hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. a usjudge orders a temporary stop for donald trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries the president's controversial order from seven mainly muslim countries. the president's controversial order is overturned by a court in seattle meaning the restrictions have been suspended across the united states. judge robart‘s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. good morning. it's saturday 4th february. labour vowes to close a gap in public funding between the north and south of england. the conservatives warn the plans could damage the economy. the challenge of supporting a friend with cancer. a leading charity calls for more help for patients and their carers. it's a huge weekend in sport with the start of the six nations

tournament and great britain's opening davis cup tie. kyle edmund's beaten in the second match as canada level things after day 1 in ottawa. mike plays mixed doubles with british number onejo konta with a little help from charlie. and nick has the weekend weather. in chile especially in scotland, with some hill snow. —— it is getting very cold. good morning. first, our main story. ajudge in the us has put a temporary nationwide block on president trump's immigration controls. it means travel restrictions on people from seven mainly muslim countries should be lifted immediately. the white house is expected to appeal against the ruling by a judge in seattle. greg dawson reports. on america's east coast, there was another day of prayer and protest at new york's kennedy airport,

as people voiced opposition to donald trump's travel ban. in the most significant legal challenge yet to president trump's order, a federaljudge issued a nationwide, temporary block on the measure. washington state's attorney general said he sped to did ministration to obey the ruling. judge robert's decision effective immediately, effective now puts a halt on to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. i want to repeat that. it puts a stop to it immediately. but the white house says it will fight this court ruling and quickly seek to reinstate this order. in a statement, donald trump's press secretary, sean spicer said the president's order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the american people. in the meantime, us customs and border control has told airlines

that it can board those passengers previously affected by the ban. # 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 federaljudge is likely to be a bigger challenge. greg dawson, bbc news. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, will lay out plans this morning for closing what labour calls the gap in public funding between the north of england and the south. in a speech in liverpool, he'll promise that under a labour government ministers would be required to report to parliament to prevent regional imbalances. our political correspondent, chris mason, has the details. this is the expensive and rather long hole in the ground called crossrail, in london. when it is finished, in just under three years, trains will zip through the capital to essex in the east and berkshire in the west.

but what about the north of england? in a speech, in liverpool today, john mcdonald will say... so what could this mean for the north—east of england? for yorkshire or manchester? mr mcdonald offers very little specific detail and does not say where any extra money would come from. conservative spokesmen said labour's policy to borrow £500,000 billion would crash our economy. chris mason, bbc news we'll be getting more detail on the plans from the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, just after 8am.

almost half of people who have a friend who's been diagnosed with cancer say they find it difficult to support them, with two—thirds admitting it's because they don't know what to say. that's according to new research published by macmillian cancer support to coincide with world cancer day. the charity says talking is an important part of dealing with with the illness. a diagnosis of cancer is bad enough to cope with, the macmillan cancer charity has carried out researcher that shows just how difficult it can be to talk about the disease and get help. the study found that around 9% of sufferers, or about 230,000 people, had no close friends to talk to. around 12% said they had lost touch with friends because of their disease. 43% said they could not have coped without the support of theirfriends. macmillan also said that people found it difficult to talk to communicate with somebody who had developed cancer. people who are caring for someone with cancer or are friend of someone with cancer said that often

they did not know how to approach the subject, how to offer support, how to, you know, offer a full range of information and advice because they feel they might be giving the wrong kind of support, or they might feel they do not know how to talk sensitively about the issue. macmillan is urging anyone who feels they are not getting the emotional support they need, to get in touch, especially with their online community. andy moore, bbc news french investigators are trying to establish whether an egyptian man who tried to attack a soldier with a machete at the louvre museum in paris was acting alone. guards shot and wounded the man during the attack in paris. reports say the 29 year—old arrived in france last month, police have not released his identity. 0ur correspondent,jonny dymond, is in paris. can you tell us what is happening

with the attacker? the attacker is in the hospital. there have been raids on his suspected address. the apartment he has been occupying since the 26th of january, phone cards and some closing were taken, but, as you say, the key concern is to find out whether or not this man was acting alone and going under his own direction, or acting as part of a wider cell. if it is the latter, then the concern for police and the security authorities here and in france is that there may be more attacks planned. the level of alert remains high. this was a vindication for the high security military measures that france is put in place since the attacks in 2015—16. it is

still a concern that an attack can happen right in the heart of paris, inside one of the cultural institutions of the capital and the country. there will probably be a hunt to find out whether there are more people thinking and planning an attack like the one that happened on friday morning. three past and present workers with the company that puts electronic tags on offenders have been arrested by police investigating the misuse of the devices. the sun newspaper claims the investigation relates to allegations that some staff in london were paid by offenders to deliberately fit the tags too loosely so they could be removed. a spokesperson for the service which is operated by capita said it had a policy of zero tolerance against any employees who undermined its work. black sabbath — the band seen by many as the founding fathers of heavy metal — will play their final gig tonight in the city where it all began, birmingham.

