tonight at 10pm: donald trump hits back at a court decision not to reinstate his controversial travel ban. as people from muslim countries arrive back in america. tonight he accused one judge of putting america in peril. we'll have the latest live from washington. also tonight: are the people of people waiting several months for nhs treatment has doubled in the past four years. we are unable to deliver the standards of care we would like to. france's far—right leader marine le pen launches her presidental campaign, promising to curb immigration and quit the euro. wales beat italy to top the six nations on the championship‘s opening weekend. and, paris's pompidou centre celebrates its 40th birthday. we speak to its creators.

good evening. president trump has become embroiled in a bitter battle with the american legal system, after a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his controversial travel ban on people from seven mainly—muslim countries entering the united states. it was a judge in seattle who'd originally put a temporary stop to the policy, and tonight the president accused him of putting the country in peril. in a tweet, he wrote: "if something happens, blame him." our north america correspondent nick bryant has more. the rush to reach america. arrivals

from mainly muslim countries making it through immigration, after an appeals court rejected a move by the trump administration to reimpose its travel ban. so, impromptu celebrations at us airports and relief for those looking to head across the atlantic. to the atjfk airport this man and his family from iraq made it into the country. they spent two years obtaining us visas and had packed up their lives in iraq. the us embassy contacted me and said you were unable it travel. it was a galea for president trump last night. his #5d mrsa is doubling down we face a dangerous enemy, inspiring people to come into this country and frankly inspiring people already in this country. —— his administration. and the president is using the

authority he has under the constitution and the law. is it right for the american president to say this so—called judge? right for the american president to say this so-called judge? the american people are used to this president speaking his mind. refugees are welcome here. they are also getting accustomed to demonstrators speaking theirs. this weekend has seen a continuation of the protests, between those who view the protests, between those who view the travel ban as an attack on american values and supporters of donald trump who see it as defending the american homeland. polls suggest the american homeland. polls suggest the nation deeply divided. it's over a week since donald trump signed his executive order. he says he is allowed to bar certain foreigners in the name of national security but on friday a federal court overturned the ban, the judge friday a federal court overturned the ban, thejudge saying it was unconstitutional. late last night came the president's first attempt to get the ban restored. he argued his presidential authority was being undermined but that appeal was rejected earlier today. a fuller appeal is due later this week. america right now is receiving something of a constitutional civics

lesson, in how the country's founding fathers designed a system of checks and balances, to make sure that no one person wielded too much power. in his latest interview, the american president seemed to show more respect for vladimir putin than america'sjudges. more respect for vladimir putin than america's judges. do more respect for vladimir putin than america'sjudges. do you respect putin? do i respect him. why? i respect a lot of people but that doesn't mean i'm going to get along with him. putin is a killer? there area with him. putin is a killer? there are a lot of killers. there are a lot of killers. what, you think our country's sop innocent? that's a jaw dropping statement from the president of the white house in the face of american exceptionalism. now american exceptionalism is the idea that the country has unique values the rest of the world should aspire, toa the rest of the world should aspire, to a beacon of democracy but here was president trump suggesting a moral equivalence between america and vladimir putin's russia. that

view has been strongly rejected by seen area members view has been strongly rejected by seen area members of his own party. and nick, back to the travel ban. the president's tweets tonight on the face of it, they are a direct attack not just the face of it, they are a direct attack notjust on the judiciary but the american legal system. is the country heading for a constitutional crisis here? well, the country isn't ina crisis here? well, the country isn't in a constitutional crisis right now, clive because the constitution is working as it should. the judges are overturned this executive order for now. they've blocked it and people are being allowed into the country. the trump administration is obeying that order. but there are many senior democrats who believe that donald trump is trying to precipitate a constitutional crisis through this aggressive assault on thejudges. tonight, through this aggressive assault on the judges. tonight, just before we came on air, another tweet, "just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. if something happens, blame him and court system. people pouring in, bad." there are lots of constitutional restraints on

american presidents, they never like it but generally show much more respect for thejudges it but generally show much more respect for the judges and the system they are trying to uphold. many thanks for, that nick. more and more people are having to wait several months for hospital treatment in england. new figures obtained by the bbc show the number of patients without care after 18 weeks has doubled in the last four years. health experts are now warning the number on waiting lists could reach 4 million within weeks. the number on waiting lists the royal college of surgeons says the delays are causing real suffering for many patients, while nhs england says it's doing all it can to speed up treatment times. in the first of a series of special reports on the nhs, here's our health editor, hugh pym. for peter, it wasn'tjust inconvenient waiting more than six months for surgery.

