>> this is "dw news" live from berlin. tonight the u.s. president tries the travel ban a second time, issuing a revised executive order to protect the u.s. from would be terrorists. just hours ago in washington, d.c. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson said the tporary ban is vital for the country's national security. will the changes prevent controversy? and another legal challenge? also coming up, he is their man. after an emergency meeting in paris, the french conservatives say the controversial presidential candidate francois

fillon, has their unanimous support. an unprecedented rift between germany and turkey. chancellor angela merkel says there is no justification for turkish president erdogan comparing german officials to nazis. it's good to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump has signed a new executive order temporarily banning people from six mainly muslim countries from traveling to the united states. the white house says that the aim of the ban is to prevent terrorists from attacking the u.s. now, a previous order calls disruption at airports and controly around the world and was eventually blocked by a u.s. court. how is this one different? we'll talk to our correspondent in washington in just a moment.

we begin with this report. reporter: no tv cameras. only a twitter photo when u.s. president donald trump signed a revised travel ban to get the executive order passed after federal courts blocked the first attempt. iraq has been removed from the list. >> to our allies and partners around the world, please understand this order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities, the radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. reporter: six of the nations on the original ban remain. citizens from iran, libya, syria, somalia, sudan, and yemen will be prevented from traveling to the u.s. for 90 days though this time around u.s. green card and valid visa holders from the banned countries won't be affected. it halts any refugees from any country for 120 days. unlike the original order syria has not been singled out for an indefinite ban. the white house warned of the

threat it believes refugees pose. >> we also know many people seeking to support or commit terrorist acts will try to enter through our refugee program. in fact, today more than 300 people according to the f.b.i. who came here as refugees are under an f.b.i. investigation today for potential terrorism related activities. reporter: trump will be hoping the redraft makes it through the courts this time. it is due to take effect on march 16. one thing the president can almost certainly count on, however, is renewed protests about the ban. brent: all right. we want to pull in our correspondent on the story for us from washington. good afternoon to you, maia. what does this renewed travel ban tell us about the trump administration at the moment?

one commep tator said this is the close -- one commentator said this is the closest trump will ever come to admitting that he made a mistake. reporter: yes, well, it certainly looks like a lot of rehash of the first travel ban. you still have the same six out of seven countries where travel is being restricted, and, honestly, it still sends the same message both to trump supporters and to the rest of the world that the administration considers people from the six majority muslim countries to be dangerous. anyone coming in, anyone trying to come in to the u.s. from these countries will not be welcomed. so it establishes pretty much the same problem that trump faced in the first place. we have already heard from the wisconsin attorney general that they are looking to see if they can -- excuse me -- the washington attorney general looking to see if they can refile another lawsuit to take down the travel ban. brent: all right. so we could be heading to the

courts yet again with this. let's talk about what we saw today, a photograph of the u.s. president signing this order and members of his cabinet presenting it to the public. that is a huge change from several weeks ago. what is the thinking there? why are we seeing that change? maya: well, it's a much more low key approach, definitely. and i think the thinking behind the administration was this is something they wanted to accomplish. it's one of the first things they did when they came into office. and it helps establish a wider base of support in the administration if they had other members of the administration come out and explain what this new executive order does rather than just having trump, himself, come forward and say, here. we're doing this again. we have to remember trump took a lot of flack from a lot of sides when he signed the first executive order and to have other members of his cabinet

come out and say, this is what we're doing and we support this, gives it a lot more legitimacy. brent: how would you tie this to what we've been seeing torlakson what has happened in the last week? we went from the speech in congress last tuesday to the president accusing the former president of tapping his phones in the trump towers. there is a lot that has happened now. how does it play into what we saw today? maya: it may just be business as usual in the trump white house. this is a president who has prized unpredictability as a tactic. we know that his managerial style very much thrives on chaos. whether there was any connection to trying to keep him, shall we say, on a short leash by not having him announce the new executive order because of these tweets that may be a factor. brent: all right.

