in north america and around the globe. my name's lebo diseko. our top stories: us judges consider whether to reinstate president trump's controversial travel ban — as protests continue. troops patrol the streets of the brazilian city of vitoria — after a police strike led to a crime wave that left dozens dead. with marine, le, pen, - = for the presidencx. the final phase of a controversial american oil pipeline gets the go—ahead. environmental activists say they'll fight the decision in court. switching to automatic: why the rise of the robot could put a third of us out of work. president donald trump's first major legal battle has started in california.

three federaljudges are hearing arguments on whether to reinstate his travel ban, which was suspended last week. the executive order temporarily stopped entry for all refugees and people from seven mainly muslim countries. lawyers from the department ofjustice argue the countries listed pose a terrorist threat. audio from that hearing is being streamlined live over the internet and at least 100 thousand people are listening to it now. let's just hear one of the early exchanges between the one of the judges and a lawyer representing the department of justice. has the government pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism 7 the proceedings have been moving very fast. and the strongest point on that in that is that in 2015 and 2016, both congress the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism. in doing so, restricted visa waver

to people who had even traveled to those countries over the past five or six years. the executive order relies on that determination. that is, i think, the strongest kind of reliance where 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. well — president trump said earlier he is going to fight right to the end. this is what he had to say in washington a few hours ago. we're going to take it through the system. it's very important for the country regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. hhsn ggurtgkg 59mg placai: ,, ,,

like syria you take all of the different people. and if you remember isis said we are going to infiltrate the united states and every countries through the migration. exelamthatenk the court hearing. the supreme court room is almost certain to get this case in and but for now it is up to the appeals court. we had a little snippet that from the government lawyers. each side in this case was given half an hour to present their arguments and to be on their arguments by the threejudges in the to be on their arguments by the three judges in the court. to be on their arguments by the threejudges in the court. the government lawyer you heard was floundering a little bit when asked if the government had presented any

evidence connecting these two countries to terrorism and he said that it hadn't that it is early days and the case is moving very fast. for his part, the washington state solicitor general was asked how he could be arguing that this executive order was discriminatory against muslims when actually only about 15% of the world's muslims were affected by the order. he said what was important was not how many muslims we re important was not how many muslims were affected by the order but the intent of the order. he said president trump had made clear in his anti— islamic statements over the course of the election campaign that he was somebody who did want to discriminate against muslims and that was all he needed to how to brew. well, the appeals court will decide which arguments it finds favourable. —— he needed to know. some people are saying this may actually be good if it goes to the supreme court. —— good for donald

trump. may this be a bit of an own goalfor the trump. may this be a bit of an own goal for the courts that what this to begin with? it is early days and we can't say how this will turn out. we can be fairly confident that whichever side loses in the appeals court in california, they will almost certainly take it to the supreme court. we have to remember that the supreme court is not at its full number of judges will stop because of the death of one judge, it only has eight at the moment. it so it only has eight at the moment. it so happens that the eightjudges are absolutely split down the middle. four are appointed by the democrat and fourare four are appointed by the democrat and four are presented by the republicans. the last time there was an immigration case, they split down the middle. if they split down the middle this time, the verdict which everybody will have to honour was the last one and that will be the appeals court. it might be self—defeating to go to the supreme court because it might not actually

ta ke court because it might not actually take the things further forward. and this is about so much more than immigration. this is donald trump's first big test and about the limits of his presidency, really. it is. president trump is learning the hard way that there are checks and bala nces way that there are checks and balances in the american system. he is but one of the three branches of government. thejudiciary has is but one of the three branches of government. the judiciary has equal clout. actually, more than equal clout. actually, more than equal clout when it comes to defining whether or not a president or a congress is operating within the limits of the constitution. president trump really has no say in this. ultimately, it will be down to thejudges to decide this. ultimately, it will be down to the judges to decide what he is tried to do is legal —— whether it is legal. and he will have to abide by that. thank you for bringing us up by that. thank you for bringing us up to by that. fifiyou for i the |ing us

by that. fifiyou for i the road. 1 by that. fifiyou for i the road. a site seen care... ‘iilf. of 1200 federal troops sent in by the central government. since police went on strike on saturday, dozens of shops have in looted. seems like these have been widely shared on social media. even daylight doesn't stop the looters. many businesses remained close, fearing the attacks. authorities say that violence has left around 70 people dead. that is competitive for homicides during the month of january. competitive for homicides during the month ofjanuary. we will be in flexible and determined in restoring normality, order, peace and tranquillity in victoria and wherever necessary. the strike has been declared illegal by the court that police officers remained inside

