this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11. a setback for donald trump as an appeal court denies his emergency appeal against a suspension of his controversial travel ban on people from seven countries. ministers pledge more affordable homes will be built in england, aimed at tackling the high cost of renting. a scathing report into the way britain's train system is organised — mps say it lets down passengers and isn't "fit for purpose". the race to become france's new president heats up as a former economy minister launches his campaign. national front leader marine le pen will begin her bid later. also, a fatherfrom scarborough, who has motor neurone disease, becomes the first person to use a computer—generated voice with a regional accent. it's amazing to know now that my girls, lilly and poppy,

and my wife, will be able to talk to me and hear my voice back. and coming up in half an hour, dateline london looks at donald trump's controversial travel ban and whether he should be welcomed in britain. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a setback for president trump. a us federal appeals court has rejected a request from donald trump's administration to immediately reinstate his controversial order banning immigration from seven specified countries. mr trump signed an executive order to put the ban in place last week. the ban was blocked by a federaljudge on friday. now the administration's bid to get the block lifted immediately has been rejected.

here's a tweet from the washington state attorney general saying the request has been denied. the judgement read: appellants‘ request for an immediate administrative stay pending full consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal is denied. it said a reply from the department in support of the emergency appeal was due on monday. but this is not the end of the line for the restrictions — this case was just part of the government's efforts to maintain its ban on travellers from seven predominantly muslim countries that have been named as a terror risk. mr trump himself has attacked the federaljudge who had suspended the migration bans countrywide, calling the judgement ‘ridiculous‘ in a series of tweets. earlier vice president mike pence defended president trump's criticism of thejudge. president trump called the judge they so called george. called him a

so— they so called george. called him a so— called judge. 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 don't 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. that was vice president mike pence. let's get a report on the latest legal developments and that latest

setback from jane francis kelly. arriving back on american soil but it has not been a smooth journey. president trump's executive order last week denying entry to the us to is people from many seven many muslim countries has been controversial, a ruling on friday meant the order was suspended, when an hour's airlines meant the order was suspended, when an hour ‘s airlines were told by the us border agency that restrictions on travellers from these countries had been dropped. this iraqi family landing in new york travelled back quickly to take advantage of the ban being lifted. we're very excited and happy that finally we have been cleared to enter the united states. an appeal by the us department of justice to have the ban reinstated has been rejected by the appeals court in san francisco which has given the white house and the states challenging it a deadline of monday to present more arguments before the emergency motion is yet to be

considered. president trump says it is not about religion but about combating terrorism. for those arriving for now the signs mean what they say, one man from yemen, on the list, quickly booked a flight back from turkey where he had been visiting his fiancee, he has the right to live in america but felt he could not stay away. and very happy, i feel safe now. before this latest legal development donald trump tweeted that the judge had opened legal development donald trump tweeted that thejudge had opened up the country to potential terrorists and those who did not have the us‘s best interests at heart, he said bad people were happy and that the us would win. critics argue that it is the constitution which is being violated, claimed the president denies. jane francis bbc news. later i will speak to a former director of

communications for republicans abroad, charlie wolf. 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. our correspondent mark lobel says the move is designed to help the growing number of people who can't afford to buy their own home. they want to give people who are renting better conditions and they are going to go about that by building houses for this purpose, not to sell on but to rent on and have consultations with developers and talk about the amount they put aside for affordable housing as maybe affordable rental. recognition that many people, especially young people can't afford their own home? the number of private rentals since 2000 have doubled and of couples that rent half their income is spent on average on and so that rent half their income is spent on average on and so it is a huge burden and they are trying to

broaden out their policy. what to the opposition say? a press release going back to april 2015, ed miliband, remember him, said the next labour government would introduce legislation to cap rate rises since he was already talking about your tenancies and was legislating for them so he was going to go further even back then. this is one small part in housing policy. we need to wait until tuesday to find out how significant this is. 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. the transport secretary chris grayling gave his reaction to the bbc‘s andrew marr show. it has made a series of sensible recommendations on how to improve

