this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at midday. a setback for donald trump as a court denies his emergency appeal against a suspension of his controversial travel ban on people from seven countries. a shake—up of the housing market in england, ministers promise more affordable homes will be built, 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. an ugly victory for england over fa ns an ugly victory for england over fans in their opening six nations match at twickenham. —— england over france. and in half an hour,

click takes a look at the latest developments in ‘artificial intelligence‘ as scientists continue good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has suffered a setback in his plan to reinstate his controversial order banning immigration from seven countries. a federal appeals court has rejected a request to immediately reinstate the restrictions that were imposed by executive order last week. the ban was blocked by a federal judge on friday, and the initial appeal by the government to get that block lifted immediately has failed. the washington state attorney general tweeted this morning that the request was denied — there it is — that's the document saying the emergency

motion is rejected. it says a reply from the department in support of the emergency appeal is due tomorrow — so president trump's battle is not over yet. in the last hour his deputy assistant, sebastian gorka, has been commenting. he was asked by the bbc‘s andrew marr show if the confusion over the travel ban was a sign that the two week old administration is already in chaos. there is no chaos. you should not believe the spin. the facts speak for themselves. 109 people on saturday were mildly inconvenienced by having their entry into the united states delayed out of 320 5000. let's not get carried away with the left wing media bias and spend. hold on, people had visas giving them entry into the us and these visas are not valid. that's another issue. you need to listen to

what i'm saying. these people who entered on the day that the order was implemented were 109 people out of 325. whether the people who were not travelling to america was affected is another matter so there is no chaos to comment on. sebastian gorka, speaking to andrew marr. mr trump himself has been criticised by using twitter to attack the federaljudge who blocked the migration bans. he said it was a ‘ridiculous' decision by a ‘so—called' judge — among other things. he's been defended by vice president mike pence in an interview with the us network abc. 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 who 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. with me is american broadcaster and blogger, charlie wolf. he is a former director of communications for republicans abroad. thank you forjoining us.. we have this legal tussle going on so early into the trump administration, what do you think? this facet of it is very minor. the trump administration is saying, this is an important programme, we should be allowed to continue it until the case is decided, the court has ruled otherwise. i would prefer to see the former but i can sort of understand the latter. i don't think there has

been quite the amount of problems that the press are making out. i think mike pence is correct. that said, they could have implemented some aspects of it better. it is a new administration. never mind mr trump, it could be any new administration, mr bush, mr 0bama, things will not flow perfectly. this could go all the way to the supreme court. i hope not. i hope things get decided. it should be with the president because this is a national security issue. the implications for the future, for that branch of government, there's always a tussle, mainly between the legislation and the executive but this is on security and dealing with international relations, that is strictly the prerogative of the president and it should stay with him andi president and it should stay with him and i don't think something like that should be weakened. i'm not talking about donald trump necessarily, i am talking about the

office of the president. the case makes itself, he does have the constitutional authority and the legal authority, if they examine this in the clear light of day, dispassionately, and it is not about muslim bands or mainly muslim countries, it is about making sure that isis does not infiltrate the syrians to get into the country and also that the infrastructure is in place in the other countries so we know who's coming in, simple as that. it's been said many times since the ban was announced, why just these seven countries, why not saudi arabia, where many of the 9/11 attackers came from, or afghanistan, or pakistan? i would ask the 0bama administration is, they came up with the classification. mr trump did not have follow that. i have heard that said they may add these countries. i

could see it from the standpoint of, we are talking countries that have refugees and jihadist terror, brea kd owns refugees and jihadist terror, breakdowns in society, that to me, others seven countries. when i go behind harrods and see a lamborghini with and arabic license plate i don't think of refugees but i do and i think of some of these other countries. some terror attacks in the united states have been home—grown like the recent attack in florida. true, but it doesn't mean you negate with working with all your problems, just as you have to have the intelligence to watch that you have to prevent way you can those who could be coming in. one very brief question which mike pence was addressing, when president trump said thisjudge was was addressing, when president trump said this judge was a so—called church isn't that insulting the independence of the judiciary? —— a

