this is bbc news. the headlines at 9am: a scathing report into the way britain's train system is organised — mps says it lets down passengers and isn't fit for purpose. a legal battle in the united states as donald trump tries to reverse a suspension to his controversial travel ban on people from seven countries. the race to become france's new president hots up as a former economy minister launches his campaign. national front leader marine le pen will launch her bid later. also in the next hour: a shake—up for the housing market in england. ministers pledge more affordable homes will be built specifically to tackle the high cost of renting. and in half an hour — we take a look at this morning's front pages, including the sunday telegraph, which says a £60 million

investigation into historic allegations of abuse in iraq should be shut down. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. the commons transport committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get, and yet they are paying more for it. they're calling on the department for transport to give up some of its powers. rob young reports. dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. they say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to train companies. the commons committee says

competition is meant to drive improvements, but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. national express used to be the biggest train company here, but is quitting the uk railway entirely. the mps say the government is too soft on companies that break their promises, and there is a call for the department for transport to give up its enforcement powers to an independent body. the cost of running the railways has not gone down, the system does not work together very well, and in reality there is very little competition, so the department needs to look again at that, perhaps to bring more competition into the system and to enforce the promises that the train companies make when they take over running the service.. the government acknowledges they can make improvements but points out it is investing more than £40 billion to deliver faster and more comfortable trains. train companies say under franchising they have transformed the railway into a success story, doubling the number of passengers and creating

the safest railway in europe. rob young, bbc news. the usjustice department has filed a motion with the appeals court to restore president trump's executive order on immigration from seven countries named as a terror risk. it follows a series of tweets from mr trump in which he attacked the federaljudge who had suspended the ban country wide. vice president mike pence defended president trump's criticism of thejudge. in an interview with abc, he was asked whether it was appropriate for the president to question the legitimacy of a federaljudge by referring to him in a tweet as a "so—called judge". president trump has made it clear that our administration is going to put the safety and security of the american people first, and the executive order that he put into effect was legal, it was appropriate, and our administration is going to be using all legal means at our disposal to challenge thejudge‘s order.

i understand that, but is it right for the president to say "so—called judge" ? doesn't that undermine the separation of powers in the constitution written right next door? well, i do not think it does. i think the american people are very accustomed to this president speaking his mind and speaking very straight with them, and it is very frustrating when scholars on the left and the right, people as distinguished as jonathan turley of george washington university, has said, while he doesn't agree with the executive order, he recognises the president has the full authority to put the security of the homeland first in determining who comes in... right, but this judge was appointed... but to actually suspend that order across the country is frustrating all of us. this is a judge that was nominated by president bush, 99—0 confirmed. how is he a so—called judge? well, again, we face a dangerous enemy inspiring people to come into this country, and frankly inspiring people who are already in this country, and the president is determined to use the authority that he has

under the constitution and under the law, but we will go through the courts to challenge... but doesn't thisjudge have the authority to do what he did as well? he certainly does, and that is why the administration is complying with that as we speak, and we will go through the process in the courts to get a stay of that order so that, again, we can implement this action that is entirely focused on the safety and security of the american people. look, we have got to do things differently. well, our reporter simon clemison has the latest in president trump's battle over immigration. arriving back on american soil, but it has not been a smooth journey for everyone. president trump's executive order last week denying entry to people from seven mainly muslim countries led to mass protests and confusion at us airports. a ruling late on friday meant that the controversial order was immediately suspended. within hours, airlines were told by the us border agency that the restriction on travelers from the affected countries

had been dropped. this iraqi family landing in new york travelled back quickly to take advantage of the ban being lifted. we are very excited, we are very happy, that finally we have been cleared, we are allowed to enter the united states. the us department ofjustice has now appealed against the decision which lifted president trump's ban on foreign nationals arriving from seven predominantly muslim countries. the president has been attending a red cross ball in florida. he has insisted the move was not about religion but about combating terrorism. for those arriving, for now the signs mean what they say. one man from yemen, a country which was on the list, quickly booked a flight back from turkey, where he had been visiting his fiancee. he has a right to be in america but felt he could not stay away. i am very happy, i am free now, i feel safe now. i feel like it's racist. donald trump said... the white house believes the president has a constitutional