it made his life almost unbearable. even after a series of operations on his legs and stomach began last autumn, there were delays which prolonged his ordeal. it got to the point where i was completely housebound. i was relying on friends forjust minor trips to the shops. and i became quite reclusive as well. deeply frustrated. deeply, deeply upset with not being able to get out and do what i wanted to do. bbc research shows that long waits for operations have gone up a lot since 2012. although they are measured differently around the uk. in england, the number waiting more than the 18—week target was up 163%. in scotland, the figure was up 95%. in wales, those waiting more than the 26—week target were up 74%. and in northern ireland, the number waiting over 13 weeks was up 95%. i don't know anybody who isn't extremely concerned about the fact that waiting times are climbing.

because it is an indicator of the fact that we are unable to deliver the standard of care that we would like to be delivering, and it's an indicator ofjust how much patients waiting for their surgery are probably suffering. nhs waiting lists became a big political issue in the 1990s. tony blair's government focused on bringing them down. this continued in the early years under david cameron and the coalition.

but that improvement was reversed in the last few years. on current trends, it's quite likely that we'll pass the 4 million mark. that's 4 million people waiting for admission to nhs hospitals for treatment, probably in the spring of this year. the department of health, which covers england, said the nhs was doing 5000 more operations per day than in 2010. and the number who had to wait less than the 18—week target had increased as well. hospitals say that with an increasing number of emergency cases coming in and only a limited number of beds, something has to give. when the system is under pressure, it's often the patient expecting routine surgery who has to be put off. hospitals have been under relentless pressure on the emergency side. we need to free up the capacity to enable those planned operations to continue. peter wouldn't wish his experience on any other patient. but, with nhs finances not keeping up with the demand for care, there are more like him enduring long waits for surgery, putting the waiting list issue back near the top of the health agenda. hugh pym, bbc news. and in the coming days, we'll be running a number of reports looking at the state of the nhs and the issues it faces. that's nhs healthcheck, across bbc news. france's far—right leader marine le pen has laid out her vision for the country

if she wins the upcoming presidential election. she's promising to renegotiate membership of the european union, and pledged to help communities under threat from globalisation, as well as tackle islamic fundamentalism. france goes to the polls in april, in one of the most open contests of recent times. lucy williamson reports from lyon. she hugs kittens, shares memories of pregnancy and has dropped her controversial surname from the party brand. this is marine, a new softer image for france's ha rdline nationalist—in—chief, but the message is broadly the same. 0ur leaders have chosen unregulated globalisation. it was supposed to be a wonderful thing but turned out to be horrible. always in search of maximum profit with mass immigration and capitalism. her election promises to pull france out of the

euro, cut immigration and give french people priority and jobs have won her enough support to win her the fist round of the presidential contest. her problem lies in winning the second. this time she is not the only new face on the block. france is suddenly facing the prospect of a presidential run—off without either of its main established parties. the leaders of both left and right trailing in the polls, voters could end up choosing between two political outsiders. 0ne fiercely nationalist, the other with a liberal pro—europe vision for france. emmmanuel macron drew twice as many people to his own election rally this weekend, not bad for a man waging his first—ever election campaign.

if marine le pen is targeting the losers of globalisation, mr macron is pushing its benefits hard, only to be expected from a former banker perhaps. translation: some today prevent to be speaking in the name of the people. but they are just ventriloquists. they are attribute french values that are not really theirs. that's a dig at the front nationale, whose slogan saying it is running in the name of the people. but, in this election, there are many candidates from many different parties who are claiming to do just the same. protests are continuing in towns and cities across romania, despite a decree being thrown out that would have softened penalties for corrupt politicians. for a sixth successive night, thousands have gathered outside the main government building in the capital, bucharest. many now want the leader of the ruling social democrat party to resign. four people have been arrested after an 18—year—old man was shot dead in a pub car park in gwynedd, north wales.

police say the victim was in a vehicle outside the ship inn in llanbedrog when he was attacked. detectives are appealing for witnesses. the conservative party may no longer be encouraging home ownership for all. a guiding principle for more than 30 years, the housing minister, gavin barwell, now says buying a home is no longer affordable for some, and there should be a new emphasis on renting. labour argues more council houses are needed to deal with what it says is a "housing crisis". as our political correspondent iain watson now reports, it was famously margaret thatcher who came to define conservative policy on home ownership. over a cuppa, mrs thatcher defended the council sales policy. mrs thatcher expected that would be her legacy when she gave tenants the right to buy their council homes in the 805. but the current conservative prime minister faces a different challenge with house prices soaring in some parts of britain. home ownership remains a dream for many families so many policies have been constructed to help those

who have to rent. we need to build more homes for rent because that will bring the price down over time but secondly we need to try to change the way the market works and bring some new people in that will offer longer tenancies and give people more security in their home. and we need to end some of the upfront costs people have to pay. home ownership in england has declined from its peak in 2003. seven out of ten households owned their own home then. fewer than two thirds now. the number of private rented accommodation has almost doubled. before the financial crash, developers were falling over themselves to grab this piece of prime north london real estate to build homes for people to buy. now, this rather swish development behind me has been built exclusively for people to rent. these new homes are likely to be popular with young professionals who cannot afford a big deposit to get onto the housing ladder. here they can choose deck core and

