welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lebo diseko. our top stories: a us judge temporarily blocks president trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly—muslim countries. iran condemns new sanctions imposed by the united states and promises to retaliate. a tourist lodge on fire in kenya — as drought forces traditional herders into conflict with land owners. and — nearly 50 years ago they helped invent heavy metal. now — black sabbath are about to play their final gig. a us federaljudge has temporarily blocked president trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly—muslim countries. the judge in seattle dismissed

objections from government lawyers and said the restrictions could be lifted immediately while a full legal case was heard. the government is expected to launch a rapid appeal. in the past hour, us customs and border protection have told airlines to board travellers affected by president trump's ban. greg dawson reports: at new york's kennedy airport, prayers protests at donald trump's order to stop admissions from seven muslim—majority countries. inside the terminal, the mood was less a sombre. munther alaskry, an iraqi interpreter that worked with the us marines, has finally arrived to his new home. his family were removed from their plane last week following trump's immigration order. after the administration ruled interpreters who helped the military were exempt, they were free to travel. actualy, i'm feeling blessed to be in the united states, really. there are a lot of people who are waiting to come over here.

but i'm feeling blessed. but this new development could mean thousands more are free to come to the united states. in the most significant legal challenge yet to the trump administration, a federal judge in seattle has issued a nationwide block on the measure. outside the court, washington state's attorney general said he expected the administration to obey the order. the judge robart‘s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. i want to repeat, it puts a stop to it immediately. an immediate appeal is expected from the trump administraion. before the ruling, the president was once again defending his policy. i signed an executive order to help keep terrorists out of our country. the executieve order establishes a process to develop new vetting and mechanisms to ensure those

coming into america love and support our people, that they have good intentions. chanting: no hate, no fear! muslims are welcome here! donald trump was quick to dismiss the protests sparked by his immigration ban. dismissing the ruling of a federal judge is likely to be a bigger challenge. the bbc‘s david willis has more details from washington. what this appears to represent, just a week after that controversial executive order was introduced by donald trump, banning citizens from seven majority muslim countries from entering the united states for a temporary period. now we have the broadest ruling to date from a federaljudge in seattle basically granting a restraining order on this ban nationwide. this follows a challenge on the executive order brought by the state of washington and the state of minnesota

and they contended, lawyers for those two states contended that this order is unconstitutional based on the fact that it discriminates against people on the grounds of their religion. what this means is that people from those seven majority muslim countries will now, in theory, be able to apply for entry to the us just as they would have been before this ban was introduced a week ago. it represents a major challenge this to the trump administration. variousjudges have issued orders of this kind before before but this is the first that is nationwide. the trump administration, of course, could now appeal but it has yet to do so. we are back to where we were before this executive order came down from donald trump just over a week ago. it produced of course chaos at airports across the country.

people were detained, some were actually sent back and deported. there were protests at many airports here in the us. now it is down to airlines and border control to implement and enforce this new court ruling instead of the executive order so we could have more chaos this coming weekend. earlier i spoke to walter white, a human rights lawyer and former co—chair of the american bar association to explain what this decision now means. when the administration issued a variety of executive orders that were designed to cancel access visas and other initiatives to keep the individuals out who would be immigrating from the seven countries

that all happen to be muslim, serious questions were raised about the process aspect of the exercise. normally decisions like this are vetted throughout variety of different agencies of the government. fundamentally, they appear to be inconsistent with the constitution. they appear to discriminate on the basis of religion, they appear to be discriminating on the basis of national origin, both of which are forbidden by the us constitution and many states have brought actions to protect the residents and people who are travelling to their states. ajudge in washington, dc has issued an injunction that basically renders the executive order, as it relates to the immigrants, meaningless. it is until a formal hearing and decision is made. what does this mean for travellers who had been

trying to come to the united states, the people who had been turned back, can they now come to the united states and will homeland security comply? homeland security is obligated to comply. you can expect the justice department will appeal and it will continue to be contested. for washington state, that decision will go to the court of appeal. i suspect that they will probably hear this. it is an urgent decision because it affects people, as you say, in the course of trouble. people are being detained at airports. they are arguably being denied their due process right now. they are entitled to make a determination as to whether or not this executive order is legal. iran has condemned new sanctions imposed by donald trump's

