this is bbc world news today, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. president trump says he won't give up on his travel ban — and could submit new legislation in the coming days. we will win that battle but we have other options. clashes in the iraqi capital, baghdad over government corruption — have left at least five people dead. at least six people die and dozens are injured as a powerful earthquake hits the philippines. and another group of whales is stranded on a beach in new zealand. it comes after 300 died in the same bay on friday. president trump says he's considering issuing a new executive order to restrict immigration.

the president is hosting the japanese prime minister but his weekend of golf and dining is dominated by questions over what comes next from his policy on immigration. the original order banned citizens from seven mainly muslim countries from the united states. that has been overturned in the courts. mr trump told reporters on air force one a new order could beissued on air force one a new order could be issued as early as monday and he has not ruled out an appeal to the supreme court. it was one of his boldest first actions. after an appeals court backed the suspension of the ban, he said he would see his opponents in court. but speaking on air force one,

the president revealed he is now considering other options. we will win that battle. we also have a lot of other options including just filing a brand—new order on monday. i like to keep you... i would like to surprise you. we need speed for reasons of security. it could very well be that we do that. but his tweet this morning showed he is still not happy with the judges. the original executive order was signed at the end of his frantic first week. it immediately brought chaos to airport terminals and sparked protests across the country. it suspended america's refugee programme and banned travellers from seven majority muslim nations. exactly how the white house might rewrite the order is not clear.

perhaps that is something donald trump is considering this weekend as he hosts the japanese prime minister in florida. lawyers would almost certainly have to address the claim that the ban is unconstitutional in its current form because it discriminates by blocking entry to the us on the grounds of religion. as he went for a round of golf, the president reasserted that tough immigration controls are crucial to protect america. but for now people are free to travel. so is the white house better off going to the supreme court or redrafting an executive order? how successful would a watered—down travel ban be in the courts? to answer these questions, i've been speaking to areva martin — a civil rights attorney in los angeles. i think the white house is best advised to rethink the entire

position and strategy around protecting the borders and national security issues. the court of appeal made it clear that the current executive order potentially runs foul of the constitution and they would not lift the ban on the executive order. i do not think the president will fare much better in the supreme court, we only have eightjustices the supreme court, we only have eight justices sitting and the supreme court, we only have eightjustices sitting and if it we re eightjustices sitting and if it were to make it to the court in all likelihood they would be a swift decision on ideological lines which would mean the court of opinion, the opinion would defect to be the law. essentially a major loss for the president and the administration and ido president and the administration and i do not think trying to rewrite the ban is going to fare better because civil rights lawyers have vowed to continue to fight in the court system continue to fight in the court syste m a ny continue to fight in the court system any efforts to ban individuals from this country on the basis of religion. moving on to

illegal immigrants in the united states. concerned they might be deported, tell us why they are concerned? well, there has been reports of some raids by the immigration and customs and enforcement agencies in states like california and texas and north carolina and there is tremendous fear in immigration communities primarily because of the heated rhetoric, the highly charged rhetoric, the highly charged rhetoric president from during his campaign and after he has been inaugurated around his efforts to deport millions and millions of immigrants in the country. the real concern here is priorities have changed and he is notjust going after individuals that have committed violent crimes who eve ryo ne committed violent crimes who everyone agrees should be the target of any deportation actions, but these families, we are seeing

individuals, mothers, even, who were brought here as kids to have children of their own and there is fearfamilies will children of their own and there is fear families will be torn apart and individuals who have not committed violent crimes will be swept up in the raids. you might say that the rhetoric has changed but a spokesperson for the immigration and customs enforcement says the operation was in the planning before the executive order and reports of checkpoints and that is irresponsible. what do you make of that? conflicting information. we are being told different things depending on where the information comes from about whether these raids are as a result of the president's stepped up immigration policies or if they were all ready planned before trump was elected. right now, there was such a high level of distrust of the administration it is ha rd to distrust of the administration it is hard to know which stories are believable. many thanks. clashes in the iraqi capital, baghdad, between the security forces and supporters of a powerful

