a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump signs a revised travel ban against six mainly muslim countries. his team says it will overcome any legal challenge. france's francois fillon finally gets the backing of his centre right party as their candidate in next month's presidential election despite his troubled campaign. and china targets traffic pollution as it promises to "make the skies blue again," but is it losing the battle against the smog? and remembering those who perished on the herald of free enterprise, britain's worst peacetime disaster at sea since the sinking of the titanic. president trump has finally signed his replacement executive order on immigration.

it reimposes travel restrictions on six muslim—majority nations. but the new order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. even so, new legal challenges are expected, as nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america's airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to president trump. so today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. the washington press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph ta ken instead by a white house staffer. he left it to a senior administration officials to sell one of his signature policies. it is the president's solemn duty to protect the american people.

and with this order president trump is exercising his rightful authority to keep our people safe. whilst citizens from somalia, sudan, syria, iran, libya and yemen are still affected, iraq, unlike last time, is not on the list. people with legal residency in the us who are holders of green cards and those who already had visas will not be subject to the ban. syrian refugees originally banned indefinitely are not singled out for harsher treatment. the trump administration claims some refugees pose a potential terror threat. in fact, today more than 300 people, according to the fbi, who came here as refugees, are under an fbi investigation today for potential terrorism—related activities. by delaying its implementation until later in the month the white house is hoping to avoid a repeat of the botched roll—out of the original travel ban. removing iraq, a key ally, is designed to make it more politically palatable

for republican critics. and the trump administration has tried to make it legally watertight. but to constitutional scholars think they have succeeded? there are still grounds to challenge this executive order. in fact, they are the same grounds as before, it willjust be more difficult. none of this means that courts could not strike this town or issue a restraining order, it's just that it will be tougher. this has fewer edges. the muslim neighbourhoods of america such as this one in michigan, the travel ban affects family members and friends. and many complain it also marginalises them. it's really sad because it's affecting a lot of people and it's going to hurt a lot of people. i think it's a wrong decision. i wish he would teach us how to love each other more and be more peaceful, do not say this group is bad, that group is bad. america has long celebrated

its welcoming tradition towards immigrants, symbolised by the statue of liberty. but opinion on the travel ban exposes deep divisions here between those who protest it's un—american and those who believe it's necessary to protect the american homeland. let's go to washington and speak former republican congressman, bob walker. he was a top advisor to president trump during the election campaign, and has also been working with his transition team. clearly, a lot of people are not going to be happy about this. there will be more protesting. iraq was removed, a key ally, to make it more pliable to republican critics. has it made them happy?” pliable to republican critics. has it made them happy? i am not certain i agree with you that it will make people unhappy. some people will be more happy as a result of it. we have people in this country who want open borders in the united states. i

don't think that is something most of the american people want. i think this order will more than likely be a cce pta ble this order will more than likely be acceptable to a vast number of the american people. and yet it is still going to be challenged, clearly, isn't it? we know that the driver for this was candidate donald trump's pledge to ban muslims. rudy giuliani said he wanted a legalform of this. and a senior donald trump advises said it will have the same basic policy outcomes. not much is different. this is not aimed atjust mosul, it is aimed at six countries that we have reason to believe cannot adequately clear that people so cannot adequately clear that people so that they are safe. the attorney general said today that there are about 300 people who came in under

the refugee programme who are now under investigation for terrorist activities. so this is something which is temporary in nature. it goes for 120 days. and the fact is that we will tighten up our process and have a better immigration system asa and have a better immigration system as a result of it. some other figures. in a0 years there have been no fatal terrorist attacks on us soil by nationals of any of these six countries. this ban would not have kept any of the 9/11 people out and would have only stopped one of those who attacked paris in 2015. 91 americans are killed by other americans are killed by other americans in gun violence every year —— day and this feels like a priority? in some cities they are not dealing with gang activities. but the fact is american people feel

strongly that the refugee programme had the potential to bring people in. i mean, we know now that in other countries that there have been terrorists among the refugees that have come in. and we know there are training camps that are training even young children to come in as a pa rt even young children to come in as a part of the refugee programme and caused programme “— part of the refugee programme and caused programme —— problems in the countries they are going. we are acting ina countries they are going. we are acting in a way to make sure we have the strongest possible efforts to make sure we have top security. thank you very much. thank you for coming in the programme. 0k. nice to be with you. some other news now. three weeks of negotiating a new power sharing deal in northern ireland have begun following last week's election. the main unionist and republican parties have almost the same number of seats after sinn fein made significant ground. arlene foster, the leader of the biggest unionist party, is refusing to step down despite rivals sinn fein already