music: iron man by black sabbath the group was formed nearly 50 years ago and went on to sell more than 70 million records worldwide. three of the original four members will be on stage, including frontman ozzy osbourne. he told our entertainment correspondent,colin paterson,that he's expecting it to be an emotional night. i've been happy, i've been to four and people are asking how well i feel about playing the last note. let's see what happens. do you think you'll make a speech?” let's see what happens. do you think you'll make a speech? i don't know. i've got to say something. but i'm

no good speeches, but i'll say something. just a whirlwind of emotions going on. i hope it's ok. it's going to be an occasion and i can guarantee he will say something! the last lap sabbath gig taking place tonight in birmingham. —— black sabbath. we are nowjoined by the shadow chancellor. you want to close this gap between the north and south. how will you do it. at the moment, the figure the government have produced shows they will invest twice as much in london and the south. £3000 per head in the south, half in the

north. we've got to get politicians to address this step. these types of money should be properly audited, and found out where it is going. the legislation says there should be a proper ratio established so that you won't get double spend in the south than in the north. you think it should be equal. how do you define a north, because the northerner, we often north, because the northerner, we ofte n get north, because the northerner, we often get lumped as one, big, homogenous area, just like the south? if you talk about regions, the north west, the north—east. at the north west, the north—east. at the moment, labour, when we go back into government, we plan to set up a national investment bank. they will be 250 billion. we will put 100 billion into this bank and we think

european investment rates will be 215 billion. when politicians make the decision of how that is distributed, it's got to be there. we can't allow politicians to make decisions that bias the south against the north. see what will it be spent on? we've seen crossrail in the south. we wanted to see a crossrail in the north, john prescott suggested it a few years ago. trains between leeds, hull and newcastle. obviously it's at a time when everything has been going on brexit. members of the shadow

cabinet leaving, a tough week for your party. people are saying there's so much internal wrangling going on at its clear —— it's unclear as to what your party is standing for the moment. we need to get back to bread and butter issues. we are fearful that this recklessly negotiated brexit could have an impact on people but at the same time we've got to look beyond that. we need to look at how we invest in oui’ we need to look at how we invest in our infrastructure, rather knit all being concentrated on the south—east. being concentrated on the south-east. do you have a strategy for brexit? i have outlined what we should do within ten days of the referendum result. protection of the financial services, but seeing workers, environmentaland financial services, but seeing workers, environmental and consumer regulations first, and deal with that eu citizens here and also our

uk citizens in europe. what we are saying to the government is, we need to get into the detail of this. article 15 is not the big issue. that comes after when the negotiations start. we are saying to theresa may, keep people informed, report back to the house of commons and allow us to make negotiations along those parts, rather then being presented with something at the end that might not work. can you be sure your party is united on this. diane abbott, she didn't vote. john mann said it was cowardice not for her to turn up. she said she was ill. she was unwell. it's tough at the moment, the liberals have only got nine mps, and two of them have jumped ship as well. what you will

find is after the article 50 vote is over, we are on to the real, concrete agenda including worker's rights. i don't think theresa may will be able to satisfy bill cash and george osborne. i think you will see that there is a real irony, you will see the conservatives splitting and asked united. it's a labour issue, standing up for people. and asked united. it's a labour issue, standing up for peoplem hasn't let like that jeremy corbyn has said he did not wa nt jeremy corbyn has said he did not want him to visit. what are you going to do? it looks like it will happen. i am disappointed the queen has been dragged into this. popular opinion in this country is saying

that the president can visit, that is up to him, any normal way. would you meet him? i do not believe he should be given a state visit, as simple as that. so you would refuse to meet him? i would not want to meet donald trump, to frank. a state visit is a special honour. i do not think he deserves that from what he has said that his actions. energy prices, yesterday we heard a big story, npower saying they were fuel prices by about 11%. if you were in power, what would you do? we would legislate to control them. we cannot allow this to keep going on. people's wages, for many people, they have been frozen since 2007, 2008, the economic crash. how would you control them? you would legislate to control. in what way? in parliament. what with the legislation say? you would limit the

