this is bbc news. the headlines at 103m. a usjudge issues a temporary block on president trump's ban on travellers from seven countries. judge robart‘s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. i signed an executive order to help keep terrorists out of our country. police investigate claims security workers were paid by convicts to deliberately fit electronic ankle tags loosely. french authorities say a man who tried to attack the louvre yesterday is an egyptian, who came to paris from dubai on a tourist visa eight days ago. also in the next hour putting a cap on energy prices. labour say they'd legislate to limit future price hikes by the energy companies. we would have to, because we can't allow this to keep going on.

this is huge. and in half an hour, here on bbc news, the travel show goes to brunei to check the world's largest floating town. the white house has said it will appeal against a temporary nationwide block on president trump's controversial migration order. federaljudge james robart in seattle ruled against claims by government lawyers that us states did not have the standing to challenge the restrictions. did not have the standing the order affects seven countries, named by barack obama's administration as a terror risk including syria, yemen and libya. customs officials told us airlines overnight they can resume

boarding banned travellers while the legal challenge continues. protests against the restrictions continue. our correspondent, greg dawson, has the latest. on america's east coast, there was another day of prayer and protest at new york's kennedy airport, as people voiced their opposition to donald trump's travel ban. over on the west coast, that opposition is being voiced in a seattle courtroom, 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 expected the administration to obey the 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.

but the white house says it will fight this court ruling and quickly seek to reinstate the 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 protection has told airlines they can now board those passengers previously affected by the ban. just hours before the court ruling the president was defending his executive order. i signed an executive order. i signed an executive order. i signed an executive order to keep terrorists out of this country. the order looks at betting and mechanisms to make sure that those coming into america love and support our people, that they have goods intentions. # 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. it is a result of an order from a seattle —based judge, james robart who was appointed by former president george w bush back in 2003. he announced that this executive order would be suspended immediately after the case was brought in front of him by lawyers representing the state of minnesota and washington. there have been other lawsuits filed against this very controversial executive order, of course. but this ruling is the broadest so far in the sense that it's a nationwide ban, and the suit alleges that the travel ban is unconstitutional because it targets people based on their religion. the white house issued a statement a few hours ago pledging action at what it called the earliest

possible time to overturn this suspension. it says the executive order is lawful and appropriate and intended to protect the homeland. that was david willis the bbc. that was david willis for the bbc. 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. with me is our correspondent, richard slee who can tell me more about this story. this report in today's sun newspaper

alleges that officers were paid up to 400 pounds each to help offenders beat their curfews which means the tags were fitted to loosely on their a nkles tags were fitted to loosely on their ankles and could be taken off by the offenders, left with the base units, so as offenders, left with the base units, so as far as the company was concerned, beira home abiding by their orders as opposed to being elsewhere. for workers have been arrested involving the monitoring of offenders. it says that the 46—year—old man, a former ems employee has been arrested in romford, essex on a charge of perverting the course ofjustice. 0thers

perverting the course ofjustice. others have been arrested under similar charges. a further 11 people have been arrested in connection with this, offenders who move route from the removal of the tags. —— may have benefited. a statement has said that the small number of employees who have been investigated regarding this isolated incident had been investigated and are cooperating with the metropolitan police service. capital one this contract in 2014, after the security firm g4s lost that contract because they were overcharging. the ministry of justice says it is investigating the

claims urgently, and according to the police, all 14 suspects have been bailed and are awaiting court. there've been more large anti government protests 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. 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 remaining up. 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 avoid prosecution. since tuesday, hundreds of thousands of romania and is taken to the streets to oppose it. they

see their leaders are turning a blind eye to corruption, where the government say the new law is needed because prisons are overcrowded.” think half a million people protest in has ever happened in remaining before, with a crowd as big as that. i hope they get wise in the last moment and just listen to us.” believe it's a unique moment for our country, strongly. a new generation with a national feeling, and it's arising from this moment. the eu, the us and even the romanian president have voiced fear over the new law. there are fears and anti—corruption department could be dissolved altogether. despite resistance, romania's government stands defiant and prepares to press ahead. we will legislate to control them.