things, many of which i'm already doing, if you take one example they say there is not enough coordination between the infrastructure operator, the truck operator and rail companies. i agree, the truck operator and rail companies. iagree, before the truck operator and rail companies. i agree, before christmas i set out plans to reunite track and train step—by—step so we have joined up train step—by—step so we have joined up teams running railways. people don't understand why somebody runs the tracks and somebody runs the trains, they want one team running the railways, planning to make things better and making sure there is one team dealing with problems when they happen. chris grayling, the transport secretary. earlier i spoke with the chairman of the committee who wrote that report. more and more people are using trains so rail is popular but the competitive franchise system isn't delivering all the benefits that we re delivering all the benefits that were anticipated. there's not enough competition on the railways and that could be addressed by smaller franchises, perhaps for a longer time, the department for transport

isn't really enforcing the promises that the train companies make when they take up those franchises, the department can't do it so maybe someone department can't do it so maybe someone else should, the rail regulator, maybe the whole system needs to run together in a better way so network rail who are in charge of the track on the train operating companies who run the trains should work together in a more coordinated way so that the passenger benefits. that isn't happening now. you say the system should work better together, at the same time you say more franchises and smaller franchises, those two not contradictory? smaller franchises could give a chance for more companies to enter the market and be part of the competitive syste m and be part of the competitive system that all of this is based on. it does then bring the problems of more operators there, so a bigger challenge in running the system. that's something the department for transport should look at and it

isn't doing that properly now. let me tell you what the rail companies are saying, the rail delivery group that represents network operators, it says that under franchising rail companies have worked together to transform britain's railways into a success story doubling the number of passengers and creating the safest railway in europe. the number of passengers certainly has doubled and more people want to travel by train so more people want to travel by train so that is a great success. but if we look at what passengers say about their experience, their satisfaction is going down, whether it is about fares, delays, postponements, passenger satisfaction is going down and that has to change. passengers should be at the centre of this. news about a shooting in north wales, an 18—year—old man has been shot dead in a pub car park in

gwynedd, north wales. it was any ship incomerfour people have been arrested. firefighters battling to control a large blaze at a recycling centre in the town of milton in stoke—on—trent. a large plume of smoke has been rising from the building which the staffordshire fire service says is full of recycled plastics. residents have been advised to stay indoors and keep windows closed. 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, has made his first major speech and has been rising fast in the polls. we can speak to our correspondent in paris. many people say emmanuel

macron is now the favourite. it's probably too early to say that he is favourite for the presidency but given the structure of the election to come it's looking more and more certain that he will make his way to the second round. you get a cluster of candidates going into the first round in april and then the top two candidates will go through to the second round to battle it out for the presidency. at the moment it looks as if the traditional right and left parties won't make it into the second round, an astonishing result given that these parties have had a grip on french politics for decades. instead you have a manuel micron, the self—styled centrist, a former economy minister but someone who lea ns to economy minister but someone who leans to the right and to the left and often rejects the labels of both and often rejects the labels of both and then marine le pen, the head of the national front party in france, generally called far right, also

drawing some policies from what you might call the traditional left look as if they may be the ones to go through to the second round. it's a fascinating time in french politics even for those who are not political junkies because the entire presidential election is so fluid, so difficult to call, and there is distrust of opinion polls following the result of the referendum on brexit in britain and the election of donald trump. we can just see pictures of marine le pen, the leader of the front national. could she win? i wouldn't bet on any election result at the moment, there is such distrust of opinion polls because the situation is so fluid. it is pretty tough for her to break out of her core support which is 25% of the vote. that's enough to get her into the second round without doubt, at the moment she is leading all the candidates in the first round of the election. what is

expected to happen is that in the second round coalition against marine le pen is created, 75% of the vote and many believe that would crush her in the second round. yet this is a very different time in french politics. the traditional right—wing candidate has been engulfed in scandal and the traditional left have elected a candidate many people doubt can push through to the second round, there's this independent challenge now and marine le pen, trying to serve the brexit— trump political wave, which has embraced outsiders and seen voters reject traditional candidates. i'm not sure i'd put money on any of it. we'll have to wait until april and may. you are so cautious, jonny! thank you very much. the headlines, a setback for donald

trump as us judges the headlines, a setback for donald trump as usjudges refused to immediately reversed the suspension of his controversial travel ban on people from seven different countries. a scathing report into britain's train system, mps say it lets down passengers and isn't fit for purpose. and the race to become the president of france is heating up, today a former economy minister launches his campaign and national front leader marine le pen will begin her bit later. now all the sport with holly. defending champions england survived a scare in their opening six nations magic, they beat france 19—16 at twickenham. they overcame a disjointed first half and a resurgent france to come from behind ina resurgent france to come from behind in a performance described by england head coach eddiejones as openly. the crucial try was scored by ben teo with just minutes to go. a national record of wins in a row

