good afternoon. the us appeals court has delivered another blow to president trump's travel ban on people from seven mainly—muslim countries. it has refused to reinstate the ban, which was suspended yesterday by a federal court in washington state. travellers affected by the ban have been arriving in the united states. jane frances kelly reports. passengers arriving in the us while they can for now at least the lifting of president trump's travel ban denying entry to people from seven mainly muslim countries remains. this iraqi familyjet remains. this iraqi family jet landing remains. this iraqi familyjet landing in new york no future opportunities to travel are uncertain. we are very excited, very happy that finally we have been cleared and allowed to enter the united states. one man from yemen, a country on the list, quickly booked a flight back from turkey where he had been visiting

his fiancee. and very happy. ruling on friday ijudge his fiancee. and very happy. ruling on friday i judge james his fiancee. and very happy. ruling on friday ijudgejames robart in seattle led to the order being suspended. in a series of tweets yesterday mr trump vowed to overturn the ban, calling him a so—called church. mike pence defended the administration. we face a dangerous enemy inspiring people to come into this country, people already in the country and the president is determined to use his authority... doesn't thisjudge have determined to use his authority... doesn't this judge have the authority to do what he does as well? he does and this is why the administration is complying with the order as we speak. despite mr comes angera order as we speak. despite mr comes anger a federal court has denied the request from the justice department for the reinstatement of the band. the president has given the court deadline of monday to present more

arguments. the order has provoked mass protest. critics say it violates the constitution but the president says it is not about religion but about insuring national security. the acting solicitor general argues that the president alone, not thejudiciary, as general argues that the president alone, not the judiciary, as the power to decide who can enter the us. jane frances kelly, bbc news. the conservatives have signalled a shift away from encouraging home ownership for all, one of the party's guiding principles since margaret thatcher's time in office. the housing minister gavin barwell says that buying a home is no longer affordable for some people — and that the government needs our political correspondent mark lobel is here. mark, how much of a shift is this? it is quite significant. margaret thatcher, back to the 1980s, was selling off council houses, home ownership is synonymous with the conservative party yet today they've signalled a change of tone, a cce pta nce signalled a change of tone, acceptance that more people will

have to rent rather than have this dream of owning a home. what they need to do is tackle high rents and offer longer three—year tenancies. the option that families can stay in places for longer and they will do that by getting councils to build these built to rent homes and also get home—builders and developments to look at ways that they provide not just affordable housing to look at ways that they provide notjust affordable housing but affordable rents, labour pointed out last year that the level of affordable housing was at its lowest for yea rs affordable housing was at its lowest for years so there is a huge challenge the government won they set out this white paper on tuesday. thank you, mark. britain's most senior police officer — the outgoing head of the metropolitan police — sir bernard hogan howe — has warned that policing in the uk will become increasingly difficult because of rising crime and public spending cuts. he has warned there are only so many efficiency savings forces can make before front line policing begins to suffer. i'm nota

i'm not a defeatist by nature, i don't thinkjust because there's less money you have to fail, all that i am highlighting, to be fair to my successor is that it will be a more challenging environment. we've done a lot over the last five years to make the metropolitan police more efficient and modern, we've taken at a lot of things from the past that we re a lot of things from the past that were not efficient, we've got fewer buildings, fewer managers, sadly we've lost about a quarter of a thousand of support staff, you have to do these things and then hard decisions to come, that is i.i'm trying to make. the government should be stripped of responsibility for overseeing rail companies' franchises — according to mps on the transport committee. their report criticises the department of transport forfailing to hold rail companies to their promises. the government says it's already implementing many of the mps recommendations. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. if you are a regular train user you

will know all about the disruption at southern rail, the above inflation ticket price rises and carriages bursting at peak times. how do you feel about rail franchises? i live in halifax so i a lwa ys franchises? i live in halifax so i always get the northern line to manchester and it's always late, there are two carriages for a million people! it's expensive, i don't use them, i can drive cheaper. more regulations need to be in place to punish the train companies. more regulations need to be in place to punish the train companieslj travel to punish the train companies.” travel by virgin. they tend to be reliable. mps from all parties think government handling of rail franchises could be the problem and the transport select committee which oversees the government says taxpayers are still on the hook when things go wrong on the railways. the department for transport should no longer control and monitor rail franchises. but to be handed over to the independent office for road and rail. the cost of running the

