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president trump's travel ban sparks legal challenges and a second day of protests. as anger grows on the streets, 16 state attorney generals say the restrictions are unconstitutional. travellers from seven named countries are now being denied entry, including this family of christians from syria. president trump says the us needs extreme vetting policy, but there's been confusion about the impact on british dual nationals. we'll be analysing the reaction and the call for president trump's state visit here to be put on hold. also tonight: parents‘ rights to take their children on holiday in term time face a new legal test — this time in the supreme court. and roger federer is back — winning an 18th grand slam title. good evening.
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president trump is facing growing criticism tonight, both at home and abroad, over his controversial order restricting people from seven mainly muslim countries from entering the us. the temporary ban on travellers from countries including iraq, syria and somalia has seen people turned away at airports and detained. tonight, there are more protests and legal challenges, but mr trump has defended his actions, saying america "needs borders and extreme vetting". our first report is from nick bryant in new york. new york has always been the great gateway into america and
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demonstrators gathered in a highly emblematic setting. under the gaze of the statue of liberty but today we have seen gatherings across the country. the fractious mood reminiscent of the 1960s. protest is becoming a permanent feature of the trump presidency and the demonstrations lasted deep into the early hours. let them in, they chanted. it's an attack. on the very foundation of democracy. demonstrations took place across the country. these are scenes in boston asa us country. these are scenes in boston as a us senator defied the president. i cannot believe this is happening. i knew donald trump would be bad but not this bad, not this fast. at this courthouse in brooklyn became a late—night legal challenge
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and civil liberties lawyers emerge claiming victory as a federaljudge blocked parts of the order temporarily banning all refugees and travel from seven muslim majority countries. president from's orders are unconstitutional and illegal. what started as a protest outside this courthouse in brooklyn has now become a celebration. at the arrivals hall in dallas airport, the i°y arrivals hall in dallas airport, the joy of reunion. a muslim woman from iraq finally making it back into the country. i get a call and they are telling me they are detaining my wife who is a green card holder, a legal resident of this country. but despite a court ruling and others making it through immigration, the department of homeland security said it would continue to enforce the executive order. the president says
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his policy is working out very nicely and is defending it on twitter. an interview claim without any factual basis the old obama policy favoured muslims over christians. if you are christian in syria, it would be impossible to get into the us. if you were a muslim you could come in and i thought it was very unfair. but this christian family was refused entry even though they thought these visas offered them the chance of a new life. they we re them the chance of a new life. they were forced to fly back to beirut. translation: my translation: my son has been in america three yea rs, my son has been in america three years, they did not let me call him. there is no humanity. they had spent all their money on tickets and seen their american dream is eradicated with the stroke of a pen. here, there are growing calls for president trump's state visit
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to britain to be called off, because of his travel crackdown. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said it shouldn't happen while the ban is in place and an online petition making the same demand has attracted more than 500,000 signatures. tonight, ministers have gained some clarification about the impact on british dual nationals. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier has the latest. 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 the president's travel ban. the us is responsible for us policy on refugees. the uk is responsible for uk policy on refugees. but overnight a new
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statement clarifying the new premise to did not agree with this approach and condemnation from the foreign secretary who said it was divisive and wrong to stigmatise because of nationality. the british 0lympian sirmo farah was nationality. the british 0lympian sir mo farah was born in somalia but lives with his family in america. he said he had been deeply troubled he would have to tell his children that daddy might not come home after a training camp in ethiopian. the president, he added, had introduced a policy that came from a place of ignorance and prejudice. and government ministers were publicly echoing concerns. the prime minister is not a shoot from the hip type of politician. she wants to understand precisely what the implications are, there is always pressure to respond within a new cycle but the important thing is we are saying we disagree
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with it. friends can be candid with each other, that is what the prime minister said. it now seems that is far easier in theory than it is in practice and having failed to live up practice and having failed to live up to her own words once, there is criticism she has undermined her own strategy. the foreign office said tonight it had been reassured by the us that it was not imposing travel bans on any uk dual nationals though they might face extra checks. and they might face extra checks. and the labour leader stands by his call for the labour leader stands by his call foer the labour leader stands by his call for mr trump's state visit to be called off. i am not happy about him coming here until that ban is lifted. look at what is happening with those countries. how many more will it be? this relationship like many is complicated. the last 2a hours has shown the difficulty or forging closer ties with the us while keeping a suitable distance from mr trump. while keeping a suitable distance from mrtrump. a while keeping a suitable distance from mr trump. a huge challenge the prime minister will have to get used