authority to protect the american people, but critics argue it is the constitution which is being violated, a claim mr trump denies. simon clemison, bbc news. we arejust we are just hearing from the reuters news agency, it sounds like another setback for the president, because the appeals court says it is denying the appeals court says it is denying the justice the appeals court says it is denying thejustice department's request to restore mr trump‘s immigration ban. clearly a long legal battle ahead for the president on that. the battle for the french presidency is entering a new phase — the far—right leader marine le pen launches her campaign today, and looks like facing a serious challenge from the newcomer emmanuel macron. the former economy minister — a populist, pro—european

left—winger — has made his first major speech and has been rising fast in the polls. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. he's young, he's handsome and, if things go his way, he could be the next president of france. emmanuel macron attracted huge crowds at this rally in lyon. a former socialist finance minister, now an independent, he vowed to unite the nation. this is one of the most open presidential elections in decades. francois fillon has had to with —— has had calls to withdraw. likely to be waiting in the second round of the vote is marine le pen from the national front. she was also in

lyon, were she will officially launch a lyon, were she will officially launcha campaign lyon, were she will officially launch a campaign today. she once plans to leave the euro, a referendum on eu membership. macron hopes that victory will be his instead. well, as we heard there marine le pen is officially launching her campaign later today. the bbc has spoken to her father, and founder of the national front, jean—marie le pen, who is estranged from her daughter because he made inflammatory statements about the holocaust, including saying that he thought the nazi gas chambers were a mere "detail" of history. he spoke to bbc arabic. translation: during the election period we have no enemies, only friends, and we try to bring people together to forget all the quarrels, all the wounds, to get the biggest number of voices possible.

by eliminating the founding president and those favourable to him, i think marine has undermined her ability to make it into the second round, even to be elected. translation: but you said in the same interview that you get in touch with her from time to time? i have no direct contact with her, but everyone knows that the treasurer of the fn has made a loan to them, and i am the president and i consented to this but i have not had any contact with marine le pen, neither direct nor indirect. are you going to vote in the presidential elections? i don't know. it is not for a few months. i'm going to wait to see what the situation is when the time comes. but i have invited the french people to the big demonstration on may

ist, in honour ofjoan of arc, and this date is inbetween the two rounds of the election. during the speech i will be giving, i will, of course, have the opportunity to give my advice on who to vote for. if you do not vote for the national front, who would you vote for? is there someone else who interests you out of the current candidates? no, not really, but if i was really forced to choose then i would rather go for the candidate from the right, that is very probable, yes. a candidate from the right, so not necessarily someone from the national front? as we said, outside of the front national, but again, it is the kind of perspective that can wait. let's talk to our correspondent in paris, jonny dymond. is itfairto is it fair to say it is pretty open at the moment?

i think that is absolutely right, certainly as far as the first round is concerned. there is one roamed in april and then one rained on me. anyone who gets the required number of signatures from public officials can go into the first round, and there is considerable jostling at there is considerable jostling at the moment. marine le pen, the leader of the national front, appears to be in the lead if you trust the opinion polls. the big question is what happens in the second round, where only the top two candidates go forward. the presumption is that marine le pen will make it into the second round, the presumption is that whoever gets into the second round to oppose her will then gather an anti—marine le pen coalition and when. but those are the sort of assumptions that people made about the brexit fort and the american presidential election, and the national front is pointing to those unseeing, do not trust the pollsters. emmanuel macron seems to have come

from nowhere, and a lot of people's smart money seems to be on him winning. smart money has gone his way ever since the campaign francois fillon has pretty much imploded since there are allegations that he paid his wife and his children a lot of money to do very little indeed. he is the man at the moment, he was the economy minister, i rather successful one. you would describe himself as being neither left or right. you could see he is economic with liberal, he wants to get the state of people's backs, but he is progressive. the rally that he held on saturday was extremely enthusiastic and the sufferers. we're waiting for more policy detail. at the moment, there is a loss of, i am not this or that but i am france, france is the most

important thing. the is about to emerge, we will see that over the next few months. the selection is potentially a turning point for france, after the years of francois lond, who has decided not to stand again, not to run again. —— francois hollande. if marine le pen were to win, that would be a seismic shift for europe. that would be astonishing. we hear the sound of the political rule book being torn up the political rule book being torn up across the political rule book being torn up across the atlantic, exactly that sound is here. she talks about withdrawing from the euro, holding a referendum on eu membership, on curtailing the rights of people here who do not have citizenship, lowering the retirement age, she doesn't say how she will pay for that. a whole host of commitments which run entirely against the grain of french politics for the last 50 oi’ of french politics for the last 50 or 60 years. she has a lot of support in the opinion polls but