prices. i think we should follow the german example. within the lifetime of the next parliament, what we would do is what the germans have done. they have created an energy supply system whether you still have big six companies. they have invested at a local level where local communities are local level where local communities a re invested local level where local communities are invested biking communities. in germany, the big companies no longer control the energy supply. we have got to invest in the lifetime of the parliament to enable that to happen in this country. that is why we will not be faced with this problem again. john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, thank you for your time. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: an americanjudge has issued a temporary nationwide block on president trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. labour is vowing to "close the gap" between public funding in the north and south of england and end the "bias" it says there has been in transport investment. you're watching breakfast. still to

come this morning. jo konta playing mixed doubles with make beashel and myself. the last game she played competitively was against serena williams. —— mike bushell. a bit of magic on the tennis court. we will see that in a few moments time. magic or magners? here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. outdoor tennis in good shape across much of the uk today. many places getting off to a dry, rather cold start. a lovely day in worcester. this area of low pressure producing stormy conditions in france. a little rain brushing parts of south—east england this morning.

another area of low pressure producing widespread rain until snow in scotland. it will be around for much of the day in northern scotland. there will be guilt since places, but eventually scotland will turn drier. some showers in the north west of england, and the risk of icy patches here and anywhere where there was wet weather yesterday. through large parts of england and wales, it will be a dry start. outbreaks of rain running into south—east england, brushing into south—east england, brushing into east anglia for a time. that will be a dull and damp weather feature by pulling away to the east this afternoon so some others will see the sunshine. windy with rain until snow. that will be about 300 metres in northern scotland. some showers in the south—west of england. lots of fine weather elsewhere, and the temperature is not bad, between 5 degrees and nine celsius. the rugby today, the six

nations getting under way. at murrayfield, rain, turning drier. starry skies at twickenham. temperatures will drop tonight, with a thrust taking hold and patchy fog developing. it will be quite a see in places. wet weather is moving north—east, and there will be some health snow with that. showers affecting parts of north—west scotland. temperatures close to freezing. there will be an icy start in places. more cloud around for england and wales. aguirre in and some snow on the hills. coastal showers in the uk, east and west. scotla nd showers in the uk, east and west. scotland getting a sunny, dry day, some showers for northern ireland. single figures for plaid cymru of the weekend. it may turn colder at the weekend. it may turn colder at the start of the week. we will keep an eye on that. thank you. from next week, all banks will have to offer an early warning system if customers are about to go overdrawn without permission it's it's

part of new rules issued by the competition and markets authority to make banks treat people more fairly. paul lewis from radio 4's money box programme has been looking at the plans. anyone who hears those words, force the banks to treat customers fairly, there will be a ripple of applause? there might be. it is not next week. these were announced next week, but they will not come in every way until later this year, u nfortu nately. until later this year, unfortunately. this was a decision by the competition and markets authority, which is supposed to make banks competitive with each other. if you're about to go overdrawn by mistake, you have a direct debit for your rent, your pay does not come in 01’ your rent, your pay does not come in or you're short of cash, they will give you period of grace, but only a few hours to put some money in to avoid the overdraft. the other thing is they will have to cap the amount they can charge for an unauthorised overdraft every month, a maximum

monthly charge. at the moment, most of the banks do both these things. i have been looking at the list, santander, £95 a month is the maximum, barclays, as low as £35 a month. the caps are there but the authority says it will make it consistent right across banking. they all have to do it and they will have to tell you what they are. it took me quite well to get those numbers from the banks yesterday. the issue of sharing people's information is always tricky. this is emerging in connection with the banks again? yes, people will want to look at this carefully. the idea isa to look at this carefully. the idea is a good one, all the banks will be forced to keep your data and keep their own details and a common format. you can plug in your data and say, this is my account for the last year. which bank would have been cheap as for me? you cannot do that at the moment. the problem is, that at the moment. the problem is, that will mean you have to give a third party, it could be another

company, another bank, ora third party, it could be another company, another bank, or a charity of your debt problems, give them access to your banking data. they will plug it in and say, this bank would have been betterfor you. you would have been betterfor you. you would have been betterfor you. you would have saved this much. i think people will be wary about letting their banking data be used in that way. that story will be on radio 4 if people want to know more. yes, we will have an interview with the man behind the plans, alistair smith, on radio 4 at midday. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. astrophysicist carole mundell is here to tell us what's caught her eye. good morning. good morning. let's have a look at the front pages. the guardian. on the front page of the guardian, the main story about donald trump. eu leaders, theresa

