good afternoon. president trump says he may rewrite his travel ban, after his initial attempt to bar travellers from seven mainly muslim countries was blocked by the courts. but he said he hasn't ruled out an appeal to the supreme court over his original directive. it's unclear what his new immigration plan might look like. david willis sent this report. after a federal appeals court backed a stay of his executive order, donald trump vowed he would see his opponents in court. speaking on air force one, en route to his weekend retreat in florida, the president revealed he was actively weighing other alternatives. we'll win that battle, but we also have a lot of other options, including just filing a brand—new order on monday. i like to surprise you. we need speed for reasons of security, so it could very well be that we do that. 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 entering the united states. it caused chaos at airports and sparked protests across the country. quite how the white house might rewrite the order isn't clear, although lawyers would almost certainly have to address the claim that, in its existing form, the order is unconstitutional, in that it blocks entry to the united states on the grounds of religion. mr trump has continued to insist that tough immigration measures are crucial to america's national security. david willis, bbc news, washington. labour frontbenchers who defied jeremy corbyn in the commons brexit vote will be sent a formal written warning over their behaviour but will not be sacked. mr corbyn had ordered his mps to vote to back brexit. but 52 labour mps rebelled in wednesday's vote, including 14junior frontbenchers. all rather unusual this? it is.

normally if a front bench mp votes against a direct order from the party leadership one of two thing happens, they resign or they are fired. for these 1a happens, they resign or they are fired. for these 14junior happens, they resign or they are fired. for these 1a junior labour frontbenchers who voted against triggering article 50, ignoring the stringest possible order from their leadership, a three line whip, they are getting off with nothing more than a formal warning. in the next few days the 14 will get letters from the leadership team, insisting simply they must comply with the whip in future. three of those rebels are themselves whips, means they face the potentially awkward task of persuading colleagues over the next few weeks to obey rules they themselves have just broken. by not firing these mps, jeremy corbyn has saved himself a potential human resources challenge, because in a party where a significant number of mps are refusing to work with the leadership as part of their top

team, his options for finding replacements were potentially limited. thank you. three iraqis have been killed after police forces protecting baghdad's fortified green zone fired at protesters who were heading to the area. the demonstrators, who had gathered in their thousands in the heart of the capital, were demanding electoral reform ahead of provincial elections due in september. thousands of british school children are to be offered intensive lessons in cyber—security, to encourage more teenagers to pursue a career in defending the country from online attacks. it's hoped almost 6,000 pupils aged 14 and over will spend up to four hours a week on the subject in a five—year pilot. here's 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 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. volunteers in new zealand say

a further 240 whales have become stranded on a beach on the country's south island. hundreds have already died in one of the biggest ever mass strandings in the country's history. it's hoped they'll be able to swim to safety during the next high tide. you might find some of the scenes in this report by kathryn stanczyszyn distressing. doing whatever they can to help before it's too late. these volunteers have been working for many hours, trying to keep the whales cool as they lie stranded. some say singing also helps to keep them calm, but what they really need is high tide. very quickly this tide has come racing in, and now we're all up to our knees, some people are up to their waists in water, and we're starting to get a bit of floating, and we're just helping assist the whales with their breathing until the water gets deep enough

they can swim. this is one of the worst whale strandings in new zealand's history. 400 whales came into farewell spit on thursday. rescuers managed to refloat 100 of them, but they failed to stop another stranding of 240. scientists don't know for sure why beaching happens. the whales could simply have become lost. one theory is that if a single whale gets stuck, others follow its distress signal. but once it has happened, it can lead to devastation. for those ones that restrand there's very little chance they will ever swim away, so we have to euthanise those ones there. we do hope they coral their resources and head back out to sea. it's very difficult to manage that part of it, but dealing with the ones that are let is quite an issue. efforts are stood down overnight for safety reasons, but the logistics of trying to save these whales and then dealing with the aftermath if they can't will start again tomorrow. kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news. sport now and here is mike.