that hungerfor support in the opinion polls but that hunger for change may also help emmanuel macron as he positions himself as an independent, someone who is not of the old parties. you're right, there is a sense of shift and change rippling across france, as there is in other countries in europe, as we saw in own referendum last year. we will have to wait to see who can capitalise best of it. but today is marine le pen's day when she can formally launched her campaign, and we will see that speech later.l formally launched her campaign, and we will see that speech later. a lot of people around the world will have started to distrust opinion polls after donald trump's victory and brexit and all that, probably not trusting opinion polls were you are in france? i think that you are right and the national front points to the great electoral upsets of last year and says that is what will happen this year. it is a bit difficult to make the case right now that marine le pen could win in the

second round. her supporters around 20 or 25%, that these are fairly solid amount people who hold her and the party that she represents. she has done a lot to clean up the party and her estrangement from her father and her estrangement from her father and his expulsion from the party is about trying to make it more mainstream. she wants to portray herself as antiestablishment and an outsider, but she does not want to scare the horses, she needs to present herself as somebody who could become president. i think that president marine le pen is extraordinarily unlikely, but we have seen some astonishing things in the last 12 months. indeed, thank you very much. setback for trump, as judges setback for trump, asjudges refused immediately reverse a suspension of

his controversial travel ban on people from seven countries. npc that the current train system lets down passengers and is not fit for purpose —— mps. the french presidential election heats up as emmanuel macron and marine le pen launch their campaigns. romania's government has withdrawn a controversial decree that would have reduced some penalties for corruption. prime minister, sorin grindeanu, said he did not want to divide the country after days of huge street protests. our correspondent nick thorpe is in bucharest. the prime minister said unequivocably that it would be revoked this morning. it was passed i decree last tuesday night and they are calling another emergency

government meeting this morning in bucharest. obviously an amazing effect of these huge protests. it is proving, in the maniac anyway, that this is a country where large demonstrations can not necessarily bring down the government but force it to change its decisions —— in romania anyway. there are a lot of organisations through facebook groups, but there are many mostly young, active ngos that have been at least involved in helping to get people out on the streets in the first place. president, petro poroshenko. they discussed the conflict in the east of the country involving government forces and russian—backed rebels. mr trump says he is ready to work with both ukraine and russia to try to restore peace. more affordable homes will be built

specifically to tackle the high cost of renting, ministers have pledged. the reforms will be announced in full on tuesday as part of plans for a shake—up of the housing market in england. is this the sort of shift? the conservatives have always talked about homeownership, but this is more about rental. indeed, it is another slice of their housing pie, we do not know how big or small matters, they will not confirm it, but they want to give people who are renting better conditions, and it will go about that by building houses for this purpose, not to sell on but to rent on. they will have consultations with developers and talk about the amount that they normally hold aside for affordable housing, and make it for affordable

rental. they're recognising that many young people simply cannot afford to buy their own home. the number of rentals has doubled, couple spend much of their income on rent. they are trying to broaden out industry. april 2015, industry. april2015, ed industry. april 2015, ed miliband, industry. april2015, ed miliband, he industry. april 2015, ed miliband, he was saying that the next labour government will introduce legislation to cap rent so that they cannot rise above inflation during a three—year tenancy. he was talking about your tenancies back then. we really need to wait until tuesday to find out how significant this is. the number of recorded cases of children committing sexual offences against other children has increased by nearly 80% over the last three years, according to the charity barnardo's. the charity has said such abuse may become the next scandal in our society.

the national police chiefs' council said the increase was down to more awareness and greater victim confidence. more and more children and more and more parents are worried about these issues and it is important that we talk about them. child on child sexual abuse is a difficult thing to wrestle with. the best thing we can do is talk about it but then we need to support the children involved, not only the victims but those perpetrating the acts, because they are perpetrating the acts, because they a re often perpetrating the acts, because they are often victims of abuse and trauma themselves. some british airways cabin crew have begun a three—day strike in a dispute over what they describe as poverty pay. the unite union estimates the staff earn, on average, £16,000 a year, including allowances. but ba insists none earn less than £21,000. the airline says all its passengers will be able to travel but that the time of flights might be affected.