may was at the meeting in malta yesterday. many of the leaders hitting out at donald trump's lack of respect. the daily telegraph leads with a story about developers facing strict deadlines for new homes. this is under a tory drive. they're trying to build 1 million houses. on the daily mail, they are still interested in the story about fruit and vegetables, the shortages on the shelves that people are reporting. iceberg lettuce, broccoli, aubergines and courgettes as well. and in the mirror this morning, they are talking about the npower price rise that we saw yesterday. they are putting up electricity bills by 15%. gas prices will rise by 4.8%. it means that the annualjoule fuel bill will be going up by a for the average customer. where are you going to start? on a housing story. next week theresa may

will be announcing at major government initiative for more house—building. a study of government figures has been published that shows we have a housing surplus and the number of empty homes has doubled since 1996. we have almost 1.4 million empty homes, so the idea of building another 1 homes, so the idea of building another1 million homes, so the idea of building another 1 million homes, homes, so the idea of building another1 million homes, it is suggested, will not cause house prices to fall. is it not about the type of homes available? yes, there are variety of empty houses, some are variety of empty houses, some are waiting for people to move into, some are second homes and they may be at the part of the price bracket. we have a supply problem. the question is whether the approach that is being taken is the right one that —— the right one for the kind of houses that we need. the government are limited what they can do. if someone

owns a house and chooses not to live in it, chooses to have it empty, what can you do? what can you do to motivate them? and animal story that you picked out in the daily mail. this is about the links. what is the plural? i think it is links. the idea is to reintroduce those animals so that they can come toa those animals so that they can come to a forest in northumberland. these animals were native to britain round about 700 a.d.. they have not been native sense. they want to introduce these animals to control the raw deal in the forest. a natural way to control the wildlife. it is a beautiful creature, but what size ali? they are relatively big. they eat £4.5 of meat a day. there is controversy in the local community. they fear that the cats will go after farmers' they fear that the cats will go afterfarmers‘ sheep. they fear that the cats will go after farmers' sheep. there they fear that the cats will go afterfarmers‘ sheep. there is a big debate about whether this is appropriate. they have been introduced in the wild in germany. it has been effective but there is a question over whether it will work

in britain. a little closer to home, this is about the fruit and vegetable shortages. this photograph struck me. this is panic buying, i think. there is a shortage, there have been bad weather conditions across europe for the suppliers. the problem seems to be that big restau ra nt problem seems to be that big restaurant chains are buying up the supermarket vegetables. the wholesalers are empty. they are buying up great quantities so supermarkets have restricted the number of lettuces and various different vegetables you can get. ironic as we encourage people to read their five a day. you would think it would be hard to panic buy a lettuce. i did not think it would be something i would see. you are scientist. people watching television, what shape is the television, what shape is the television you are watching us on, is it current? if so, this story is about you. if it is curved and you're the only one watching you properly have a spectacular view. the rest of your family will not get

a look in. is about curve pbs, the next innovation in television technology. suppliers try to produce 3—d televisions, they were not popular. they are going on the scrapheap. curved televisions were a disaster forfamilies. what curved televisions were a disaster for families. what is a curved televisions were a disaster forfamilies. what is a problem? you sit in the middle and it is designed for one viewer. if you're off centre, you get a bad view. the glare for the teller —— from the television is also very bright. u nless television is also very bright. unless you're sat behind each other with a slight elevation. like a cinema theatre. did someone not think that through when they designed them? one would hope so, but clearly not from what the people who have bought these

televisions are saying. they are sending them back. television viewing is quite social. the next innovation is supposed to be virtual reality. it may not to be co mforta ble reality. it may not to be comfortable to sit around with your family. what happens if you have a curved sofa and a curved television? bouzouki call—out? curved sofa and a curved television? bouzouki call-out? i would think not. we will have to do that experiment next time. that is a good one. we have occurred so far year. the person at the end would see the curve end of the television so it would be ok. it may be doubly distorted. you're back in the next hour. coming up in the next half hour: the six nations starts today and can england win it again? former player lewis moody will be here to tell us who he thinks is the team to beat in this year's championship. stay with us. the headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. coming up before 9am, nick has the weather. we have also got the sport. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. a federaljudge in the us has temporarily suspended the travel ban imposed by president trump. it means the executive order stopping people from seven mainly muslim countries entering america should be lifted immediately. the white house insists the restrictions are "lawful