administration, and promised to reciprocate. the us says it's punishment for a recent ballistic missile test, and for what it calls tehran‘s continued support for terrorism. the sanctions will target twelve companies and thirteen individuals in iran and elsewhere. white house spokesman, sean spicer, said the president was determined to keep iran in check. i think today's sanctions really represent a very, very a strong stand against the actions iran's been taking and make it very clear, the deal struck previously was not in the best interests of this country and president trump will do everything he can to make sure iran is stayed in check. these kind of sanctions don't happen quickly, but i think the timing of them was clearly in reaction to what we've seen over the last couple of days. we knew we had these options available to us because they've been worked through the process. in response, iran has acknowledged that it conducted a missile test,

but insists the test didn't violate the 2015 nuclear accord nor a un security council resolution banning ballistic missiles for another eight years. its foreign ministry condemned the new sanctions, saying "the islamic republic of iran, in response to the new move by the united states of america and as a reciprocal action, will impose legal limitations for some american individuals and companies that have had a role in the creation and support of extreme terrorist groups in the region." bahman kalbasi is from the bbc‘s persian service. he explained how these actions from the trump administration are different from the handling of iran by the obama administration. it is at a new level we hadn't heard over the last two—three years, the obama administration even when they imposed sanctions in response to the missile test, which both iran and washington agreed to disagree on. because they both acknowledged the tests are not a violation of the iran deal and even the security council,

the us says it is, iran says it is not, because in the text of the security council it only calls on iran to refrain from these tests. but nevertheless even when they imposed the sanctions under the obama administration, the language that we see now was not there. the threat of a military action — the sentence that iranians find very offensive when they say no options are off the table. they see it as a possibility of an attack. and americans, especially under the obama administration, stopped using it as much, especially after the nuclear deal, now a new sheriff is in town and they're telegraphing to tehran that they will not only use that language but will go even further and threaten it with possibly more sanctions not just the ones we saw today. some news in brief now.

the french authorities say they believe a man who tried to attack the louvre museum early on friday was an egyptian, who came to paris on a tourist visa only eight days ago. a french prosecutor said the 29—year—old suspect was thought to have travelled to paris from dubai. the suspect, carrying two machetes, was critically injured after he was shot by french soldiers as he began his assault. president trump has ordered a review of one of the most important us regulations introduced in the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008. the dodd frank act placed major restrictions on the ability of us banks to speculate on the financial markets for their own benefit, rather than that of their clients. it also gave regulators the power to break up institutions deemed too big to fail. there's been violence in northern kenya between the police and traditional herdsmen who are illegally driving cattle onto private land. a tourist lodge has been burned down and a bbc team was shot at while trying to film. the herders say there's nowhere else to feed their animals, because of drought.

one of kenya's the affected tourist areas is laikipia. our africa correspondent alastair leithead reports. in the grasslands below mount kenya, farmers are fighting a daily battle to keep control of their land. wildlife is being killed and tourist lodges hit, as herds of cattle are being illegally driven onto private land by traditional herdsman in their tens of thousands. this is a game ranch. buffaloes and elephants usually drink here. but the traditional herdsman are driving their cattle through, destroying the land. it's because of drought, he told me. this is the only place there is pasture, the only place we can bring our cows. but farmers say it's less about drought and more about politics — land exchanged for votes. this is a tourist lodge set alight by herdsmen,

angry after clashes with security forces left one man dead. the owners were forced to flee and then the looting began. the reality is that there are too many people and too much livestock. it's a global thing, notjust kenya. people have been misused and told to go and destroy property, wildlife, destroy the place. it isn't about white ranches, it's about the whole community. there is a landscape of different people who are suffering. overgrazing destroys a carefully managed environment, but also has other costs. elephants are shot either because they threaten cattle orfor their ivory. we can't fight fire with fire. this is a very volatile situation and whatever we do we have to tread incredibly carefully. there are certain people in the government who also have

livestock here and also with two tribes who has a history of warfare between each other. the police don't have the manpower to stop the invasions. this stand—off did little to move on the herdsmen and approaching them is dangerous. we came under fire. we just stumbled across some of the illegal cattle herders who are on this land and as we got close to them shots rung out. one of them wentjust over the car. until the rule of law and land rights are restored, the herdsmen will continue their march and the violence and damage will spread. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: they've been banging out the riffs for nearly 50 years — but now black sabbath are about to play their final gig. this is the moment that millions

in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, after 27 years injail, is to be set free unconditionally. the aircraft was returning from belgrade, where manchester united had entered the semi—final of the european cup. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it a piece of cake. thousands of people have given the yachstwoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc news. i'm lebo diseko.