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to. in a moment, we'll be speaking to our north america editor jon sopel in washington, but first, eleanor garnier is here. how much detail do we have on how to teach citizens might be affected? this is not an exemption for the uk, this is a clarification of the rules and ina this is a clarification of the rules and in a sign of how difficult it has been to unpick everything, conversations have them at the highest possible level all day. just to clarify, if you are a british citizen who happens to be travelling to the us from iraq, you will not be subject to the ban. if you are a dual national and you travel to america, you will not be subject to the ban though you may face extra checks. as the foreign office understands it, it is only people who are nationals of those seven named countries currently subject to a band. most hush macro mo farah
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fundamentally disagrees with what he calls a divisive and discriminatory policy. there will still be a lot of confusion tonight, not least many will be worried about them, their family, friends travelling to the united states, concerned about how these rules are being interpreted on these rules are being interpreted on the ground by us officials. and jon sopel is in washington for us now. what sense do you get there of how the administration is feeling? they have been rocked by the criticism and protests we have seen across america. there was no surprise that extreme betting was going to be introduced, but there were so little political preparation in terms of telling republican congressmen and women that this was happening so there has been silence from them and
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more damaging, so little administrative preparation so you have had a situation where today donald trump 0zma trip ——'s chief of staff saying, a statement from donald trump which seems much more conciliatory. america is a proud nation of immigrants and we will show compassion to those fleeing oppression but will do so while protecting our own citizens and border. this is not a muslim ban, this is not about religion, this is about terror and he says he has tremendous feeling for those involved in syria. my first priority will always be to protect and serve oui’ will always be to protect and serve our country, but he says he will revisit the whole policy. has the white house spin rocked by the wave
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of criticism from around the world and within america? you bet it has. the us military has confirmed that donald trump has authorised the first raid by american special forces of his presidency. the pre—dawn raid in yemen targeted al qaeda militants — killing at least 14. a us serviceman also died and three others were injured in the operation that was aimed at gathering intelligence about plans for terror plots. in france, a politician from the hard left has defeated the country's former prime minister to become the socialist party's presidential candidate. benoit hamon, whose policies include legalising cannabis and introducing a universal basic income, prevailed against manuel valls. as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports, it's another surprise in the race for the elysee palace. it was the unknown against the unpopular. and in this election
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inexperience counts. benoit hamon has been dubbed france'sjeremy corbyn, a one—time junior has been dubbed france'sjeremy corbyn, a one—timejunior minister with a plan to tax robots, legalise marijuana and pay everyone £600 a month. translation: faced with a privileged white, and a destructive white, our country needs to have a left that looks to the future. half the party hate his ideas. this primary was meant to boost the socialists by giving them a candidate they would unite around but after five beta years of infighting, unity may be too much to ask. especially as this man has already siphoned centre—left supporters away from the socialist party. emmanuel macron is 39 years old and has never been elected but his campaign, more energy than
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experience, it is drawing crowds his rivals can only dream of. antiestablishment, pro—european and liberal on both economic and social issues. this is populism for centre wests on both the right and left. before emmanuel macron i tried other political movements and first of all the parties socialist, but those lost years it was lost and the main subject on which it was not very clear was about the economy. after political upheavals in america and the uk, how is france's presidential race taking shape? the centre—right favourite is fighting off allegations that his wife received public money for work she had not done. marine le pen also has strong support. she has promised to paul france out of the euro and
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drastically reduce immigration. benoit hamon lagging far behind seems unlikely to pose a serious threat. but one man who could is emmanuel macron. he is likely to gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both the sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power it seems to always been the party. just as hard for the party perhaps to win power. a father who refused to pay a fine for taking his daughter on holiday in term time will be back in 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. 0ur 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
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in somewhere like suffolk, norfolk or swindon, they are going to send you a truancy penalty notice 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. after taking his daughter on holiday, she had 90% attendance. the legal row is about what going to school regularly means. if you look up the dictionary definition of regularly, because that's 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 and head teachers who are having to teach children to get them through their exams, and are having to say that with term—time holidays every single week there could be a child missing? there's always kids off school sick. and sometimes kids off with term—time holidays. the issue is blown out of all proportion because, for every child who misses a day because of a term—time holiday,
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there are 12 days missed because of illness. the cost of holidays outside of term—time, home and abroad, is a worry for lots of families. so what's happended since last year's case? 108 councils in england responded to our questions. 35 councils say they have changed their policy since the judgment. five more are reviewing theirs. 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. 0thers almost none. 0ne dad's battle here on the isle of wight has implications for parents across england. it's drawn a line in the sand, with, on the one hand, the government insisting that every day missed matters. and on the other, parents furious about the cost of paying for holidays.