bills are included. labour are concerned that some homes are unaffordable for families with children. the private represental market is uncable of dealing with demand and giving people the security they need and in major cities it is so expensive that many poorer, middle income, working class families are getting moved out. government ministers say they have not abandoned division of a property—owning democracy but with many more people now renting, the policies have to accommodate the new reality. in a moment, france's iconic pompidou centre, a0 years on, when we'll be speaking to two now world —famous architects about the building that made their names. but first, time for all the sport, and john watson is at the bbc sport centre. good evening. wales rounded off the opening weekend of rugby union's six nations championship with a 33 points to seven victory over italy.

despite the comfortable looking scoreline, the visitors made a sluggish start in rome. patrick gearey reports. the italian national anthem asks — where is victory? something the rugby team's often had to ponder. the place of europe's 7th best side in the six nations has been under question. that may well have formed their team talk. this try was a robust response. you can, of course, be too robust and giving away penalties meant giving up the lead. for wales' lee halfpenny theirfullback, what was begun with his reassuring boot continued. jonathan davies went over. and seven minutes later, liam williams could take the bow. a new tournament rule means teams get a bonus point for scoring four tries. george north set off after number three. he has had hamstring

troubles in the past. this was some fitness test. he had just enough fuel. italy were by now running on empty. that extra point was within wales' grasp. they were this close to it. they have six days for the bruises to heal. it is england next. there were two matches in the premier league today, with both manchester clubs in action. match of the day follows the news so if you don't want to know the scores, then look away now. united were comfortable 3—0 winners over leicester, a result that leaves the champions just one point above the relegation zone. city left it late to beat swansea, gabrieljesus with two goals in a 2—1 win. in the scottish premiership, celtic have moved 27 points clear at the top of the table after a hat—trick from moussa dembele helped them to a 5—2 victory over stjohnstone. they were 2—1 down before dembele came on as a second half substitute to turn the match,

his three goals, this the pick of them, helping celtic to their 19th league victory in a row. great britain's hopes of reaching the davis cup quarter—finals rest on kyle edmund's shoulders in the last singles match dan evans lost his final singles match in ottawa earlier today, france await the winners in april's quarter—final. and england slipped to a narrow defeat against australia in the final match of netball‘s quad series. just one goal would have taken the match into extra time but england were unable to catch the world's number one side as they lost by 47—46. australia wrap up the series with three wins from three matches. and that, clive, is all the sport. to its critics, it was a monstrosity, resembling an oil refinery more than a museum. but as paris' pompidou centre celebrates its 40th birthday this

weekend, its reputation as an icon of modern architecture is well—established. it's been popular, too, with more than 100 million visitors passing through its doors since 1977. our arts editor will gompertz has been speaking to two of the original architects, richard rogers and renzo piano, about the popidou's enduring legacy. about the popid( romantic ing legacy. about the popid( romantic and egacy. radical. a city of revolutions, riots and ava nt—garde radical. a city of revolutions, riots and avant—garde ideas, like the pompidou centre, which in 1977 was like an electric shock for cultural conservatives. a daring inside out building with its guts on show and weird caterpillar

escalators crawling up its facade. these two self—confessed bad boys we re these two self—confessed bad boys were behind its creation. unknown back then, respected pillars of society today. they hadn't expected their design to beat the 680 proposals and when it did a steep learning curve awaited. we were very naive, young kids out of school both of us without work but as very naive people, we didn't realise how complicated it was. had we realised i doubt we would have done the competition. it was a miracle. we had court cases, everybody hated it. it was only when it opened and people started to line up and come in and the figures were fantastic, it changed. this was a ship. it was celebrating a ship, a change. and when the change occurred in society, it is never easy, never easy. you cannot expect to build a change like this that was not due to us. the change was in the air. it was in the

airof may change was in the air. it was in the air of may '68. it was in the air of the time. so it got to us the change, too. we are just simply building the change. what were your reference snoints where had you seen similar ideas executed? it was a ci’oss similar ideas executed? it was a cross between new york's times' square, full of life and glitter and so on square, full of life and glitter and so on and sex and all the rest of it but it was lovely and people wanted to go there and the british museum which was a symbol as one of the great museums of the world, where you could sit down and do ale real study of culture. well, you can help to change the world, because it became a unifying element. to change the world, because it became a unifying elementlj to change the world, because it became a unifying element. i think it is tremendously underrated. it is actually the glue that pulled us altogether. their pompidou centre was a utopian project, where people could unite in exploring art and ideas. a 40——year—old concept that they would argue, is even more releva nt they would argue, is even more relevant today. that's it. you can

