice between preserving the sovereignty
:09:40. > :09:41.and values of France, and opting for a country that was no
:09:42. > :09:46.longer in the hands of the French, as she put it.
:09:47. > :09:49.A boat accident in central Thailand has killed at least 13 people.
:09:50. > :09:52.Around 100 passengers were travelling on a double-decker
:09:53. > :09:56.boat on Thailand's Chao Phraya river when it crashed into a concrete
:09:57. > :10:02.Several people are still missing, but rain and darkness are making it
:10:03. > :10:17.difficult for rescue crews to carry out a search.
:10:18. > :10:25.Our Correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in New York.
:10:26. > :10:31.There was a press conference a few hours ago and the London mayor said
:10:32. > :10:36.they don't know the motivation behind this attack but it wasn't
:10:37. > :10:43.linked to international terrorism? We have heard from two New York
:10:44. > :10:48.elected officials, first the governor, who announced they were
:10:49. > :10:51.going to be 1000 extra police and National Guard officers on the
:10:52. > :10:57.street at transit hubs across the city in the wake of this explosion.
:10:58. > :11:02.He was speaking this morning, and he said at that point there didn't
:11:03. > :11:04.appear to be any international terrorists linked to this explosion
:11:05. > :11:09.in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan last night. Also, a second
:11:10. > :11:14.unexploded device, a pressure cooker device was found a few blocks away.
:11:15. > :11:18.And then the mayor who spoke after that, would only call this a
:11:19. > :11:22.bombing. He didn't say it was a terrorist act, which is what the
:11:23. > :11:27.governor said. The mayor said this was a bombing but that is about all
:11:28. > :11:32.we know currently. We don't know the motivation, we don't know if it was
:11:33. > :11:38.political or criminal. So many more questions than answers. We do know
:11:39. > :11:42.the device that exploded, the one that didn't explode and also a pipe
:11:43. > :11:46.bomb that went off in New Jersey on Saturday morning, but didn't injure
:11:47. > :11:51.anyone, all of those devices are going to the FBI facilities in
:11:52. > :11:56.Virginia where they are going to be examined. This afternoon in New
:11:57. > :11:59.York, police are carrying on with their forensic evidence, combing
:12:00. > :12:04.through the scene of that explosion in Chelsea as they try and find
:12:05. > :12:07.clues. Of course, they are looking through surveillance video to see if
:12:08. > :12:10.it will provide any evidence about who was behind this. Thank you very
:12:11. > :12:14.much. The Russian prime minister,
:12:15. > :12:16.Dmitry Medvedev, has said his United Russia party has won
:12:17. > :12:19.the parliamentary election. Exit polls indicate that the party
:12:20. > :12:22.is on course to win nearly 45% of the seats in the lower
:12:23. > :12:26.house of parliament. The Russian president,
:12:27. > :12:28.Vladimir Putin, said the party had TRANSLATION: The turnout has not
:12:29. > :12:43.been the highest in Russia but it has been high enough
:12:44. > :12:47.to say our people have demonstrated we have a civil society,
:12:48. > :12:49.that wants to be in charge We know our people face
:12:50. > :12:53.lots of problems, there are numerous People voted for the United Russia,
:12:54. > :12:58.even when their lives are not easy. Based on these exit polls,
:12:59. > :13:00.we can say people have faith in the party, even
:13:01. > :13:03.when we are not able to deliver There is no one else in the country
:13:04. > :13:13.able to deliver better than us. Let's go to Moscow to speak
:13:14. > :13:22.to our correspondent Oleg Boldyrev. If confirmed, how significant is
:13:23. > :13:28.this result for United Russia? United Russia is losing a chunk of
:13:29. > :13:32.the vote, it still remains the largest party in the parliament. The
:13:33. > :13:37.Russian voters going to bed will face exactly the same composition of
:13:38. > :13:43.parties in the Parliament. Although the Communists seem to be coming
:13:44. > :13:48.third and the Liberal Democratic party second. In essence, it is the
:13:49. > :13:52.same Parliament which used to be there five years ago. And the hopes
:13:53. > :13:59.of some liberals, the novelty, now their individual candidates were not
:14:00. > :14:04.on the party list, but individually, those candidates will try and be in
:14:05. > :14:08.the Parliament. Even though those hopes don't seem to be realised. How
:14:09. > :14:17.do you foresee United Russia governing in this next term, given
:14:18. > :14:24.what you are saying? For five years, the Parliament has been approving
:14:25. > :14:27.pretty much everything the Kremlin was telling them to do. The
:14:28. > :14:33.government is initiating most of the laws and is enjoying a good ride in
:14:34. > :14:37.the Parliament. There is no reason to expect something will change.