saying they will not support her as first minister. north korea's official news agency has reported that monday's launch of four missiles was a training exercise for a strike on us bases in japan. the country's leader, kim jung—un reportedly supervised the drill and personally ordered it to start. leaders of the french centre—right have reasserted their support a company run by the queen's grandson was paid more than $900,000 for organising a charity event to celebrate her 90th birthday last year. it was the idea of peter phillips, but the event was not put out to tender. the company's fee was almost double the amount the lunch raised for charities and other organisations that have the queen as patron. in france, leaders from the main centre right party have backed francois fillon as their candidate in next month's presidential election, despite his troubled campaign. mr fillon has been accused of misusing public funds, but this evening his party colleagues "unanimously" renewed their support for his candidature, following a discussion about the allegations which have clouded the fillon campaign.

here's our paris correspondent lucy williamson on how this could affect the presidential race. well, it probably will not make things any easier for marine le pen. she might have hoped to inherit some of his most loyal supporters if he we re of his most loyal supporters if he were forced to stand down. on the other hand, the party has quite a lot of work to do to drop back some of their most centrist voters who may have gone towards the manuel. that could be difficult. —— emmanuel. —— macron. it is still a gamble. they find themselves hemmed in with two problems. they're running out of time to confirm presidential candidate by the end of next week. and the other fundamental problem is that francois fillon simply would not go no matter how bad things got in the past few weeks. he simply said he would not stand down. that somewhat forced the hand of the party. that is something

he repeated tonight going into the meeting. it looks that he has won that war, but the presidential race is still wide open. lucy williamson for us there. 30 years ago, 193 people died, when a cross—channel ferry, heading for dover —— capsized outside the belgian port of zeebrugge. it was britain's worst peacetime disaster at sea since the sinking of the titanic. the herald of free enterprise got into difficulties within minutes of setting sail, because the crew had failed to close the ferry doors. ceremonies and services have been held in south—east england and in belgium, involving survivors, rescuers, and families of victims.

0ur correspondent duncan kennedy reports. in the choppy waters of the north sea, not far from where the herald went down, the residents of belgium reached out to the people of britain in the day's first act of remembrance. it was 30 years ago tonight, the herald of free enterprise capsized just outside zeebrugge harbour. a crew member had left the bow doors open and water surged in. she tookjust 90 seconds to roll over. a cross—channel sailing became a mid—channel disaster. archive: below there was chaos, people clawing and fighting their way up, injured and freezing cold... in the grim night of horror and loss that followed, 193 people died — day—trippers, lorry drivers, crew. all the lights went out. it was completely pitch black dark. we could hear the rush of water. brian gibbons used his watch to tap on water pipes to alert rescuers. seven hours later they came. with the screams and the shouts and everything else, unfortunately some people didn't make it and the reason i'm talking to you today is, i think, people need to know what happened because of the 193 that didn't make it... sorry, it gets me a bit... three decades on, the legacy of the herald's loss is its capacity to fill a church with family and friends. peter martin...

193 victims. catherine mason... 193 names read out. among them the aunt and uncle of kim spooner, then an 8—year—old girl but still able to recall her family's night of anguish. oh, my goodness, i remember it so vividly. i didn't really process what it meant at the time, peter martin... 193 victims. catherine mason... 193 names read out. among them the aunt and uncle of kim spooner, then an 8—year—old girl but still able to recall her family's night of anguish. oh, my goodness, i remember it so vividly. i didn't really process what it meant at the time, to be honest. but sitting up all night waiting to hear them call, waiting, hoping they would get in touch and it didn't happen. to the lasting regret of kim and many families no one was ever prosecuted for the herald disaster. but the impact was so great, entire fleets of ships were redesigned to make them more stable. today the herald's salvaged bell was finally returned to the harbour

that she had set sail for but never reached. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in dover. more to come for you on bbc news, including vests. in china, the government is promising action against polluting vehicles that are old. but can it really make the skies blue again? first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital.

