this is bbc news. the headlines at six : as concern gi’ows over president trump's travel ban, theresa may orders the foreign secretary and home secretary to speak to their us counterparts about the implications for people here. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called for the president's planned state visit to the uk to be cancelled unless the ban is lifted. in yemen, us commandos have killed at least 30 suspected al-qaeda fighters and civilians in a raid authorised by president trump. and in sportsday, we'll have a full round up of today's action as sutton united pull off one of the biggest shocks of this season's fa cup. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

we'll be joining viewers on bbc one very shortly for the national bulletin, but first our top story. the government has intensified its criticism of president trump's temporary ban on refugees and people from seven predominantly muslim countries travelling to the united states. the foreign secretary borisjohnson and the home secretary amber rudd have been ordered by the prime minister to speak to their american counterparts to express the british view. over 400,000 people have supported an online petition which says president trump should not be invited to the uk. his executive order halted the entire us refugee programme for four months as well as a three month travel ban for nationals from iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen. there have been protests at airports after travellers with legal visas were told they couldn't board their flights to the us. speaking on nbc television's ‘meet the press‘ programme,

the president's chief of staff, reince priebus, defended the executive order, claiming it has not caused chaos. i think it's one of these things... and if you ask a lot of people at the customs and border patrol, they'll tell you you've got to rip off the band aid and move forward so it wasn't chaos. the fact of the matter is, 325,000 people from foreign countries came into the united states yesterday, and 109 people were detained for further questioning. most of those people were moved out. we've got a couple dozen more who remain, and i would suspect, as long as they are not awful people, that they will move through before another half a day today. and perhaps some of these people should be detained further, and if they are folks that shouldn't be in this country, they are going to be detained, so apologise for nothing here. the us senate majority leader, the republican mitch mcconnell, has urged caution in the implementation of the president's order.

it's important to remember that some of our best sources in the war against radical islamic terrorism are muslims, both in this country and overseas. and we have had some difficulty in the past getting interpreters, as you suggested in your earlier segment, who are helpful to us, treated properly. we need to be careful as we do this, improving vetting... the government seeks assurances from washington about how british citizens might be affected by the us travel ban. the order from president trump came hours after he met theresa may at the white house — now there are calls for his state visit here to be cancelled. despite a court order — and protests against the ban — the administration has signalled today that it is pressing ahead. we'll be looking at the reaction

here — and around the world. also this evening: the right of parents to take their children on holiday in term time faces a new legal test — this time in the supreme court. and roger federer is back — winning an 18th grand slam title. good evening. theresa may has ordered the foreign secretary and the home secretary to try and obtain assurances from the trump administration about how its travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries will affect british citizens with dual nationality. sir mo farah is among those who fear they'll be affected, and politicians from different parties have been calling

for president trump's invitation to pay a state visit to britain to be rescinded. we'll have the latest from the united states in a moment — but first, our political correspondent, eleanor garnier, on the growing row here. new leaders and new friends. new leaders and new friendsm new leaders and new friends. it was all going so well. then just hours after theresa may left washington, donald trump enacted one of what many think is the most extreme of his campaign policies. by then, the prime minister was in turkey for trade talks, where she avoided condemning president's travel ban. the united states is responsible for their policy on refugees. the uk is responsible for their own policy. 0vernight, a new statement clarifying that the prime minister did not agree with this kind of approach. but some, like british

0lympians sir mo farah, still worried. he was born in somalia but lives in america. he said he was deeply troubled to have to tell his children that he might not be able to come home. and one of theresa may's own mps, born in iraq, says he will also be affected. for the first time in my life, last night, ifelt discriminated against. it is demeaning, but i'm a successful man and a politician. it's the people who don't have the platform that i have who could get stuck in an airport for hours and hours. they are british citizens. by this morning, government ministers were publicly criticising the plans. the prime minister is not a shoot from the hip type of politician. she wa nts to the hip type of politician. she wants to see the evidence and understand precisely what the implications are. there's always pressure to respond within a new cycle. the important thing is, we