maya, thank you very much. well, many republicans support trump's travel ban but only a few seem willing to come out and back the revised version. one of less than a handful of gop lawmakers standing up for the commander-in-chief tweeting this. it is refreshing to see a president that isn't ashamed to hold the most important job of the government, protecting the american people. democrats, however, have wasted no time attacking the white house over the new ban. senate minority leader chuck schumer tweeting that, "despite the administration's changes, the muslim ban makes us less safe, not more. it is mean spirited and unamerican. it must be repealed." bernie sanders scorching trump's executive order, saying, this isn't about keeping america safe. let's call it what it is. this ban is a racist and anti-islamic attempt to divide us up. meanwhile, the aclu, the american civil liberties union,

which led the legal charge against the first order, vowing to double down. we will fight trump's des crim nah tri policies no matter how many iterations. in just a few hours, hundreds of protesters are expected to gather outside the white house to voice their opposition to the ban. in france leaders of the right wing party have given unanimous backing to presidential candidate francois fillon. after an emergency meeting in paris the party said it had taken the step after a wide debate. fillon had been under pressure to drop out of the race over allegations that he used taxpayer money to pay his family for work that we know now they did not do. oh, yes. our correspondent is covering the story for us and is standing outside the republicans' headquarters in paris. good evening to you, barbara.

so, unanimous support for mr. fillon from the party leadership. now, that sounded different in the last few days. how did he get this u-turn? barbara: oh, we can't call it anything but the miracle of paris, because what must have happened during this evening behind these closed doors here, behind me, is that they all embrace and kissed, at least they made up, and we don't know how and why. what did emerge, though, during the day, however, is that the republican party is incapable of getting rid of the candidate francois fillon. he arrived here earlier this evening and was full of confidence and said everybody should step down, calm down, and i'm the candidate and i'm the only candidate. and there is no alternative. and the party heads should learn this. the statutes of the republicans say that once somebody has won the primaries, he gets the money

that is set aside for the campaign and he is the candidate the party cannot remove him. and they even had lawyers sort of look at this again throughout the last two or three days. everybody sort of concluded, we can't help it. so it's better to unite behind him than to tear apart the republican party. that was the conclusion of this day. brent: winner takes it all. with francois fillon now remaining in the race, what does that mean for the chances of the republicans in the upcoming election? barbara: so far, really, it doesn't look good, brent, because he is third in the polls and he has been consistently third throughout the last weeks. what he hopes for is that the french people will forget and forgive. that they will somehow say, oh, a bit of scandal doesn't matter. we've seen so many political scandals throughout the decades.

we've seen all the scandals of his predecessor, the republican sarkozy. so that is obviously his opinion. on the other side, this is just the same. almost a million euros from public money going into the pocket of francois fillon that they don't really want anymore and they have really punished him for it. the next weeks will show whether he can ride this out or will take his party down with him into the abyss. brent: barbara, as always, thank you very much. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. ukraine has urged the united nations' highest court to ache action against what the country calls russia's terrorist acts in eastern ukraine and crimea. at the hague the deputy foreign minister accused russia of

violating a u.n. convention against financing terrorsm by supplying weapons, money, and other help to pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine. iraqi forces used helicopter gun ships and heavy artillery to make strikes against so-called islamic state in west mosul including the capture of a key bridge over the tigris river. but the fighting has led to an exodus of more than 50,000 people according to at least one charity. a retired philippine police officer has testified that president daurta and his men were tied to nearly 200 killings that the officer helped carry out when duarte was mayor of a southern city. at a senate inquiry the officer outlined some the killings he said were staged with the prior knowledge direct orders, or the consent of dutarte. world powers have condemned north korea's firing of four ballistic missiles into the sea

off japan. south korea calling the launches an immediate and real threat to its security. now, the u.k. is calling them provocative. russia has urged all sides to exercise restraint. reporter: it's been less than a month since north korea's last missile launch, flaunted on state television. on monday pyongyang fired four more missiles off its east coast. three of them landed in waters japan claims as its own. prime minister shinzo abe condemned the tests. >> the launches are clearly in violation of security council resolutions, which we will not tolerate. we have strongly rebuked north korea. >> the missiles appear to be a reaction to south korea's annual military drills with the u.s., which began last week.