shia muslim cleric have left at least five people dead. the trouble began with a demonstration against corruption by tens of thousands of protesters waving iraqi flags. alan johnston reports. huge numbers of demonstraters converged on a square in the heart of baghdad. they chanted anti—government slogans. they complained of corruption and demanded changes to a commission which oversees elections. then some protesters tried to move towards a nearby area known as the green zone, which houses government ministries. riot police were determined to drag them back, and the deadly violence erupted. video images from the scene show tear gas filling the air and the sound of explosions and gunfire can be heard. well, staying in the region — in afghanistan, at least six people have been killed and many more wounded in a blast in southern helmand province.

the explosion took place in the provincial capital, lashkar gah — the taliban has said it was behind the attack. a spokesperson for the regional governor told the bbc that the attacker drove a car into an afghan national army vehicle parked near a bank. the target was a bank where government employees come every month to collect their salaries. it is seen as a soft target because this bank has been targeted in a similar manner a few years ago. after a few hours, the taliban claimed responsibility saying the target was afghan national army personnel. helmand has been the subject of heavy fighting and in the past few months even in the months of winter there has been sporadic

fighting in the province where it is said 80% of it is now under taliban control. helmand is a strategic province and that is for the taliban and government. come summer, the fighting will become even more intense. some other news... violence has broken out in the paris suburbs at a demonstration in support of a twenty—two year—old black man named theo. the young victim was allegedly sodomised with a baton during an arrest last week. some of the protesters threw firecrackers at police patrolling the demonstration in bobigny, and a car was set on firet. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker says he doubts that the remaining 27 members of the union can maintain a united front as they negotiate britain's exit from the eu. in an interview with german radio, to be broadcast tomorrow, he also reiterated that britain could not negotiate trade deals as long as it remained a member of the european uunion. the polish prime minister beata szydlo is said to be in a stable condition in hospital

after her official car hit a tree in the south of the country. a spokesman said she would remain in hospitalfor a spokesman said she would remain in hospital for tests but to carry out all her duties as the head of the government. at least six people are reported to have been killed in a 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 a hundred people were injured. ben hennessy reports. family members watch on as emergency workers pull a body from a collapsed home. many had been asleep when the magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck late on friday night. it sent panicked residents fleeing to the streets. hospitals were pushed as the injured

came in. more than 100 people were hurt but that number is expected to rise. emergency workers combed through homes looking for casualties. heavy snow and rainfall in eastern italy is continuing to cause damage. this is the mountain village of bisenti in the abruzzi region. access to the village is now completely shut off after two landslides. snow in the area reached two metres in height. elsewhere, in the region a ten metre — wide and deep — pit has opened up in chieti. the city's been hit several snowfalls and quakes in recent weeks. 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 stanchesin 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 refloat100 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 corral 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 left 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. stay with us here on bbc news... still to come... huge swathes of australia are in the grip of an extreme heatwave — with firefighters worried about bushfires. mr nelson mandela, a freeman taking his first steps into a new south

africa. iran's spiritual leader says he has passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author ofa 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. because of his considerable value, shergar was kept ina considerable value, shergar was kept in a secure box on a stud farm. she was driven away, the thieves bought it with them. the stepped down from the plane, a 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. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines... president

donald trump says he will not give up donald trump says he will not give up on his travel ban and could submit new legislation in the coming days. clashes in the iraqi capital, baghdad — over government corruption — have left at least five people dead. australia is known as a country of extreme weather and that is certainly the case right now. in western australia, residents are being evacuated as floodwaters threaten their homes. in the east, authorities are warning of catastrophic bushfire conditions as the mercury soars past 45 degrees. lucy martin has more. residents evacuated their homes as floodwaters threatened to inundate the west australian town. the nearby river has swelled after days of torrential rain. locals say the water levels are the highest they have seen in 30 years. three people we re have seen in 30 years. three people were rescued with some properties cut off by the floodwaters. my

