the former labour foreign secretary david miliband, has said that the party is further from power thans been at any time in the past 50 years. in an interview with the times newspaper, mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour's future underjeremy corbyn, after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. jeremy corbyn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by—election there, activists were delighted, but labour's vote slid in stoke and the party suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland as the conservatives triumphed. enterfrom new york the man people in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david miliband. he now runs a charity, the international rescue committee, and this is not the first time he has been a public doom monger about his party and jeremy corbyn. labour, he told the times, had now lost support among what he called its core base. but those loyal to the leader say it is not alljeremy corbyn‘s fault and add... i would actuall

was once a frontbencher, david miliband, but jeremy corbyn‘s was once a frontbencher, david miliband people say they are still moving forward, pointing to the fact they won in stoke central, a seat which was probably safe, but say it is proved they can still win and say they are moving forward. mr corbyn has said he is not looking at his position. we do the unions stand? well, they play an important role. they have offered support tojeremy corbyn throughout. 0ne they have offered support tojeremy corbyn throughout. one thing we probably do want to watch in the coming days, there is obviously an election going on for the position of leading tonight. len mccluskey has been running that union and is 110w has been running that union and is now being challenged. now, the contention there is that len mccluskey, one of the big backers of jeremy corbyn, is too close to westminster politics. the challenger says we want to move away from that. if that does change, is len mccluskey was to lose his position, that could change the relationship between labour, jeremy corbyn and the unions but for

this is bbc news, the headlines at four: the former labour foreign secretary, david miliband, says his party is now at its weakest in 50 years. jeremy corbyn insists his leadership is not to blame and his deputy says he needs to stay. this is not the time for a leadership election, that was settled last year, but we have to do better, we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate oxfam says it's preparing for a huge influx of civilians fleeing western mosul as iraqi forces push further into territory held by the islamic state group. suicide bombers have attacked two security compounds in syria's third city of homs, killing dozens of people. some reports put the number of dead at more than a0. and a scottish backpack at murrayfield. it puts them in a commanding position in the first of the weekend's six nations games. also coming up; the national trust receives an unexpected gift, the island that inspired its creation. grasmere island in cumbria had been held in private hands for 124 years but has now been gifted to the organisation in a will. good afternoon and welcome t

from across the water i think, i think david miliband, still in new york.id miliband saying that labour is at the weakest for 50 yea rs. that labour is at the weakest for 50 years. i can't figure out, whether this is efforts by those within labour, in very searingly positions, trying to shake all been out of his position at last. or if it is simply more moaning from the sidelines for those who are not in the battle. actually the funny thing about politics is that both may be true. david miliband is off on his thunderbirds international rescue job in new york, comes back to the uk, andjust in job in new york, comes back to the uk, and just in time to kick labour and say you are the weakest ui and 50 yea rs and say you are the weakest ui and 50 years to which many people will say, you didn't stay and fight, you we re say, you didn't stay and fight, you were oui’ say, you didn't stay and fight, you were our most promising person at ok you lost your own brother, debt over it, you could have been helping us instead of living it up on the other side of the pond.

the headlines on bbc news: david miliband has warned that labour is further than power than it has beenas speaking after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives. 0xfa m by—election to the conservatives. 0xfam says it is preparing for a huge influx of civilians fleeing western mosul as iraqi forces pushed further into territory held by the islamic state group. and the white house has excluded several major news organisations, including some it has openly criticised, from a briefing held by president trump's spokesman. mr trump has been angered by what he has described as the news items published by some media outlets. —— fa ke published by some media outlets. —— fake news. footage was released by west midlands police in the hope that someone midlands police in the hope that someone will come forward with more information with regards to this accident. a girl was walking with her mother on the bromsgrove road at around 6:30pm on saturday the 28th of january. a car then around 6:30pm on saturday the 28th ofjanuary. a car then mounted around 6:30pm on saturday the 28th

the former labour foreign secretary, david miliband, has said that the party is further from power thanen at any time in the past 50 years. in an interview with the times newspaper mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour's future under jeremy corbyn after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives. here's our political correspondent chris mason. jeremy corbyn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by—election there, activists were delighted, but labour's vote slid in stoke and the party suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland as the conservatives triumphed. enterfrom new york the man people in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david miliband. he now runs a charity, the international rescue committee, and this is not the first time he has been a public doom monger about his party and jeremy corbyn. labour, he told the times, had now lost support among what he called its core base. "i am obviously deeply concerned that labour is further from power that at any stage in my lifetime,"

