lam in i am in singapore. the ian1 in singapore. the headlines. a setback for donald trump, as a federal appeals court rules that his travel ban should not be reinstated. as the catholic church in the philippines condemns killings in the country's war on drugs, is the tide turning against president duterte‘s hard—line tactics, we have a special report from the country. there are people who are speaking out and want to challenge the president over what he ordered, the war on drugs.” to challenge the president over what he ordered, the war on drugs. i am in london. old friends and new relationships. japan's prime minister arrives in washington to try to cement closer ties with the trump administration. so, here we are... with open arms... our very own rico hizon is hitting the high notes with a filipino singer who now fronts the legendary american rock band, journey. live from our studios

in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it is sam good morning. it is 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4pm in san francisco, where a federal appeals court has refused to reinstate president trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries from entering the us. that is after two us states argued it was unconstitutional. in the last half—hour, president trump responded, tweeting this, see you in court. as you can see, it is all in capital letters. we will go live to washington and speak to david willis of the bbc. strong reactions from

the president, donald trump. assuming when he says the eu in court, he is talking about the us supreme court. —— see you. court, he is talking about the us supreme court. -- see you. it is highly likely that will be the next step in very dramatic developments here in the last half—hour. the unanimous decision by the ninth circuit court of appeal in san francisco making this seattle ban, the restraining order, stay in place. they challenged it on the grounds the president has because additional power to restrict entry into the united states. and such a step was needed in order to prevent terrorist activity. well, those threejudges on the terrorist activity. well, those three judges on the ninth circuit court of appeal in san francisco not buying that at all. unanimously they have stretched across 29 pages rejected the appeal by the us

justice department. so, to answer your question, mariko, what happens now, in all likelihood this will end up now, in all likelihood this will end up in the us supreme court, the highest court in the land. and of course, there is a vacant position in the supreme court. it is currently eight justice in the supreme court. it is currently eightjustice is. there are nine on the panel. and donald trump of course put forward his preferred nominee for that vacant space that was made vacant by the death of antonin scalia last year. that men, judge neil gorsuch, is unlikely, some hussain, to be confirmed in place by the time this goes to the supreme court. —— some are saying. it is highly likely the supreme court, with four conservatives and four liberals on it, this will be the first legal and

real test for the administration. even last week the president criticised the judicial system which was criticised by many people, even some voicing concern whether the us is facing a constitutional crisis. the battle between the judicial system and the president continues? yes. and i suppose you could argue that this is a sign, perhaps, that the system is working pretty well. that there are these contentions early on. but you are right, it does present problems, most particularly for donald trump and his administration. it is not helped, as you were kind of referencing that, by some of the tweets that donald trump has, in response to the decision in seattle, referred to the judge as a so—called judge, and blamed any terrorist activity in the us on his doorstep. in the last half—hour he has taken to twitter,

his preferred medium of communication, of course, to say this. _,“ as sag: from this e : trump's becoming president. let us analyse a .further$ becoming president. let us analyse a . further % professor this a bit further with a professor at brown university and who previously outlined why he thinks this ban is unconstitutional. thank you forjoining us. explain to us on what grounds the court rejected to reinstate this ban? several arguments were stated. many of which i outlined in the peace. one is the violation of the free exercise clause. the constitution allows the free exercise of religion. it is the first amendment. the court said it

is likely this was violated. there are also... there were also concerns about the equal protection of the law is guaranteed in the 14th amendment and applied through the fifth to the federal government. there was also the mention of the concern about the free exercise of the establishment favouring religion. there were questions about those seven mainly muslim countries but also the refugees. what happens in that situation? it was an attempt by the government to try to get the court, obviously, what they wanted was for the ban to be reinstated in its originalform from was for the ban to be reinstated in its original form from the executive order. there was an attempt to try to pressure the ban to go through and the court rejected that idea. we saw donald trump tweeting see you in court. this will now go to the supreme court. neil gorsuch will not

