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this is bbc news. the headlines at ten. president trump says he might rewrite the travel ban on people from seven mainly— muslim countries after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. we'll win that battle, but we also have a lot of other options, including just filing a brand new order on monday. labour issues formal written warnings to front bench mps who defied jeremy corbyn in the commons brexit vote. lessons in cyber security for schoolchildren in england to boost defences against attacks. volunteers in new zealand have managed to refloat around a hundred pilot whales stranded on a remote beach. also in the next hour — protecting public parks a warning green spaces are at a "tipping point", as council budget cuts threaten a return to neglect and disrepair and in half an hour we'll be high in the french alps with the travel show.
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good morning and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has said he may rewrite the presidential order imposing restrictions on travel to the us to overcome the legal obstacles that have frustrated his efforts so far. his first order — stopping travel from seven mainly—muslim countries — has been blocked by the courts. our washington correspondent david willis reports. after a federal appeals court back a stay of his executive order donald trump vowed he wow would see his opponents in court but with the supreme court split, pending the confirmation of the judge, taking
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the matter to the highest court in the matter to the highest court in the land would set in train a protracted process that might prove u nsuccessful. protracted process that might prove unsuccessful. although he continues to insist the law is on his side mr trump is growing ill patient and speaking on air force one en route to his weekend retreat the president veal he was weighing other alternatives. we also have a lot of other options including filing a new order on monday. i like to keep you, i like to surprise you, we need speed, for reasons of security, so, it could very well be that we do. unveiled at the end of a frantic first week in office the original order suspended america's refugee programme, and banned travellers from seven majority muslim nations from seven majority muslim nations from entering the united states. it caused chaos at airports and sparked protests across the country. we are sending a message of love and peace.
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quite how the white house might rewrite the order isn't clear although lawyers would almost certainly have to address the claim in its existing form is order is unconstitutional in that it blocks entry to the united states on the grounds of religion. mrtrump has grounds of religion. mr trump has continued to insist that tough immigration measures are crucial to america's national security. crucial to america's national security. well meanwhile, president trump is holding talks with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe this weekend. after meeting at the white house, the two leaders travelled to the president's estate in florida. mr trump said he's committed to the security of japan, and that its alliance with washington is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the asia pacific region. the two leaders will discuss the trans—pacific trade deal, which mr trump has said the us will abandon. the government is to fund lessons in cyber security to encourage teenagers to pursue a career
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in defending britain from online attacks. it's hoped that thousands of pupils in england will spend up to four hours a week on the subject, over the next five years. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. daniel kelly's a convicted teenage hacker, facing a jail sentence. in 2015, he took part in the massive digital break—in at the phone company talk talk. but what if his potential had been harnessed at an earlier age? he might have ended upjoining a new breed of apprentices learning the cyber security trade like these at bt‘s headquarters. with that in mind, the government is putting up £20 million, for nearly 6000 schoolchildren aged 14 and above to take four hours of cyber security lessons after school each week. we think that will help seriously with this shortage of cyber skills that we've got. now, of course, will always keep it under review, in case this needs to get bigger, but getting it going on that scale, i think shows serious ambition
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to make sure that we can have the pipeline of talent that we will need in the years ahead. while the police are stepping up the fight, this is not a threat which can be defeated on the ground by raiding the hackers. the cyber crime battlefield will be online and britain's gchq will be its command centre. 58,000 people are now employed in the growing anti—hacking industry. but more will be needed and the government knows it has to start finding them when they are young. labour has issued formal warnings to members of its front—bench team who disobeyed jeremy corbyn‘s order to vote for brexit. but they're not being sacked. among those who ignored mr corbyn were eleven shadowjunior ministers and three of the labour whips. with me is our political correspondent tom barton. normally you would resign, and if
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you didn't you could get sackedm is simple. if you are on the front bench of the leader of the opposition or the government and you vote against a three line whip, the most direct order your party's leadership can give you when it comes to how you vote in the house of commons, if you disobey that is, it is simple. you get fired. in this case the 144 front benchers so 11 junior minister, three of them actual whips whosejob it junior minister, three of them actual whips whose job it is to enforce discipline have been told, you are going to survive this time, you are going to survive this time, you are going to survive this time, you are going to get off with a written warning which insists you must comply with the whip in the future. if you have three whips you have themselves gone against the party whip, how is that going to work going forward, when they are trying to impose discipline? there will will be tricky conrer isisation in the next vote. —— conversation.