say we disagree with it. friends can be candid with each other, that is what the prime minister said before her trip to the states. it now seems that's a lot easier in theory than in practice. having failed to live up in practice. having failed to live up to her own words once, there is now criticism she is not living up to her own strategy. there are calls for donald trump ‘s state visit this year to be cancelled. i'm not happy for him coming here until it is lifted. look at those countries. what will the long—term effect be for the rest of the world? this relationship is complicated, but as the government presses for british exemption from the travel ban, mrs may will hope she's done enough to keep mrtrump may will hope she's done enough to keep mr trump onside. president trump — and members of his administration — have today been defending the scope of the ban, with some suggestions that it could go further. but there are legal challenges to the ban, and onejudge ruled to suspend the deportation of refugees and those with us visas

who'd been stranded at airports. nick bryant reports from new york, where several protests have taken place. protest is becoming a permanent feature of the trump presidency. and atjfk airport last night the demonstrations lasted deep into the early hours. "let them in", they chanted. new york has always been the great gateway into america. the protesters believe the executive order flies in the face of us values. is it an attack? it's an attack. 0n the very foundation of democracy. demonstrations took place across the country, these are scenes in boston as a us senator defied the us president. i cannot believe this is happening. i always knew donald trump would be bad, but not this bad and not this fast. at this courthouse in brooklyn came a late night legal challenge and civil liberties lawyers emerged claiming a victory.

as the federaljudge temporarily blocked part of the executive order. president trump enacts laws and executive orders which are unconstitutional, and illegal, and the courts are there to defend everyone's rights. what started as a protest outside this courthouse in brooklyn has now become a celebration. cheering at the arrivals hall at dallas airport outside washington, the joy of reunion. a muslim woman from iraq finally making it back into the country. all of a sudden i get a call telling me they are detaining my wife who is a green card holder, legal resident in this country. but, despite the court ruling and others making it through immigration, the department of homeland security said it would continue to enforce the executive order. prior to the court ruling, president trump expressed satisfaction about how his ban was being implemented. it is working very nicely

and we are going to have a very very strict ban which we should have had in this country for many years. and this morning he doubled down on twitter. "our country needs extreme borders and extreme vetting now. look at what is happening all over europe and indeed the world, a horrible mess". these syrians thought their us visas offered them the chance of a new life. but this christian family of eight was refused entry at philadelphia airport and forced to fly back to beirut. translation: my son has been in america three years, and they did not even let me call him. there's no humanity. they'd spent all their money on the plane tickets and seen their american dreams eradicated with the stroke of a pen. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. so we've just seen there that one of the countries affected is iraq — one of the us‘s closest allies in the fight against is. orla guerin is our middle

east correspondent. how does that relationship between the two countries square with the scope of this band? we've seen that president trump isn't afraid to trample on sensitive alliances. the ally in this case is a key partner in the battle against the so—called islamic state. president trump says that's one of his top priorities. predictably, we have already had calls from baghdad for the government there to respond. the imps when shall schar cleric has said that americans should now have to leave iraq. there are about 5000 us troops on the ground there, playing a very important role, largely assisting and advising the

iraqis in this battle against bias. at this stage, we don't know what action the iraqi government might be willing to take, but it will face domestic pressure on this. for both countries, there's a lot at stake. for individual iraqis, they are already falling victim to these policies. we spoke to a man who should been beginning a new life this weekend in the us, and instead he was turned around here at cairo. he said he had put his life on the line, and after all of that, donald trump had destroyed his dreams. thank you. a us special forces raid against al-qaeda in yemen, authorised by president trump, has killed at least 14 militants and one us serviceman. the raid targeted the houses of three tribal chiefs linked to al-anda. the northern ireland secretary has criticised the way inquiries are being conducted into the troubles. james brokenshire said the current re—investigations into the conflict were "disproportionately" focused on the police and the army. a number of former soldiers are facing prosecution for deaths

during the 30 years of violence. the case of the father who refused to pay a fine for taking his daughter on holiday in term time will be considered by the supreme court this week. jon platt won an initial legal victory last year — on the grounds she attended school regularly. a bbc investigation has found that, as a result, councils in england have changed their policies, or dropped cases against parents. our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys, reports. for some angry parents, jon platt is a bit of a hero. dozens get in touch with him every day about term time holiday fines. you take a child on a five—day holiday and you live in somewhere like suffolk or swindon, they are going to send you a truancy penalty and then you have got a decision to make. he decided to fight it all the way. at home on the isle of wight, he told me he has no regrets was after taking his daughter on holiday, she had 90% attendance. the legal row is about what is going