be confirmed in time for that. what impact will that have on this?|j think, impact will that have on this?” think, personally, my prediction is this will be unanimous or close to unanimous in its ruling. these are not put points the court is making. the idea that you do not intentionally discriminate against religion, which is what the court is saying here in the ninth circuit, thatis saying here in the ninth circuit, that is not just saying here in the ninth circuit, that is notjust a republican issue oi’ that is notjust a republican issue or democratic. what donald trump has done is relying on intentional disk nation against muslims, as is evidenced through rudy giuliani's statement with allowing people into the country, refugees into the country. —— might want a bit all of these things, they happen due to legal reasons. donald trump will not ta ke legal reasons. donald trump will not take this lying down. what else can he do? well, you know, i think this isa he do? well, you know, i think this is a real lesson in the way the

constitution and the rule of law works. brantley, from the campaign on, he has not understood he is not someone on, he has not understood he is not someone who can do what he wants. —— frankly. he is limited by the constitution and its provisions. by trying to bully this group, it will not work, especially with the high—leveljudiciary. not work, especially with the high—level judiciary. —— through. they know that there is the free exercise clause and equal protection clause. you cannot favour one religion over another due to the establishment clause. that is why it is doomed to fail. it is blatantly unconstitutional. i have been saying that from the beginning and that is what the courts are now affirming. first the district court and now the public court. we will cut it short because we will go live now to the attorney general of the state of washington. there have been time constraints, as you might imagine. i wa nt to constraints, as you might imagine. i want to emphasise this has been a

tea m want to emphasise this has been a team effort from the law firm. i could not be more proud of them. i will turn to noah, who will say a few words and summarise what the ninth circuit did here today. thank you. what we argued to the court yesterday was that it is the role of the courts to serve as a check on the courts to serve as a check on the executive branch. that is what the executive branch. that is what the court has done in this excellent opinion. a well reasoned, thoughtful and careful opinion which considered all arguments and rejected them. and it is important to recognise the real impact this has already been having on people's lives. we heard from people all over the country about what a difference this has made for them and we are thrilled about that up if i want to thank mr

ferguson to have the bravery to bring this forward in the first case and authorise us to do all of this. i think the governor and the people, i want to thank them. and i want to thank the people in the office. as he was saying, everyone, kelly wood, christen... anyway, iwill forget people. the bottom line is we have an outstanding office. we are not usually in the limelight like this and we are not used to it. but we are proud we have been able to play this role. just briefly about the opinion. it is a complete victory. it upholds the reports injunction in every respect. and we could not be more pleased with how careful and thoughtful the opinion is. the judges did theirjob carefully and well and we appreciate

§§§inf "ww”? ii e7 "7 w a live statement on that way ok. a live statement on that breaking news within the last hour, that the federal appeals court within the united states has decided not to... has rejected to reinstate donald trump's controversial band, the highly controversial travel ban. —— ban. we have heard that donald trump tweeted see you in court, the security of our nation is at risk. as our guest said, this is not a bipartisan issue, but a legal one. we will of course monitor what happens next. you are watching live coverage reaction which is coming thick and fast and we will bring that to you here on tuesday. last month, president duterte of the philippines suspended his controversial campaign against illegal drugs in which more than 7500 people have been killed, many

of them by the police. but the president has promised to continue the campaign, despite strong criticism from the united nations and human rights groups. president duterte remains very popular, as is his determination to fight crime. but as we report from manila, a growing number of filipinos are uneasy about the high human cost of his campaign. for these inhabitants, it is a good living. you need a strong stomach for it. but it is decent money for those with few other options. the past few months, though, have been unusually hard, as the drug war arrived here and the killings again. we have just been chatting to this lady here. she has eight children and has been working in this dump for most of her life. she is angry about most of her children who were

sent away because they were on a list. she wants people to speak out, but she does not want to show her face. she told me about raffy, her 19—year—old neighbour, shot dead with three of his friends by police last august. she said they rubbed his jewellery. why do they over the big guys and cut the tree at its roots ? big guys and cut the tree at its roots? —— don't they go for the. the appearance of normality is deceptive that you can see here today. only in december there were bodies out here almost every night. there is still a palpable climate of fear every time you try to talk about those advanced. but there are some people now who are speaking out and you wa nt to now who are speaking out and you want to challenge the president of what he ordered, the war on drugs. —— events. this person runs a local homeowner association. his wife was a manicurist. neither had any

