let's go to our sports -- correspondent philip crowther in washington. has there been any reaction from the white house of our -- so far? philip: considering that lesson 48 hours ago a syrian fighter jet was shot down by u.s. fighter jet, i can take you back to what the u.s. at the end, which is that it would continue to protect its interest and continued to act in its own defense. this seems to be a case very similar to that one. what the pentagon is telling us is that this was an armed drone that was advancing toward coalition forces. those coalition forces, no exact description of them but the most likely scenario is that these are syrian democratic forces, the armed groups that the united states supports and arms. there's a possibility that u.s. soldiers were actually on the ground with them at the time and this drone, according to the hostile, was displaying intent. that is the term used by the pentagon. hence why it was shot down by a 15 fighter jet. no munitions were dropped by this armed drone, but there had been some dropped just a week earlier b

let's go to washington and our correspondent philip crowther. in practical terms, what does the ruling mean for people in the 6 nations who had been planning to travel to the united states? philip: they might have to come up with completely different plans, because the trump administration in the past had said that once the supreme court decides that this executive and upholds the executive order, it would take 72 hours to implement from that moment, meaning in theory, in three days time, this immigration, travel, and refugee ban will be up and running for the first time, and will stay so for quite a while. the fact that the supreme court takes this up in the autumn is not necessarily a surprise. the fact that it decided to keep large parts of this executive order running, that is the big surprise. there are some exceptions here. not all of it has been confirmed by the supreme court. there are some exceptions. for example, those citizens from those 6 muslim-majority countries who can show they have a bona fide relationship with a person in the un

philip crowther der reporting earlier. there's still no agreement between theresa may and northern irish politicians as she seeks to former government following last week's inconclusive election results. the leaders of all nor the irish main political parties tomorrow. the nationals have expressed concerns her plan to make a deal with the democratic unionist the northernperil irish peace process. a spokesman said it was important that theresa may work to enforce the spirit of the good friday agreement. france, the veteran centrist whose support help propel french president emmanuel macron to power has been reprimanded by the prime minister, after he called a radio station to complain about a story on an alleged expense scandal. it's particularly embarrassing because he's preparing a new law on cleaning up politics. bayrou's meant to be pet bill, however the justin ministers -- justice ministers accuse them accusing european funding of paying parliamentary assistants. he is not alone. about a dozen mps are facing similar cl