the latest headlines: a federal judge in the united states has temporarily blocked president trump's ban on travellers from seven muslim countries, in a significant challenge to the new administration. iran has condemned new sanctions imposed on it by the trump administration and has threatened measures of its own against americans. us secretary of defence james mattis has been meeting with his japanese counterpart tomomi inada and says he's ready to enhace the alliance between their two countries. he said japan and the us faced many security challenges in the region including the territorial dispute with the uninhabited senkaku islands with china. today the minister and i discussed the security situation and i made clear of our long—standing policy on

the senkaku clear of our long—standing policy on the senka ku islands clear of our long—standing policy on the senkaku islands stands. the us will continue to recognise japanese administration of the islands and as such article five of the u.s.—japan security treaty applies. as the japanese people know so well, jointly we face many security challenges in this region, from the threat of nuclear missile provocations by north korea to increasingly confrontational behaviour by china in the east and south china seas, we recognise the changing security situation. there are still large anti government protests in romania's capital, bucharest. demonstrators are angry about a decree, which could mean dozens of officials, jailed for corruption, are set free. the government says the new measures will tackle prison over—crowding. sophia tran—thomson has this report. a get out ofjail free card, that's what these protesters are demonstrating against. but this isn't a game. in less than a week, a controversial government decree

comes into force in romanian. the order will decriminalise several offences, including corruption if the costs are less than $48,000. it could see dozens of officials freed from prison and hundreds of void prosecution. since tuesday, hundreds of thousands of romanians have taken to the streets to oppose it. base their they leaders are turning a blind eye to corruption while the government claims the new law is needed to ease prison overcrowding. half a million people protesting coming from all over the country is huge, i don't think it's ever happened in romanian. with the crowd as big as that, everything can happen unfortunately. i hope they get wise in the last moment and they just listen to us. i strongly believe it's an unique moment for oui’ believe it's an unique moment for our country and a new generation with national feeling, it's arising

from this moment. the eu, the us and even the romanian president have voiced concerns over the new law. the anticorru ption office voiced concerns over the new law. the anticorruption office say they fear their department could be dissolved altogether. despite the resistance, romania's government remains defiant and continues to press ahead. eu leaders have been meeting in malta for their first summit of the year. britain's prime minister, theresa may, used the meeting to press for more financial commitment to nato. but any scope for britain to be a bridge between donald trump and the eu seemed to get a rebuff in some quarters. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. a stroll in the sun among europe's leaders, but soon theresa may will be walking alone after brexit, then she'll need all the friends she can get. friends, she believes, like donald trump. she took his hand last week and took home his promise of 100% commitment to the nato alliance.

officials have their uses. one high—ranking civil servant was suddenly appointed bag carrier today. she had work to do. offering to help the eu in future just as she'd helped the cause of nato. will that us relationship help in that? well, i think it's important that we got the 100% commitment to nato because nato has been so crucial in protecting the security, notjust of the uk but also of europe and will do so in the future. but as we look to our negotiations what i want to build with the eu is a strong partnership. we want a strong continuing eu and a strong partnership because we're not leaving europe, we're leaving the eu. the prime minister's flying visit here is just part of her mission to hold on to britain's global clout after brexit. theresa may's hope by showing she can deal with donald trump and get results, she'll get a better brexit dealfrom eu leaders who may look to her to help fight europe's corner

with the new president. but like so much of theresa may's plan for brexit, it won't be easy. theresa may's welcome was warm enough at this informal summit, though she could be forgiven a few nerves, not everyone was interested in new ways to connect with president trump. we've got twitter for that, one leader said. and president hollande insisted it was france's job to develop the eu's relationship with america after brexit. but the eu council president, donald tusk, saw a role for mrs may and britain. the uk can, inside europe or outside europe, eu, not europe, can be very helpful. and i have no doubt also after today's discussions and what theresa may said, i have no doubt that today we can feel some kind of spirit of solidarity. but the summit host warned the eu would fight its own corner if necessary against president trump. we cannot stay silent where there are principles involved.

and as in any good relationship we will have and we will speak very clearly where we think those principles are being trampled on. just now the moods almost amicable. eu leaders took a boat ride together today. but hard negotiations to come will decide how far britain stays aboard with europe's future or whether the uk is left to chart its own course alone. john pienaar, bbc news, valetta. the band credited with inventing heavy metal will play their final gig on saturday night in their hometown of birmingham, central england. black sabbath pioneered their sound back in 1968. 20 years later one in every five albums sold in the us was from that genre. here's our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. music: paranoid by black sabbath. four teenagers from birmingham who quit their factoryjobs and started a musical genre