see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. as we've been hearing, more and more people are having to wait several months for hospital treatment in england. new figures obtained by the bbc, show the number of patients without care after 18 weeks, has doubled in the past 4 years. earlier i spoke with roy lilley, former chairman of an nhs trust who said the nhs was holding under the pressure. generally speaking, i think it is doing very well. it's under enormous pressure. the difficulty is that whilst we can get people in through the front door, so to speak, we can't get them out through the back door. the nhs has difficulty working wits care partners, social care, so we have a lot of frail, elderly people occupying health service beds, medical beds as they are called and we can't get people home

and of course when the medical beds are fullup, we and of course when the medical beds are full up, we have to find somewhere else for them, so then they go over into surgical beds and that's where people then, who had v had an elective operation, knees and hips, we cannot admit them, we have to ring them up and say we are sorry the beds are full. it grinds to a halt. it is like one big sausage machine, it has to flow through the system. if anything holds it up, thenit system. if anything holds it up, then it grinds to a halt. how feasible would it be, then, to try to create one system which looked after the health and social care, rather than them being kept in different silos? well, i mean, certainly working with social care more closely is a way to make it work, but the problem is, the local authorities have had their budgets cut by nearly a0%, so social services have got no money. the nhs has had all but flatline funding since 2010. so neither have any

money. the other difficulty is this, a lot of social care is means tested and nhs services of course are free at the point of need. so by putting those two together there is concern that there is a boundary that we might end up having it pay for health care. how much of the problems we are seeing in the nhs, in particular waiting times, is entirely down to money? because, the government is obviously quite right in saying that medical advances are very costly? yes, they are, there is no question about it. in terms of oui’ no question about it. in terms of ourgdp. no question about it. in terms of our gdp. back no question about it. in terms of ourgdp. back in no question about it. in terms of our gdp. back in 2000 we were putting 2% of gdp into the nhs. next year we'll be putting 6.6%, 16 years later. we are simply not putting

enough money into the health service. there's lot of discussion and we'll have it this week on the bbc about the sustainability of the nhs. it is sustainable if we want to fund it properly. but at the moment we don't. it's had flatline funding from effectively 2010 right through to 2020 and over ten years the nhs will have taken £50 billion out of its budget. it is simply not sustainable and the nhs can't survive and neither can social care. so the politicians have to look at themselves and say — are they willing to go to the public and say we have to put taxes up and give the nhs and social care breathing space. my nhs and social care breathing space. my view is, if you ask the public they'll probably go o along with t but politicians never asked that question. don't we need a wholesale rethink of what the nhs is capable of these days. do we need to suggest certain treatments will be off limits, because they are too expensive, particularly at a time when our population is ageing? well, that's true. we already do that with some of the expensive cancer drugs, of course, they are not available but by in large the nhs can cope if it is paid properly, to do thejob.

imean if it is paid properly, to do thejob. i mean if you look at the care of the elderly, in terms of their cost in hospital, it is very small. it is usually a few drugs and an evernight stay. the problem is we can't get them home. the real difficulty is social social care. everyone thought that chancellor hammond in the autumn statement would have made more money available to social services to ease the problem. that would have helped flows through the system. he didn't. i have to say eve ryo ne system. he didn't. i have to say everyone was very surprise. we have since had thep communities' secretary, fiddling around with the precept. the amount of money that local government itself can raise for social care. we have now got two yea rs of for social care. we have now got two years of 3% uplift. it seems to me that the politicians are in denial. we have to simply get back to saying — look, let's fund the nhs properly. roy lilley, a former nhs trust chairman speaking to us earlier. now let's have a look at the weather forecast. a chilly one tonight. tomorrow

morning really nippy as well. frost developing. some mist and fog. later on in the day we'll have some rain. let's see what is happening in the short term. pretty quiet out there. turning cold. here is the frost, the huerses of blue. you can pick out mist —— the hus of blue. —— hues of blue. the rains coming out of the west as it often does. it is a weather front linked to the area of low pressure. rain for the west country, wales, reign actually in the morning and northern ireland, too. whereas live in eastern areas of the uk it'll stay dry. monday evening, certainly by the time we get to the rush—hour, that rain will spill into the midlands. maybe even some snow across some areas of northern britain. this is bbc news. we will be looking

at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, but first our headlines: research by bbc news shows the number of patients in england waiting for more than the official target of 18 weeks for surgery has risen by 163% in four gears. passengers from countries subjected to america's travel ban sees the chance to fly to the us as judges refused to reverse the suspension of trump's controversial order. —— four yea rs. trump's controversial order. —— four years. there is a shift away from homeowners for all. there are fresh measures to encourage renting. romanians have been protesting outside government buildings