for england. scotland won their opening six nations magic only the second time in history after surviving a thrilling comeback from pretournament favourites ireland. scotla nd pretournament favourites ireland. scotland scored three tries in the first half, stewart hogg touching down with two of them waxed and ireland fought back in the second half. this converted try from paddy jackson gave them a 1—point lead that two penalties from the scotland captain greg laidlaw got his side the win, 27—22. the final game of the win, 27—22. the final game of the opening weekend will be in rome this afternoon, when italy play wales. it begins at 2pm with commentary on five live and highlights later bbc two. the women's six nations has also started this weekend. straight after england's win at twickenham the english women did the same, coming from 13—0 at half—time to win 13.

this try sealed from 13—0 at half—time to win13. this try sealed and for the home side. the welsh women made a winning start, beating italy 20—8. the captain secured the 12 point lead in the final ten minutes. they play england next saturday. in the premier league leaders chelsea beat third placed arsenal 3—1. spurs are still nine points behind chelsea after beating middlesbrough but liverpool's terrible start to the euro continued with a fourth defeat, this time to struggling hull city. 0ne this time to struggling hull city. one player making his debut for hull scored his first goal. the final scored his first goal. the final score was 2—0. bottom club sunderland scored four first half goals to thrash crystal palace at selhurst park. they now have drawn level on points with palace. in

other matches plenty of goals at goodison park, everton beat bournemouth 6—3. wins for west ham, watford and west bromwich. today manchester city play swansea city and manchester united are at champions, leicester. in the scottish premiership rangers have slipped to third after drawing 1—1 with ross county. hearts overcame ten man motherwell 3—0. is mel gonsalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. aberdeen beat partick thistle 2—0 to move to second in the table. leaders celtic will move 27 points clear if they beat saintjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in the davis cup tie against canada after winning the doubles yesterday. jamie murray and dominic inglot beat daniel nestor and vasek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could clinch a tie in the first singles

rubber this afternoon. the winners will face france in the quarterfinals. a good weekend for british athletics in germany. laura muir has continued her recent record—breaking form, setting a european 3000 metre indoor record. she broke the british indoor 5000 metre record in glasgow last month and took kelly holmes's record outdoors lastjuly. and took kelly holmes's record outdoors last july. dina and took kelly holmes's record outdoors lastjuly. dina asher—smith and andrew posey also said world leading times. the european indoor championships take place next month in serbia. that's all the sport for now. bye bye. thank you, see you then. pro—european conservative mps will ask parliament to give mps vote on brexit, suggesting privately that

they could vote with the opposition, chris grayling told the andrew marr show today that he is confident theresa may will deliver a brexiteer lab works both sides the negotiations. theresa may has already promised a vote at the end of it, the legal position is, if there is no deal, we leave. the reality is that we will go into the negotiation with a view to delivering a deal that is good for all of us. if there is not a deal should there not be a vote about what happens next because that's a vast issue that the entire country and it will affect everyone in the country. the house of commons ought to have a proper vote on that surely? the house of commons voted overwhelmingly for a referendum, we have it, the people of the country gave their view, we are following that too, parliament voted overwhelmingly to enact article 50, we are going for negotiations in the

full expectation that a sensible deal will be agreed which works for both sides, we the biggest customer of some european industries, i am absolutely confident that theresa may will deliver the right deal. chris grayling there. the number of children committing sexual offences against other children has risen, so charities. they claim it could become the next scandal in this society. the police chief said the growth was down to greater awareness and greater self—confidence in the victims. more and more parents and children are worried about these issues and it is important that we talk about them, child on child sexual abuse is a difficult issue that it sexual abuse is a difficult issue thatitis sexual abuse is a difficult issue that it is important that we talk about it and important that we think about it and important that we think about how we support the children involved. not only the victims but also the children perpetrating these a cts also the children perpetrating these acts is what we know is that they