which travelled the globe. # finished with my woman ‘cause she couldn't help me with my mind. without black sabbath, there would be no heavy metal. but from tomorrow night, and one final hometown gig, there will be no black sabbath. if i'm being honest, utterly excited and kind of devastated. it's unbelievable. ozzy osbourne, the end of black sabbath. why? well, it's run its course, really. it just felt right. when we did the first black sabbath album, i remember thinking, "ah, it'll be all right for a couple of years." it's kind of like being put in a barrel and rolled down the biggest mountain ever, and you come out and you're like, it's 49 years later. this is where it all began, the crown pub, right here in the centre of birmingham. back in 1968, black sabbath, or earth, as they were called at the time, played their first gig. the fee that night —

they weren't paid in money, but in t—shirts. how things have changed. this farewell tour with founding members tony iommi and geezer butler has taken more than £60 million in ticket sales. i've been collecting over the last 25 or 30 years. but for dedicated fans, tomorrow night is not going to be an easy one. a mixture of emotions really. i'm sure i'll shed a few tears on the final night. which is to be expected. and even ozzy, the self—professed prince of darkness, isn't ruling out the possibility of having a cry on stage. my emotions are flying all over the place. let's see what happens. black sabbath, heavy metal pioneers, but tomorrow mightjust bring out their soft side. colin paterson, bbc news, birmingham. from being paid in t—shirts to being

one of the best—known bands in the world! lastly they may be hundreds of kilometres away from earth but astronauts on board the international space station have their eyes firmly on the football pitch ahead of the super bowl this sunday. they've donned their favourite football jerseys in a video released by nasa ahead of the 51st super bowl. they congratulated their teams before taking a moment to toss around a football. the stunt, in the gravity—free environment factoring in the station's orbit of earth. the throw calculated at more than 500 kilometres! this is bbc news. hello, good morning. things are calming down a bit for this weekend.

on friday, we had an area of low pressure bringing strong winds onto the south coast of england — gusts of 60 mph. big waves and rough seas. outbreaks of rain and even some snow over the hills. and here, earlier on in the night across parts of northern ireland. the wet weather is moving northwards up into scotland right now. clearer skies following on across england and wales. maybe northern ireland, too. meaning it will be chilly with the risk of icy patches. another area of low pressure on the scene on saturday. we will miss the worst of that but it could bring disruptive weather around the bay of biscay and into france. a lot of people travelling up for the six nations rugby. for the two matches on saturday, it looks like it's going to be generally fine. improving weather at murrayfield. it should be dry in london. a chance of a little rain first thing from the weather system that is bringing the wet and windy weather into france, but away from the south—east corner of england, it could be a dry, chilly, bright start across england and wales.

a few showers coming into the north—west corner of england. it should have dried off by the morning for much of northern ireland. a cold and wet picture north of the central belt. for scotland, rain and snow in the hills. one or two showers further south and developing later in the day in west wales and the far south—west of england. that area of low pressure takes the rain away from the extreme south—east of england and eventually that cloud breaks as well. for many parts of the uk, it will be dry with quite a bit of sunshine but a bit colder, temperatures seven or eight degrees. looking at the showers developing in the west and south—west, that develops into a more organised band of rain. again, there could be snow in the hills. either side of that, the winds are quite light, skies clearer. there could be frost and maybe some icy patches but also some patches of freezing fog as well. certainly not widespread but that will take a while to clear from parts of southern england and maybe northern ireland on sunday. a lot of that rain tends to peter out, leaving us with a few showers around across the northern part of the uk but further south, it could be dry.

again, some sunshine coming through but a chillierfeel. 6—8 degrees. clear skies and light winds overnight and it could be quite a frosty start on monday morning. again, some patches of freezing fog which could take a little while to clear away. we have a bump of high pressure to start next week but lurking out towards the west, signs of change again, stronger winds on the way. that will blow in outbreaks of rain off the atlantic and tend to lift the temperatures for a while. that's it. goodbye. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. a federaljudge has temporarily blocked president trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly—muslim countries. thejudge, in seattle, said the restrictions could be lifted immediately while a full legal case was heard. the government is expected to launch a rapid appeal against the ruling. iran has condemned new sanctions imposed by the us and promised to respond. washington says the sanctions are a response to iran's missile test on sunday, and what it describes as tehran‘s support for terrorism. iran says the sanctions breach a deal under which it agreed

to curb its nuclear programme. the president of the european council donald tusk has said good relations with the us remain an absolute priority, despite concerns about the policies of president trump. speaking at a summit in malta, mr tusk said transatlantic cooperation had, until now, been a key pillar of the free world. in around ten minutes you can see newswatch, but now on bbc news it's time for click.