daniel boettcher, bbc news. our correspondent kim ghattas is in washington.easingly frustrated about this but how long could these legal battles go on? it could take quite a while and it could go all the way to the supreme court. donald trump, the president himself, is certainly not letting go. tweeting again this morning about how these orders that he has put out, this executive order, is the right thing to do, dismissing any criticism as fake news, which is his favourite way to dismiss any challenges to his actions. all weekend, as we saw that in nine tweets, he raged against the overturning of his ban against the judge, the so—called judge as he called him. even pre—emptively blaming him, the judge called him. even pre—emptively blaming him, thejudge in washington state, for any potential terrorist attack that could happen in the united states in the future. this attack against the judiciary has u nsettled attack against the judiciary has unsettled a lot of people and donald trump has been chided by members of his own party who of course want to uphold the

daniel boettcher, bbc news. in protest at their leader's handling of the hillsborough controversy. paul nuttall has been embroiled in a row after his website incorrectly claimed he'd lost close friends in the tragedy. in a statement, the chair of ukip‘s merseyside branch condemned mr nuttall‘s "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity" and suggested there could be more resignations on the way. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. how much of a blow is this going to beat the new duke it leader? certainly the timing could hardly be worse, just days before the crunch by—election where mr nuttall is ukip‘s candidate. it is a by—election that you could see as make or break. nigel farage described it as a must win. those in ukip have played this incident down, suggesting they were under huge pressure because of a public backlash in liverpool following those claims on mr nuttall‘s website, false claims, saying that he had known people who had died in the hillsborough tragedy. these do n

daniel boettcher, bbc news. our correspondent kim ghattas is in washington.hey could go on for quite awhile, this isn't going away any time soon and it could go all of the way up to the supreme court. this morning lawyers from state and minnesota state filed their arguments. the court said that restoring the travel ban would cause chaos, their argument is based on the fact that the executive order is unconstitutional, that it violates immigration law —— the states. the united states has additional legal briefs to justify the executive order, as we heard, their argument is that it is ready and issue of national security, and that therefore the president is the ultimate decider on who can come into the country or not. this legal battle, is also, a test of the different powers in the united states. we have had a lot of criticism of donald trump's attack of thejudge, with criticism of donald trump's attack of the judge, with even criticism of donald trump's attack of thejudge, with even republican senators criticising him for what he did. chiding him for criticis

daniel boettcher, bbc news. our correspondent kim ghattas is in washington.his morning with lawyers from washington state and minnesota making the argument that the travel ban is unconstitutional, that restoring it would unleash chaos. lawyers at the justice department, the administration in essence, that —— will likely argue that the president is the ultimate decider on national security issues and that is an issue of national security who can come into the country or not. the court will then decide who is right, who they think has the right argument, but whatever they decide, whether they decide to keep the injunction, so not restore the travel ban, or whether they side with the administration and restore the travel ban, the other side will likely decide to take this to the supreme court. ijust want likely decide to take this to the supreme court. i just want to likely decide to take this to the supreme court. ijust want to change tack for a second, if i may, because you have given us a clear picture of the legal process. given it has just happen here, the

moscow is "weaponising misinformation" in an attempt to destabilise nato. 0ur correspondent daniel boettchered "cyber warfare" as a risk to national security. in a speech the defence secretary sir michael fallon has accused russia of carrying out a sustained campaign of cyber attacks against the west. we find ourselves dealing with a country that is westernising —— weaponising information and has created what we now see to be the post—truth age. and finally there is the use of cyber weapon to disrupt our infrastructure and disable democratic machines. the russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the united states of america... russia stands accused of meddling in the american presidential election — us intelligence claiming that was sanctioned at the highest level, though that is denied by the kremlin. and germany believed hackers working for russia targeted its parliament in 2015. the defence secretary‘s warning about russia follows comments made by the nato secretary general last week. i trust the reports we have seen from many national intelligence services, including from germany,

let's speak to our correspondent, daniel boettcher, who's at the royal courts ofjustice.ll at the time? yes, the barrister acting for alexander blackman said it was the impact of fresh psychiatric evidence that was at the heart of the appeal. this is the second appeal. the case was referred back to the courts by the criminal cases review commission, the body that looks into possible miscarriages ofjustice and during today's hearing the court was shown a graphic footage from a helmet camera showing a wounded insurgent on the ground. he is moved and shot in the chest and this is the video that led to the initial trial. now mr goldberg told the court that three experts agreed at the time he was suffering from a mental illness called adjustment disorder that impaired his ability to exercise self—control. alexander blackman has not been in court and appeared by video link and the case taxes will continue to rise well into the next decade, despite continuing cuts to public services — that's according to leading economists at the institute for fiscal studies. they say the amount