:14:38. > :14:42.Some analysts were saying that perhaps now times are more difficult
:14:43. > :14:46.for Mr Putin, he needs a more robust Parliament, Parliament which will
:14:47. > :14:51.reflect the level of discussion in the society. But this doesn't seem
:14:52. > :14:54.to be happening. So far, the only deputy, the only MP which was
:14:55. > :15:01.symbolising the liberal lobby in the last Parliament seems to be losing
:15:02. > :15:06.to another United Russia candidate. Thank you very much.
:15:07. > :15:10.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come:
:15:11. > :15:16.All the latest sports and their reaction as Watford beat Manchester
:15:17. > :15:24.United for the first time in many years. 30 hours after the earthquake
:15:25. > :15:28.that devastated Mexico City, rescuers don't know how many people
:15:29. > :15:36.have died. There is people are alive and people not alive. We have just
:15:37. > :15:45.got to help with what ever we've got. It looked as though they had
:15:46. > :15:49.come to fight a war. But their mission is to bring peace to East
:15:50. > :15:55.Timor and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. The government's case is
:15:56. > :15:57.being forcefully presented. The justice minister has campaigned for
:15:58. > :16:09.abolition having witnessed one have his clients being executed.
:16:10. > :16:22.Elizabeth spent a lot of her time here.
:16:23. > :16:30.This is BBC World News today. The latest headlines: A bomb that
:16:31. > :16:33.exploded in New York City was an act of terrorism. The governor says
:16:34. > :16:39.there is no link to international groups.
:16:40. > :16:43.Assyrian warplane has been shot down during an operation against Islamic
:16:44. > :16:46.State group. As tensions escalate between Russia and the US over a
:16:47. > :16:53.ceasefire. Let's stay with that story.
:16:54. > :16:54.The Syrian military says it's lost an aircraft in the east
:16:55. > :16:56.of the country where it's fighting IS militants.
:16:57. > :17:00.It said the aircraft's pilot was killed in the area
:17:01. > :17:10.The jihadist group said the war plane was brought
:17:11. > :17:13.But Syrian military officials say they've regained control of areas
:17:14. > :17:16.they lost to IS fighters on Saturday after a US-led coalition airstrike
:17:17. > :17:19.Russia has criticised that US-led air attack for jeopardising
:17:20. > :17:22.The US has expressed regret for the unintentional
:17:23. > :17:37.We have the political and media adviser to Bashar al-Assad. She
:17:38. > :17:44.joined me earlier from Damascus and I started by asking her if she
:17:45. > :17:48.accepts the US apology? It is not enough to express regret, especially
:17:49. > :17:54.as events on the ground have shown that probably there is a kind of
:17:55. > :18:02.coordination between the United States and IS terrorists against the
:18:03. > :18:11.Syrian army. American planes were striking at our army for quite
:18:12. > :18:19.awhile,. When IS occupied the hills where the Syrian army was, they
:18:20. > :18:23.stopped shelling IS. There is a big question, how could this happen.
:18:24. > :18:34.They could not be a mistake, we do not think so. It is terrifying to
:18:35. > :18:40.think they are coordinating attacks with IS. It is an awful thought.
:18:41. > :18:44.That is quite an allegation, United states says it has been coordinating
:18:45. > :18:52.with Russia over its air strikes. What went wrong in this situation?
:18:53. > :18:58.The United States only notified Russia it was going to conduct an
:18:59. > :19:03.air strike. Russia did not know where, or against food. They did not
:19:04. > :19:10.give Russia any details. Russia would never have agreed to striking
:19:11. > :19:13.the Syrian Arab army. One question I ask, the United States, the
:19:14. > :19:23.superpower, the greatest country in the world, makes mistakes in
:19:24. > :19:31.targeting armies and...? It doesn't make sense to us. The other
:19:32. > :19:35.explanation is there is one authority and they wanted to conduct
:19:36. > :19:41.this and the other doesn't want to. There is a kind of problem and
:19:42. > :19:44.ministering issues in the United States and that is why they are
:19:45. > :19:50.finding it difficult to implement what they agree with the Russians
:19:51. > :19:53.regarding Syria. Russia says this ceasefire is now in danger of
:19:54. > :20:06.collapse. What is Syria's position on this? The Syrian position is that
:20:07. > :20:11.we agreed to a truce, we agreed the cessation of hostilities. We agreed
:20:12. > :20:15.to a reconciliation, we agreed to any step that would stop the
:20:16. > :20:22.bloodshed of the Syrian people. But we are not the problem. The reports
:20:23. > :20:30.from the UN said over ten terrorist groups refused the truce and refuse
:20:31. > :20:36.to adhere to it. The problem is, there are other interested parties
:20:37. > :20:44.who have an interest in prolonging this war against our people. We also
:20:45. > :20:51.saw strong words exchanged between Samantha Power and literally
:20:52. > :20:53.choking. This isn't helpful in terms of the humanitarian situation. Aid
:20:54. > :21:01.is still not getting to the thousands of people who need it? The
:21:02. > :21:08.humanitarian aid is reaching thousands of Syrian people
:21:09. > :21:20.everywhere that is possible. In the Western media, they never mentioned
:21:21. > :21:24.that every single day, convoys are going to all places, Al ACPO, all
:21:25. > :21:34.places, where we can reach without any problems. Now the Russians and
:21:35. > :21:37.the United States in coordination with the Syrian army are trying to
:21:38. > :21:43.make sure this assistance will reach Aleppo or Eastern Aleppo without
:21:44. > :21:49.being targeted. But if you allow me one second, the aim of all
:21:50. > :21:54.coordination among international targets, not only be to make
:21:55. > :22:01.humanitarian assistance to reach people, but to put an end to this
:22:02. > :22:05.war on Syria. Syrian people want to grow their crops, want to plough
:22:06. > :22:10.their lands, want to go to their factories. And they never, ever
:22:11. > :22:22.needed help from anybody when peace and security was secured for them in
:22:23. > :22:26.Syria. That was earlier from Damascus.