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ministers say exam results shape 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 notjust about one dad. his case could have a big impact. the supreme court will reach a decision within months. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. with all the sport, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much. good evening. we're starting with the incredible achievement of roger federer. already the men's grand slam record holder, the 35—year—old has now won 18 major titles after beating his old rival rafael nadal in the australian open final today. katherine downes has the story of the thrilling match in melbourne. daylight and disbelief. for his
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titles and trophies, this surely is his achievement yet. 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 was rafael nadal. an old rivalry reignited and federer rolled back the years, placing his way to the 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 had given all he had while federer had rediscovered his signature wizardry butjust when you think nadal is beaten, he is capable of this. nadal‘s sheer determination
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dragged him and his old nemesis into a decider. and what a decider. an early break for nadal but roger fought back with two of his own and in the end just the finest of margins confirmed what he thought was impossible. to comeback was perfect as it was. tennis is a tough sport, there are no draws but if there was one, i would have been happy to accept one tonight with a rafa. two unlikely finalists and legends of the sport. 0ne champion and a trophy he thought he would never left again. it's been another fascinating day in the 11th round of the fa cup. match of the day follows the news, so if you want to wait for the results, you know what you need to do. there are now two non—league teams into the last 16 for the first time in more than 90 years, after sutton beat former fa cup winners leeds united. the national league side won by 1—0. leeds are currently 11th in the championship, 83 places above sutton.
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and there were further upsets today, as two of the three premier league sides in action were knocked out. hull were thrashed at fulham and watford lost to league 0ne's millwall. manchester united were comfortable home winners against wigan. celtic have broken their own long—held scottish record for consecutive unbeaten domestic games. their 4—0 win over hearts today means they've now gone 27 league and cup matches without defeat. the previous record was set by celtic‘s famous lisbon lions 50 years ago. england's cricketers just missed out on sealing a significant twenty20 series win over india, beaten by 5 runs in nagpur. in a thrilling final over, man of the match jasprit boomra bowled brilliantly to deny england the chance to overhaul their 144 run total. the series is now level at 1—all and will be decided in the final game in bangalore on wednesday. carl frampton says he wants a third fight with leo santa cruz after the mexican inflicted his first professional defeat last night. frampton lost his wba
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world featherweight title on points in las vegas and has already demanded another rematch — this time, in his home city of belfast. and scotland's paul foster has won his 5th world indoor bowls title. that's the sport. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me, stay with us on bbc one. it's time for the news where you are. the government is to raise concerns with donald trump's administration about the impact of that executive order which temporarily stops nationals from seven mainly muslim countries entering the us. theresa may has asked the home secretary and foreign secretary to make representations to their us cou nterpa rts representations to their us counterparts and i have been speaking to crispin blunt, chair of the foreign select committee. speaking to crispin blunt, chair of
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the foreign select committeelj speaking to crispin blunt, chair of the foreign select committee. i am quite sure there are people, probably most of the american administration holding their hands in horror at what is happening. it isa sign in horror at what is happening. it is a sign of an immature at the restriction, it is not properly considered policy, you can see all be difficulties that have arisen from it and the british prime minister needs to reinforce those sensible voices within the united states administration, to make clear that you cannot make policy on the hoof like this without giving it proper consideration and thinking through the consequences of a blanket ban on seven countries. why a blanket ban? questions should have been addressed before this executive order was signed. but if this blanket ban does persist, it carries on for the next few months, should the trump visit a go—ahead? on for the next few months, should