the barracks while the relatives block the way out. they demand a pay rise and four years of frozen salaries which the state government says it can't afford. meanwhile, ordinary citizens facing insecurity and chaos have reacted with anger. translation: everybody is scared of the violence and we want to go home. 0n social media, residents who are trapped in the city of 2 million have adopted hash tags. in france, the leader of the far—right, marine le pen, seems to gaining support in the latest opinion polls in the presidential race. the finance minister said today she'll never win the election. but her team says that's precisely the kind of elitist talk which boosts her support. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson has been to an old steel working town in north—eastern france — which has elected a national front

mayor — and sent this report. 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. already happened here. fn voters vote, the others don't, because they are so disgusted

francois hollande came to this area and promised thattbe—blast furnaces wouldn't close. they did. with faith in the socialist party already dwindling here, many voters moved their support to the political margins, to the far left and to the far right. 0ne relic that has survived here is the boxing club, a place for young men to teach themselves how to win and lose. in the ring, it's easy to judge promises against performance. in politics, it's often performance that loses elections, and promises that win. lucy williamson, bbc news, hayange. severe weather and a number of tornadoes have left a trail of destruction in louisana. houses were destroyed, power lines brought down and cars flipped over in the baton rouge area of new orleans. at least twenty people were injured and thousands were left without power. the chaney family was directly in the path of one of the tornadoes that left their home in pieces. is just collapsed. the whole house

just fell over. i the i heard this and other ‘came e‘f .,, " ‘came 525 she—tv " ‘came 525 she said " ‘came 525 she said it' " ‘ came g she said it sounds = daughter came and she said it sounds like a train. it was a tornado. look! a tornado! we just heard glass shattering, doors, we didn't think we we re shattering, doors, we didn't think we were going to make it. it seemed to last a long time. maybe eight minutes or so and then it was over. it was a horrible experience. i'm all right, i'm alive. this is memories, our grandkids, everything is gone. the us army says it will now give permission to complete a controversial oil pipeline across land it controls

in north dakota — reversing a decision it took last december. the project got donald trump's formal backing last month. but local native americans from the standing rock sioux tribe say they'll take their fight against it to court. 0ur correspondent peter bowes has more. protests against this final section of this 1200 mile pipeline have been going on for months will stop nearly 700 people have been arrested in the protests a nd 700 people have been arrested in the protests and demonstrations. native american groups and environmentalists have been protesting environmental consequences of this pipeline with the possible contamination of drinking and damage to sacred burial sites as well. when he took office, donald trump ordered the us army engineers to carry - a 8433551; £322,111? ’ 7 7 ’ ” 8433551; £322,111? 7 7 7 ’ 7 and ,. 5733551; £322,711? 77 7 7 7 77 and ,. that review 5733551; £322,711? 77 7 7 7 77 g that review which review and issues that review which has thus been completed and the army has thus been completed and the army has told congress that it plans to

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be transferred to oil refineries to be transferred to oil refineries to be used. donald trump has said that as far as he is concerned, completing this project will serve the national interest. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: twitter, trump — and the towelling bathrobe. a social media meltdown as the white house tries to pull the plug on so—called fake news. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps there is and nelson mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader has passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslim say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president. because of his

considerable value as a stallion, he was kept in a special box in the stud farm's central box. he was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. she stepped down from the plane figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: us judges are considering whether to reinstate president trump's controversial travel ban, as protests continue. troops are patrolling the streets of the brazilian city of vitoria, after a three—day police strike led to a violent crime wave. madonna has been granted the right to adopt two more children from malawi. a court in the capital, lilongwe, approved the singer's request to adopt four—year old twin girls. she already has two other adopted children from malawi. some malawians accuse the government

of allowing her to sidestep laws against non—residents adopting. the courtjudiciary spokesman says malawi is one of the poorest countries, and that raising children is a challenge. these little kids were being kept at an orphanage within the country, so looking at the factors in the orphanage, and if somebody of madonna's calibre expressed an interest in adopting and had a good history of adopting two other malawian kids, we said no, i think it is better for the children to be taken care it is better for the children to be ta ken care of it is better for the children to be taken care of by another person who can meet all their needs, and other factors which are to be done for the children, for the betterment of these kids. why have people been sharing old pictures of donald trump dressed in a bathrobe on twitter? well, it is after his press secretary, sean spicer, told journalists the president

definitely doesn't wear one. he was talking about a new york times article which referred to the president watching tv in his bathrobe. sarah corker has more. it has become one of donald trump's most used phrases. it is all fake news, it is phoney stuff. in the president's leader spat with the media, it is over this. a bath robe, and whether he does or does not own one. this new york times report described chaotic start to his presidency, but it was the claim that mr trump spent considerable time watching television in his bath robe that seemed to particularly irritate the white house. that is literally the epitome of fake news. just... i mean, you start at the top, i don't think the president owns a bath robe, definitely doesn't wear one. there was no meetings in conference. from top to bottom it made up stories thatjust don't