backyard will go under, i reckon. it has six inches to go. we have sandbagged around us to try to stop it but if it comes, it comes. more rain is expected over the next few days. and while the west has had too much of it, australians on the east coast are sweltering through a record—breaking heatwave. temperatures reached over a0 degrees in more than 50 cities and towns across the state of new south wales. the highest was a7 points six. authorities say the worst is yet to come. the most catastrophic fire conditions in new south wales's history are expected in parts of the states north on sunday. it is not another summers day or bad fire, this is as bad as it gets in the circumstances. it is simply not a

safe environment which is why we are making it clear to people that the only safe place to be is not in at risk areas. the bush is a no-go zone but conditions are better in sydney where thousands of people are taking to the beach. some sport other big day in rugby. yes, we will bring you up day in rugby. yes, we will bring you up to date. liverpool have won for the first time in the premier league in 2017. it's quite a scalp they've claimed too. they beat second placed tottenham 2—nil at anfield to move back into the top four... liverpool forward sadio mane got both goals. within two first half minutes as well... tottenham had no answer. withjurgen klopp relieved to finally get his first three points of the year. all this being nervous and stuff, it could have happened, show something

but the positive crowd was fantastic and a big joy to play here tonight and a big joy to play here tonight and it was a wonderful wonderful sign. alexis sanchez scored twice for arsenal as they ended a run of two straight league defeats with a two nil win over hull city. the chilean is now the premier league's top scorer with 17. he's eased some of the pressure on his manager arsene wenger. he has faced renewed calls to step down after more than two decades at the club. we played resilient, focused, organised but we wonder big pressure to win the game. they played well and we need to be focused and come away with a positive result. manchester united beating watford at old trafford to extend their unbeaten run in the league to sixteen games. juan mata opened the scoring before anthony martial — making his first start in nearly a month — added a second late on. people sometimes forget these teams

like watford and stoke, many of the medium teams in the table, they have very good players. and i look at this team and these players were in italy when i was and they were playing in the napoli, in milan, eilat ceo, these are top players with top experience so the players are good, these teams are much better than in the past. they can discuss results with a top teams so i'm pleased because the three points are important. these the results... in spain barcelona have gone top of the primera division after thrashing alaves 6—nil. the two will meet in the copa

del rey final in may... luis suarez scored twice. they're above real madrid by two points but have played three games more. real are currently leading at osasuna. bayern munich are now seven points clear in germany's bundesliga. they won 2—nil at ingolstadt while second placed rb leipzig lost 3—nil at home to hamburg. the teams in third and fourth also lost... eintracht frankfurt at leverkusen... and borussia dortmund to darmstadt. onto rugby union and a thrilling encounter in cardiff was won by england over wales thanks to a late try from eliot daly. they've extended their record winning run to 16 now... but spent most the match holding the welsh at bay. the home side pretty much throughout before daly‘s touchdown in the final five minutes. if you could bottle the ingredients

that got england over the line today, as with france, what is it? it is gripped. the players believe we can be the best in the world. if you want to be the best you have to win the games. you are not at your best against an opposition playing well, and we did that today. after defeat to scotland last week... they ran in nine tries to score the competition's first bonus point thanks to a 63—10 thrashing. that is all the sport for now. the movie industry in pakistan has long been overshadowed by the output from bollywood — so when indian films were boycotted in pakistan, many cinemas reported falling audiences. that ban has now been lifted — but pakistani actors

are still effectively prevented from working in india. now one pakistani leading man is calling for the two nations to open up their film industries to each other. osman khalid butt says it would benefit both nations — and the bbc asian network's haroon rashid went to find out why. it was assumed he would not have any competition at the pakistani box office because of the ban on bollywood films. now the movies are backin bollywood films. now the movies are back in business and the start of the romantic drama says it is a good thing. we're not producing enough content in pakistan to sustain ourselves on oui’ own. content in pakistan to sustain ourselves on our own. generations have grown up on bollywood so to remove that we saw ourselves promoting the movie that it was put for the cinemas because of the lack of indian movies so i believe it is great and healthy competition because it forces us to up our game and show what we have got to offer