ra i lwa ys rail. the cost of running the railways hasn't fallen, the system doesn't work together very well and in reality there's very little competition. but the transport secretary says he is aware of the problems and is the issue of different parts of the sector not connecting well. they say there's not enough coordination between the infrastructure owner, the truck operator and the rail company, before that — i agree, before christmas i set out plans for more co—operation. christmas i set out plans for more co-operation. it is said that a franchise system which has been going for 20 years is a success and passenger numbers have risen, but reform might be coming down the track. joe line, bbc news. an 18—year—old man has been shot dead in a pub car park at llanbedrog, in gwynedd in north wales. police says the man was in a vehicle outside the ship inn when he was attacked. four people have been arrested. 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. firefighters are battling to control a large blaze at a recycling centre near 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 to keep their windows closed. the french far—right leader, marine le pen, formally launches her presidential election campaign today with a speech in lyon. the national front leader's manifesto includes promises to pull france out of the euro and and reduce immigration. 0ur correspondentjonny dymond is in paris... jonny, what is she expected to say? marine le pen has a very radical

programme, ben, promising a rupture with traditional french overseas. she draws from the left, says she will boost benefits, lower the retirement age and from the right she says she will beef up the police forces. yet she is mainly a national list. she says she will take france and the euro, renegotiate the relationship with the eu and says she will call a referendum if she does not get what you once. she says she will cut immigration and withdraw some rights from residents who are not citizens. can she make the presidency? she will probably through the first round but in the second round she will face a powerful coalition of voters who simply cannot stomach her. one thing is sure, she will change the way that french politics and french policies happen in this presidential election. thank you, jonny. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at five past six. bye for now.

the times just the timesjust coming the times just coming up to ten past one. more on the main news that the us federal appeals court has a request from the justice department foran request from the justice department for an immediate reinstatement of the president's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. the government had wanted the court to granta the government had wanted the court to grant a stay pending full appeal against the decision by a seattle judge to block the ban. earlier is but to david wright from abc america who lives in florida for the president's visit with his wife melania. it's been a pitched battle with the courts overnight, a long

night for the lawyers, it was about midnight when a federal appeals court handed down its ruling denying promotion from the trump administration, asking them to restore the temporary travel ban. that is a lifeline for the 60,000 people turned away from america's borders. this could go on and on up to the supreme court? that is how it's looking. it's worth noting that the legal fight over this travel ban may drag out longer than the band itself would have. the next stop is the full ninth circuit court of appeals, the trump administration and the other side will be filing briefs today and tomorrow, after that the next stop would be the us supreme court. the supreme court is incomplete at the moment. it is supposed to have ninejustices and there are eight at present. trump has nominated one justice there are eight at present. trump has nominated onejustice to there are eight at present. trump has nominated one justice to fill

the ninth seed but this fight will be an issue in his confirmation fight because the democrats say that the president is trying to bully the judiciary, bulldoze them, where normally they have a check and balance against presidential authority. the trump administration is accusing thejudge authority. the trump administration is accusing the judge in washington of doing the same thing, saying he's the one trying to provoke a constitutional crisis. there's a lot more at stake than just this travel ban as this legal fight plays out. that's david wright, the abc america correspondent in florida. charlie wolf, the american broadcaster, a former director of communications former director of communications for republicans abroad also talked to us about what these developments mean that the trump administration. this facet of it is very minor. the trump administration is saying, this is an important programme and 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 right. they could have implemented some aspects of it better, it's a new administration, never mind mr trump, it could be any new administration, things will not necessarily flow perfectly. this could go all the way to the supreme court. i hope not. i hope it doesn't because it should be an issue for the president. 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 for the president and it should remain with

the president. i don't think something like that should be weakened. i'm not talking about donald trump necessarily but the office of the president. the case makes itself, he does have the constitutional 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, with the syrians, to get into the country, and that the infrastructure and systems are in place in the other countries so we know who is coming in, simple as that. it's been said many times since this ban was announced, why just these said many times since this ban was announced, whyjust these seven countries, why not saudi arabia where many of the 9/1! attackers we re where many of the 9/1! attackers were from, orfrom where many of the 9/1! attackers were from, or from afghanistan or pakistan. i'd ask the obama administration, they came up with the classification. i would agree, i

