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good morning and welcome to the programme. it is midnight here in london, 8am in singapore and for pm in san francisco where as we speak, state and federal leaders are laying out their arguments before a panel of appealjudges in the next stages of appealjudges in the next stages of the legal challenge to president donald trump's travel and refugee band. the audio of the hearing is being streamed live aid of the internet will stop - 100,000 being streamed live aid of the internet mafia? 100,000 being streamed live aid of the internet wiiggigf’z—e e to )0 it is also being carried on an of tv light. number'sf t‘s/networks; lighthhis gt: a little flavour of what gives you a little flavour of what has been said in that courtroom. has the government connected any of these countries with terrorism?m has been moving very fast. the

strongest point on that in that is that in 2015 and 2016, congress made a determination that these countries post the greatest risk of terrorism. in doing so, restricted visas to people who had even travel to those countries over the past 56 years. the executive order relies on that determination. that is, i think, the executive order relies on that determination. that is, ithink, the strongest kind of reliance whether president is relying on congress's determination that these are countries of concern and congress's procedures to identify countries of concern based on significant terrorist activity in the countries. that was a short while ago. we can now return to the court and listen to what is happening now. what if the order said no muslims? you have been referring to cases

that are about people who are congresses. you saying the extern or here that is alleged that the intent is to ban muslims is equivalent to that? if there was an executive order that presented —— prevented the entry of muslims. they would be people with standing to challenge that. i think that would raise establishment cause, first amendment issues but that is not the order we have here. the order is limited to the countries defined by congress. the male voice were lawyers that the government answering questions put forward by a judge, government answering questions put forward byajudge, one government answering questions put forward by a judge, one of three federaljudges. richard lister is listening to that as well. a lot of

legal talk in that audio. various but there are key points that people come back to again and again. the government lawyer has had half an hour and their lawyers for the state of washington which hour and their lawyers for the state of wa clear thegbich . . hour and their lawyers for the state of wa clear thegbicftif said . . hour and their lawyers for the state of wa clear thebcf§ said that = tfjf ggizr 3:11.75. fr—

they had evidence that there was irreparable harm caused to the state of washington. students, faculty members, families were separated, people were stranded overseas. it also denied tax revenue to some of the businesses in that state. there are competing claims going on and it will be up to the camp —— appeals court to decide which is correct. and get any kind of indication other result today, richard? the court has indicated that it will be probably week sometime when there is a ruling by the appeals court. it is not exactly clear when it will happen what format it will come in. it could be a long judgement that has to be written and that means it could be later in the week. richard lister they are, live in washington. we will keep you updated on all the latest from that courtroom. just to let you know, there was a small triumphal donald

trump. actually, quite a significant one, in the senate. his team that won a crucial vote which concerned a woman called betsy devos who was donald trump's nomination for education secretary. in order for it to go through, it could go through a vote and she got through just. the nomination split the republican chamber 50—50 and it was down to the vice president mike pence to come in and break the tiebreak. the first time it has ever been done. more on that later. let's look at the day's avenues. officials in afghanistan say... police cordoned off the area. the

suicide bomber detonated his first. translation: it was very powerful. over a0 wounded employees are taking to the capital hospitals. some of whom are in serious condition. the he“ are i"; seriees seeditiee the: fl called it african. president. called its s ss ss ssss s inhumane. foreign diplomats say it was the act of enemies of afghanistan —— afghan president. after insurgence in the country, no militant group has taken i has zs g tatget tot become.“ ' - r. 11512611: condemns become.“ ' - r. m g condemns them insurgents. the court condemns them to death. the latest attack

highlights the worsening situation in afghanistan. civilian casualties have hit a new high with nearly 3500 civilians killed in 2016. that report from kabul. also making use this hour, the man in charge of overhauling china's organ donation programme is saying that progress is being made in ending the use of organs from executed prisoners. it is as a vendor ‘s will be severely punished. —— offenders. there has been more international condemnation of israeli door that denied —— says that thousands more israeli settlers homes will be built in the west bank. the un secretary

general says it is illegal and the comments were echoed by the european union. doctors in bangladesh have carried out surgery on a 10—year—old girl thought to be the first woman to suffer from so—called tree man syndrome. a steady operation was successful and hope she will be able to leave hospital in a few weeks time. hundreds of university british columbia students in canada held a massive snowball fight which they called a rumble of epic proportions. take a look. they are having fun. a battle for the far right leader marine le pen will never win

the french presidential election. that was the prediction of the country's finance minister who said she'd be eliminated in the second round of voting in may. marine pen — who advocates strict controls on immigration is gaining support according to latest polls. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson has been to the old steel working town of hayange — in north—eastern france — which elected a mayor from the right—wing national front party. this is her report. hayange is not a place. this stands toa hayange is not a place. this stands to a new political age. hayange is not a place given to metaphors, but memories. the relics of its shuttered steel furnaces stand sentry to a new political age. communists and socialists used to run this place together. but unemployment here has soared by 75% in the past decade, and in its wake has come the front nationale.

translation: i'm for the front nationale. i'm not afraid to say it. i'm not happy with today's politics. there's too immigration. we give to everyone. that's why you chose brexit and i absolutely approve of that. in 2010, the socialists won almost 60% of the vote here in the regional run—off. five years later, it was down to 19%. votes for the fn over the same period more than doubled, putting them in the lead. hayange now has an fm mayor, himself once a union man from the far left. the party presents itself as defending france's forgotten ones against crime, immigration and economic change. translation: the left betrayed it voters, the workers, the middle—class, the shop owners. there is mass immigration and we can't welcome the poor from across the world. we have to stop it and take care of our own. patrice was one of the fn's new converts, recruited as a deputy to the mayor. within a year he had left, disillusioned, he says, by its repressive, xenophobic views. he is voting far left in the presidential elections.