to school regularly means. if you look up the dictionary definition of regularly, because thatis definition of regularly, because that is what this is all about, what it means to attend school regularly, the dictionary says "often". they are taking that word to mean 100%. what about teachers who are having to teach children to get them through their exams, and are having to say that every single week there could be a child missing, with term time holidays. there will often the kids off sick. the issue is blown out of proportion because, for every child, who misses a day because of a term time holiday, there are 12 days missed because of illness. the cost of holidays outside of term time is a worry for lots of families. 35

councils say they have changed their policy since the judgment. five more are reviewing their heirs. 28 have dropped cases against parents. 22 have noticed parents taking more term time holidays. councils from the isle of wight to the north of england have different policies. some issue thousands of fines. others almost none. one battle here on the isle of wight has implications for parents across england. it has drawn a line in the sand with, on the one hand, the government insisting that every day missed matters, and on the other, pa rents missed matters, and on the other, parents furious about the cost of paying for holidays. ministers say exa m paying for holidays. ministers say exam results shaped children's futures and missing even a few days makes a clear difference. many headteachers agree. it does matter. it does make a difference. we look

at our students, and any student who has attendance below 95%, we can track the fact that their progress isn't as good as it should be. it's not just about one isn't as good as it should be. it's notjust about one the isn't as good as it should be. it's not just about one the father. isn't as good as it should be. it's notjust about one the father. his case could have a big impact. the supreme court will reach a decision within months. polls have just closed in france in the vote to choose the socialist candidate for the presidency. former prime manuel valls is facing a stern challenge from left winger benoit hamon. whoever wins will go through to contest the presidential election in april. jeremy corbyn has warned his shadow cabinet that it will be "impossible" for them to keep theirjobs if they vote against triggering the start of the brexit process. the labour leader has ordered his party's mps to support the bill when it reaches the commons. two of his front bench have already resigned over the issue. at 35 years old — and five years after his last grand slam victory — roger federer has triumphed at the australian open

tennis championships. he was up against his old adversary — rafa nadal. it's the swiss player's i8th major trophy — but as katherine downes reports, it didn't come without a battle. delight and disbelief. of all his titles and trophies, this, surely, is his greatest achievement yet. roger federer. roger federer had been out of tennis for six months, but he battled his way to the final of the australian open once again, and once again the man at the other side of the net was rafael nadal. an old rivalry reignited, and federer rolled back the years, blazing his way to a first set. nadal himself was an unlikely finalist, also on the comeback from injury. also, they thought, past his prime. with sweat and grit, nadal was level, the second set secured. for a while it looked like he'd given all he had, while federer rediscovered his signature wizardry. butjust when you think rafael nadal is beaten, he is capable of this... nadal‘s sheer determination

dragged him and his old nemesis into a decider. and what a decider. an early break for rafa, but roger fought back with two of his own, and in the end, just the finest of margins confirmed what he'd thought was impossible. i would have been happy to lose too, to be honest. to come back was perfect as it was. tennis is a tough sport. there's no draws, but if there was going to be one, i would have been very happy to accept a draw tonight and share it with rafa, really. two unlikely finalists, two legends of the sport. now one familiar champion, and a trophy he thought he might never lift again. katherine downes, bbc news. in the fa cup 4th round today, two more premier league sides have been knocked out at the hands of lower league opposition. watford were beaten at millwall and hull lost at fulham but the giant killing of the day was at sutton united. the non—league side knocked out former fa cup winners leeds —

who sit 83 places above them in the football pyramid. sutton won 1—0, thanks to a second half penalty. belfast boxer carl frampton apologised to his travelling fans after suffering his first professional loss against leo santa cruz last night. frampton lost his wba featherweight title to the mexican fighter in a points decision in las vegas. both boxers say they're interested in arranging another re—match — possibly to be held in belfast. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc1 it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome. the headlines: more now on president trump's executive order targeting immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries. earlier, i spoke to samira asgari in lausanne. she's an iranian scientist who was barred from flying to the us, where she'd been invited for post—graduate training. it was an extreme shock. i've been

preparing for this position for months now. my visa came and i was ready to go, and i am there at the gate to take my flight to boston, and i'm not allowed to go. of course, i was shocked and frustrated. who spoke to you about a? what did they say? yell like i was at the gate and scanned my boarding pass, but they did not let me pass through. a man who was waiting for me, called me by my last name and asked if i could talk to him a few metres away from the airline front desk. he told me that they had orders and that my visa is not valid any more. i said that it