this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right in the end of the day. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has signed a revised travel ban against six mainly muslim countries, with some of the contentious aspects of the old order removed. france's francois fillon finally gets the backing of his centre right party as their candidate in next month's presidential election, despite his troubled campaign. i'm joined now by ryan costello, policy fellow at the national iranian american council. thank you all your client. iran on

this list as the previous. many people say it is great to be more difficult to challenge this time?l think you have come at venice to an aids saying the policy is fundamentally the same. trump is saying he intends to institute a muslim ban and there is no national security justification for this. he asked to find intelligence to justify his ban and the department of home and security did not find any. there is no reliable indicator as to whether a person is a terrorist. there is still a lot of trouble the trump administration is still dealing with and that is why it has taken so long. one quoted by

the fbi with more than 200 refugees under investigation. you can understand why people would prefer to her on the side of caution. understand why people would prefer to her on the side of cautionm understand why people would prefer to her on the side of caution. it is a good idea in a lot of cases but a lot of security people are saying it will increase the security threat by making it easier for isis to recruit. no national is of the targeted countries have been implicated on terrorist acts in the us resulting in deaths and that is reason this band is not make any sense. it is alienating a lot of people and there is no basis security wise. when you said makes it easierfor is security wise. when you said makes it easier for is and al-qaeda to recruit, there began the pitch to fellow muslims is that the west is not want you and you do not belong

there. does that fit into that narrative? exactly right. the trump administration is doing a lot of recruiting work for isis because they are making an end to the war with islam. it is a line that george w bush tried not to cross. and the 0bama administration as well. but he doesin 0bama administration as well. but he does in feet first into this narrative. yet the administration clearly has listened, or at least its lawyers have listened and moved here are from the list. accepting valid green cloud holders and people with visas. do you have a sense that people in the administration will listen to you further?” people in the administration will listen to you further? i think what

they did in narrowing the scope is make sure the ban is all out of sight of the public eyeful we again to have less chaos at airports, fewer people caught up at airports asa fewer people caught up at airports as a result of the fact they are allowing people with current visas to enter into the country so, you know, i think the ban is still going to happen and a lot of people will still feel the effects of it. families unable to see each other, student unable to return to study but this will happen out of the sight of most cameras and in embassies and conch alerts. —— conch —— consulates. a british woman has been rescued by police in the australian state of queensland after allegedly being held against her will for more than two months.

a 22—year—old man from the northern city of cairns has been charged with several counts of rape and assault. the woman was rescued when police pulled over her car near the town of mitchell and noticed she was distressed and had serious injuries to herface. they found a man in a storage alcove in the back of the vehicle. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is in sydney. the police say the woman met the 22—year—old man from consulates in northern queensland before christmas and add around at the start of this year they've set off on a trip ending up down in mitchell, somewhat west of brisbane. for the cause of some nine weeks that the british woman was being held against her will, essentially hostage receiving what they described as catastrophic treatment. rape, assaulted, the man faces for charges of strangulation,

he also faces some drug charges. he was found in the back of this axa or fan, hiding in the back of the campervan. she is now being supported by the british commission. we have some problem with the sound, we will leave it there for now. thank you very much. he chinese government has declared its aim of making the skies blue again by tackling the country's air pollution crisis. the authorities want to reduce reliance on coal, and invest billions in renewable energy. and they're targeting emissions from cars, which add to the smog hanging over major cities, by encouraging the use of greener vehicles. as part of a bbc series on tackling air pollution, our china editor carrie gracie reports from beijing. everything in china is on a massive scale, the problems and the solutions. cars are to blame for about a third of china's air pollution, so it is scrapping

the worst offenders. but this ritual in the wreckers' yard is a losing battle against 30 million new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then, from transport, to heating and lifestyle, they have to change their behaviour. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuels. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his—and—hers divide. he is part of the problem, and she is part of the solution. meet little blue. harmful emissions — zero. to beat the petrol heads, china subsidises electric vehicles and makes them much easier to license. 0n smoggy days, little blue does not face restrictions,

like other cars, and she is proud to do her bit for clean air. translation: we all have to live in the city, and the pollution is terrible for our health and for beijing's image. but driving little blue, i don't have to feel guilty, even on smoggy days. i tell my friends they should get one, too. gathering winter fuel. to beat the smog, all the villages surrounding beijing have banned the burning of coal. and this 70—year—old farmer is forced back to the old ways. the fire heats their brick bed. the government did give them an electric heater, but on their pensions, they cannot afford to switch it on much. winters are sub—zero here, but he tells me he is more worried about his electricity bill

than about the cold or the smog. he is wearing thick layers of longjohns. beijing can clean the air when it wants to, like now, for the annual session of its rubber—stamp parliament. but it cannot do it for long, because despite the push for cleaner vehicles and cleaner heating, the chinese economy is still fuelled by coal. and, in the one—party state, there is little the public can do to force the politicians here to deliver air fit to breathe. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. thai surgeons had to perform emergency surgery on a turtle after they discovered it had eaten nearly 1000 coins. the operation on the sea turtle, which was kept at a conservation centre east of bangkok, is thought to have been the first