you would have control of the energy companies? we would have to, because we can't allow this to keep going on. this is huge. people's wages, for many people, have been frozen since 2007—2008, the economic crash. how would you control them? you'd legistlation to control... in what way? you'd introduce legislation in parliament... what with the legislation say? you'd limit it, you'd limit the amount that they could increase their prices. you would cap price rises? yes i would, i would. with me is bbc‘s political correspondent, matt cole. has he gone further there than existing labour policy? has he said

something new? yes. if we take it on the face of it. remember at the last general election, labour had the policy to say they wanted to freeze prices for two years while they reformed the energy market. that doesn't seem to be going as far as whatjohn mcdonnell is saying, he says legislation should give the government the opportunity to control and cap the price is energy firms set their rates that. he seems to be speaking about the big domestic debate beyond brexit. how domestic debate beyond brexit. how do you look after people just getting by? the cost of living is smack bang in the middle of that debate and he may have struck on something here that can put labour into that fight. he's talked about the north— south to bide and what

labour would do to try a redress the balance. what is he going to say. he's talking about infrastructure issues. he's going to argue that by the start of the next decade, the numbers would show that you would have twice as much in the south of england to spend on transport her head than in the north. he hasn't made it clear how he would end that disparity other than saying he would put a system in place where buyers we re put a system in place where buyers were shown a way that project is being put together, mps could have a look at it, paul it in and scrutinising. the idea is that the north of england would want to see a level of fairness brought in. he used the phrase, it's time the north gets a look in. hopefully, he'll expand on that in the next hour. a man who tried to attack a soldier at the louvre museum early on friday was an egyptian who came to paris

on a tourist visa from dubai, according to the french authorities. the suspect was critically injured after he was shot by french soldiers as he began his assault. 0ur correspondent in paris, jonny dymond, reports. do we know anything more about this suspect? we don't know a whole lot more. we understand he is 29 years old. he came into paris on the 26th of january on a tourist visa for one month from dubai. he was relatively well travelled, although they were stamped the turkey in his passport as well. the police raided his apartment on friday, found phonecards, his passport and various items of clothing. as far as the investigation is concerned, the key issue for the thorough tease is to find out whether he was a lone wolf, operating alone, or whether he was

pa rt operating alone, or whether he was part of a sale, a group operating in paris, who could be planning further attacks. as for that, we don't really know. we understand there are a series of investigations on going. a bullet went to the stomach —— he took a bullet to the stomach and is in serious condition. what are the feelings in france as to how this incident went, as they have been a lot more police and guards on the street due to the recent terror attacks. what do people think about the way this was handled because this was an attack that was foiled? this was a supreme vindication of having a pretty high profile military presence on the streets of

paris. it's quite a sight in paris to see heavily armed soldiers patrolling transport hubs, being outside major public and tourist venues. outside major public and tourist venues. this attack is what they we re venues. this attack is what they were there for. the man was carrying 214 centimetre machetes. if he had got in to the louvre it could have been absolute carnage, that they we re been absolute carnage, that they were military personnel prepared to ta ke were military personnel prepared to take the action that they took. it is definitely regarding the military presence, but it's a shock and a blow that it happened outside such a great, cultural treasure. tourism is suffering, and it's a blow to the morale of french people who have had

some respite from the terrible attacks they have suffered in the last two years. the headlines on bbc news: a federal judge in the us has temporarily blocked president trump's controversial ban on travellers from seven mainly—muslim states entering the country. three people have been arrested by police investigating the alleged misuse of electronic tags used to monitor criminals. as we have been hearing, french authorities say they believe the man who tried to attack the louvre museum in paris yesterday is a 29—year—old egyptian man. lets get a full round—up of your sport now with hugh. a huge weekend of sport ahead with the start of rugby union's six nations tournament. reigning champions england are out to defend their title and continue their 14 match winning streak. they take on france

at twickenham this afternoon but despite their excellent recent record, captain dylan hartley is expecting a fiery start to the tournament. we wa nt we want to be physical. rugby is a physical game, and if you want to win games you've got to be confrontational, physical. the abc of rugby is to be physical. so the favourites are ready, but first it's scotland hosting ireland at murrayfield to kicks off this year's tournament... it's an exciting start. ireland at home. they've recently been the all blacks, australia and south africa. they consist in, say we get the chance to measure ourselves against them and go to a different opposition the week after. i can feel nervousness within the group. they know it's a big game and they

are ready to roll their sleeves up and have a go. 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—all draw but ireland'sjenny murphy crashed over for the game's decisive try. 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 we want to play a good game. we want to play to win, but for sure. we must pay great attention. a winning streak is