good afternoon. it's one of the biggest days in the six nations calendar as wales try to be the team, to give eddiejones a first defeat, as england coach. 0ur correspondentjoe wilson is at the principality stadium in cardiff. where do you think this game will be won or lost? well, good question, we spent so much of this week looking for clues in history, england's superior record in cardiff when the roof is open, wales' victory in 2013, 30 points against an english tea m 2013, 30 points against an english team buoyant then. what will be key is whether england's players can cope with the atmosphere, even with the lid off it will be a cauldron. wales have experience where ever you look. both teams will be desperate to be more urgent from the start than in their opening weekend. that is crucial for ireland. 0ne

than in their opening weekend. that is crucialfor ireland. 0ne imminent vic friday for england, the women's international is ongoing but england against wales have scored over 60 point, they are looking like the professionalles which they are. iam sure professionalles which they are. i am sure the men's will be closer. thank you. the early premier league kick off is already underway at the emirates. arsenal are taking on a re—juvenated hull city. sanchez has put arsenal ahead. just after the half hour mark. have another look because the replay show thatis another look because the replay show that is an chez, he bundled it in with his hand, although whether he meant it or not is another question. arsenal are in fourth but have lost the last two matches. 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 that that's it. he mentioned when we were talking last night that he's coming to the end. i have never heard him say that. this week marked one year to go until the winter olympics, which could be team gb‘s best—ever. they achieved a record—equalling four medals in sochi three years ago, but that figure could yet increase as inevstigations into russian doping continue. the gb bobsleigh team may be upgraded to bronze, but have remained quiet on the issue, until now. they've spoken exclusively to our 0lympic reporter nick hope. the british four—man team delivered an impressive fifth place in 2014 but could they have been celebrating greater success? russia finished first and fourth but the host nation's result have been discredited with the damning report alleging over 1,000 russian athletes benefitted from a state sponsored doping programme. for me it's the

biggest sporting scandal of my lifetime. i think it is huge. biggest sporting scandal of my lifetime. ithink it is huge. do biggest sporting scandal of my lifetime. i think it is huge. do you feel like you are the bronze medallist? i suppose i kind of do. we were that close and we know that we competed clean. clean. ifi had we were that close and we know that we competed clean. clean. if i had a bronze medal it would be nice, the moment has gone, it is nearly four years ago, looking at the next one, its would be a nice but not the occasion it would have been. its would be a nice but not the occasion it would have beenm its would be a nice but not the occasion it would have been. if it is changed who would that mean? the truth would be more important to me than receiving the medal itself. the international olympic committee are investigating the findings of the report, so no—one knows what will happen to the results from sochi 2014. what we know is that the city won't be hosting this year's skeleton and bobsleigh world championship. they were stripped of that event. it will happen in germany from next week. that is something the gb athletes are in favour of until things are properly investigated i don't think it was

safe to sochi from a sporting perspective. we are required to provide whereabouts for where we are and provide samples at a moment's notice, it is safer being done in a country that we can trust at the moment. i don't think that country right now is russia. those stripped of the right russia will compete in germany next week, with the team hoping to challenge for a medal on the day rather than several years later. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at the earlier time hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with sophie long. as we've been hearing around 100 pilot whales that were stranded

on new zealand's south island have now been refloated. a team of volunteers helped get them back into the water. but they're now concerned about a new pod that's beached further south. well, a little earlier i got the latest from herb christophers, from the department of conservation in wellington, who has been involved in the rescue. the most recent stranding, 240 whales, south of where the original stranding was, even further into the harbour which presents more difficulty to get them out. it looks like tomorrow will be very busy. there is a high tide tonight at about 11:10pm, about now i think. then there is going to be another high tide again about 11:50 tomorrow. the best chance of survival for these stranded creatures comes tomorrow with the new high tide. there is nobody in the water at the moment. we get them out of the water for the safety of everybody involved. we won't be back in the water until first light tomorrow.

for those ones that re—strand there is very little chance they will be able to ever swim away so we have to euthanise those ones there. we do hope that they corral their resources and head back out to sea. it is very difficult to manage that part. dealing with the ones left is quite an issue and there's probably a lot of big holes to be dug or other ways of disposing of the more than 300 whales that will probably end up on the beach over the next day or two. whale strandings, farewill spit is extremely well known for its whale strandings, but ones on this scale are very rare, the biggest one recorded was in the chatham islands, more than 1000 individuals and then there was another in the auckland area of 450 in 1918. this is right up there. the original stranding was just over 400 and the most recent was 240. quite a lot of logistics involved in trying to do the best by the animals and look

after their welfare. veterans have welcomed the government's decision to shut down a £34 million probe into allegations of abuse made against british troops in iraq. 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. sergeant brian wood of the princess of wales' royal regiment was wrongly accused of war crimes after a fierce battle with insurgents in iraq in 2004. he says allegations against troops were not properly scrutinised before being pursued by the inquiry. they should have looked into them in so much detail before releasing it as a public inquiry and going into a courtroom, you know, i have never been in that situation before, never, having to get cross examined in an intimidating environment like that of people questioning and questioning and

questioning my actions, i sort of questioned my actions also, because i was getting told that many times that i potentially did wrong. i started to think what had i done wrong? ijust knew, me and my fellow soldiers and values and integrity and standards of the british army were of the highest order. the government has defended its handling of the inquiry. the veterans minister mark lancaster said the ministry of defence had stepped in as soon as it could. i hope everybody accepts that the government does have a duty to investigate allegations, and that's precisely why, in good faith, this team was set up. clearly, after the inquiry it became clear, when thejudge 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 process has taken some two years.