and appropriate" and it will challenge the court's ruling. judge robart‘s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. i want to repeat that. it puts a stop to it immediately. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, will lay out plans this morning for closing what labour calls a gap in public funding between the north of england and the south. he wants to see a new rail link. in a speech in liverpool, he'll say london and the south east have disproportionately benefited from projects such as the new crossrail train line through the capital. the conservatives say they are spending £13 billion alone on transport in the north. we'd like to see a crossrail to the north that links manchester, leeds and on to hull and newcastle. you can see a project like the one in london being distributed across the north as well. three past and present workers with the company that puts

electronic tags on offenders have been arrested by police investigating the misuse of the devices. the sun newspaper claims the investigation relates to allegations that some staff in london were paid by offenders to deliberately fit the tags too loosely so they could be removed. a spokesperson for the service — which is operated by capita — said it had a policy of zero tolerance against any employees who undermined its work. french investigators are trying to establish whether an egyptian man who tried to attack a soldier with a machete at the louvre museum in paris was acting alone. guards shot and wounded the man during the attack in paris. reports say the 29 year—old arrived in france on a tourist visa from dubai last month. police have not released his identity. there has been a big leap in the number of cancer patients turning to crowdfunding to pay for treatments not available on the nhs. data from justgiving shows the more than four and a half million was raised by these appeals in last year compared with just over £500,000 the year before. doctors say the number of patients bypassing the nhs is "very worrying".

nhs england says it's investing £330 million to improve cancer services. the american football super bowl takes place in houston this weekend but even veteran quarterback tom brady would struggle to make a throw this far. astronauts span a ball down the length of the international space station, which orbits earth at 17, 500

miles per hour — making the pass more than half a million yards or 285 thousand miles long. the trouble with watching the game from space is that no matter how exciting it gets, there's still no atmosphere. those are the main stories this morning. a huge weekend of sport ahead with the start of rugby union's six nations tournament. it's going to be a great tournament. once again, england the favourites. reigning champions england are out to defend their title and extend their 14 match winning streak. they take on france at twickenham this afternoon. this tournament will be one of transition with referees given greater powers to clamp down on head—high tackles. as players, we need to adapt. as

players, there's been a lot of cards being shown at the moment. i'm sure we will get there. so the favourites are ready, but first it's scotland hosting ireland at murrayfield to kicks off this year's tournament. they will be eyeing an early shock. it is an exciting start, ireland at home. ireland have just recently beaten the all blacks, they've beaten australia and south africa. they are not one off—games these guys are winning, they are consistently a very good team so we get a chance to measure ourselves against them and then we go to a different opposition the week after. this one, i can feel nervousness within the group. they know it is a big game and they are ready to roll their sleeves up and have a go at it. the women's six nations is already up and running. scotland came seconds from securing their first point in nearly seven years last night, but lost out to a last gasp ireland try. scotland just needed to get the ball

out of play to seal a 15—15 draw but ireland'sjenny murphy crashed over for the game's decisive try. munster have gone top of the pro 12 table after a hard —fought victory away at edinburgh. just one try in the game, scored in the first half by ronan o'mahony. 10—9 the final score with edinburgh picking up a losing bonus point. it's another big day in the premier league with the pick of the days ties kicking off at stamford bridge at lunchtime with leaders chelsea taking on third place arsenal. the gunners are looking to repeat their victory earlier in the season whilst a win for chelsea would take them twelve points clear. we play at home, we have our fans to push a lot and for this reason we want to play a good game. we want to play to win but for sure it will be a really tough game and we must play with attention.

i believe the most important thing is that we turn up with a positive informant. we have shown we can beat chelsea in the first game, so we wa nt to chelsea in the first game, so we want to turn up at the same quality, and show a straight wrist response, because what is important here is to show response in a united and determined way and play our game. football focus is on later this morning on bbc one and dan is here to tell us what's on the show today. we've got eight probably packed programme. “— we've got eight probably packed programme. —— eight properly. —— a properly. we've got chelsea and middlesbrough. and a lot on leicester. still in the

champions league, but they've only got 21 points. we've been speaking to robert houth about what is going on. there's no ifs, no buts, it is what it is. if you win the next 45 games, it would be a different interview. but we are standing above relegation. he gives straight a nswe rs relegation. he gives straight a nswers to relegation. he gives straight answers to difficult questions. we are talking about christian eriksson. we've got a lovely piece coming up about the team at the top

of league 2. we've got mark lawrence, john moxon and we are on at midday on bbc one. great britain's davis cup tie in canada is level at one—all — heading into today's doubles tie. dan evans is leading the side in the absence of andy murray, and he showed why he's currently the most improved player in the world. evans saw off the 17—year—old wimbledon junior champion denis shapovalov in straight sets. but kyle edmund couldn't back up evans' success. he was beaten in straight sets by world number 133, vasek pospisil to level the tie at one—all. the doubles rubber featuring jamie murray and dom inglot is on bbc 2 from 6 o'clock tonight england cricket captain alastair cook has received his cbe from prince charles for services to the sport. cook received his medal at buckingham palace after a year in which he became the first english