the two countries say the exercises are routine, but north korea views them as preparation for war. last year it fired seven ballistic missiles during the drills. the latest tests are another provocation to donald trump's administration. in recent months, pyongyang has been conducting banned nuclear tests at an unprecedented rate. following monday's launches the u.s. state department said the u.s. was ready to use the full range of capabilities at its disposal. south korea called for the u.s. to speed up its deployment of a new antimissile defense system in the country. >> we should quickly complete the deployment of the u.s. terminal high altitude area defense system against north korea's nuclear program and missiles. >> the united states plans to roll out the system designed to shoot down ballistic missiles by the end of the year. under leader kim jong un north korea has ambitions to develop an intercontinental ballistic

missile capable of reaching the u.s. mainland, something trump has vowed will not happen. brent: we'll take a one-minute break. when we come back, more world news. daniel will be here with the latest business headlines. stick around. we'll be right back.

brent: welcome back with "dw news" live from berlin. our top stories, the u.s. has issued a new travel order, which restricts travel to the u.s. from a number of muslim countries, but unlike the last time, iraq is exempt. the white house also says that the ban will not come into force for several days in order to avoid disruption. well, there is no sign of an end to tensions between turkey and germany tonight. german chancellor angela merkel has condemned turkish president erdogan for accusing germany of,

"nazi practices" after some of his ministers were prevented from staging political rallies here in the country. the german government denies there is an official ban, but tonight another city, hamburg, has announced it, too, is canceling a rally by the turkish foreign minister. we have this report. reporter: the chancellor was known for maintaining a sense of calm in almost any situation. even attacks on her character. but the latest comments by president erdogan comparing german officials to nazis clearly have her riled. >> quite honestly, such uncalled for statements do not even merit serious comment. there is no justification for them whatsoever. not even in an election campaign about the introduction of a presidential system in turkey. that was met with lengthy

applause. many share the chancellor's indignation. racism and antisemitism have long been central objectives of merkel's and she responded to erdogan's remarks in no uncertain terms. >> i find them grievous and personally sad as well. because such a comparison downplays the nazis' incomprehensible crimes against humanity. these kind of remarks are thus disqualified from the outset. acknowledging that berlin and ankara have vast differences of opinion, especially concerning press freedom and freedom of expression, the chancellor appealed for a candid discussion. brent: time now for business news. the auto maker opel is set to get a new owner. daniel is here with the story about that. daniel: that's right, brent. it is no wonder general motors wants to sell the european car

maker. opel hasn't turned a profit in a very long time. in fact, it's a weight on the parent company to the tune of $5.5 billion in losses since 2011. but, gm has managed to put opel on to a more promising trajectory. we can see the chart here of the losses that opel has experienced over the last few years, and coming up to this part of the end, that's where the french car maker p.s.a. wants to pick up the slack. the chief executive of p.s.a. is this man here. he is already well known for bringing his company back from the brink. well, now he promises to rid opel of its losses completely by 2020. the workers worry the new boss will cut his way to profit. reporter: it's an historic day for opel. the sale of the german car maker marks the end of 88 years of ownership by u.s. giant general

motors. now it will be in french hands. that has triggered concerns about job security among opel's more than 38,000 employees. their jobs are guaranteed till the end of 2018, but it's unclear what will happen afterwards. >> mergers have never led to more jobs. i believe the merger will mean some job cuts. it remains to be seen how they will be cut, if they are. that includes the time frame as well as how it's done. the heads of general motors, p.s.a. group, and opel expressed optimism about the deal during a joint press conference in paris. they think it's a victory for all three companies. >> we are excited to join forces for the second largest european auto company to enhance operation for profitable growth worldwide. reporter: it certainly won't be an easy task.

opel has incurred huge losses the last two decades. that's the reason why its u.s. parent has been trying to sell the german subsidiary. opel is already cooperating with its new french owners. together they aim to increase annual production to 5 million vehicles in the coming years, making them the number two in europe after volkswagen. p.s.a. hopes the alliance leads to synergies and savings. the french also hope to increase sales in foreign markets, including china.ews will be hige agenda of the geneva show which opens tomorrow. i asked our correspondent what industry reps there are saying. reporter: well, basically, daniel, we have the calm before the storm here. obviously the official start of the press days is only tomorrow but it's already dominating conversation here at the geneva motor show. many people are interested in what the merger will mean for competition among european auto makers. many are saying here that they think the merger between opel