i regret it's taken two years, but at least we do have a positive outcome, and of course there will be lessons to be learned from this as we move forward. it's taken a lot longer than i would have hoped for, but nonetheless, the government has taken positive action, and today we see the outcome of that. afg ha n afghan officials say at least eight people have been killed. many of those who died were queueing outside a bank to collect salaries when a car loaded with explosives was driven into an army vehicle parked nearby in the capital of helmand province. around 20 people were wounded. no group has admitted carrying out the bombing. campaigners have delivered a petition at downing street with 50,000 signatures calling for theresa may to allow more child refugees to come to britain. the government this week scrapped its plans to re—home thousands of unaccompanied children from syria and other war zones after the

arrival of just 150 and other war zones after the arrival ofjust150 youngsters. and other war zones after the arrival of just 150 youngsters. the campaign has been led by lord dubs who himself came to britain as a refugee from the nazis at the age of six. the argument for child refugees todayis six. the argument for child refugees today is a humanitarian argument and it doesn't depend on the person putting the case. however because i came to this country in the play i have an emotional involvement with it. can i say this? this country has been wonderful to me in terms of the welcome i have received and the opportunities i have had and i would like other unaccompanied child refugees coming here to have the same warm welcome and to be given the same opportunities. the headlines on bbc news... president trump says he may rewrite the travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. labour issues formal written warnings to front bench mps who defied jeremy corbyn in the commons brexit vote. a further 240 pilot whales have become stranded on a remote beach in new zealand — more than 300 died after becoming

beached on thursday. at least six people are reported to have been killed in an earthquake in the philippines. the 6.5 magnitude tremor struck the southern island of mindanao in the middle of the night. the worst affected area was around surigao — where more than 100 people were injured. ben hennessy reports. family members watch on as emergency workers pull a body from a collapsed home in surigao city. many had been asleep when the magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck late on friday night. it sent panicked residents fleeing onto the streets. translation: my family and i were at home sleeping around ten o'clock when everything suddenly shook. it was really strong. hospitals were pushed as the injured came in.

more than 100 people were hurt, but that number is expected to rise. as emergency workers comb through homes looking for casualties. by daybreak the full scale of the destruction was clear. dozens of buildings were damaged while power was cut in many areas. already there has been nearly 100 after—shocks, making clean—up and rescue efforts slow. for many though the situation isn't new. sitting close to the pacific ring of fire, earthquakes in the philippines are common. the last deadly quake in 2013 killed 220 people. 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 and there's more litter. john maguire reports. what have parks ever done for us? we've taken up tennis. we're not very good! we're not wimbledon standard. it's got all the facilities for the kids. it feels almost wild, even though you're in the centre of london. this is very close to my house, so we don't have far to walk with the children. it's the perfect place to walk, it's 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. so 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 so tight, many local parks are at a tipping point. what of their viability, what of their future? how can they be saved? instead of regarding parks as only a leisure and recreation area of service, we should be thinking about parks as big contributors to public health and to environmental

policy and to community cohesion. and maybe they can be re—prioritised. but there is a fundamentally a problem about the level of cuts that local 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, in 0ldham, 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

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. as we've been hearing a campaign to reunite a woman

with her 150—year—old family wedding dress after a dry cleaners went bust has gone viral. tess newall was heartbroken after her great—great—grandmother‘s dress went missing when the shop where it had been taken to be cleaned, in edinburgh, closed down. the dress, which has belonged to her family since 1870, was given to the 29—year—old by her grandmother to wear on her wedding day lastjune. well, a little earlier i spoke to both tess and her husband alfred. ijust i just couldn't believe ijust couldn't believe it. my mum called me on thursday night and told me the news and she was crying and then i burst into tears and had a sleepless night and just felt i had to do something so i'd popped it on facebook and i have been overwhelmed by the response. what kind of response have you had so far? anything that is looking hopeful to? yeah, there has been so many people

just reaching out and being so supportive and helpful and there have been some helpful leads. a couple of girls have had the exact same situation with the same dry cleaner and same administrators so very similar stories, cleaner and same administrators so very similarstories, but cleaner and same administrators so very similar stories, but one of the girls had been passing the shop in november, december and her dress wasn't due to be ready until ours was, it always takes three months. she called the administrators and demanded to go and see her dress, to find it. she was let in for one day and found hers all crumpled up in a bag in the basement. and the administrator then said it is lucky she came, because the rest were going to be sent to auction which obviously she was shocked that. there was nothing she could do. there was nothing she could do. there have been a few stories similar with exactly the same cleaner and administrators and we just need some questions answered.