in pakistan. on the other side of the border in india, pakistani actors and stars are still banned from being part of bollywood films, is itfair from being part of bollywood films, is it fair pakistan is allowing their films to screen? there is a lot ofjingoism and patriotism, when even our actors go across the border call people claim it is the power of the indian and why not stay in pakistan, even if we do not mention it and were critical we do feel pride at the plethora of indian talent available and pakistani talent available and pakistani talent was chosen on the basis of their work and the work ethic and experience so i believe it is unfair. andi experience so i believe it is unfair. and i feel experience so i believe it is unfair. and ifeel india should be relaxing its policies after pakistan has removed the ban. it has all the ingredients of a typical bollywood film but how realistic is this representation of pakistan? an interesting question, especially

because we live in a post—trump world and all the cliches you associate with salvation —— south asian region are coming back into play. people are have a myopic vision of what pakistan as a country is, they think terrorism and women in burqas and no women in parliament or education but that is not the case. it portrays and showcases to the world pakistan is not what you think and see in the news and the rhetoric you hear donald trump talking about, bad is and ban muslims. these are trigger words and we're trying to showcase the poetry, the beauty and the majesty of our country and show there are people just like any other people. whether the film is enough to change mindsets remains to be seen, it is getting people talking. after more than 50 years trapped in india, a chinese man has finally returned to his home country. wang qi was working as an army surveyor in 1963

when he accidentally crossed into india. lacking the necessary documents he was unable to leave the country and had been there ever since. after initially flying to beijing, he finally landed in his home city of xianyang, where he was greeted by family members and staff from the chinese foreign ministry. his return follows a report by the bbc on his plight. needless to say he was very happy to be home. live two pictures from neath in france. authorities are on high alert and security is tight as carnival celebrations get underway in the south of france. tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the annual festival in nice, marking a week before the start of lent. in the wake the wake of last year's bastille day truck massacre, which left 86 people dead, authorities are taking no chances. a carnival atmosphere.

if you're fed up with the cold weather, heads of something warm as weather, heads of something warm as we head into next week. it seems a long way off at the moment. there was some sunshine today, but you had to go was some sunshine today, but you had togoa was some sunshine today, but you had to go a way, the of scotland, we saw scenes like this to my dusting of snow on the high ground is in the chilterns. a wintry nights, rain, sleet and snow, most of the snow on the high ground, central and eastern areas but in the heavy bursts not to be problems except on the highest roots. temperatures close to just above freezing for much of the night. a bleak start, nine o'clock tomorrow, two and three with a

nagging wind. lots of cloud with dampness around, some snow, low levels in eastern england and the peak district and pennines are affected. across northern ireland and scotland, not much rain, sleet or snow. dry weather and the best of the sunshine across the far north—west. most of us will do well to see much blue sky. cloud, a nagging easterly wind and we keep dampness at times. further snowfall on the snowdonia, the peak district and the pennines. there were down, mostly rain. three or a degrees typical and that she'll accentuated by the wind which will strengthen further through the night. more by further through the night. more rugby taking place... cold and damp. the wind will strengthen further and by monday a good gale blowing across western coasts and hills, watch out for that. increasing amounts of

sunshine spreading up from the south and it will make all the difference to the feel of the weather, temperatures higher so still pretty raw across the north—east. we do lose the blues, the yellows take over, it may take some time to warm up over, it may take some time to warm up in some places but it is heading in the right direction. many of us struggling, three or a degrees and a slow rise but by midweek with sunshine and double digit temperatures, it should feel better. the latest headlines. us president donald trump has told reporters he will bring forward a new executive

order to replace the proposed travel ban suspended by the courts. it barred entry to the us from citizens of seven mainly muslim nations of the clashes in baghdad have left at least five people dead. the trouble broke out between the security forces and supporters of a shia muslim cleric. people have been killed in a suicide attack in helmand province foot it targeted afg ha n helmand province foot it targeted afghan soldiers queueing up outside a bank to collect salaries. workers are trying to help hundreds of whales stranded on a beach in new zealand. it is the latest incident following the death of 300 wales on the same beach on friday.