involvement in drugs. but she was killed by a hit squad in december as she was playing cards with her friends. what is your own opinion about the war on drugs? translation: maybe it is ok for others. but for me, they should have cleaned up the police first. not all of them are decent. that is my opinion. for other people, they just decent. that is my opinion. for other people, theyjust want decent. that is my opinion. for other people, they just want to eradicate drugs. but when you lose a loved one, well, maybe they have not experienced that. if you had experienced that. if you had experienced that, then you would feel anger towards the government.” metjosie, not her real name, in the relative safety of a church. she is in hiding as she takes legal action against the police over the death of her boyfriend in the same incident that killed raffy. . he had been pleading for mercy, she says,

hugging the policeman's knees when he was shot. the police force is now under a cloud after revelations of corruption and the shocking murder ofa corruption and the shocking murder of a south korean businessman inside the police headquarters. president duterte has described the force as corrupt to the core, and suspended the drug campaign. the police insist these cases are exceptional. we submit ourselves for investigation internally. there is a system, ok? they found over 1500 of these incidents, there was nothing wrong. 28 incidents, they see probable cause and the policeman will answer for it. the president has vowed to continue the killing of drug users until the end of his term. but more voices are being raised against him, notably the catholic church, which had been strangely silent until this

month. the situation is terrifying. this war on drugs must not be something we all have to be silent about. the church has less influence thanit about. the church has less influence than it once did. it may get it enough to sway public opinion against the terrible bloodshed of the past eight months. —— yet. jonathan head, bbc news, manila. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. there could be some tricky moments and head forjapan's prime minister as he arrived in the united states seeking to develop closer ties with the trump administration. we will have all the latest. —— ahead. there is mr mandela, mr nelson mandela. a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british this passed a death sentence

on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. welcome back to newsday on the bbc. our main developing story this hour, there has been a sad lack for donald trump as the us supreme —— appeals

court has suspended the travel ban. the japan times court has suspended the travel ban. thejapan times in court has suspended the travel ban. the japan times in leeds with the prime minister shinzo abe's visit to meet donald trump. they will play a round of golf to help them know each other. meanwhile the financial times has an article about angela merkel‘s plans to increase deportation of failed asylum seekers from germany. it includes access to their phones to verify their identity and an amount paid to voluntary retraining returnees. the ball between mexico and the united states could be here. through the desert of samora.

japan's prime minister should i be an president trump —— shinzo abe is meant to be about trade and security. there may be issues to iron out after mr trump accused japan of manipulating its currency. to give you an idea of the important that japan is putting to give you an idea of the important thatjapan is putting on this trip. notjust thatjapan is putting on this trip. not just the thatjapan is putting on this trip. notjust the prime minister but the deputy prime minister and foreign minister are going together. it is only the second foreign leader that president trump has met since the inauguration, the other being the british prime minister. japan is putting huge emphasis on meeting president trump as early as possible

to try to build a personal relationship between prime minister are they —— abe. it will focus mainly on trade. mr trump has criticised toyota, for building a new plant in mexico and has complained it is impossible for american car makers to sell their products here in japan. abe is to educate how japan is contributing to the us economy, will mr trump listened? that is a good question. but yes, absolutely that is the message that prime minister abe is taking with him.japan message that prime minister abe is taking with him. japan is the huge investor in american jobs, several

100 thousand, around 280,000 americans are directly employed in manufacturing japanese companies. more investments and more japanese job creation in the us economy in this meeting will be talked about, to persuade mr trump thatjapan is really a n to persuade mr trump thatjapan is really an ally and a partner for thisjob creation really an ally and a partner for this job creation and not an enemy. us brockbank journey is this job creation and not an enemy. us brockbankjourney is famous for its songs. it is lead singer has changed over the years and the current front man is the filipino, arnel campaner pineda. a world tour will take them to his hometown of manila. we met him recently and askedif manila. we met him recently and asked if the —— he supports rodrigo duterte's war on drugs.” asked if the —— he supports rodrigo