the former labour foreign secretary david miliband, has said that the party is further from power than 50 years. in an interview with the times newspaper, mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour's future underjeremy corbyn, after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. the party deputy leader tom watson has been speaking in the last hour. when someone has romped home to a historic victory, they have the right to see their vision through. you should not get rid of them just because the results are not going their way. but you are not here to listen to me talk about claudio ranieri. all of us need to have a long hard look at cells and find out what is not working. we should not be facing questions about whether we can retain seats we already hold. ourjob at the next general election is to gain over 100 seats. keeping what we have is supposed to be the easy pa rt what we have is supposed to be the easy part and here in scotland, we have seen what happens when labour —— labour's long—term supporters stop v

david miliband?blair is the man that the british love to hate but he was the only sense voice. that was a week ago when he talked about europe. not everybody thinks that, i should say. even people who hate him could thing, i agree with every word. he made the broader argument that it isn'tjust about brexit. in other words, we see trap and brexit and he was arguing for a reconstitution of the centre—left or centre—right coalition —— trump. it could steal it a reasonable path. for example, david miliband. someone who has been in british politics, but he was associated with or tarnished by the tony blair years and that's the challenge. he was pa rt and that's the challenge. he was part of the tony blair thing. and that's never going to go away but the memories will become more fuzzy. it will become an asset at some point, i'm sure of that. he was a relatively independent member of new labour in that he started as a policy adviser and he always had a mind of its own. the question is, does he have the rea

former labour foreign secretary, david miliband, says the party is at its weakest point in half a century. as its deputy leader warns the party must do better. this is not the time for a leadership election, that was settled last year, but we have to do better, we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate. oxfam says it's preparing for a huge influx of civilians fleeing western mosul, as iraqi forces push further into territory held by the islamic state group. several news organisations, including the bbc, have been barred from entering an informal press briefing at the white house. suicide bombers have attacked two security compounds in syria's third city of homs, killing at least 30 people. also coming up... the national trust receives an unexpected gift. an island which inspired the organisation's foundation is given to the conservation charity after more than a century in private hands. scotla nd scotland break—out. and a spirited second—half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in ten years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc

if david miliband going to enter the fray?paper this morning, this is the darkest time he has seen the labour and he sees it as impossible. will tony blair come back? that's been another one around the fringes. come back to rescue the party. but with the party elect david miliband? it would depend. the interesting thing about this is the reason they want to jeremy corbyn to hang around is because there is more change they want to instigate in september, which is the john mcdonnell rule, which will mean they don't have to reach such a high threshold in order to get another left—winger onto the ballot paper. quick word. you got a story in the express. you have the summit up about ukip. there were two by—elections. the fallout from labour. paul nuttall obviously didn't win the seat of stoke and basically party's biggest donor will issue an ultimatum and say, there could be chairman, that's me modernise the parties we can become electable and if you don't do that i will set up a rival party that will basically destroy ukip. he has

former labour foreign secretary david miliband has said the party is at its weakest for 50 years. jeremy corbyn's allies says negative interventions are not helping the party. several major news organisations have been excluded from a briefing by president's trump's spokesman at the white house. the bbc, cnn and the new york times were among those told they were not invited. iraqi forces have now entered parts of western mosul, in what is expected to be a dangerous battle to remove the so—called islamic state from iraq's second largest city. suicide bombers have attacked two security compounds in syria's third city of homs, killing dozens of people. some reports put the number of dead at more than a0. now on bbc news, talking movies previews the oscars. hello from hollywood and welcome to our special oscars preview edition of talking movies. i'm tom brook. in today's programme, everything you need to know about the academy awards. the big—name stars in the running. would it mean a lot to you to get oscars recognition? yeah, always. it's fabulous. and the documentaries and foreign—

former labour foreign secretary david miliband has said the party is at its weakest for 50 years.rbyn's allies says negative interventions are not helping the party. several major news organisations have been excluded from a briefing by president's trump's spokesman at the white house. the bbc, cnn and the new york times were among those told they were not invited. iraqi forces have now entered parts of western mosul, in what is expected to be a dangerous battle to remove the so—called islamic state from iraq's second largest city. suicide bombers have attacked two security compounds in syria's third city of homs, killing dozens of people. some reports put the number of dead at more than a0. now, on bbc news, it's click. this week, new homes and new lives. diy space battles and hidden figures. did you see that? chanting: eu, shame on you! we are living in interesting times. to many, it feels like the world is shifting on its axis. tempers are rising, voices are being raised. and there is movement. political. ideological. and physical. and this is one of the most divisive issues of