and p.s.a. could rult in a credible rival for europe's number one. that, of course, is volkswagen. we know they're enjoying brisk business at the moment but also are bogged down by the diesel gait scandal and intrigue at the top of the management. on the other hand there are skeptics that say volkswagen's reach is obviously much more global and opel p.s.a. has been very focused on the european market until now and as such cannot present a credible threat to business. we'll see who is right. >> we're seeing a shift of the balance of power in the european car market but opel has a lot to gain here, depending on the route it goes. reporter: precisely. it really depends what they will do at this moment. in the short term i don't think we'll see that much. they're obviously going to be busy dividing roles and responsibilities. who is responsible for designing which part to which models. and in the mid term we also don't know if we will see job cuts and plant closures at opel

even though p.s.a. has sort of sought to reassure opel the existing job guarantees will be maintained. you can see it might be difficult to do that for efficiency reasons. of course, we also have to see whether the merger would make it easier for opel and p.s.a. to expand beyond the european market to enlarge their foot print elsewhere. we know this is the hope of p.s.a. in acquiring opel. the chief of p.s.a. said that asian customers, for example, prefer german cars over french cars and as such he sees an opportunity in acquiring opel. daniel: i can see the opel cars behind you spinning away. what is opel bringing to geneva this year? reporter: it's funny. opel, a few days before the event, actually changed the focus of what they wanted to present here. they have initially been intending to debut models from their insignia line. instead, they changed their focus to debut the cross over,

the crossland x. you can see it behind me. this is the first product out of the collaboration. the existing collaboration with p.s.a. it is obviously their way of selling the merger. it's been sold now as a german car with french insides. it has a lot of common parts with the c-3 aircraft. this is what they're hoping will symbolize their future relationship. daniel: it seems opel is already driving the conversation there in geneva. thank you very much for that. shares of snatch, the parent company of snapchat app, falling over 8% so far today. the session closing at just over half hour's time. there was huge demand for the social media startup during the ipo last thursday with shares opening far above the issue price. but analysts warn that the messaging app faces strong competition from facebook and twitter. snap was the biggest flotation

in the tech sector since alibaba in 2014. now it's time for me to disappear as fast as though a snapchat is doing it and hand you back over to brent for more news. brent: we don't have to worry about wearing heels but i think some women in the u.k. made it a little legal matter. lawmakers in the u.k. told companies they have gone a step too far in telling women what to wear. it all started when a secretary was sent home for not wearing heels. as we report now the issue has caused anger and proved that these boots are made for walking and sometimes working. reporter: let's talk shoes. this is not a sentence british lawmakers would expect to hear in parliament. but high heels are a serious political issue. they are up for discussion today. the question they faced, is it legal for employers to force women to wear high heels at work? the debate was started by

27-year-old reception it nikola fob who was sent home without pay in december, 2015, for wearing flat shoes. in response, she launched a petition which received more than 150,000 signatures. on the streets of london, the verdict was unanimous among both women and men. >> i don't think women should be forced to wear high heels. i think there have to be some expectations of a dress code. i don't think you can get away with wearing swim wear for instance at work. >> a lot of things of course but high heels in particular because that can also be a health issue for people. i think that is unnecessary. >> i think if a company was to impose a requirement that women wear high heels for their work that would be utterly abhorrent and wrong. reporter: the debate in parliament is nonbinding, but the government promised to take action against sexist dress codes, which, quoting politician helen jones, belong more in the 1850's than in the 21st century.

brent: still got a lot of walking to do. a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. the u.s. has issued a new travel order, which restricts travel to the u.s. from a number of muslim countries, but unlike the last time iraq is exempt. the white house also says the ban will not come into force for several days to avoid disruptions. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day and you won't have to wear your heels either. we'll see you in a few minutes. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

♪[theme music] ♪[theme music] ernabel demillo: hi, i'm ernabel demillo, welcome to asian american life. we're at the newark museum in new jersey where they're showcasing an extensive collection of rare islamic art, a wondrous world: art and islam through time and place. let's take a closer look. from the middle east and africa to southeast asia and the americas, this exhibit spans fourteen hundred years of history.