are acts is what we know is that they a re often acts is what we know is that they are often victims of abuse and trauma themselves. andrew pemberton. some british airways cabin crew have begun a strike of what they call poverty pay, they earn on average £16,000 ago including allowances, ba insist that none of them earn less than 201000. the airline says that all its passengers will be able to travel although the time of flights might be affected. a man with motor neurone disease is creating a voice synthesiser with a yorkshire accent, to help him keep his identity when he can't speak any more. today jason and his family spoke to christian fraser about the prospect. and his family spoke to christian fraser about the prospectm and his family spoke to christian fraser about the prospect. it was important that i make my own voice, for several reasons it had to be largely intact, to have the best

chance of getting my voice, this voice means so much to me because it is me and not a preprogrammed voice that could really be anyone. is me and not a preprogrammed voice that could really be anyonem is me and not a preprogrammed voice that could really be anyone. it is incredible because the accident is there, was that important to get a yorkshire accent? where did you go to get the words? we did an appeal on local tv and radio and the local newspapers and social media last year. and a lot of donors came forward and they travelled to edinburgh at theirown forward and they travelled to edinburgh at their own expense to donate their voice to create a synthesised computer voice for jason. what does it sound like, girls, to cure your daddy? what does it sound like tigger daddy's voice. doesn't sound like daddy? is it good to hear him? it is, isn't it? what do you think, poppy? you like his voice. it's obviously important to you, jason, that you can communicate

with them the way you used to. you, jason, that you can communicate with them the way you used tom you, jason, that you can communicate with them the way you used to. it is amazing to know that my voice, my wife will be able to share may and my girls will hear my voice, especially as they only know it now and not how it used to be. this disease can be devastating for families, how has it affected him, it is one year since he came on the programme. it's been 18 months, the la st programme. it's been 18 months, the last time jason came on, he was walking and his mobility was much better. now he isn't able to walk. he is only able to stand for a few seconds and he needs help with everything from washing, dressing, feeding, absolutely everything. it isa feeding, absolutely everything. it is a devastating diagnosis. plaster you put out an appeal to find these

voice donors. it is an extraordinary thing to be able to digitise the way that people talk. way you surprised by the way that people responded to your appeal? it's coming! it is interesting because our viewers cannot see the screen but a lot of programming happens with that movement of hands. yes, we did an appealfor donors movement of hands. yes, we did an appeal for donors through friends and the response was great, people volunteered to go to edinburgh and support me which has blown me away. how is jason controlling this computer? it works by infrared, it is tracking his eye movements, the viewers cannot see it but the computer has a keypad and jason looks at each individual letter and spells the word and presses the speech pattern with his eyes and then it'll speak the sentence. is

brilliant, he's only had this what, a week? the week, it has taken some getting used to. it's amazing because stephen hawking had something on his cheek. he controls his with muscle movement because perhaps his eyes are not strong enough to control it via infrared. jason, you were diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2013, how hard has it been for you to deal with the condition? festival i has it been for you to deal with the condition? festivall did not believe it. it is like your whole life flashes before you. i think it took three weeks to get my head around it and to be honest i think i have dealt with it well, the way i've always seen it is that the glass is half empty. just to say that jason's story is on inside glass is half empty. just to say thatjason's story is on inside out in yorkshire and lincolnshire tomorrow evening at 7:30pm or you

can see it on the eye player. now the latest weather prospects with phil. good morning, not the most sparkling morning for the british isles, much more clout than yesterday. this view tells the story. we are not without the chance of some sunshine but low still keeping show was going in parts of scotland and some in northern ireland, also some showers, in the north—east of england, this rain gets perilously close to the south—east of england, i suspect the bulk of it will be found in the channel, not the warmest of days, between five and 9 degrees, but on layers of you are going out for a walk today. 0vernight, what gaps are in the cloud might allow the formation of mist and fog which will bea formation of mist and fog which will be a problem, and if you're surface has become wet during the day you could see i is. a chilly start on

monday and dry for many of us, don't be fooled, in the western areas this is quite a active front, generating weather over — windy weather over the west and wales, it is drier further east. hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines at 11.30am — a setback for donald trump as judges refuse to immediately reverse a suspension to his controversial travel ban on people from seven countries. ministers pledge more affordable homes will be built in england — aimed at tackling the high cost of renting. a scathing report into the way britain's train system is organised — mps says it lets down passengers