was. he responded that it was the american government who issues the visas and the minute they change their mind, they are not valid any more and they have changed their mind. from saturday morning, no iranians can basically go to america and that my visa is not valid for travel any more. i still insisted that my visa is valid, so when can i go? his response was, not for the next 120 days. when i responded that my visa would be expired by then, he said it is a problem i have deceived the american embassy. he then informed me that my luggage had been unloaded and that i should go to the luftha nsa unloaded and that i should go to the lufthansa help desk to see what happened with my luggage. i can see the further frustration for you. samira, this could be a temporary

ban, frustrating for the next couple of months, but in three months it could be lifted, you could get a new visa and have the opportunity to ta ke visa and have the opportunity to take up your doctoral studies in the united states. i finished my doctoral studies in switzerland, it is post—professional training. it can be. i hope it's the case, not just for me but for a lot of other people who are probably suffering bigger consequences of this new rule. the thing is, we don't know, so rule. the thing is, we don't know, so based on research, it is possible that this three—month period could be repeated and repeated. i was really willing to take the opportunity, i was excited about it andi opportunity, i was excited about it and i had worked hard for that, but ifi and i had worked hard for that, but if i don't know, i cannot wait forever, so at some point i will have to move on and look at my other options. finally, let me ask you,

what feeling does it give you now about the united states compared to how you felt about the united states may be on friday? till friday,... well, since i remember, and you would be surprised that even in iran, america has this image as a country where dreams come true, a country where dreams come true, a country where dreams come true, a country where if you are willing to bring something good in, they are willing to help, nurture it and give you something good in response, so why always had is well came —— welcoming feeling from the american country. the american people have a lwa ys country. the american people have always been a confirmation of that picture of america. my feelings were people have not changed. i have no reason to think that people have changed. in my experience, they are nice and warm. america as a country, that image doesn't stand any more for me. for people like me, america is not that welcoming country where

if you are willing to be part of it, they will help you to be in. that was samira asgari, talking to me from lausanne in switzerland. she is an iranian who has been denied entry to the united states because of her nationality. she should have been working at a hospital in boston helping to work on infectious diseases. the backlash against the executive order introduced by president trump is continuing this country with a petition that argues that the president should not be allowed to make a state visit. you can see that the number of people registering their support is going up registering their support is going up as we speak. the statement on the petition says that president trump should be prevented from making a state visit. laura trevelyan has been atjfk airport in new york state. there, she spoke to a democrat congressman

who has been supporting relatives of those who have been detained. we believe that as of earlier today, there were a total of 13. two individuals were released this morning, then four released this afternoon, and most recently, a 78—year—old gentleman who had been detained since 8am yesterday was released. we believe there are six additional individuals who are being held. it is important to note that some of the individuals held are unlawful, permanent residents of the united states. that's shameful. other individuals held have relatives who are active duty united states military officials. that's shameful as well. this was an overly broad order that swept up individuals who have been subjected toa individuals who have been subjected to a nightmare. you have been

talking to the families — what is their mood? they have conducted themselves with grace and dignity. this is obviously a very trying time and they have been very respectful, patient and concern. they have great love of the united states of america. obviously, this is incredibly complicated in terms of what has been inflicted on them by the president of the united states of america, but we have a system of checks and balances, the courts have stepped in, members of the congress and the senate will step in and we will get the situation turned around. chuck schumer, the leader of the democrats in the senate, said that your party intends to introduce legislation to overturn this executive action, but you don't have a majority, so isn't that purely symbolic? we are hopeful that there will be republicans of goodwill, such asjohn mccain and senator portman and others in the house of representatives, who will put country over party. they should not simply fall in line behind everything donald trump attempts to

do, much of which we believe will be unconstitutional. the president introduced is because he said he wa nts to introduced is because he said he wants to stop potential terrorists from entering the united states — is this the best way to go about that? this is an overly broad and unconscionable approach that will inflame tensions across the world. a member of the us house of representatives. now let's get the weather. not a nice day at all for england and wales, thick cloud and outbreaks of rain. scotland has had some sunshine. this is the week ahead. more rain on the way. it will become potentially very windy towards the end of the week. we have been looking at the satellite picture for the last day of two.