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that is a difficult conversation, why should i do what you are telling me when a few weeks ago, you broke the whip, and got away with it? it is going to be a tricky situation for them, it is worth bearing in mind, that this vote on article 50 was very unique situation, almost all of the mps, particularly the shadow ministers who voted against triggering article 50, are from constituencies where there was a massive majority, in many cases 77% in favour of massive majority, in many cases 77% infavourof remain, massive majority, in many cases 77% in favour of remain, a lot of the mps felt duty to their individual constituents. when labour said they we re constituents. when labour said they were going to have a three line whip they made noises towards those mps, basic sickly saying they recognised a lot of the mps find themselves in a lot of the mps find themselves in a difficult situation and they understood... so why have a three line whip if you are going to say it
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is fine, it defeats the object? absolutely. these are very strange times in the world of politics and this is the consequence of the unusual period i think we are in at the moment. so, that is the reason behind it, let us explore his sort of human resources, problem, if you like, i mean, how many people has he got left to appoint, is that why he can't sack anyone? the suggestion thaw is part of the problem he face, he has 229 mps, but since he became leader, he's lost 79 front benchers through either resignation or sackings, so that is 79 people who, you know, on paper won't or can't work for him. then on top of that there is a bunch of people who have refused to work with him, for one reason or another, and so when you whittle it down, actually, there is not a huge number of people left within the parliamentary labour
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party who are willing to or want to work with jeremy corbyn on party who are willing to or want to work withjeremy corbyn on the party who are willing to or want to work with jeremy corbyn on the front bench. if he was, he has lost five people over the article 50 vote, he has had to replace, if he was to lose 14 more he would face a difficultjob of finding, lose 14 more he would face a difficult job of finding, suitably qualified people to fill their boots. clive lewis we are seeing picture, he is the only one who decided to go. he is one of the five who resigned over this, he was the, i think the most controversial. 0k, thank you very much indeed tom. ok, thank you very much indeed tom. a 16—year—old boy has died after he was stabbed in a busy street in leeds. the wounded teenager was taken from the harehills area to hospital for treatment after the incident yesterday afternoon. he died a short time later. a 15—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder volunteers have told bbc news that a further 200 whales have become stranded on a beach in new zealand. hundreds more have already died in one of the biggest ever mass strandings in the country's history. it's hoped the pilot whales may be
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able to swim to safety during the next high tide. just to warn you, you might find some of the scenes in this report by simon clemison distressing. as they wait for high tide, volunteers do whatever they can to cool them. pouring water and covering the creatures in cloths helps to regulate body temperature. temporary measures until the whales can be released into the ocean. some hope singing will prove soothing. and then the sound of success. but it is early days. very quickly, this tide has come racing in, and now we're all are up to our knees. some people are up to their waists in water, and we are starting to get a bit of floating, and we're helping assist the whales with their breathing until the water gets deep enough they can swim. it's a devastating image, one of the worst whale strandings in the country's history.
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it's unclear what brings them en masse onto the beech. some believe they may be sick or injured, or have simply lost their way. another theory is tht when a single whale is beached it sends out a distress signal, attracting other members of the pod. once ashore, it is hard to get them back in to the ocean. we worked hard and got those 100 whales off that had survived overnight and we have lost sight of them, but the bad part of the story is a separate pod of 240 whales have come on and restranded south of that. so we have been fighting to keep those ones happy, but it is pretty grim out here. lifting and moving can prove difficult, so it's all down to the tide, but with dangerous conditions on the water, the operation has been stood down for now. well i'm joined now by herb christophers from the department of conservation in wellington, new zealand, who has been involved in the rescue.