the headlines: the former labour foreign secretary david miliband has said the party is at its weakestemy corbyn‘s allies says negative interventions aren't helping the party. several major news organisations have been excluded from a briefing by president's trump's spokesman at the white house. the bbc, cnn, and new york times were among those told they weren't invited. iraqi forces have now entered parts of western mosul in what is expected to be a dangerous battle to remove so called islamic state from iraq's second largest city. khaled khateeb, a syrian cinematographer whose film about the war has been nominated for an oscar has been stopped from flying to the us for the ceremony. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, camping in churches. i'm going to try to go to sleep now, and try and forget that i'm entirely surrounded by graves. a spanish celebration of pork. and getting to grips with sudan. wrestling a guy in front of 2,000 people is a bit further than what i usually do. this week, i'm in kent, in england's south—east corner. this is the city of canterbury, a place of p

the headlines: the former labour foreign secretary david miliband has said the party is at its weakestyears. jeremy corbyn ‘s allies say that negative interventions aren't helping the party. several major news organisations had been excluded from a briefing by president trump's spokesman at the white house. the bbc, cnn and the new york times were among those told they were not invited. iraqi forces have entered parts of western mosul in an attempt to remove so—called islamic state from iraq's second largest city. security compounds have been attacked in syria, killing dozens. some reports put the number of dead at more than a0. now, it's time for witness, with tanya beckett. hello, and welcome to witness, with me, tanya beckett. i'm at the british library in london to bring you five more unique glimpses into history from the people who were there. this month, we'll hearfrom the victim of one of india's first high—profile sexual harassment cases. a berliner who remembers west berlin's soviet blockade. and the musicians behind a swahili pop sensation. but we start in mogadishu in 1993,

former labour foreign secretary david miliband has said the party is at its weakest for 50 years. jeremy corbyn‘s allies says negative interventions are not helping the party. iraqi forces have now entered parts of western mosul, in what is expected to be a dangerous battle to remove the so—called islamic state from iraq's second—largest city. several major news organisations have been excluded from a briefing by president's trump's spokesman at the white house. the bbc, cnn and new york times were among those told they were not invited. suicide bombers have attacked two security compounds in syria's third city of homs, killing dozens of people. some reports put the number of dead at more than forty. now on bbc news, reporters. welcome to reporters. i'm philippa thomas. from here in the world's newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. in this week's programme, on the frontline of the battle for mosul. quentin somerville joins iraqi forces, as they meet fierce resistance to their assault on the last stronghold of the so—called islami

please welcome david miliband. welcome, sir. >> thank you. to be here but not a good time for the i.r.c. what does the i.r.c. do. >> we're the international rescue committee, in 29 cities we resettle refugees here. 13,000 refugees found a new life here with the i.r.c. in 2016. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: so you-- you are doing amazing work and you're on the ground. when the executive order/travel ban came down, how did that affect what you were actually doing with these people? >> so immediately, our staff around the world faced this terrible problem, a propaganda gift for isis and for al qaeda, who want to say that america will never look after muslim populations, that immediate was the emboldening of enemies, never mind the shock for the allies. for our refugee resettlement work here, we immediately faced the prospect first of the halving of the numbers of refugees. >> trevor: yeah. >> but there's also the human side of the story. that gets lost in the statistics. look, today, we're dealing with its case of a family, a man who helped

david miliband, the former foreign secretary who now runs a charity based in new york, said he fearedosing support at its core base. he said, "i'm obviously deeply concerned that labour is further from power than at any stage in my lifetime." his supporters sayjeremy corbyn is not the problem. it isn't about one person, it's about us reconnecting with our grassroots, it's about us getting the working class vote back. and of course by defeating ukip in stoke, we've successfully done that. so let's share our successes, work, build upon it, and get back into government. but in scotland, where labour is struggling to recover, party members are concerned at the scale of the problems. but in scotland, where labour is struggling to recover, party members are concerned at the scale of the problems. i think the leadership in the uk is partly to blame for that. jeremy corbyn has the absolute support of the labour party, because we've got to get on with it. jeremy corbyn has said he is proud to continue as leader. he's not given any indication he'll be changing his approach. carole walker, bbc n

the times leads with an interview with david miliband who says that labour is the weakest it has beenefeat in the copeland by—election. and there is more on labour, in the i cena jeremy corbyn refuses to stand down as the party leader despite losing that seed copeland for the first time in 80 yea rs. copeland for the first time in 80 years. the telegraph focuses on the tory victory and theresa may's declaration that the conservatives are now the party of working people. staying with the prime minister, the front page of the financial times talks about the pressure on her to cut disability benefits. the daily mail reports that motorists should be wary of buying diesel vehicles after a warning from chris grayling. express highlights what is a looming pension crisis, as uk taxpayers are subsidising low paid jobs for foreign workers. the daily mail front page says she is one of several residents that has been made homeless because of a fire caused by a whirlpool dryer. in the guardian warns that tens of thousands of schoolchildren are being put at risk due to toxic fumes. let us begin. pe