batsman to score 10,000 test runs. there is some uncertainty as to whether he will continue as captain after losing the test series to india. the british national cup diving is going on in plymouth this weekend — and olympic champions jack laugher and chris mears marked their return to action — for the first time since rio — with synchronised 3 metre springboard gold. the pair comfortably won on their first appearance back while laugher also won the individual one metre title another olympic medallist tom daley won the 3 metres springboard synchronised gold with grace reid but was suprisingly beaten in the mixed platform event, partnering tonia couch. the french rugby team can expect

another "war" according to england's head coach eddie jones when they face each other at twickenham today in the opening round of this years' six nations. one man who knows all too well what's at stake for the defending champions is former england international and world cup winner lewis moody. hejoins us from our london newsroom. what do you make of that game? the crunch. england versus france. what a game it will be. it will be dominated by personality, passion, flare. eddiejones talks about wanting his side to go out and be daring from the first off, with a style of rugby that excites the fans but puts france under pressure. they are looking for that consecutive

win. if they win the next five games, they will go on to challenge the all blacks' record for that number of games. the mindset of the england players, are they in a strong place, driven by a man who expects more every game? of a art in a very strong place. —— eight r. —— they are. eddie james a very strong place. —— eight r. —— they are. eddiejames is asking them to play in a way that is inspiring. it's unusual. he puts a lot of pressure on his players and is unafraid to call them out. he's builtan unafraid to call them out. he's built an incredibly strong side when you consider how many players are missing to injury. the downside to

that, and you will know this from your incredibly successful time as a player, many teams want to take you down. many people saying scotland could be the surprise package, but many saying ireland will be the real threat. there are sites coming in with a real opportunity. ireland beating the all blacks for the first time in111 beating the all blacks for the first time in 111 years. scotland, having such a wonderful array of players, and they are on scintillating form at the moment. they could really pose a problem for ireland in that first match. scotland, bearing mind, having won their first game in the six nations for 11 years, and if they do so, i do believe they could challenge, but i think many people

would like to see ireland and england go unbeaten until that weekend in dublin which would be the equivalent of watching a grand slam. italy, who people think of as the sixth race side, they could do things, can they? yes. there's the bonus point introduction. if they lose by seven points or less, they get a bonus point. the italy, is very important to keep chasing the points and tries, but wales are on a turning point. they've had a decade of great form. they've had a number of grand slam victories, they are really on a turning point. jones takes over the armband. there's no doubt in my mind

that they will beat italy, but they have beaten south africa recently, the italians. if you are asking me who will win the tournament, i would say england, but they will be tested by the likes of scotland and ireland. very good to speak to you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: an americanjudge has issued a temporary nationwide block on president donald trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. labour is vowing to "close the gap" between public funding in the north and south of england and end the "bias" it says there has been in transport investment. also coming up in the programme: how do you live with terminal cancer without it dictating your life? sophie sabbage set herself that goal after her diagnosis. she'll be here to tell us about her experiences later in the programme. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather.

good morning. we may be getting off toa good morning. we may be getting off to a cold start this morning but there is lots of fine weather out there. this is a view from weston—super—mare. some sunshine and most of us will see that at some stage of the day but not everybody. we are watching a couple of weather systems. this low pressure system is producing stormy weather in france, with gusts up to 75 mph. some rain to the south—east of england, not stormy, but this area of low pressure is producing wet and windy weather. in scotland, there is another area of low pressure. the central belt will eventually dry up today. showers out into the pennines. we have had a few in northern ireland. where we have had early showers, there is a possibility of it being icy. for many of us possibility of it being icy. for many of us across possibility of it being icy. for many of us across england and wales, it isa many of us across england and wales, it is a dry start. it is an area of

cloud from the low—pressure system in france. for some of us, a little rainfora time. in france. for some of us, a little rain for a time. that will pull away to the east. we will get the sunshine back for some in the afternoon. windy weather and deals in the far north of scotland. showers heading back into south—west england. for manchester, leeds, birmingham, it will be a sunny afternoon. the risk of the odd shower in northern ireland. still in single figures. if you get the sunshine it will make a difference. it will be dry in edinburgh for the six nations match this afternoon. it will be cleared in london. it will be cold as well. we will see further showers affecting parts of scotland in the west, the west, the north becoming drier. a band of rain heading through england and wales with snow on the hills. that could turn things i see through the night as temperatures dropped. fog developing for some on sunday morning and that could be slow to

