Welcome to bbc news. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he accepts a share of the responsibility for losing the copeland constituency to the conservatives in thursdays by election. He told the Scottish Labour Conference the defeat showed the scale of the task facing the party, that hell remain as leader, and that labour must unite to win. His critics say the result shows labour is failing to appeal to the electorate. Our political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Thank you very much. He says his partys defeat at the hands of the conservatives in the copeland by election underlined the scale of the task ahead, and he urged his party to stand together to turn back the tory tide. Clapping. The result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course, i take my share of responsibility for it. We havent done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people whove been ripped off and sold out for decades and dont always feel that labour represents them. But now is not the time to re
To dateline london. The state were in is there a vacuum at the heart of British Politics . How far does the future of the European Union rest on the next president of france . And,the fight against the Group Calling itself islamic state. Who will be doing the fighting . My guests today are agnes poirier, who is uk editor of frances marianne, Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, mina al oraibi, the arab affairs commentator, and ned temko, who is an author and journalist. The tradition in britain is for Opposition Parties to do well in by elections since they can often be used as a protest vote against the sitting government. This week, the conservatives actually won a seat in copeland held by labour for several generations, and ukips leader lost in the seat his party claimed was Britains Brexit capital stoke. As we move towards brexit, we clearly have a government. Do we have anything which looks like an opposition . Perhaps the Scottish National party . Yes, perhaps the unelected Hous
Welcome to bbc news. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he accepts a share of the responsibility for losing the copeland constituency to the conservatives in thursdays by election. He told the Scottish Labour Conference the defeat showed the scale of the task facing the party, that hell remain as leader, and that labour must unite to win. His critics say the result shows labour is failing to appeal to the electorate. Our political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Thank you very much. He says his partys defeat at the hands of the conservatives in the copeland by election underlined the scale of the task ahead, and he urged his party to stand together to turn back the tory tide. Clapping. The result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course, i take my share of responsibility for it. We havent done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people whove been ripped off and sold out for decades and dont always feel that labour represents them. But now is not the time to re
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 day how to handle what the un has called the largest migration of people since the second world war. Are they migrants . Are they refugees . Should they be welcomed . Should they be turned away . At the barbican in london, artist richard moss is making his view clear with this work incoming. Hes used a long range Infrared Camera to film the arrival of migrants and refugees at camps across europe. Its actually a Military Tool that can detect body heat from 30 kilometres away. It can see through smoke and haze, day or night. So this is a thermographic camera. In other words, you can actually see peoples bodies glowing. A radiant thermal glow. You cant really s
Welcome to bbc news. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he accepts a share of the responsibility for losing the copeland constituency to the conservatives in thursdays by election. He told the Scottish Labour Conference the defeat showed the scale of the task facing the party, that hell remain as leader, and that labour must unite to win. His critics say the result shows labour is failing to appeal to the electorate. Our political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Thank you very much. He says his partys defeat at the hands of the conservatives in the copeland by election underlined the scale of the task ahead, and he urged his party to stand together to turn back the tory tide. Clapping. The result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course, i take my share of responsibility for it. We havent done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people whove been ripped off and sold out for decades and dont always feel that labour represents them. But now is not the time to re