let's get the latest from our correspondent, daniel boettcher.out the morning winds have been picking up as storm doris swept across the country. this is the seafront at blackpool, there are severe weather warnings for north england, the midlands and north wales. forecasters described the storm is weather bomb, an area of intense low—pressure, and this is some of the damage it has already caused. a car crushed by a fallen tree in west london, and more damage, this time in county fermanagh. trees have also brought down power lines, 3500 homes in northern ireland have been lex left without electricity. these images from the international space station ‘s showbiz storm building up earlier today. storm doris is an example of what i weather bomb, an area of low pressure that sports severe gales across parts of the uk. we've had wind gusts over 90 miles an hour and disruption to power supplies and also disruption to transport. those kind of strength winds can easily winds trees down. problem is that air travel as well. this is leeds bradford airport an

our correspondent daniel boettcher spoke to them both after the hearing this morning and started by asking recognise it is a meaningful institution for many people but it is notjust institution for many people but it is not just right institution for many people but it is notjust right for us. there are many others who feel the same way. there are over 3 million cohabiting couples in this country. they are the fastest—growing family type. they currently lack financial and legal protections and a measure to introduce legal protections would improve family life in this country. i have two outline some of the points have been considering but what, in essence, is at the bottom of your legal action at the courts? the base of our legal action is that we are being treated unfairly based on our sexual orientation. although we lost today, it was a very narrow loss. it was a split decision from thejudges, 2—1. loss. it was a split decision from the judges, 2—1. on loss. it was a split decision from thejudges, 2—1. on many points the judges agreed with us that we are being treated differently based o

moscow is "weaponising misinformation" in an attempt to destabilise nato. 0ur correspondent daniel boettcher increasing concerns about there are increasing concerns about the dangers of what is being termed cyber warfare is a risk to national security. in a speech sir michael fallon has accused russia of carrying out a sustained campaign of cyber attacks against the west. we find ourselves dealing with a country that is weaponisation information and creating what we now see to be them post—truth age. finally there is the usual of cyber weapons to destruct credible infrastructure and disabled democratic machinery. the russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the naked states... russia stands accused of meddling in the american presidential election, us intelligence saying that was sanctioned at the highest level but that was denied by the kremlin. germany believes its parliament was attacked in 2015. the comments were made by the nato secretary general last week. i trust the reports we have seen from many national intelligence services including from germany, the united states and other

to cyber security saying responses to large data losses have been "chaotic 0ur correspondent daniel boettcherd there are increasing risks about cyber warfare as a risk to national security. sir michael fallon has accused russia of carrying out a sustained campaign of cyber attacks against the west. we find ourselves dealing with the country that is westernising information and has created the post—truth. and finally the cyber weapon to disable democratic machines. russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the united states of america. russia stands accused of meddling in the presidential election, us intelligence said that all sanctioned at the highest level below that is denied by the kremlin. germany believed hackers targeted its parliament in 2015. the defence secretary ‘s warning follows commons by the nato secretary general last week. the reports we have seen from many national intelligence services including from germany united states and others that rushes behind many of the cyber attacks and we have seen the same pattern against nato. meanwhile an influential group of mps has war

let's get the latest from our correspondent, daniel boettcher.een picking up as storm doris swept across the country. this is blackpool. there are severe weather warnings for parts of the north of england and the midlands. it has been described as a weather bomb, an area of intense low and this is some of the damage it has caused. a car crushed by a fallen tree in west london and more damage in county fermanagh. trees have also brought down power lines, 3500 businesses in northern ireland have been left without electricity. these images from the international space station showed the storm building up. it is an example of a weather bomb, a rapidly intensifying area of low pressure. we've had wind gusts of over 90 miles an hour and destruction to power supplies and transport. those kind of winds can easily not trees down and cause problems. this is leeds bradford airport and heathrow says its schedule has been reduced by 10% because of the weather with some delays and cancellations. and on the rails, there have been disruptions. 50 miles an hour s