:22:27. > :22:31.The Paralympic Games come to an end with the closing ceremony
:22:32. > :22:38.A tribute to the Iranian cyclist who died is expected
:22:39. > :22:41.to mark part of the event, before the Paralympic flame
:22:42. > :22:43.is extinguished and the flag handed over to Tokyo,
:22:44. > :22:49.After eleven days of incredible sporting achievement it's China
:22:50. > :22:51.who sit atop of the medal table with a total of 239 medals.
:22:52. > :22:55.Great Britain are second with 147 medals, 64 of them gold.
:22:56. > :22:59.Ukraine third, improving on their fourth placed finish
:23:00. > :23:09.Nico Rosberg has now overtaken Britain's Lewis Hamilton at the top
:23:10. > :23:10.of the Formula One drivers' championship after winning
:23:11. > :23:12.the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time.
:23:13. > :23:15.Hamilton could only manage third place and saw his two point lead
:23:16. > :23:18.in the title race become an eight point deficit to his
:23:19. > :23:34.It has been an awesome weekend in Singapore. Yesterday with the pole
:23:35. > :23:40.lap, and today with a great start. I had a great car in the race. Daniel
:23:41. > :23:45.tried to get one past me with the pit stop, but we knew it was going
:23:46. > :23:54.to be tight in the end, but it worked out.
:23:55. > :24:00.It has been a miserable week the Jose Mourinho. Watford got a
:24:01. > :24:04.deserved win and their first over Manchester United in 30 years. The
:24:05. > :24:07.setback followed a derby defeat by Manchester City and the Europa
:24:08. > :24:14.League last to Feyenoord in the week. It is the first time Jersey
:24:15. > :24:19.finish Jose Mourinho lost three games in a row since he was in
:24:20. > :24:26.charge of Porto. I cannot control their mistakes. Against Manchester
:24:27. > :24:32.City is the result, not the mistakes of the penalty and the red card.
:24:33. > :24:36.Today, the story of the game will be the results and not the ridiculous
:24:37. > :24:40.situation of their first goal. The holders Great Britain are out
:24:41. > :24:43.of this years Davis Cup. Their semi final tie with Argentina
:24:44. > :24:46.went down to a deciding singles rubber after World number two
:24:47. > :24:49.Andy Murray beat Guido Pella in straight sets to level the score
:24:50. > :24:53.at 2-all But Leonardo Mayer fired Argentina into the final
:24:54. > :24:55.with a victory over four Argentina, who have been finalists
:24:56. > :25:00.four times in the past 10 years, will attempt to win their first
:25:01. > :25:02.Davis Cup when they travel Croatia sealed their place
:25:03. > :25:14.in the final after gaining an unassailable 3-1 lead over
:25:15. > :25:17.France in Zadar. The Croatians led 2-1 overnight
:25:18. > :25:19.and Marin Cilic's straight sets victory over Richard Gasquet
:25:20. > :25:40.sealed their place in Let's stay with sport because it is
:25:41. > :25:46.one of our top stories. The final sporting events at the Paralympic
:25:47. > :25:50.games have taken place in Rio ahead of a closing ceremony which gets
:25:51. > :25:53.underway in two hours. It will include a tribute to the Iranians
:25:54. > :25:59.cyclist who died after crashing in the men's road race on Saturday.
:26:00. > :26:02.That is it from me and the team here on BBC World News today. Goodbye for
:26:03. > :26:16.now. Good evening. The month of September
:26:17. > :26:20.so far has been a show stopper. Let's reflect on last week,
:26:21. > :26:22.record-breaking heat,