wouldn't mind adding... mr trump did not have to follow that. it is said they may add countries. i don't know, i have heard that said. i could see and from the standpoint of countries that have refugees, that arafat jihadist terror out countries that have refugees, that arafatjihadist terror out of hand, brea kd owns arafatjihadist terror out of hand, breakdowns in society, that, to me, those seven countries. i don't think, when i go behind harrods and icy lamborghini is with american license plates —— with arabic license plates —— with arabic license plates, i don't think of refugees. some terrorist attacks in the us have been home—grown like the one in florida. true but it doesn't mean unigate looking at all your problems, you need the intelligence to watch that and also to prevent those who could be coming in. one brief question which mike pence was addressing, when president trump

talked about this judge as a so—called judge is that not insulting the whole judiciary in the united states? i would agree with you. you just don't add problems when you don't need them. barack 0bama when you don't need them. barack obama did the same thing, if you remember, it was that his first state of the union address, i think, when he talked about the citizens united case which he didn't agree with. thejudges were not in united case which he didn't agree with. the judges were not in a position where they could talk back. this is not the supreme court but on that one, he's learning! chardy wolf, the broadcaster. just a quick reminder that 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 headlines at 16 minutes past

one. a setback for donald trump as judges refuse to immediately reverse a suspension to his controversial travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries. 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. romania's government has withdrawn a controversial decree that would have reduced some penalties for corruption. the prime minister said he did not want to divide the country after days of huge street protests.

0ur correspondent is there. a change of heart? as we speak i believe we are going to get news that the government has revoked that decree as we speak. they will have to engage in some kind of damage limitation, they were only elected months ago with about 5 million votes between the three parties. they will try to persuade their voters that it is a setback, not a surrender. and i think more importantly they will have to persuade romanian society that this wasn't a simple black and white battle between those who are corrupt politicians on one hand and the anti—corruption fight, as the protesters who have been flocking to these squares say, but this is something more complicated, a battle between different branches of the legislators, the secret service and

the government, so they want to limit the damage that this public climb—down will cause. limit the damage that this public climb-down will cause. those protests that you talked about, they we re protests that you talked about, they were huge demonstrations, a real example of people power. absolutely. romania is of course a country where protests have in the past brought down governments, most famously in the 1989 revolution, and since then as well, only two years ago, the then social democrat government toppled by street protests. people feel able even on cold weekday evenings to come out on the street and stand up for what they believe in. it's a country where the government is often at loggerheads with different branches of the executive, so you have these big battles on the street. and this one as well, the orthodox church in romania siding with the protesters,

the government feeling it had no choice but to back down. thank you, nick in bucharest. the government is promising a new emphasis on people who rent their homes when it unveils its housing strategy this week. housing minister gavin barwell said the white paper would offer security to minimum tenancies and increase the number of homes built for rent. independent property analyst andrew teacher says the move reflects a shift away from the move reflects a shift away from the dream of everyone owning their home. many people are renting for a range of reasons, many can't afford to buy and many don't want the hassle of buying, forking out for a mortgage and furniture and having the hassle of all the things that come with ownership like fixing the boiler or the roof, and being able to live more centrally and benefit from many of the amenities that new

built to rent developments will have will be huge help to people that just want to have fun and live their lives. what we seeing now is the number of key developments by companies like essential living who have a development in berkshire in theresa may's backyard. developments in this area and london will allow renters to hang out with friends, watch tv and bring back that sense of community that doesn't exist in renting in this country at the present time. other countries in europe, renting is much bigger than here and perhaps we have become hung up here and perhaps we have become hung up on home ownership? we have. there's been a social stigma in this country that says you lower down the run of society if you don't own a house which is a load of nonsense, frankly. what we are seeing in europe and north america are

