29/01/2017 BBC News at Ten

President Trump's travel ban sparks legal challenges

As anger grows on the streets, 16 state attorney generals

say the restrictions are unconstitutional.

Travellers from seven named countries are now being denied

entry, including this family of Christians from Syria.

President Trump says the US needs extreme vetting policy,

but there's been confusion about the impact on

We'll be analysing the reaction and the call for President Trump's

Also tonight: Parents' rights to take their children on holiday

in term time face a new legal test - this time in the Supreme Court.

And Roger Federer is back - winning an 18th Grand Slam title.

President Trump is facing growing criticism tonight,

both at home and abroad, over his controversial order

restricting people from seven mainly Muslim countries

The temporary ban on travellers from countries including Iraq,

Syria and Somalia has seen people turned away at airports

Tonight, there are more protests and legal challenges, but Mr Trump

has defended his actions, saying America "needs borders

Our first report is from Nick Bryant in New York.

New York has always been the great gateway into America and

demonstrators gathered in a highly emblematic setting. Under the gaze

of the statue of liberty but today we have seen gatherings across the

country. The fractious mood reminiscent of the 1960s. Protest is

becoming a permanent feature of the Trump presidency and the

demonstrations lasted deep into the early hours. Let them in, they

chanted. It's an attack. On the very foundation of democracy.

Demonstrations took place across the country. These are scenes in Boston

as a US senator defied the president. I cannot believe this is

happening. I knew Donald Trump would be bad but not this bad, not this

fast. At this courthouse in Brooklyn fast. At this courthouse in Brooklyn

became a late-night legal challenge and Civil Liberties lawyers emerge

claiming victory as a federal judge blocked parts of the order

temporarily banning all refugees and travel from seven Muslim majority

countries. President from's orders are unconstitutional and illegal.

What started as a protest outside this courthouse in Brooklyn has now

become a celebration. At the arrivals hall in Dallas airport, the

joy of reunion. A Muslim woman from Iraq finally making it back into the

country. I get a call and they are telling me they are detaining my

wife who is a green card holder, a legal resident of this country. But

despite a court ruling and others making it through immigration, the

Department of Homeland Security said it would continue to enforce the

executive order. The president says his policy is working out very

nicely and is defending it on twitter. An interview claim without

any factual basis the old Obama policy favoured Muslims over

Christians. If you are Christian in Syria, it would be impossible to

into the US. If you were a Muslim into the US. If you were a Muslim

you could come in and I thought it was very unfair. But this Christian

family was refused entry even though they thought these visas offered

them the chance of a new life. They were forced to fly back to Beirut.

TRANSLATION: My son has been in America three

years, they did not let me call him. There is no humanity. They had spent

all their money on tickets and seen their American dream is eradicated

with the stroke of a pen. Here, there are growing calls

for President Trump's state visit to Britain to be called off,

because of his travel crackdown. The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has

said it shouldn't happen while the ban is in place

and an online petition making the same demand has attracted more

than 500,000 signatures. Tonight, ministers have gained some

clarification about the impact Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier has the latest. New leaders and new friends. It was