have you been actually able to go into the dry clean used yourself like this other girl or not? no, my pa rents like this other girl or not? no, my parents haven't been inside. it is all boarded up. when my dad went there in mid—january he said he could do was call the administrators numberand could do was call the administrators number and they been very unhelpful. there is just no answers at all.|j think i'm right in saying, was at your dad who took that dress to the dry—clean? i know you had some emotional scenes on the phone to your mum, you are not emotional scenes on the phone to your mum, you are not cross emotional scenes on the phone to your mum, you are not cross with him at all? no, i am not cross with dad. he did a lot of research and it was supposed to be a really good one, it had a royal warrant, it obviously fell on hard times and it closed and it is just the dealings of that have obviously been mishandled. alfred, what has your role been in all this, emotional support? are you heading up emotional support? are you heading up the campaign to get it back as well? yeah, just sort of emotional

support for tess and making sure that we can chase up any leads that become available as the campaign gathers more speed. it isjust amazing. tess has been getting lots of messages through from other girls thatjust wish the of messages through from other girls that just wish the best and some of the leads are actually quite useful. fingers crossed and hoping for the best. tess has obviously got huge sentimental value, notjust best. tess has obviously got huge sentimentalvalue, notjust for best. tess has obviously got huge sentimental value, not just for you but your grandmother as well, your whole family, we know much about the original owner, which grandmother said and what about monetary value? have you got any sense if the worst case scenario does unfold and you don't get it back, will there be any kind of compensation? yet, there will be an insurance claim and the lady who helped with alterations is a specialist antique lace and she will be able to give it a value but it is obviously completely priceless to us and a piece of ourfamily

history which i was essentiallyjust borrowing and it needs to have more life in it and be warned by more of us life in it and be warned by more of us for generations to come. it is ha rd to us for generations to come. it is hard to think about the financial thing for now. ijust hope we can find the dress itself. the british sailor alex thomson says he'll compete again in the next vendee globe race. last month he claimed second place in the gruelling solo round—the—world yacht race — only 16 hours behind the french winner. 0ur correspondent steve humphries caught up with him earlier today on his arrival back into gosport. alex johnson's exploits alexjohnson's exploits in the round the world race captured the imagination of millions of people. today he has been given a rousing welcome in his home town of gosport. all around the race he was trying to

catch up with the leader in his damaged boat. in the end he had to settle for second place on the finishing line of the french coast. but today thousands of people have turned out to welcome him home. alex, what do you think, huge welcome home? it is amazing. very emotional and it is great to share it with my son 0scar emotional and it is great to share it with my son oscar and the whole family. it is going to be a great day. does it bring it home to you just how many people were following you during the race? it is amazing. when you are out there it is isolating. when you see such a massive welcome comeback it is incredible. what are your next plans? what is the next big project for you? the next big project will be to put together a competitive challenge for the 2020 vendee so we have to get the right team of people together and funding and hopefully we can bring in a british winner. third place, second base, next time

round... in france, they say premier, it means first. as alex says the objective now is to put together that competitive bid to win the vendee globe race in 2020. it looks a bit grey there in gosport in hampshire. let's find out what it is going to do for the rest of the day. nick miller has all the weather prospects. there are some weekends where it is difficult to come to work because there is bright blue sky outside but i had no trouble coming to work today, it is dull and damp and of course cold across many parts of the uk. unless you have got a covering of snow, taking the kids sledging and you think that is a breezy bonus for the weekend. there is some snow out there and a lot is falling as rain and sleet, some as snow over higher ground. not huge amounts. a cold feel in the north—easterly wind. some sunshine

in north—west scotland summit everywhere is great, dull and damp. it is largely dry to the west of northern ireland. some sleet and snow over the night and more tends to be snow in the pennines and the district. strengthening wind overnight as well. severe frost in north—west scotland. close to freezing elsewhere. i see in places. some snow falling to quite low levels in parts of north—east england, the east midlands