some companies that run doorstep charity bag collections give less than 10% of the money raised to good causes, according to the charities watchdog. the fundraising regulator says charities may be losing hundreds of thousands of pounds because of unscrupulous collectors operating without licences and donating only a fraction of the money they raise. some dramatic images now from mexico. here's colima volcano on the western coast exploding and spewing smoke and ash. there's been increased activity since october last year, but while it may look dangerous, authorities say there's no need for residents to leave the area. black sabbath, the band credited with inventing heavy—metal music, made a triumphant return to their home city of birmingham to play their final ever gig.

the show featured three original members — ozzy osbourne, tony ayomee and geezer butler — and was heavy to play their final ever gig. the show featured three original members — ozzy osbourne, tony ayomee and geezer butler — and was heavy on nostalgia, with only one of the songs played having been released after 1972. it brought the curtain down on the legendary bands playing career, which spanned five decades. when roger federer won his 18th grand slam last weekend he proved that, at the age of 35, he's not to be written off. and in carmarthenshire, tennis players are still chasing 96—year—old basil smith around the court. twice a week he plays the game he loves, inspiring players a quarter of his age. sian lloyd has been to meet him. we don't play socially, you play to win, every time!

he may be 96, but basil smith hasn't lost his competitive edge. he doesn't move around the court quite so quickly any more, but he gives his opponents a run for their money and feels the benefits of the game. you're picking the ball up, running around, concentrating on the ball all the time, and i think it keeps your eyesight good. i do half an hour exercise every morning and half an hour every night. do you think that more older people should be playing tennis like you? yes, they should be! if he can do it, i might as well make a bit of an effort to come and play. what would they get out of it, if they did and picked up a tennis racquet? well, the nhs would not be

in dire straits now! he's a big personality at swansea tennis centre, where he plays without fail twice a week. a very nice man off the court, a devil on it. the game has changed since basil first picked up a racquet in 1928. tennis was dominated by frenchman rene lacoste, who won the men's singles title at wimbledon for a second time. all the players here are much younger than basil, but he isn't afraid to take them on. i'm feeling a little bit tired and then you see basil and he plays for two hours, it is definitely an inspiration, to younger people as well, notjust older ones. you feel like you can keep going with the game. celebrating his 96th birthday, basil believes tennis helps to keep him young in heart and mind. he isn't planning on retiring from the game any time soon. let us bring you more on donald

trump's travel ban in the united states on seven countries. another legal setback for him. we can bring you details of the latest protest in the united states against that travel ban, this is in florida, in fa ct. travel ban, this is in florida, in fact. a federal appeals court has denied the government thejustice department's request for that travel ban to be reinstated immediately on travellers from those seven countries named, and refugees as well. the ninth us circuit court of appeal in san francisco asked both the state of washington and the trump administration to file more arguments on this by monday. the trump administration had appealed against the federal judge's ruling

that temporarily placed the ban on hold. i setback then for donald trump, temporarily. the court asking them for more details to be filed on monday, we will have to wait and see what happens then. but at the moment, donald trump and his administration not getting the way in the courts on that travel ban. time for the weather. sunday has got off to a frosty start for some of us, ice in some spots as well. thick fog patches around as well. thick fog patches around as well. the big picture shows another area of low pressure, may push some rain into south—east england for retained today. we have also got a narrow band of rain gradually edging

northwards through scotland. elsewhere, an improvement this afternoon, starting with cloud and fog but things will get brighter into the afternoon. a band of damp weather in scotland, we will see some sunshine to the start of the day, patchy rain in northern england, it will be drier and brighter in the afternoon. a cold and icy start in northern ireland will stop for much of england and wales marketers looking dry, a few for patches, slow to clear. rain pushing into parts of south—east england, east sussex and kent might find it heavy, it could reach london. a few showers possible in the six nations this afternoon. here is our weather, into this evening, it will be wetter in the far south—east of england. anyway it weather in scotland will fade, including any showers in western parts. a lot of dry weather to come with a widespread frost setting in.

rural spots could be as low as minus five celsius. a cold start on monday, scraping the car and some fog. even thicker cloud coming into the west of the uk quite quickly on monday, outbreaks of rain, gilles developing, pretty miserable afternoon. it will feel cold, despite any sunshine on the east and pa rt despite any sunshine on the east and part of the uk. the rain spread east overnight, some snow from the peak district northwards on the hills. in the west it brightens up, later in the west it brightens up, later in the week, all eyes on a change to an easterly wind, and an increased chance of snow flurries in the east.