clear. would it does not, it will be cloudy and cold. more cloud for england and wales compared to today. coastal showers in the east and west around the uk, but it will be a better, brighter day in scotland compared with today. ido compared with today. i do someone who takes lots of selfies? ido selfies? i do occasionally. i am no good at them. i always look at the wrong place on the camera. do you pout when you're taking one? do you pout when you're taking one? doi do you pout when you're taking one? do i look like i do? ido do i look like i do? i do not know. give me your best pout. ijust do it naturally. cani ijust do it naturally. can i look no? yes, he has stopped. there is a reason why you were asking that. yes. whatever your view of them, the selfie has become a global phenomenon. now new art exhibitions in coventry and london are taking a look at the fascination of capturing our own image. so, why do we do it?

marta newman takes a look back at the rise of the selfie. it was the word of the year end 2013. since then, love them or hate them, the popularity of the selfie has rocketed. quite literally, in fa ct. has rocketed. quite literally, in fact. the trend has even reached outer space. back on earth, it has gripped the political elite, royalty, and even the pope. and let's not forget the selfie stake that give us this little gem. 24 billion selfies were uploaded in 2015. why do we do it? it isjust quick, to see how i like. it is not really posing, it is a quick snap. sometimes i take one with friends so we have memories. sometimesjust for people to see. everyone is doing it. ifought people to see. everyone is doing it. i fought with something that ca ptu res i fought with something that captures the moment. everyone wants to capture their particular moment.

the selfie is fast becoming an icon of the digital era. with us now is dr david houghton, who has done research into selfies, a lecturer in marketing at birmingham business school, and also chyaz samuel, who is at ben white —— isa chyaz samuel, who is at ben white —— is a vlogger and the notorious taker of selfies. how many do you take? it depends of what i'm doing or when i am. about four five. i thought you we re am. about four five. i thought you were going to say more. that does not sound like that many. what is the allure of the selfie? some days it will be that i am enjoying my look that day so i wanted documented and some days it is because i am wanting to say something about my work, an outfit, i may be another reason. i am with my dog and i want to show her off. that is an interesting word. showing off. that

is what people are basically doing, they are showing themselves and their best light. they are looking for self transformation. not all the time. sometimes it isjust a photo, where you are. —— self—affirmation. this is what i am doing right now, what i have achieved. they are looking for people to say, well done, you. the history of the selfie, we think of it in terms of the phone camera. but in a way, people have been doing it for hundreds of years. self portraits. iv essentially the same thing? yes. what is different is you do not have to have somebody else involved. it is easier to do it. the reason we see more of them is perhaps because we can pick up her phone and do it herself. we do not need somebody to do it all the time, do you want to ta ke do it all the time, do you want to take a photograph of me and my dog? sorry. it means you can do it. it is

right there. you pose and it is insta nt. right there. you pose and it is instant. what is really interesting, it is how our expressions have changed. back in the day, no one would smile and a photo. then it became a smile, and now it is pouting. i know we were taking the mickey, but people know, there are so many pictures of people pouting. we will look back in thing, why is no one smiling? i know. i guess it isa trend. no one smiling? i know. i guess it is a trend. i do not have a particular selfie face. i mix it up. ifi particular selfie face. i mix it up. if i was talking about a lipstick, i might doa if i was talking about a lipstick, i might do a particular expression to show it off in its best light. that is something we all do with selfies whether we realise it or not. there is an session. sometimes you can be applications and everyone is filming. i know that is not strictly

speaking selfies, but just filming. i know that is not strictly speaking selfies, butjust enjoy being there. have a story to tell rather than thinking about the picture. that is an interesting point. people are missing out on what is happening. they are looking at the world through the cream. they would probably argue they are enhancing what they're doing by sharing it more widely. there is also a lot more you can do in a photo. there is lots of photo and things going on. what are your thoughts on this as a vlogger? as a young woman who is putting out pictures? often now i meet people who look nothing like their pictures? absolutely. i did an experiment one day, i did picture side bar hate, one totally natural, andl side bar hate, one totally natural, and i edited one and i put them side—by—side on the same photo and said, this is real life and this is not. lots of people are savvy about it but i wanted to put it out there asa it but i wanted to put it out there as a real example of how different it can look. then there is a question about whether you can believe what you see. photographs should be a moment in time. you