always confidence to attain, and we've sent some of our best players, some of the best in the world. i had a fantastic team for a while, but we've changed this run by beating them at home, and we got another opportunity to do the same, a way from home. opportunity to do the same, away from home. golf's dubai desert classic is now into the third round, and that the winds have settled down. play was suspended yesterday, but sergio garcia was one of a number of players to finish his second round earlier this morning. and he teed off his third round in the last half hour with a three shot lead. great britain's davis cup tie in canada is level at one—all — heading into today's doubles tie. matt fitzpatrick is three under after just six matt fitzpatrick is three under afterjust six holes. 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 shapov—alov in straight sets. but kyle edmund couldn't back up evans' success. 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. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. 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. but the charity macmillan cancer support says talking is an important part of dealing with with the illness, as andy moore reports.

a diagnosis of cancer is bad enough to cope with, the macmillan cancer charity has carried out researcher that shows carried out research 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 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 the affected tourist areas is laikipia. 0ur 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 traditional pokot and samburu herdsman are driving their cattle through, destroying the land. translation: it's because of drought, and this is the only place there's pasture, the only place we can bring our cows. but farmers say it's less about drought and more about politics — land in exchange for votes. this is a tourist lodge, set alight by herdsman, 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, and it's a global thing, it's not just kenya. people have been misused and told to go and destroy property, destroy the wildlife, try to destroy the livelihood of the place so they can take over. it's not about white ranches, it's about the whole community here. there's a landscape of different peoples here who are suffering. overgrazing destroys a carefully managed environment,

but also has other costs. elephants are shot either because they threaten cattle or amid the lawlessness, for their ivory. we can't fight fire with fire. this is a very, very volatile situation, and whatever we do, we have to tread incredibly carefully. there's certain people in the government who also have livestock here, and also two tribes who have had 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 herdsman, and approaching them is dangerous. we came under fire. gunfire. we just stumbled across some of the illegal cattle herders who are on this land, and as we got close to them, shots rang out. one of them wentjust over the car. until the rule of law and land rights restored, the herdsman

will continue their march, and the violence and damage will spread. a children's hospital has become the first in the uk to have a hybrid operating theatre — allowing doctors to scan patients and perform operations on them in one room for the first time. it's at alder hey hospital in liverpool, where andy gill went to meet one of its first patients. felicity has a congenital condition that can cause tumours on her nerves. she had to have one in her neck removed as a baby, but that left her spine weak. she wears a brace all the time. if she didn't have the brace, what could happen? she would be at risk for becoming paralysed. so it is really important that that kind of keeps the spine stable right now and she wears it all the time, every day. and the new operating theatre will help because felicity is so young.

whereas the surgery wouldn't be as complex in an adult, felicity‘s. .. her bones are so small and just millimetres thick. today, she is having a halo frame fitted to keep her neck stable. she is the first neurosurgery patient in alder hey's new operating hybrid theatre, where modern medical imaging and surgery can be carried out together. surgeons performing complex operations like this need as much information as possible. where exactly is the tumour? where exactly should screws go into bone? the scanner in the theatre gives them that information, making operations like this much safer for children like felicity. the first part of the operation to fit the frame is challenging because felicity‘s skull is so fragile, but now comes the really clever part. a scanner allows the surgeon to see

precisely where her neck is now positioned. before the hybrid theatre, she would have been moved to another room to be scanned. now adjustments are made on the spot. it enables us to check what we're doing as we are doing it on the table, with quality imaging. one of the benefits is to reduce the return to theatre rate or make the procedure check at the time of the operation, so if there's a problem you can remedy it immediately, rather than have to come back on another day. felicity will wear the halo for months and faces more surgery in future, but doctors say the new theatre will help them push the boundaries of how they can help children like her. 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 emotional and people are asking how well i feel about playing the last note. you'll ever do together. 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. let's ta ke

let's take a look at the weather now and go over to nick. many places having a fine saturday, but scotland has an area of low pressure, and in the north, some wet and windy weather, snow. show was coming back into south—west england. you can see many places are dry, getting afternoon sunshine. into tonight, the rain across northern scotland will clear, but a band of rain and sharia whether pushing into the west. —— and showery weather. it will feel cloudy, cold and some

sunny spells. showers around eastern western coasts with single figure temperatures.