daniel boettcher is with the couple.e the choice of marriage or civil partnership, they do not. they argue thatis partnership, they do not. they argue that is discriminatory and incompatible with their right to family and private life. that is what the court has been deciding on, they have lost that appeal. let's speak to them. firstly, explain why a marriage, whether in a church or registry office, is not something that you want? marriage, we recognise it as a body blow and meaningful institution for many, just not for us. we see ourselves as partners in life and want to be partners in life and want to be partners in life and want to be partners in law, many thousands of others be the exactly the same way. there are over 3 million non—married couples, the fastest—growing family type, they lack financial and legal protection and civil partnerships would improve the stability of family life in this country.” happened to land some of the points that the court has considered, but what is at the bottom of your legal action,

let‘s speak to our correspondent, daniel boettcher, who‘s at the royal courts ofjustice.cases review commission, this is the independent body that looks at potential miscarriages ofjustice. it‘s been heard by five seniorjudges here sitting at the court martial appeal court. during today‘s hearing the court was shown graphic footage from a helmet camera showing a seriously wounded insurgent lying on the ground, then being moved and then shotin ground, then being moved and then shot in the chest. jonathan goldberg qc, who is the barrister acting is alexander blackman said that three experts had agreed that at the time he‘d been suffering from a mental illness known as adjustment disorder which, he said, had impaired his ability to form a rationaljust judgment. mr goldman said it was the impact of fresh psychiatric evidence that was at the heart of the appeal. two experts have given evidence today, neil greenberg saying that 20 today, neil greenberg saying that 20 to 25% would suffer from mental health difficulties at some point. he said those suffering adjustment disorder c

let's get the latest from our correspondent, daniel boettcher.n wolverhampton city centre, where a woman died shortly before midday. she had suffered what ambulance crews described as very serious head injuries after being hit by debris a p pa re ntly injuries after being hit by debris apparently dislodged by storm doris. one type when it said it looked like a piece of roof had fallen off a building. —— one eyewitness said. the storm has been sweeping across the country, this is the seafront at blackpool, there are severe weather warnings for parts of northern england, east anglia, north wales and the midlands, and london has been added to the list. forecasters described the storm as a weather bomb, an area of intense low—pressure, and this is some of the damage it has already caused. a car crushed by a fallen tree in west london. and more damage, the this time in county fermanagh. trees have also brought down power lines, 2700 homes in northern ireland have been left without electricity. and here, footage of a lucky escape, taken by a driving in

daniel boettcher is outside the court of appeal.an marry and have civil partnerships, whereas heterosexual couples do not have that option. why did they lose their case? well, let me go over the background. in 2014, they wanted to form a civil partnerships but were told it was impossible because, under the law that set up civil partnerships, it was only available to same—sex couples. in 2014, same—sex couples could also get married in england, scotland and wales and the couple argued that, because they are not given that choice of having a civil partnership, it discriminates against them. they also argue it is incompatible with their right to family and private life under the human rights convention. they first took their case to courtjust over a year ago and they lost. they then took it to appeal and the hearing was heard in november. today, the judgment was handed down by the senior of the three judges on the bench, ladyjustice arden. we are handing down ourjudgments today in the matter of the couple versus the secretary of state

making it easier for passengers to find the cheapest fares will begin in may. 0ur correspondent daniel boettchersengers have been complaining for many years it is often difficult to understand where they can find the best fares and they can find the best fares and they are not offered the cheapest deals. looking at some long—distance journeys, for example travelling from wick in northern scotland to cornwall, and off—peak return can cost more than £340 if you buy as one ticket. if you break the journey up one ticket. if you break the journey up into six different portions, it can be as little as £80. this is one of the issues that this trial is going to look at. rail delivery group which represents train companies says there are about 16 million different ticket prices, some of which are never even used. rail operators say this is largely down to rules which have been building upfor down to rules which have been building up for decades and they are keen to try to find a way to offer the best deal. the government is working with them on that. some of the things this trial will look at, as well as

daniel boettcher, bbc news. three labour peers have been awe warded £54,000.ring a speech at the party conference in 2014. the court was told that the remarks made by mrs collins following following the publication of a report into child exploitation in her town caused extreme distress. a teenager has pleaded guilty to killing an american tourist and injuring 5 other people during a random knife attack in london last summer. 19—year—old zakuriha bulhan denied murder but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility. 0ur correspondent catriona renton has the latest. the 19—year—old had been charged with the murder and attempted murder. he admitted wounding five with intent. the crown explained they were accepting the lesser pleas as expert medical evidence showed bulhan had been suffering an acute episode of mental illness, paranoid zits freen ya at the time and was psychotic and appeared to be hallucinating. the court had been hearing more about what happened on that evening on 3rd august in russell square. it had been busy, people were out spending the n

our correspondent daniel boettcher reports.