of it's kind and could have saved her life. caroline davies reports. the next time you through a coin into water for the next time you through a coin into waterfor luck, the next time you through a coin into water for luck, take a look at who you might be throwing it out. this turtle was found. they carried out a this turtle was found. they carried outa 3—d this turtle was found. they carried out a 3—d scan and found this, a pile of all the coins she had eaten, sitting in her stomach. it was so large, it was stopping her from swimming properly and cause of the underside of her shell to crack. translation: it weighs around 58th kilograms and appoint amount to 10% of her weight. the 25 year—old turtle and eaten a total of 900 coins. they worked for seven hours to re m ove coins. they worked for seven hours to remove each one. throwing money is on the turtles is thought to

bring long life but the chief surgeon bring long life but the chief surgeon said she was upset when they discovered what had caused the damage. when i found out, i felt angry that humans, whether or not they meant to do it or if they did it without thinking, had caused harm to this turtle. the turtle is now recovering in hospital and it is hoped she will continue to live up to her nickname. some pictures i want to show you from french guiana, in south america. the latest stage of the european satellite programme known as copernicus, has just blasted off. it's intended to environmental damage around the world and also help with disaster relief operations and border control. hello, good morning.

the start of the week brought a mixture of sunshine and showers, but we were very close to some severe and potentially damaging weather. just across the way, in brittany, a gust approaching 120 mph. that area of low pressure brought us some rain in the south—west and the channel islands, and is running away across europe rapidly now, to bring more some snow to the alps, take some wetter weather across italy and to the adriatic, potentially bringing some damaging mistral winds to south—east france, and gusty winds into sardinia and corsica. here at home, things are very much quiter. the winds quite light, actually, and a lot of the showers that we had earlier on are beginning to fade away. so we will see clearer skies developing, and it will be turning into quite a chilly night. ground frost, i think, in many places, and in the countryside there may be a pinch of air frost as well. so a chilly start to tuesday morning, but a dry and bright one for the most part. the showers along those north sea coasts tending to pull away. and instead we look to the west to see increasing amounts of cloud coming our way, and eventually some outbreaks of rain and drizzle, too.

for most of the day, mainland scotland will be dry, but we will keep some showers going across the northern isles, towards lerwick, shetland in particular. and we will see the cloud increasing in scotland, ahead of this rain that arrives in northern ireland through the afternoon. it is mostly light and patchy. ahead of it, still dry across many central, northern and eastern parts of england. a decent enough day, the sunshine turning increasingly hazy as the cloud increases. and we will see some patchy rain coming into wales and the south—west of england as well. no great amounts during daylight hours. through the evening, the rain turns a bit heavier, and briefly we could see a bit of snow in the scottish mountains. but the rain across northern parts of the country doesn't last too long. it is further south across england and wales where the rain grinds to a halt a bit overnight. that wil keep the temperatures up, leading to some misty weather and some hill fog. clearer skies to the north, and it will be turning a touch chilly. some stronger winds in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps, and a milder wind blowing across southern parts of england and wales, where we are more likely to keep some drizzly rain going through the day.

a lot of cloud across much of wales, south midlands, southern england. so a bit of a damp and dreary sort of day, but decent temperatures. further north, though, it will be sunnier, and watch out for some heavy showers in the north—west later in the day in particular. that weather front does eventually take that rain and drizzle away from southernmost parts of england, and then it comes back in again from off the atlantic towards the south—west of england, so here we will see some rain arriving on thursday. brighter day for many other areas. a little sunshine, a few blustery old showers across northern parts of scotland. decent temperatures, and staying mild and cloudy on friday. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm mike embley. president trump has finally signed his replacement executive order on immigration. it re—imposes travel restrictions on six muslim—majority nations. but the new order omits iraq and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. leaders from france's main centre right party have backed francois fillon as their candidate in next month's presidential election. he's been accused of misusing public funds — but his party colleagues have ‘unanimously‘ renewed their support

for his candidature. welcome to monday in parliament. the menus from westminster. chinese government has claimed it will make the skyblue again. they wa nt to will make the skyblue again. they want to reduce their reliance on coal and invest billions in renewable energy. they want the encourage the use of green. time now for a look at today in parliament.