so—called judge. independence of the judiciary? —— a so-called judge. i would agree. you just don't add problems. barack 0bama did the same thing, in his first state of the union address, when he talked about the citizens united case, which he disagreed with, when thejudges united case, which he disagreed with, when the judges could not speak back. i think on that one he is learning. charlie, thank you very much. charlie wolf, the american broadcaster. just a quick reminder that we there will be plenty more reaction on a new programme here on bbc news — "100 days" looking at donald trump's first hundred days in office and following reaction around the globe. that's with katty kay in washington, and christian fraser in london at 7 o'clock on the bbc news channel. 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. i have been getting the assessment of our paris correspondent about his popularity and the surprising turn that the campaign seems to be taking. it's probably too early to say that he is favourite for the presidency but given the structure of the election 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 emmanuel macron,

the self—styled centrist, a former economy minister, but someone who leans to the right and to the left 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, but also drawing some policies from what you might call the traditional left, who 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. can she win? i wouldn't put money on any election result at the moment, there is such distrust of opinion polls because the situation is so fluid.

however it is pretty tough for her to break out of her core support which is 20—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, an anti—le pen coalition will be created, 75% of the vote and many believe that would crush her in the second round. but 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 from macron now and marine le le pen, trying to surf 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 for the results to come in. will be announced on tuesday as part of a shake—up of the housing market in england. for more on this i'm joined by independent property analyst andrew teacher. he's been involved in some of the first built to rent housing. it seems that the government is moving away from the stream of everyone owning their own home. away from the stream of everyone owning their own homelj away from the stream of everyone owning their own home. i think so and it is about time because if you look at the make up of households

across the uk many, many more people are renting. it's for several reasons. many people can't afford to buy and many don't want the hassle of forking out for a mortgage and furniture and the hassle of all the things that come with ownership, whether it is the boiler or the roof, and being able to benefit from the immunities will be help to people who just want to have fun and live their lives, we are seeing developments by companies like essential living who have berkshire housein essential living who have berkshire house in theresa may's backyard and some of those buildings will allow people to benefit from big shed area so they can have a party with friends, hang out and watch tv and bring back that sense of community

that doesn't exist in renting in this country at present. in other countries in europe renting is much bigger than here, and we have perhaps become hung up on home ownership. yes, there's been a social stigma in this country that says that you are lower down the running of society if you don't own a house which is a load of nonsense. what we are seeing across europe and north america particularly are clusters of departments built by pension funds and those long—term investors want to plough their money into a investors want to plough their money intoa building investors want to plough their money into a building which they will rent out for 20 years and that means that business has a vested interest in making that building mice for te na nts, making that building mice for tenants, and right across the uk we have companies who have a huge tower in manchester and liverpool being built now and in scotland they've got schemes, companies like platform in smaller cities in the south—east,

all building clusters of apartments. what we will see now is the rental revolution where people have a choice, that is not saying that people have to buy, it's about choice, two consumers, if you want a freshly managed department that has loads of amenities, if you just want to rent a flat in victorian house conversion in headingley, the familiar things that students rent, you can have those and they might be cheaper. 0r you can have those and they might be cheaper. or if you can afford to own the government says they will create an array of ownership offers. it's about getting rid of that stigma and allowing more stuff to be built without the current red tape and bureaucracy that we see in the planning system. good to talk to you. independent property analyst andrew teacher. the news at 60 minutes past midday, a setback for donald trump as judges

refuse to immediately refuse a suspension on his controversial travel ban for people from seven countries. a scathing report into the way the british train system is organised, mps say it lets down passengers and is not fit for purpose. and the race to become the new president of france heats up as the former economy minister launches his campaign and national front leader marine le pen will begin her bed later. those are the latest news headlines. now all the sport with holly. defending champions england survived a scare in their opening six nations match, they beat france 19—16 at twickenham. they overcame a disjointed first half and a