duterte's war on drugs. i myself was deep into drugs back in the 805 and i know how hard it is to get out of it. then to become swayed with the calling of that demon... say you support him? with that fight, yes i do because i was there. i lived that life for almost 25 years. i was into drugs for 20 years. it is a long time and even rodrigo duterte cannot change it alone. we have to help him. the us has become more divided with the trump administration. being an immigrant to you encounter racism? i did. it is still going on. what can you do? you know what? we are so what can you do? you know what? we are so focused on america's... you

know, like... some of them being racist and old but i think it happens around the world. it is not only in america. i mean, it is a disease. they think... humans should learn to coexist with the variety of colours and cultures. it is what makes is beautiful. that was absolutely lovely. all was lovely to hear rico singing like he did at the top of the programme. the developing story, a federal appeals court in the us refusing to reinstate president trump's ban on travellers from those seven mainly muslim countries and also all refugees entering the us. the 3—judge panel unanimously declined to overturn a ruling by the judge

3—judge panel unanimously declined to overturn a ruling by thejudge in seattle last week. he locked part of mr trump's executive order. let's hear what the attorney... what the ruling is now likely to be referred to the supreme court as we heard and thatisif to the supreme court as we heard and that is if you possibly confirmed by a comment almost immediately tweeted by president trump who wrote in the capital, see you in court, the security of our nation is at stake. the state of washington attorney general, bob ferguson speaking in the last few minutes. this is a com plete the last few minutes. this is a complete victory for the state of washington. the court of appeals in a unanimous decision effectively granted everything we sort. we are a

nation of laws and as i have said and we have said from day one, those laws apply to everybody in our country and that includes the president of the united states. you be watching newsday on the bbc. lots more as always on our website but we are going to change the tempo a little bit and leave you with these heartwarming pictures of the baby antelope who is doing well after being careful by keepers at chester zoo. being careful by keepers at chester zoo. his mother died giving birth to him that he is now bottle feeding well by his keepers and they say he is so small he does not even register a weight on the special scales at the zoo. hello, they are. a bit of wintry

weather in our forecasts over the next few days but it will look quite an impressive compared to what they have that across the other side of the atlantic. this is in new york on thursday. they saw well over 25 centimetres of snow from a potent winter storm. back home, centimetres of snow from a potent winterstorm. back home, no centimetres of snow from a potent winter storm. back home, no storms on the horizon instead high—pressure from scandinavia delivering these easterly winds. once again, for the first part of friday, showers in eastern areas and possible icy patches. through the day, again a lot of cloud and wintry showers and again the best of the brightness will be out west. in the cornwall, we could see sunshine. five degrees in limitand we could see sunshine. five degrees in limit and a similar story for western wales. through east wales a lot of cloud and it will field decisively chilly. some sunshine and

up decisively chilly. some sunshine and up in the north—west scotland, a decent chance of wu skies and sunshine is but it will do nothing for the temperatures. a lot of showers here with accumulation of snow. down the east side of scotland and eastern england, showers a mixture of rain and sleet are one of two places could see some snow may be enough for a small covering here and there. through friday night, we keep the easterly winds and wintry showers for the many of us quite a lot of clouds. north—west scotland under clear spells and temperatures as low as —10 degrees. more widely temperatures around freezing. saturday, the wintry showers and we have been experienced, as this weather front of works into these picture, the weather may become more organised and through the day we are likely to seek some rain and also sleet and snow. the air turning a

little bit less cold so the snow becoming confined to high levels. rain and sleet on the levels. we might get all the way up to six or seven particularly in the south on sunday but that will be coupled with a strong wind so it will still feel chilly. the wind will have a big pa rt chilly. the wind will have a big part to play at the start of next week. more of a south—easterly wind and that should slowly but surely cause those temperatures to rise. that's all for now. fellow. i am kasia madera with bbc world news. the top story. a federal appeals court in the united states has refused to reinstate president trump's ban on travellers from several mainly muslim countries from entering the us. it was stopped last week by a judge in seattle after two us states argued it was unconstitutional. the president has

responded on twitter saying see you in court. the japanese prime minister has arrived in the us to meet with donald trump hoping to cement closer ties with the united states. he hopes to have more investment in america. archaeologists have found a cave that once housed the dead sea scrolls, the first discovery of its kind in more than 60 years. that is trending on line. that is it for now on bbc news. now it is time for hardtalk.