all going so well. Then just hours after Theresa May left Washington,

Donald Trump enacted one of what many think is the most extreme of

his campaign policies. By then the Prime Minister was in Turkey for

trade talks where she avoided condemning the President's travel

ban. The US is responsible for US policy on refugees. The UK is

responsible for UK policy on refugees. But overnight a new

statement clarifying the new premise to did not agree with this approach

and condemnation from the Foreign Secretary who said it was divisive

and wrong to stigmatise because of nationality. The British Olympian

Sir Mo Farah was born in Somalia but lives with his family in America. He

said he had been deeply troubled he would have to tell his children that

daddy might not come home after a training camp in Ethiopian. The

president, he added, had introduced a policy that came from a place of

ignorance and prejudice. And government ministers were publicly

echoing concerns. The Prime Minister is not a shoot from the hip type of

politician. She wants to understand precisely what the implications are,

there is always pressure to respond within a new cycle but the important

thing is we are saying we disagree with it. Friends can be candid with

each other, that is what the Prime Minister said. It now seems that is

far easier in theory than it is in practice and having failed to live

up to her own words once, there is criticism she has undermined her own

strategy. The Foreign Office said tonight it had been reassured by the

US that it was not imposing travel bans on any UK dual nationals though

they might face extra checks. And the Labour leader stands by his call

for Mr Trump's state visit to be called off. I am not happy about him

coming here until that ban is lifted. Look at what is happening

with those countries. How many more will it be? This relationship like

many is complicated. The last 24 hours has shown the difficulty or

forging closer ties with the US while keeping a suitable distance

from Mr Trump. A huge challenge the Prime Minister will have to get used

to. In a moment, we'll be speaking

to our North America editor Jon Sopel in Washington,

but first, Eleanor Garnier is here. How much detail do we have on how to

teach citizens might be affected? This is not an exemption for the UK,

this is a clarification of the rules and in a sign of how difficult it

has been to unpick everything, conversations have them at the

highest possible level all day. Just to clarify, if you are a British

citizen who happens to be travelling to the US from Iraq, you will not be

subject to the ban. If you are a dual national and you travel to

America, you will not be subject to the ban though you may face extra

checks. As the Foreign Office understands it, it is only people

who are nationals of those seven named countries currently subject to

a band. Most hush macro Mo Farah fundamentally disagrees with what he

calls a divisive and discriminatory policy. There will still be a lot of

confusion tonight, not least many will be worried about them, their

family, friends travelling to the United States, concerned about how

these rules are being interpreted on the ground by US officials.

And Jon Sopel is in Washington for us now.

What sense do you get there of how the administration is feeling? They

have been rocked by the criticism and protests we have seen across

America. There was no surprise that extreme betting was going to be

introduced, but there were so little political preparation in terms of

telling Republican congressmen and women that this was happening so

there has been silence from them and more damaging, so little

administrative preparation so you have had a situation where today

Donald Trump Ozma trip --'s chief of staff saying, a statement from

Donald Trump which seems much more conciliatory. America is a proud

nation of immigrants and we will show compassion to those fleeing

oppression but will do so while protecting our own citizens and

border. This is not a Muslim ban, this is not about religion, this is

about terror and he says he has tremendous feeling for those

involved in Syria. My first priority will always be to protect and serve

our country, but he says he will revisit the whole policy. Has the

White House spin rocked by the wave of criticism from around the world

and within America? You bet it has. The US military has confirmed that

Donald Trump has authorised the first raid by American special

forces of his presidency. The pre-dawn raid in Yemen targeted

al Qaeda militants - A US serviceman also died

and three others were injured in the operation that was aimed

at gathering intelligence In France, a politician

from the hard left has defeated the country's former Prime Minister

to become the Socialist party's Benoit Hamon, whose policies include

legalising cannabis and introducing a universal basic income,

prevailed against Manuel Valls. As our Paris Correspondent

Lucy Williamson reports, it's another surprise in the race

for the Elysee Palace. It was the unknown against the

unpopular. And in this election inexperience counts. Benoit Hamon

has been dubbed France's Jeremy Corbyn, a one-time junior minister

with a plan to tax robots, legalise marijuana and pay everyone ?600 a

month. TRANSLATION:

Faced with a privileged white, and a destructive white, our country needs

to have a left that looks to the future. Half the party hate his

ideas. This primary was meant to boost the Socialists by giving them

a candidate they would unite around but after five beta years of

infighting, unity may be too much to ask. Especially as this man has

already siphoned centre-left supporters away from the Socialist

party. Emmanuel macron is 39 years old and has never been elected but

his campaign, more energy than experience, it is drawing crowds his

rivals can only dream of. Antiestablishment, pro-European and

liberal on both economic and social issues. This is populism for Centre

Wests on both the right and left. Wests on both the right and left.

Before Emmanuel macron I tried other political movements and first of all

the parties socialist, but those lost years it was lost and the main

subject on which it was not very clear was about the economy. After

political upheavals in America and the UK, how is France's presidential

race taking shape? The centre-right favourite is fighting off

allegations that his wife received public money for work she had not

done. Marine Le Pen also has strong support. She has promised to Paul

France out of the euro and drastically reduce immigration.