should be a moment in time. you should not have to distrust them, especially if they have come from an individual. in a historical context, even going back to stalin in russia, trying to generate things, there have always been doctored photos to suggest something different to what is happening. is there ever an inappropriate time to take a selfie? 100%. i have seen some horrific examples of selfies, people taking them in places like concentration camps, horrific monument in places where selfies are absolutely inappropriate. there are definitely times when you should not be taking them. i have seen other horrendous examples. there are times when they are definitely appropriate. examples. there are times when they are definitely appropriatem examples. there are times when they are definitely appropriate. it is about keeping that in mind. there is that great picture of hillary clinton, doing a really important speech, and everyone around her is not facing her. they are all doing their selfie to show they are there. idid their selfie to show they are there. i did that a few years ago. everyone

was looking the wrong way. coming back to the point about things not looking the way they are. it puts pressure on young people. they look at pictures of people and the thing, thatis at pictures of people and the thing, that is how they look and it can cause all kinds of problems. that is how they look and it can cause all kinds of problemsm that is how they look and it can cause all kinds of problems. it has beena cause all kinds of problems. it has been a constant problem. we have seenin been a constant problem. we have seen in magazines for years the photo shopping side of the world. most people know it is not real, but with a selfie, you would assume it is more real. that can be more of an issue, for sure. thank you for joining us. will you be getting a selfie here before you go? absolutely. how did i not? is it appropriate, though? all the sports news coming up, and we will be taking a look at when mike busheu be taking a look at when mike bushell and myselfjoined be taking a look at when mike bushell and myself joined jo be taking a look at when mike bushell and myselfjoined jo konta for a little mixed doubles. it is so good, we are going to do it now. let's look at this. from facing serena williams

in a grand slam quarterfinal to serving to charlie stayt in a warmup for great britain's fed cup tie next week. a fortnight can be a long time when you'rejo konta, especially when she had myself as her doubles partner in this game against charlie and her fed cup team—mate heather watson. i think it is almost an improvement. this is a great preparation for the fed cup for us. i think it will be great. are you not worried our bad habits will rub off? no, i'd like to think our good habits will rub off on you. jo is in really good spirits after another fine run at the australian open in the country where she was born. five years after pledging allegiance to great britain, where essentially she grew up, she is the fastest riser on the women's tour, from the 100s to the top ten, in these glorious times for british tennis, with andy murray the men's world number one. it is a great privilege to be a part of british tennis at this point. he has transcended his sport, he has become more thanjust tennis. i am sure there will be andy murray statues popping up

in places soon enough. why not a jo konta one eventually? you are on the rise at the moment. i will do my best, i will keep trying. jo's run in melbourne may have come to an end against the all conquering serena williams, butjo believes she is learning, and has now changed the way she copes with the pressure when facing the top stars. i developed a good mechanism to try and disassociate myself from certain situations and try and keep myself very present, and not over— emphasise it for myself either, because then i think you end up playing, i guess, the image, and the aura she has, rather than the player on the day. next to the team event, the fed cup, and following in the shoes ofjudy murray, the new captain, anne keothavong. judy's shoes are massive to fill. we know what an inspirational figure she is. but how we approach things are different. i used to play alongside these girls. i know their games pretty well, i know what makes them tick, when to talk and perhaps when to shut up. i like her a lot, i get on with her great.

it is strange, because i have played on the team with her and now she's the captain so it will be a different dynamic. back to our match then, charlie holding his own from the baseline while i took up position at the net, letting jo get in some much— needed rallying practice ahead of next week. it came off here, it came off here. there. that's allowed. we will take that. deuce. there were times whenjo and i needed the teamwork and understanding so key to fed cup success. sorry. do not worry. i was ready. i was ready for all outcomes. talk about bad teamwork. you will not have to worry about that in estonia. but albeit with a slice of luck, we were just one point away from winning this rather long drawnout affair when. .. that is enough. we have a plane to catch. off to estonia. so it will go down as an honourable draw. mike bushell, with charlie, bbc news, roehampton.

i should see a massive thank you to heather watson and jo konta, who endured 25 minutes of playing mike and myself. good luck to them. there isa and myself. good luck to them. there is a good feeling around that team now. all smiles, but that lead dangerous. —— that looked. coming up on the show, the 70—year—old grandmother who's run across america. rosie swale pope will be here to tell us about her incredible achievements. stay with us. the headlines are next. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. a usjudge orders a temporary stop for donald trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. the president's controversial order is overturned by a court in seattle meaning the restrictions have been suspended across the united states. judge robart‘s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order.