clusters of apartments funded and built by pension funds and those long—term investors want to plough their money into a building which they rent out for 30 years and burn of the income of that. but investment business has a vested interest in making that building nice and happy for tenants. right across the uk, manchester, in liverpool, one company has a big tower in the middle of manchester and another in liverpool, in scotla nd and another in liverpool, in scotland they've got schemes, companies like platforms in the south—east, all building these clusters of apartments. we will see a rental revolution where people have a choice. not saying that people have to rent or have to buy but it's a choice. telling consumers, if you want a professionally managed apartment that has other amenities, you can have that, if you want to rent a flat in a victorian house conversion in headingley, the familiar things that students rent, they might be

cheaper, or if you can afford to own, what the government says is that 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 red tape and the current bureaucracy we see in the system. independent property analyst andrew teacher. more now on the report by mps which says that train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways. 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. nigel harris, managing editor at rail magazine said not all parts of the report were critical. it is not a broken system and it has delivered many benefits. this quite a discrepancy between the press release that goes with the report and when you read the report says

franchising has facilitated growth and it is it has not yielded all the benefits. it is not a broken system, as the report clearly acknowledges. what is the essence of the problem, in your view? the rail companies say they've been a success story. more passengers than ever and safer ra i lwa ys passengers than ever and safer railways than ever before. that's basically the problem. we've doubled the number of passengers since the days of br to 1.6 billion, we are running around 40% more trains and carrying 100% more people on a victorian system that wasn't built for it. the franchise system has become exceedingly complicated but essentially what we need is more competition amongst owning groups for the franchises. we need more competition there. it's got so expensive and complicated that companies like national express have upped sticks and left the country.

it needs to be less bureaucratic to get people back in there, the system has delivered, we've got a brighter, cleaner... i remember br and it wouldn't be great to go back to a nationalised network! there's also the question of the relationship between the companies and network rail which owns and manages the infrastructure. and there's the irony of course. because network rail is effectively the nationalised pa rt rail is effectively the nationalised part of the railway and that's the cause of a lot of the delays. the operating railway on a day—to—day basis now pays for itself, which has never happened before, but there are issues at network rail of the cost and efficiency which needs to be addressed and part is the relationship between the train operators and network rail falls example network rail has to pay the train operators compensation when a network is not available yet there is no real incentive for the operators to press network rail to

minimise its time on the railway. there needs to be much more co—operation at ground level between operators and network rail to get thejob is done quickly operators and network rail to get the job is done quickly and efficiently, and that is what benefits passengers. marginal harris of rail magazine. now the weather with phil avery. thank you. a quiet day across the british isles. a quieter day than saturday, a wee bit of brightness, derbyshire looking nice although it's quite slow elsewhere. if the fog formed last night some areas will hold onto it because we don't have much to shift it. very few isa bars, not a very breezy afternoon, although we have bits and of whether dotted around the corners of the british isles. an area of low pressure producing a shoddy burst,

some shower activity and longer spells getting into the far north east. not overly warm. share was drifting to the west of northern ireland and when it comes to the greater part of england and wales squad of variety, decent sunshine over cornwall and i to wales, a bit slow through northampton, more cloud towards the south—east, the odd spot of rain although it shouldn't lead to much, the bulk of the rain in the channel. towards the evening that mist and fog might become more prevalent over the british isles, chilly as well, if the cloud moves for any length of time it will be down towards frost so you might be scraping first thing. into monday, dry pretty much everywhere, the best of the sunshine likely to be found in the east through the day because this is quite an active weather front pushing cloud, wind and rain in across northern ireland, eventually the south—western court

of scotland, turning milder, yes, despite the presence of any sunshine in the east, 5—6d only, and because we have that big area of high pressure over scandinavia it's like a big block in the atmosphere and these fronts want to get further east that are starting to run into that blocking high pressure, so the same weather front as over the west on monday, now over the east on tuesday afternoon, pepping up the showers into longer spells of rain in the south—west, again not overly warm but at least the london area may just make double warm but at least the london area mayjust make double figures. that prospect could be short—lived because once that front gets out of the way we will open the door to that big area of high pressure and it will supply us with much cooler conditions coming in from a chilly continent. back to the sort of thing we had in january. continent. back to the sort of thing we had injanuary. see you later. hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines at 1.30pm — 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 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, also begins her bid. sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good afternoon. manchester city's game against swansea city is just about to get underway in the next few minutes. a win for city would take them up to fourth in the premier league. later this afternoon

sixth—placed manchester united