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i don't know if you can tell us any more about the latest situation? well there is not much more to stay, except the staff are a bit tired now, because we are on rotation but they are been going backwards and forwards from the nearest small village, where they have been operating from, but the most recent stranding of the 240 whales has, to the south of where the original strapping was, so it represents more ofa strapping was, so it represents more of a difficulty to get them out. it looks like tomorrow is going to be a very busy day, there is a high tide about 11.10, round about now and then there is going to be another high tide again about 11.30 tomorrow, well, 11.50 o so the best chance of survival comes tomorrow, with the new high tide. there is nobody in the water at moment. we get them out of the water for the
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safety of everybody involved, and won't be back until first light tomorrow. so the big hope is they will swim off with the next high water. if that doesn't happen, explain to us what the procedure is then? well, for those ones that restrand, there is very little chance they will ever swim away so we have to youth nice them, we do hope they coral their resources and head back out to sea, it is difficult to manage that part of it but dealing with the ones that are left is quite an issue, there is probably a lot of big holeses to be dug, or other ways of disposing of the more than 300 whales we will end up the more than 300 whales we will end up on the beach over the next day oar two. such moving picture, this is the worst case in some time, how often does it happen? well, whale strandings, the beach is well—known for this but ones of this scale are rare, the biggest one recorded was
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in the chatham islands of more than 1,000 individuals, and then there was another one i think in the auckland area of 450 in 1918. so this one is right up there, the original stranding was just over 400 and the most recent one if you call them separate strandings was 240, so there is quite a lot of logistics involved in trying to do the best by the animals and look after their welfare. is there much knowledge as to why it happens? is there anything that done to prevent this happening?m happens? is there anything that done to prevent this happening? it is difficult. we haven't been able to speak pilot whale yet and find out what it is, and i heard earlier on your report there was various theories put forward. one of the ones is the eco location that is designed for deep water use, it don't work very well on shallow water. they become confused when they end up places like this, which
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isa they end up places like this, which is a very shallow sandy beach. if one gets distressped an others follow it is difficult for them to know which way to go. very good of you to take time. —— distressed. president trump says he may now rewrite the travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. labour frontbencers who defied jeremy corbyn on the commons brexit vote have been sent formal written warnings — but have been allowed to keep theirjobs. lessons in cyber security for schoolchildren in england to boost defences against attacks time to catch up on the sports news. good morning. it's one of the biggest days
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in the six nations calendar as wales try to be the team to give eddiejones a first defeat as england coach. the roof will be open for this one in cardiff, and history tells us that favours england. wales wanted it shut, to intensify the atmosphere. nevertheless, it's still sure to be a spine—tingler, in the principality stadium, with both teams winning their opening games, and both camps have been telling us, how they've prepared. we have played a bit of tom joan, he is out of my era, so the players weren't too happy about hearing delilah in the gym, they are not familiar with it, they would prefer the songs of the moment. in all seriousness we have looked at the factors we can control, and that is all we can do. standing at the doors, the door way gets smaller then, because the walk—way gets longer, you come out and you have 75,000 fans that are there for you know, hopefully what
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is going to be a good 80 minute game, you realise you are in a very fortunate place, you get to enjoy the anthem before we get into a job of work for us, and hopefully we can put smiles on faces. and hopefully we can put smiles on faces. ireland will be hoping to bounce back from their surprise defeat to scotland last week. they face italy in rome in the early game, while scotland are in paris to play france on sunday. the women go head—to—head at cardiff arms park at 11.30 this morning. highlights of the women's six nations matches are on bbc two tomorrow at quarter to midnight. what about the men? italy against ireland, that is live on radio 5 live sports extra from 2.20 today. then wales versus england in cardiff kicks off at ten to five. tomorrow france versus scotland is live from paris at bbc one, also at