translation: i was attracted because the other parties don't listen to the people. and i believed the fn was listing to me. i think marine le pen might have a chance because what is happening at a national level has already happened here. fn voters vote, the others don't, because they are so disgusted with politics. during his presidential campaign five years ago, francois hollande came to this area and promised that the blast furnaces wouldn't close. to the far left one relic thahaas—suwiveds hans rosling — the visionary swedish professor who made statistics not

just fun, but simple to understand, has died at the age of 68. he made it his mission to help people understand facts to correct "global ignorance". in one of his most famous presentations he used seven pieces of lego to explain global income inequality. when he met our colleague evan davis, he used seven snowballs instead to show the gap between the richest, and the poorest people in the world. take us through what these different income levels are. it's important to say how much for these people are down here. they can't even afford to buy a bicycle. i placed the bicycle down here. and when you are appear, then you can think about buying a car so you can see then you can think about buying a car so you can see 123 a billion people have the population. earlier i spoke to amy maxmen, a journalist at the international sciencejournal, nature.

she recently interviewed mr rosling for her article ‘three minutes with hans rosling will change your mind about the world'. she spoke to us from berkely in california. hans rosling is fascinating. he is just a fascinating man. on top of being an excellent communicator, i think part of that comes from having a really fascinating life. and what kind of impact did he have on his field? his impact goes far beyond his field. the call him a statistician or a doctor, his impact went a lot further because at some point he realised that if he wanted to save even more lives or help other people so they can solve a lot of worlds challenges, he needed to communicate with everyone. that went everywhere from cuba to meet fidel castro, he had a close relationship with melinda gates at the gates foundation. he inspired various people in the tech sector, the financial sector and of course,

other scientists. he has plenty of ted talks where he spoke to people at large. he was very popular among influential people but we also popular among his fellow scientists? that's an interesting question. i think he was popular because his videos are catchy but it is not like somebody he himself said he would never win a nobel prize. he never would be asked to speak as a data station. it was not as though he was making up new formulas —— at a statistician conference. he realised he would have a bigger impact not by doing research by sending messages to the public. in his field, maybe he doesn't have the biggest impact that maybe he can teach other scientists how they can reach out to the public. that you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: how this eco—car, created by a group

of indonesian students, ended up on a track with team ferrari. also on the programme: how former us president barack obama this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, after 27 years injail, is to be set free unconditionally. 1 1: gist; i. lit.” 11? g . fig

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: president trump hopes to get his travel ban reinstated. a court in san francisco hears the arguments for and against, as protests continue. a fishing mate on the other side of the country. that story is popular on bbc.com.

it isa it is a great story, have a look at it. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times looks at prime minister shinzo abe's forthcoming us visit. the prime minister is determined to build a close relationship with the trump administration, despite repeated criticism ofjapan by the president over trade. the two are also scheduled to play golf at the weekend. le figaro reports on how the french republican presidential candidate, francois fillon, is trying to relaunch his campaign after two difficult weeks. a day after apologising, and also defending the action to pay his wife, fillon has met with parliamentarians to try and get their support. china daily has a story from the southern city of nanjing, which is building asia's first vertical forest. two tower blocks will be covered with over 3,000 trees and plants. it is hoped they will help reduce air pollution. internet trolling is too often

an unwelcome consequence of posting on social media. now, twitter has announced more changes aimed at limiting abuse on its platform, amid heavy criticism that it is failing to crack down on it. so how well have social media networks in general improved their anti—abuse measures? does this mean that there is more internet abuse, or less? and how about that famous fan of tweeting, donald trump? has his use of twitter and his divisive tweets become a game—changer in any of this? to help us answer that question is susan benesch, the director of the dangerous speech project, and she can talk to us now from boston. great to have you whether some

newsday. having studied mr trump is on the campaign trail and now that he is president and looking at all his tweets and his statements, in your view, is he a source of dangerous speech? he is, rico, in some cases. we define dangerous speech a speech that can inspire violence and although we have no evidence that the president wishes to do that, it seems clear that some of his followers have been inspired by his rhetoric to commit violence in the aftermath of his election, in just one month, there were more than 1000 incidents of hateful or violent speech reported to the southern poverty law centre, for example. don't you think that he is aware that he is inspiring dangerous speech. and if ever, is he likely to turn this down in the future? well,

it is interesting. he was asked by a tv interviewer on our famous television program 60 minutes soon after the election about some of those incidents, for example, someone those incidents, for example, someone spray—painted his name, trump, in huge letters on a public bridge, replacing the tee with a swastika. so many such incidents literally were done in the president's name in the sense that they use the name. he was asked what do you think about that, and he said stop it. however, he has not made an emphatic independent declaration that he is opposed to such incidents, and it would be very helpful if he would. but what about, four americans in general, susan? is this, do you think, what they really want? fighting words, that reassures them that they are the priority?m

isa them that they are the priority?m is a very important and difficult question, since we see now online, for example, on twitter, ferocious, ferocious arguments and conflict. for example, if you follow on twitter @realdonaldtrump, which is the president's own personal twitter feed, you will see constantly americans of completely different views personally attacking one another, even though they are strangers. when you ask if that is what they want, i guess we could say that because so many americans, sadly, are angry at one another, they often give vent to that anger with such attacks. however, the vast majority of us know that that is bad for our society, and bad for our

political system. thank you for your insight. for eight young engineering students from indonesia, their hard work has paid off. they won an international competition to design an "eco—car", and got to spend a week with ferrari in italy. the students have battled hard to experience the formula i dream. last was