Benoit Hamon lagging far behind seems unlikely to pose a serious

threat. But one man who could is Emmanuel macron. He is likely to

gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. This primary has

eluded both the sitting president and a Prime Minister. The men with

power it seems to always been the party. Just as hard for the party

perhaps to win power. A father who refused to pay a fine

for taking his daughter on holiday in term time will be back

in the Supreme Court this week. Jon Platt won an initial

legal victory last year - on the grounds she attended school

regularly. A BBC investigation has found that

as a result councils in England have changed their policies,

or dropped cases against parents. Our education editor

Branwen Jeffreys reports. For some angry parents,

Jon Platt is a bit of a hero. Dozens get in touch with him every

day about term time holiday fines. You take a child on a five-day

holiday and you live in somewhere like Suffolk,

Norfolk or Swindon, they are going to send you a truancy

penalty notice and then you have got At home on the Isle of Wight,

he told me he has no regrets. After taking his daughter

on holiday, she had 90% attendance. The legal row is about what going

to school regularly means. If you look up the dictionary

definition of regularly, because that's what this

is all about, what it means to attend school regularly,

the dictionary says, They are taking that

word to mean 100%. What about teachers and head

teachers who are having to teach children to get them

through their exams, and are having to say that

with term-time holidays every single And sometimes kids off

with term-time holidays. The issue is blown out

of all proportion because, for every child who misses a day

because of a term-time holiday, there are 12 days missed

because of illness. The cost of holidays outside

of term-time, home and abroad, So what's happended

since last year's case? 108 councils in England

responded to our questions. 35 councils say they have changed

their policy since the judgment. 28 have dropped cases

against parents. 22 have noticed parents taking

more term-time holidays. Councils from the Isle of Wight

to the north of England One dad's battle here on the Isle

of Wight has implications It's drawn a line in the sand,

with, on the one hand, the government insisting that every

day missed matters. And on the other, parents

furious about the cost Ministers say exam results shape

children's futures and missing even We look at our students,

and any student who has attendance below 95%,

we can track the fact that their progress isn't

as good as it should be. The Supreme Court will reach

a decision within months. With all the sport, here's

Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes We're starting with the incredible

achievement of Roger Federer. Already the men's Grand Slam record

holder, the 35-year-old has now won 18 major titles

after beating his old rival Rafael Nadal in

the Australian Open final today. Katherine Downes has the story

of the thrilling match in Melbourne. Daylight and disbelief. For his

titles and trophies, this surely is his achievement yet. Roger Federer

had been out of tennis for six months but he battled his way to the

final of the Australian open once again and once again the man at the

other side was Rafael Nadal. An old rivalry reignited and Federer rolled

back the years, placing his way to the first set. Nadal himself was an

unlikely finalist also on the comeback from injury, also they

thought past his prime. With sweat and grit, Nadal was level, the

second set secured. For a while it looked like he had given all he had

while Federer had rediscovered his signature wizardry but just when you

think Nadal is beaten, he is capable of this. Nadal's sheer determination

dragged him and his old nemesis into a decider. And what a decider. An

early break for Nadal but Roger fought back with two of his own and

in the end just the finest of margins confirmed what he thought

was impossible. To comeback was perfect as it was. Tennis is a tough

sport, there are no draws but if there was one, I would have been

happy to accept one tonight with a Rafa. Two unlikely finalists and

legends of the sport. One champion and a trophy he thought he would

never left again. It's been another fascinating day

in the 4th round of the FA Cup. Match of the Day follows

the news, so if you want into the last 16 for the first time

in more than 90 years, after Sutton beat former FA Cup

winners Leeds United. Leeds are currently 4th

in the Championship, And there were further upsets today,

as two of the three Hull were thrashed at

Fulham and Watford lost Manchester United were comfortable

home winners against Wigan. Celtic have broken their

own long-held Scottish record for consecutive

unbeaten domestic games. Their 4-0 win over Hearts today

means they've now gone 27 league The previous record

was set by Celtic's famous England's cricketers just missed out

on sealing a significant Twenty20 series win over India,

beaten by 5 runs in Nagpur. In a thrilling final over,

man of the match Jasprit Boomra bowled brilliantly to deny England

the chance to overhaul The series is now level at 1-all

and will be decided in the final Carl Frampton says he wants a third

fight with Leo Santa Cruz after the Mexican inflicted his

first professional Frampton lost his WBA

World Featherweight title on points in Las Vegas and has already

demanded another rematch - this And Scotland's Paul Foster has won

his 5th World Indoor Bowls title. You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me,

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