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4.15 the coverage starts. away from the six nations and history was made in the premiership last night, as bristol's tom varndell, became the league's all—time, top try scorer. the division's bottom side were thrashed by harlequins, but varndell scored his 91st premiership try, to take him beyond mark cueto's record. a last gasp penalty from, rhys priestland, gave third place bath, a one point victory over northampton. elsewhere sale sharks beat newcastle. scarlets moved into the top four of the pro 12, after an important win over glasgow. tom williams scored one of their two tries. the top two of munster, and ospreys, both won, and so did ulster. the big football news this morning is confusion over the future of the rangers manager mark warburton this morning. rangers said in a statement, that he had resigned from his position, but warburton says he wasn't aware of that, and is consulting his legal team. rangers are third in the scottish premiership, but 27 points behind celtic. ranger play greenock morton
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tomorrow, in the scottish cup fifth round, and under—20 coach graeme murty, is set to lead the side in place of warburton. celtic are the early kick off today — they play inverness. there is one game in the premiership today — dundee are playing kilmarnock. the early kick off in the premier league is at the emirates, where arsenal take on a re—juvenated hull city. arsenal are currently in fourth, but have lost their last two matches, which has led to renewed speculation over manager arsene wenger‘s future. former arsenal and england striker ian wright thinks this will be wenger‘s last season in charge i was with the boss last night. if i am going to be honest, i get the impression that i think, that's it. i genuinely believe you know, i was with him for a few hours last night and we were talking, he didn't say i'm leaving at the end of the season, but i get the impression, looking at him, that's it. i think
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that that's it. he mentioned when we we re that that's it. he mentioned when we were talking last night that he is coming to the end. i have never heard him say that. i have never heard him say that. the big game of the day is the late kick off at anfield where out—of—form liverpool take on second—place spurs. and after a string of poor results, the reds boss knows his side will have to improve to stay in the race for a champions league qualifying place. that's the best thing, the best news in football, you have the opportunity really to win the next game, and the next game is saturday totte n ha m , game, and the next game is saturday tottenham, wonderful half five, fantastic time. night—time, if you want, again, great atmosphere again, that's all still enjoyable, and that's all still enjoyable, and that's what we should use. we need to be ready to fight. fight. we need to be ready to fight. fight. we it will be a very very difficult game, they are not in a good run, but liverpool have a very good player, for me one of the best squads, not only in england, if not
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in europe, and sure that they will be motivate, and because always liverpool. tottenham, it is always a big match. tottenham, it is always a big match. sheffield wednesday are still on course to reach, the play offs, at least, in the championship, after beating birmingham city. their spending in the transfer window is already paying off — that's new boyjordan rhodes, afterjust nine minutes, of his home debut. a special moment as he went off to celebrate with his dad who is the goalkeeping coach. further goals from another signing sam winnall, and adam reach sealed the win. in tennis great britain's women continue their fed cup campaign this morning. it's all rather complicated, but if they beat croatia in today's promotion play—off they'll progress to another play off. if they win that they'll get into the second of the world elite groups — that's the dream at the moment. so far it's going well — heather watson has just won herfirst rubber to give great britain a 1—0 lead. just served well. i thought i was
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very solid mentally with my shots and aggressive and try to come to the next match as much as possible which is what i have been working on. i think i did it very well today. at the end i got a bit close there, but i was a rereally pleased how i came through that. england's danny willett is well placed to win golf‘s maybank last years masters champion will head into the final round with a three shot lead over his nearest rival after shooting a second successive 67. willet made six birdies, including one on each of the final two holes. now leigh's return to super league got off to a disappointing start as they were taught a lesson at castleford. the tigers run in seven tries including this one. elsewhere
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huddersfield beat widnes 28—16. you can keep up—to—date with those stories on the bbc sport website. sophie will have more in the next hour. i think before then, aren't we going to see some #y0u6r adventures in snowdonia. if you want to? it was terrifying but incredible. i shows me how much fear becomes greater when you are older. i look forward to see that. thanks mike. a £34 million inquiry into allegations of abuse by british forces against civilians in iraq is going to shut down after mps called it an "unmitigated failure". a report yesterday blamed the ministry of defence for allowing law firms to bring cases on "an industrial scale", many of which were not backed by evidence. some of the complaints were brought by phil shiner who has been struck off. earlier we werejoined by