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the trump visit a go-ahead? this executive order even if it stayed in place and ends after 120 days as far as most people are concerned, other than syrian refugees, it is plainly wrong that the country at the heart of the middle east and disaster at the minute, or that this will be renewed and reviewed over the coming days and by the time we get round to any visit by president trump, this issue will be long forgotten. in terms of british citizens with dual nationality, it is clearly potentially extremely distressing. of course. 0ne potentially extremely distressing. of course. one is a member of the foreign affairs select committee, born in iraq, of dual citizenship, he has two sons at princeton and he cannot go and visit them. exactly
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the same position applies to his wife. that is a rather obvious demonstration of the ludicrousness of the nature of a blanket policy like this brought in without proper consideration. crispin blunt. let's get more on roger federer‘s triumph at the australian open. he was up against his old adversarial rafa nadal and with that victory he won his 18th major trophy. i have been talking about it to annabel croft and asked her what she thinks made this match so special. and asked her what she thinks made this match so speciallj and asked her what she thinks made this match so special. i have to say it was an extremely special day to day watching him do that, because it was a special rivalry and there were so much significance in terms of the history because he was going after history because he was going after his 18th grand slam, rafa nadal was going to try to overtake pete
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sampras and take it to 15, had he done that, it would have closed the gap and pressured roger federer in terms of where he wants to be when he leaves the sport. it's cemented his place in the history books and the fact he had been off the tour for six months, coming back at 35, hasn't won a grand slam since 2012, an extraordinary occasion and what a show they put on. lots of people will be thinking if only andy murray could have made it to the final, he could have made it to the final, he could have made it to the final, he could have beaten either. it was one of those things that at the start of the tournament, everybody predicted that we would see the world number ones up against the world number two, novak djokovic and this was a title andy murray was desperately seeking. he has never won the australian open but it wasn't to be. some early shock exits, but it kind
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of created some interested hype around the tournament and suddenly the oldies were rolling back the yea rs the oldies were rolling back the years and the women's event with serena williams claiming her 23rd title, it was quite an extraordinary event but it has made it very interested in going forward because you have the young stars coming through, not quite ready to take over but the oldies pushing back on them so fascinating times in tennis. 0bviously disappointing with andy but has he another major triumph in him? i am sure he will have. the tennis who produced two of the back end of last year, i mean he was an exceptional run of form winning those many titles, five titles back—to—back. finishing up as the world number one and i think that took its toll on him. he didn't have an enormous time off so he has
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a lwa ys an enormous time off so he has always been very good at bouncing back from defeat and i am sure we will see him come back with a vengeance as we go will see him come back with a vengeance as we go further. it will bea vengeance as we go further. it will be a fascinating year but certainly roger federer is not done just yet and nor is rafa nadal. let's look at the weeks whether prospects now. the weather was very split today. sunshine across scotland, heavy rain in the south. the week ahead looking pretty unsettled, spells of rain heading our way and potentially turning very windy towards the end of the week. lots of weather front is starting to develop out on the atlantic. the clouds are racing our way and this process has begun. 0ne area of rain clears the way, tonight we have another one heading in our direction and reaching cornwall by the early hours. the far north of
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england, clear skies here and a sharp frost. down south it will be mild, cloudy first thing in the morning. brightness in some of the eastern areas but not a lot and the further north you go, the drier it is. northern scotland, very frosty start here. maybe some freezing fog in some spots. through the course of the morning into the afternoon, that area of cloud and rain moves across so that means another grave, drizzly sort of day. eastern areas, scotland and the north of england, spells of brightness. this mass of cloud and rain and drizzle hangs around into monday evening but northern area staying dry. tuesday, rain anywhere across the uk. very patchy,
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certainly western areas could brighten up a little bit later on. so maybe some late sunshine in our fast and milder, ten degrees in belfast, yorkshire. wednesday, morning rain and then it brightens up. a large chunk of the uk should have a bright if not sunny wednesday and then thursday, low—pressure approaches. the winds will start to increase, he will certainly feel that across western areas, that will push ina that across western areas, that will push in a weather front and some rain.
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