exist. and the president tweeted, of course, his annoyance in what he described as poor reporting. and that after a denial prompted people across the globe to take to social media to contradict the white house, using the hashtag bath robe gate, a flurry of pictures appeared online showing the president lounging around in white robes. there were some older images from the archives, and trump branded robes, including this old post from american actor mike roe. and in the uk, the twitter account of a government cat had a little bit of fun. and this rather casual picture of ronald reagan was widely shared, as well. one tweet suggesting mr trump shouldn't be so shy about wearing the garment. but others online said mr trump ‘s team and the public had more serious matters to concern themselves with, rather than his choice of loungewear. it is a scary question, but who,

or what, will do yourjob in the future? outsourcing is a hot issue across the industrialised world, but more and more companies are turning to robots to stay competitive. rory cellan—jones gained exclusive access to one british firm where the robots are doing more and more. it still requires plenty of people, but if the online supermarket is to make money from something shoppers used to do themselves, this must get ever more automated. that is why there is a robotics lab in the corner of the warehouse. this robot arm designed to pick up fruit without damaging it is one of their creations, though it is some years away from being put to work. but, in another warehouse in andover, 0cado says the future £322 egg. 2} —%§§éz é §§7 agégg,§ in'!‘ 7 it is a huge investment,

but the firm says there is no alternative. if the uk is to remain competitive on the world stage, then there is no option but to invest in not only automation, but in this increasing move towards robotics, because that is the only way that we will be competitive. there is no choice. all kinds of businesses that want to prosper over the next decade are going to have to use artificial intelligence and automation to make themselves more efficient. the question is just how many people are going to see theirjobs taken by robots, and what is going to happen to them. at london's science museum, a new exhibition traces the history of robots, and shows how they are now encroaching on tasks once restricted to humans. 0ne academic has a startling forecast. 35% of current uk employment is at high risk of being replaced bya robot, orsimilar technology, by the year 2030.

truck drivers, taxi drivers, processing of things like invoices. but there is a more optimistic view, that ourjobs are becoming more creative and complex, and we will be able to keep ahead of the robots. some of the best skills you can have are adaptability, ability to switch between tasks, emotional intelligence, and the ability to deal with change. those kind of things should protect our children for the labour market of tomorrow, whichever direction the robots take. the lesson of the past is that new technology usually creates more jobs than it destroys. but, along the way, a lot of people can end up losing out. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. let's go back to our main story, donald trump's travel ban. john kelly has admitted the policy was hastily implemented. 0ne kelly has admitted the policy was hastily implemented. one of the people caught up in all of the confusion is an iraqi translator, who worked with the us government.

he spent six years getting a visa to come to america only to be pulled offa come to america only to be pulled off a plane in turkey when that ban came into effect. the bbc has followed his family's journey to start a new life in the us. i was scheduled to depart on 31 january. we heard that there were new visa orders that might affect us. when they took us out of the aeroplane, i was shaking. my world has ended. it was a devastating moment. hopefully this time everything will

be ok, hopefully. fingers crossed. i don't know how to describe the feeling right now. finally. it was a struggle. how do you feel now?|j feeling right now. finally. it was a struggle. how do you feel now? i am super, so struggle. how do you feel now? i am super, so much excited. i am happy! hello. how are you? welcome. thank you very much. everything just fell

apart. now i'm feeling very blessed and privilege to be here. i want to go to the statue of liberty and c ellis island. we always see it in movies, and cards, and stuff like that, but now i i can't believe i am going to see it for real. talking about the concerns which have been taking up donald trump's time, what about his predators, barack 0bama? time, what about his predators, ba rack 0bama ? what time, what about his predators, barack 0bama? what has he been up to? well, we can show you what he has been doing with his time, enjoying a holiday with richard branson. and you can see he looks like he doesn't have a care in the world. that's about all time for. hi there. well, for some of us on tuesday it felt quite springlike. for others, though,

it was distinctly wintry, with some snow up over the higher ground of scotland in particular. well, the message is, over the next few days, the cold air is going to make its presence felt, some snow up over the higher ground of scotland, initially. the best of the brightness across the more southern and western parts of the uk. this is breakfast time. there will be a cold start, one or two icy surfaces across wales. but here, some of the best of the sunshine, as we will see across northern ireland as well. a few freezing fog patches as well, but plenty of sunshine, as there will be across some western parts of scotland. further east, though, across scotland it will be dreary, it will be raw. rig grggt'ameuntg- raglsaa....;11,kxg:,_,ex, , ., ,, , ,,,,, w w”,