. >>> joining me now, david miliband, president and ceo of the international rescue committee that operates resettlement in 26 cities and former foreign secretary for the uk. i guess first is the basic question of how this order is affecting the work that you do with refugees. >> so the refugee resettlement numbers are being cut very significantly but we're facing families separated, people in desperate straits having got their visa, 60,000 would be refugees have been through the vetting system which is the toughest possible way of getting into the u.s. and now they're stuck in limbo. >> if the 60,000 that have made it through. >> they've been identified, they've been through the 21 steps of the refugee vetting system, they're stuck. if they're from syria, they're told there's an indefinite ban on them. and yes we are a resettlement agency in the u.s., we work in 30 war torn countries, syria, lebanon, iraq and the middle east. the great danger there is you compound the human misery of these individual stories with a propaganda gift to extremists who want to say you can never trust the ameri

the former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party is the furthest it's been from power

david miliband, the former foreign secretary, who now runs a charity based in new york, said he fearedosing support in its core base. he said, "i am obviously deeply concerned that labour is further from power than at any stage in my lifetime". his supporters sayjeremy corbyn is not the problem. this isn't about one person. it's about us reconnecting with our grassroots. it's about us getting the working class vote back and, of course, by defeating ukip in stoke we successfully have done that because we were told we couldn't do that. so, let's share our successes, let's work and build upon it and let's get back into government where we should be. 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 that the leadership at uk level is partly to blame for that. i thinkjeremy corbyn is our leader, he has the absolute support of the entire labour party because we've got to get on with it, we can't keep talking amongst ourselves. jeremy corbyn has said he is proud to continue as leader and he's not given any

david miliband has said that labour is in the weakest position it has been in in 50 years and it doesn'teed to make sure that we have the answers to people's problems now. but you don't, clearly. we must make clear that we have those answers and we must keep working at it. you keep repeating that, when people in copeland are listening... you keep asking the same question. you say you have to work at things but this was a major by—election for you in a seat you've held for 35 years, albeit the majority is 2,500. you would think that this is a seat that is naturally your territory and you couldn't hold on. and you sayjeremy corbyn has nothing to do with the result? the whole picture, there were two by—elections and in stoke, where ukip said that this was a moment when they were going to win the brexit capital of britain, they were going to use it as a launch pad to attack labour in its working class seats in the north of england, that's what they said, that's how it was built, people said ukip were going to win, or the tories... the labour vote went down in stoke. and we won the by—electio

but many of his enemies in his own party in westminster will agree with that old colleague david milibandur is in worse trouble than it seems in the last 50 years and itsjeremy corbyn‘s full. there will be no coup, no organised mutiny. they are saying that would strengthen jeremy corbyn. in the meantime they believe that labour, as it stands, is simply too weak to win, too strong to die. deepin too weak to win, too strong to die. deep in the doldrums and deeper in trouble. john, john pienaar, many thanks. iraqi troops have entered western mosulfor the first time in their offensive to drive out so—called islamic state from the country's second city. west mosul is the last is stronghold in iraq. they're surrounded, along with an estimated 750,000 civilians. but government forces today met fierce resistance, as they fought their way into the city from the airport. quentin somerville and cameraman nick millard were the first journalists to head in to the district of jawsaq. they've sent this report. the so—called islamic state — breached. the very first iraqi government forces roll into west

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former labour foreign secretary, david miliband, says the party is at its weakest point in half a century —— as its deputy leader warns the party must do better. if this is not the time for a leadership election, that was settled last year, but we have to do better, we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate. the battle for mosul. iraqi forces enter parts of the west of the city as they continue their offensive to remove so called islamic state. media organisations react angrily after several, including the bbc, are barred from a press briefing at the white house. three people have been entered in the german city of heidelberg after a man drives a car into a pedestrian area. also coming up... the national trust receives an unexpected gift. an island which inspired the organisation's foundation is given to the conservation charity after more than a century in private hands. scotla nd scotland to break out and get goals. and a spirited second—half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in ten years. good evening and welcome to bbc