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by phil shiner who has been struck off. earlier we were joined by mark lancaster, he said the government had stepped in as soon as it could. i hope everybody accepts that the government does have a duty to investigate allegation, and that is why in good faith in team was set up. clearly, after the inquiry it became clear when the judge gave his judgment, that he felt that many of the allegations simply lacked any basis whatsoever, and it was at that point that the government took the unprecedented step to report phil shiner and that has taken some two yea rs, shiner and that has taken some two years, i regret it has taken two yea rs years, i regret it has taken two years but at least we have a positive outcome and of course there will be lessons to be learned from this as we move forward. it has taken longer than i hoped for but the government has taken action and we have, see the outcome of that. a group of mps says public parks are at risk of falling into neglect because their maintenance funding is under pressure. the commons communities and local government committee says opening hours have been cut, play equipment removed
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and there's more litter. john maguire reports. the perfect place to walk, it is quite big and there is a cafe over there. they may be loved, but the crucial question surrounds their value and of course their cost. for the past six months a committee of mps has been asking that question and listening to the answers. it found that with council budgets tight, many local parks are at a tipping point. but there is a fundamental question about the level of cuts that local
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authorities have been experiencing. we started to do some work and eventually created a 10—acre nature reserve. we have planted 60,000 trees to encourage flora and fauna. the innovation started here on the edge of the pennines, more than 30 years ago. it's vital for the community to have this sort of open space. if it's looked after and maintained, it's for their benefit. as well as the nature reserve there is a community garden and a football pitch. it is the result of partnerships between the council, the charity groundwork and local volunteers. a model example of how public green spaces can determine their own future. it was a redundant piece of land, fly tipping and things like that, from that, we were able to create
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this community garden and help out with adding some elements to the sports pitch. it helped the group service the community a lot more, and more and more people could get involved with that. long—term it is a cost saving to the council, but the councils have to be responsible about what they are doing. the mps are calling on the government and local authorities to ensure they have strategic lands in place for these emeralds, these green jewels in the crown. they believe parks must remain publicly owned, open to all and free of charge. from flood management to healthy living to biodiversity of wildlife, our parks and green spaces can be the lungs and the heart of our increasingly urbanised lives. because for years snowdonia in north wales has been
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establishing itself as a centre for adventure sports — and the latest extreme activity has been created in former slate mines brought back to life, as mike discovered when he joined a school party in one of the vast caverns, at blaenou ffestiniog. at blaenau ffestiniog. it is slippy. beneath this sci—fi landscape there is an industrial world waiting to be discovered again. a labyrinth of tunnels and cavern, 24 storeys deep. former slate mines now to be explored using climbing skills and zip wire, giving you an insight into the life of a miner, 200 feet up on the life of a miner, 200 feet up on the rock face. tell me this is not real, that this is a horrible dream? all that supports you are staples hammered into the rock. of course, you are safe thanks to a harness and two special clips which cannot be unhooked at the same time but
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your mind paralyses you with fear. i am on a wooden plank 100 feet in the air across an old quarry! see you later. what is incredible is when you stop for a moment and look down and look around and realise this is where people worked! how terrifying must that have been?! some forced to work here were as young as six years old. when i first came here i learned what the miners had to do with all the tools. we have a great safety system but theyjust used to wrap chains around their legs and hang on the edge of the wall. it is crazy that they would do that for 12 hours a day in the pitch black. eroll worked on the open mines here until the 1970s when his work dried up, but now he is back working as a safety inspector. it has given them a new lease of life. it brings people and money in. there is a saying that blaenau ffestiniog roofed the world so we are very proud of the culture and we have embraced that culture. once you've had the training it is up to you to get around
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the three—hour long course. slowly but surely you conquer the fears in your head. it is starting to become more enjoyable now. once you've had the training it is up to you to get around the three—hour long course. slowly but surely you conquer the fears in your head. it is starting to become more enjoyable now. the sensation when you have achieved it is outstanding. you learn more about yourself going round there than you do looking at your iphone. the ten and 11—year—old school pupils took it in their stride. but having seen one lad fall off the monkey bars 200 feet up... it was really scary, and i felt like i did a backflip. i thought i would fall. i gave it a miss, taking a different route for the final, heart—stopping challenge. i am not going to look down. this is the stairway to heaven. and they save the steepest zip wire to last. ohhh! some people do this everyday! mad!

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